Brown Derby V Mama Melrose ????

[2008herewecome]

:wavey: HI All

Just some small questions ......
I have read various threads over time for both these ADRs.
I am going to ring a book my ADR bang on 180 days !!!! :grin:

We plan to see Fantastic at some stage during our stay and would like to know which place would be best to eat....
Mixed veiws seem to be all round. Does BD allow children???? :confused2
And also do i assume that there is only ever one show an eve?? :erm:

I also read that if i want to book ahead of my 180 days then i need my
virgin reference number or something. Is that the case???? :blush:

Any advice welcome. Im so confused..... :confused2

[doryfan1]

:wavey: HI All

Just some small questions ......
I have read various threads over time for both these ADRs.
I am going to ring a book my ADR bang on 180 days !!!! :grin:

We plan to see Fantastic at some stage during our stay and would like to know which place would be best to eat....
Mixed veiws seem to be all round. Does BD allow children???? :confused2
And also do i assume that there is only ever one show an eve?? :erm:

I also read that if i want to book ahead of my 180 days then i need my
virgin reference number or something. Is that the case???? :blush:

Any advice welcome. Im so confused..... :confused2

hi,
bd do allow children but have never eaten there so cannot comment, we ate at mama melrose and didn't think the food was up to much to be honest. our prefered fantasmic package place is the hollywood and vine, buffett with all you can eat and plenty of variety. as for your booking ref no: no you don't need it just ring the wdw dine no and book away although you can't do it any earlier than 180 days, make sure you have a pen to write down your adr no.
as for the shows, there are sometimes two but it depends what time of year you go, in the peak times there tends to be two showings per night but you wont know that till 6months before when the park hours for your month are out.. enjoy this is where the planning begin in ernest! :pgig:

[debs2028]

just to put a spanner in the works when I rang to make my ADR's they insisted on my hotel booking reference to book meals in advance :)

[disney dave]

had lovely meal in Brown drby last week only went in on spec and were quite impressed its a 2 dinner in dinning plan had lovely walnut and raspberry salad and steak which was very nicely cooked and presented. we had lunch would deff. go again but would prefer evening meal. not been to mamma melrose as yet may be next year

[tricky]

just to put a spanner in the works when I rang to make my ADR's they insisted on my hotel booking reference to book meals in advance :)

Ring Virgin Holidays Customer Services and they should be able to give you it...

[barryk1]

Hi we have eaten at Brown and the food was good , but whether it was worth paying the extra is another question . The atmosphere is great though
Baz

[KarenG]

We love Brown Derby and have eaten there twice with our children.

[LizzyBear]

just to put a spanner in the works when I rang to make my ADR's they insisted on my hotel booking reference to book meals in advance :)

I'd recommend ringing again. Some CMs can be a bit finicky about it but most will accept you saying you booked with VH in the UK and will let you make your 180+10 ADRs :) Of course you could ring VH but it may save you some trouble not to as the operators don't know what the Disney reference number is.

[Susiedo]

I had booked fantasmic package at Mama Melrose however after reading some disappointing reviews from the dibb and another site:blush:, I started to have second thoughts. Last night I got a call from Disney telling me that 2 shows were available for fantasmic(originally it was 7pm), I decided to change to Brown Derby. It's a bit earlier but it means we can have a stroll round after we've eaten before going to the 8pm show. :wavey: I had a look at the food reviews/menu on the dibb last night and the food pics look yummy!