Be Our Guest Restaurant Review Tenchi Style

On a very recent trip to Disney World the husband and I went and had lunch at the Be Our Guest restaurant. Ever since the Fantasyland "expansion" was announced and this part of the park revealed I was dreaming of this place. As a child Beauty and the Beast was my movie. Like rewind the tape I need to watch it over and over again (because I am old and we had VHS tapes). We burned through quite a few of those babies. I remember thinking to myself Belle is so cool, she loves to read just like me.

Tiny castle on top of the building.

My heart was a little sad when it was revealed it was a reservation dinner type restaurant. At Disney World reservation are made months in advanced. But then when it became available for a short lunch I was like WOOHOO...until I saw how long the lines could get. But then my heart went WOOHOO again when the husband got us annual passes for Disney World. I figured that if we could go every few months surely we could dedicate time to stand in line for lunch yes?

Well the husband decided that no, it was our anniversary we are going to go to this restaurant NOW! XO In line we went then. When you enter the new Fantasyland you see the Belle Meet and Greet area first. Then the walkway to the Be Our Guest restaurant. It was around noon when we got in line? So prime time lunch time.

We were told the wait time was going to be 35 minutes. Not really that long considering it was very much lunch time at a theme park. We were handed menus when we entered the line so we could decide what to get before we even entered. I am sure that saved on time.

I basically took a million pictures in line. It was like I was a little girl again and my dreams were coming true. Perhaps that is what people love about Disney. Not everything connects to everyone but to me, this was it. Something truly special.

Archway before you enter the restaurant. There are many cast members around keeping the line in order, making sure the line inside the restaurant doesn't get too full. We were asked how many people were in our party and if our entire party was present before entering. If your entire party is not there at the time you have to wait off to the side by the strollers. So call your people before you get to the door!

Almost in line. Only person taking pictures. Clearly they haven't seen the movie 293982 times.

Finally inside the hallway!!!! When you first enter the line inside the building you see the ballroom portion of the dining as well as where the exist is. But you must march forward towards the food!

From this point you are divided into two lines for some reason. On each side of the wall three are three suits of armor. All of them talk and make noises. At some points they sneeze or cough or snore. At other points they start talking. It is a bit hard to hear what they are saying though as there are lots of people in this room. This is the direction you go during lunch. During dinner it is a different story. XD

Picture of the ceiling area.

Dividing the two lines is another menu. I think when the lunches first started this was the first menu. But I am sure people were not paying attention thus the paper menus. But this was still cool.

Pic of the other side of the line. BE MORE EXCITED FOLKS!

A bit murky in this old castle?

When you reach the end of the armor hallway a castmember asks how you are paying. Depending on what you say she sends you over to a certain line. Each register/order area had this above them with the corresponding number. This room is the library room and it serves a different purpose during dinner. According to the Disney Website you DINE in the library, which is how I had the Rose Gallery labeled before I read other reviews. But yes the room you order your food during lunch is the library.

I tried to stay out of people's way and take pictures at the same time. The result was some blurry pics.

In between two stations there is a cast member ready to help you and take your form of payment. You actually touch screen order yourself but it was our first time and we needed a bit of help trying to make my sammich plain. I am sure things would go faster if people just spoke their order but...it was fun this way too. After leaving the ordering room this is what you see.

The husband went to find a seat in the ballroom because he thought it was the only room. Only when he noticed I was screaming ROSE ROOM and running off in another direction did he realize there must be more than one room. Enter the West Wing. Not to be confused with the Rose Gallery.

The West Wing was sorta dark and seemed to have the least amount of chairs. But I think most people just sit in the ballroom and don't explore. We found a seat the second we walked in. Ceiling of the room.

After you order you are given a rose. This is why you are allowed to seat yourself. This rose serves as a GPS and a cast member will wheel your food out all fancy to your table.

THE ROSE! It is in the furthest corner of the room.

The rose is made of light. Obviously. For some reason people thought that if they had the flash on it would give them a better picture of the rose. Or it would make it disappear. Weird people.

The Beast hates this picture RARW!

View of the torn portrait from the drink station.

While I was walking and taking pictures our food arrive. I took a pic of the cart but the husband is in it. XD So here is our food. I got the turkey sammich and the husband got a roast beef sammich. I got the triple chocolate cupcake (which was AMAZING) and the husband got the Passion Fruit Cream puff. The husband says he liked it but he will be trying other desserts next time.

Our meals were so big we took half the sammiches to go. They actually have to go boxes. They are flat boxes too, fit perfectly at the bottom of my purse. Well huge bag. After that you are free to walk around and explore everything else.

This is the "library". The husband was correct when he thought the room we ordered in was more library like. This is the centerpiece of the room. Almost like a music box with them spinning around. Correction, this is the Rose Gallery. And that is a music box, a present from Belle's father.

There are a lot of paintings and tapestries on the walls. I made the husband take pics of them all as I slowly relost my mind.

This room is the to right of the ballroom and I think most people miss it on their first adventure in. It had the least amount of people dining inside of it.

This is on the ceiling of the spinning music box figurine.

There are tables all along this middle section of the room. XD I tried to make sure I wasn't in anyone's way while wandering.

This is what you see when you first walk inside the library. Pay attention to all the details. XD

My favorite outfit that Belle wore in the movie.

Picture

This room sorta takes some of the gloom out of the movie. That is definitely in the rose room part of the place.

Still can't believe I am here weeeee!

Some of the detail around the figurines.

The lightening is the best in this room so it is easier to take pictures if that is what you and your party are going for.

Close up of the drinking machine. Free refills here. Gotta pay attention at what you are getting here. I asked a cast member and she said at dinner these are curtained off.

The ballroom! This is the biggest room and the place most people ate. This scenery changes with snow and such but it was hard to capture on camera.

Along the walls is a balcony. Is that where all the characters come out during dinner? No characters came out during lunch. Which I figured was the case, gotta make the expensive dinner worth it for the customers.

A sorta waiting area when you leave the ballroom. The bathrooms are in this area. They are nice and sparkly, but not really themed.

Ceiling in the waiting portion.

And this is what you see as you leave the restaurant. We had to flag down a castmember to take our picture. Many guests just kept on walking. HOW COULD THEY?! But overall this was an amazing dining experience for me. I usually don't get excited about food but this day I did. And the sammiches tasted excellent hours later too. Thank you so much husband!

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Arata Kangatari episode 9

Well then. Who knew the control button on my computer is so important when regards to blogging. I didn't. But apparently it is and without that button it takes 50 times longer to do anything. Thankfully the husband was able to fix it after work today. ALL IS WELL!

Yes yes, keep up now.

Let's get right to where I left off yesterday. Arata Kangatari episode 9 time! Spoilers for Masato being super fast. He should have stayed on that track team!

...Are you are who you say you are?

Episode Summary: Kotoha, Hinohara, and Kanate are walking around like this is the best journey ever with Kannagi the pissed off following them. Without warning Masato appears on a nearby cliff. The others recognize him as being one of the Shinsho 6 (and 12) while Hinohara is @___@ how can this be?! Everyone wants to know why Hinohara is beyond upset when Masato and Hinohara start bantering back and forth. Hinohara wants to know why Masato is there while Masato accuses Hinohara of coming here and apparently having a blast trying to become King. Masato calls him a loser who looks down on people. All the while that image of Masato and Hinohara running that race plays over and over and OVER again. Masato shows off his amazing god sword which Kannagi recognizes. Hinohara uses his to protect everyone. As Masato goes on and on without ever explaining why he is mad at Hinohara....well Hinohara gets pissed. Obviously. Like he should. And apparently that is super bad business. Hinohara starts to glow black as well as his god sword. Everyone recognizes this as Hinohara demonizing himself and said god sword. When Hinohara attacks he nearly kills Masato as the weapon's power has changed. Kanate tries to talk Hinohara down but it is Kotoha who hugs Hinohara and reminds him of...trust I am sure. He calms down and looks guilty for what he has done. Masato is like no attack me some more but the rest of the Shinsho 6 tell Masato to retreat. Masato then wakes up later in the Shinsho 6's flying ship where he meets his new...maid and has anger issues over Hinohara again. Ms Handmaid giggles and is like you must really like Hinohara if you talk about him all the time. Surely she will be dead soon.

Please feel free to take all your anger out on me!

In his sadness Hinohara drops his god sword so Kannagi grabs it and runs off into the night. Kanate runs after him while Kotoha takes Hinohara into some random shelter she finds, probably after all the rain. As they sit there Kotoha questions how Hinohara knows Masato and what this other world talk is about, like she has NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE! So Hinohara explains it LIKE SHE HAS NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE! Kotoha then realizes that Hinohara is not her Arata and gets upset. Hinohara decides to go outside in the rain and feel sorry for himself. He is just like Masato and Akachi, having a dark side and giving in to it. Woe is him. Kanate has caught up to Kannagi and is going to club him over the head like a caveman when Kannagi turns around and decides to go back on his own. They find Hinohara under a tree being depressed and Kannagi returns the sword, saying the burden behind it is too much to bare. He basically man handles Hinohara into taking responsibility and the sword back. Hinohara seems to sorta recover and the next day Kanate and Hinohara resume sparing. Kannagi gets tired of watching and decides to take over as teacher. He explains that Masato must have taken over the spot of one of the other Shinsho Six. Kannagi then throws the god sword off the cliff, saying that Hinohara isn't trying hard enough since he is scared of demonizing again. He tells Hinohara to get the sword back before sunset or....or else. So Hinohara goes and looks for said sword. A wolf has found it first and this leads to a dramatic chase and Hinohara thinking of himself and Masato. Hinohara returns before nightfall and better. He knows that he can win back Masato's.....trust. Everyone is like you can do it Hinohara!!! THE END!

....Sudden change of heart...

Well that was 19 kinds of special. Do I have enough time in one post to discuss it all? I guess I will find out. Also while I realize the manga is much more detailed I am going to still pose questions that are not answered by the anime. But I really do like all the insight from manga readers on what SHOULD be going on. Honestly this is going to have to be a 2 season (at least) anime right? I am not sure why so much is being left out! We anime only viewers shouldn't be left in the dark, for the manga readers to clue us in on. The creators should do a better job of explaining things.

Um....how did you get here so fast?

Like finding Masato. I am quite certain there was a bit more of an explanation in the manga. Like Masato talking more with the 6 Shinsho, getting on the airship, and finding the group. I mean...maybe people have been talking and know what happened with Kannagi and all his underlings. And maybe these airships are super fast and can track people and it makes sense that Masato found them in under 5 seconds of being in this new world. For me it was a...what the hell moment? Just lala OH LOOK MASATO! I think there should have been more leading up to this moment.

I guess the director told Kannagi to step up his game.

I like how Kannagi is just around for the free snacks apparently. Like oh you know this guy. Hmmm I will just sit back and watch. It is almost like Kannagi is really used to the high life (despite...you know having some humble moments when he lost his country) and he looks out of place. Now I know him and Kanate really couldn't have done anything as they don't have god swords but it was sorta odd to watch. I guess Kannagi was just sizing up the situation as Kotoha and Kanate were trying to be...the morale support?

I WANT TO KILL HIM!!!!

This fight between Hinohara and Masato is getting old. Like super old. It seems as if the following happened. Hinohara and Masato met due to being on the track team. Masato had a rough home life and threw himself into the spot. Hinohara was naturally good at running. Masato finds happiness in doing his best against Hinohara, even when he loses. But Hinohara decides he feels bad that Masato barely made it in the finals and slows down so Masato can look better? CUE THE INSANITY! RAGE AGAINST THE FURNITURE!

Must fight the demons inside me! RUN!

I get it. Or at least I think I get it. I am not a boy so I don't think I can ever get it. Sorta like how men can never understand half of the things women get. Because if my friend slowed down I might have been a little upset. Like hey we need to try our best, don't pity me!!! Then she would have cried that she just loves me so much she just wants me to win. I would have cried and said I want to win on my own power and watching you win makes me so happy. We would have hugged and cried until a nearby boy would have accused us of having PMS in which we would turn around and punch him, then going out for ice cream. All over in an afternoon.

This is pretty dramatic....

But this is obviously not the pattern boys follow. Because in life girls are usually more complicated but not in this instance. Man pride. It is quite deadly. That is the only thing that can explain away this much insanity. And the fact is...it doesn't seem that Masato and Hinohara were friends for that long. If they met in junior high and Masato quit the team his second year well...yeah. But I guess if Masato was having such a horrible home life and seeing Hinohara run with a passion was his only joy in life....no I still can't understand the insanity. It is too much to watch. Man pride. So much of it it is overwhelming.

Mess him up!!!

I might understand Hinohara though. He was probably brought up in that loving house and join a team/club he was good at. Maybe didn't have any close friends but enough to be happy. Then Masato is like lets make friendship bracelets and stay up all night talking about cute boys. So when Masato was having it hard at home Hinohara thought he was being nice and let Masato win. Or maybe...Hinohara unconsciously slowed down and has no idea why the hell Masato is acting like this. That is probably the most plausible explanation. So for the next 2.5 years (0r longer) Hinohara is like why is this person who was my friend torturing me? Either was he being nice consciously or unconsciously and doesn't deserve this treatment.

So Sho's can't be angry?!

I am not too happy about the demonization of Hinohara. I don't think it is very far. Remind me of another anime where nature and expected feelings equals disaster for the characters. I think all that Hinohara has gone through he deserves to be this angry. I mean....Masato is way too over the top to be believable. But Hinohara....yeah he deserves to be pissed. This situation is already pretty awful without Masato coming and spewing his hatred. So Hinohara got a little worked up. So what? That doesn't mean Hinohara deserves the stigma of being “evil”. Because he isn't.

...Are you saying this is 1st grade and Masato actually likes Hinohara so he throws mud on him?

So now the Hinohara took a step on the wild side we won't hear the end of it. It will be like the word trust all over again. He thinks he is just like Akachi and Masato. Which he isn't. Everyone gets mad! Hell I am probably more pissed than Hinohara. Have I actually done all the hateful things in my head? No of course not. People are allowed to vent and such. Owning a god sword is way too complicated. Watching Hinohara go woe is me for weeks on end won't be pretty to watch.

Then why did you have him attack now?!

I think Masato still could have taken Hinohara. I am not sure what was up with the retreated. He was winning. Hinohara had his moment of RARW but felt bad about his actions and backed off. He could have still battled. Instead the Shinsho 6 (of 12) are like no lets take a magic carpet ride in our flying ship. There Masato can brood more about his situation in life and maybe meet a romantic interest. But instead of looking at the hot girl it is more of the same stuff. Awful home life, Hinohara letting him win. It is hard to be Masato. Rest in peace furniture.

Now twist the mustache!

It was almost comical how fast Kannagi took the sword once Hinohara dropped it. Like haha and a little sand cloud follows him as he runs off. I have to hand it to Kanate, he was like get your ass back here and took off. But it really didn't matter as Kannagi decided to return on his own. I really wasn't buying any of those excuses either. I mean...I don't see how stealing someone else's god sword would help. Won't it only recognize one person? So Akachi just has Kannagi's sword so he won't use it against him right? So Kannagi's plan was doomed from the start. Maybe Kannagi realizes that and was just trying to save face.

You lied to me!

Kotoha asking the truth about Hinohara was just odd. Like really odd. Didn't Hinohara insist from the start he was not HER Arata and only Granny was listening. Now Hinohara is acting like he kept some horrible secret from her and lead the girl on. Kotoha just wasn't listening!!!! Now Hinohara is going to be WOE IS ME again!!! And Kotoha is all wait a minute which Arata do I really love. Really it seems much to do about nothing. Listen with your ears next Kotoha. Hinohara was trying to tell you from the start.

Such close bros. Until Kannagi starts bullying him.

I am not sure when Kannagi and Hinohara became bros. It is like Kannagi watched Mulan or something during that walk in the woods and decided that he needed to make a man out of Hinohara. It sorta came out of nowhere. Like okay I stole your sword so I am going to train you. By throwing your sword off a cliff and hoping you don't die getting it and no one steals it in the meantime as we are in someone else's country. Kannagi is strange.

How many more times are we going to have to see this? :(

Hinohara and his magically ability to scale cliffs found his god sword. From a wolf. While running and thinking of Masato. Of course Masato was thinking a lot about him too, what with his new maid saying well you really must like Hinohara if you want to rip his guts out and wear fashionable necklaces made from his ears. In the end Hinohara is more determined to get Masato back and Masato is more determined to kill Hinohara. Ah...this anime is crazy.

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