Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
worry if you are depending on Disney transportation: Buses, boats, and monorails run
1-2 hours after the parks close.
The Magic Kingdom
Of the park's six full-service restaurants,
Be Our Guest
(dinner) in Fantasyland is the
best, followed by
Liberty Tree Tavern
in Liberty Square and
The Plaza Restaurant
on Main Street.
Cinderella's Royal Table
in the castle and
The Crystal Palace
on
Main Street serves a decent-but-expensive buffet chaperoned by Disney characters.
Avoid
Tony's Town Square Restaurant
on Main Street.
AUTHORS' FAVORITE COUNTER-SERVICE RESTAURANTS
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Be Our Guest (lunch)
New Fantasyland
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Columbia Harbour House
Liberty Square
These two restaurants offer the most variety within the Magic Kingdom. Be Our
Guest serves a tasty tuna Niçoise salad (with seared tuna), a grilled-ham-and-cheese
sandwich that's better than you'd expect, and a juicy braised-pork entrée. (It's also the
first restaurant in the Kingdom to serve alcohol.) Columbia Harbour House's offer-
ings include lobster rolls, grilled salmon, and a delicious hummus sandwich on multi-
grain bread. Otherwise, the Magic Kingdom's fast-food eateries are undistinguished.
They're also about twice as expensive as McDonald's, for about the same quality. On
the positive side, portions are large, sometimes large enough for children to share.
Epcot
Since the beginning, dining has been an integral component of Epcot's entertainment
product. World Showcase has many more restaurants than attractions, and Epcot has
added bars, tapas-style eateries, and full-service restaurants faster than any park in
memory.
For the most part, Epcot's restaurants have always served decent food, though
the World Showcase restaurants have occasionally been timid about delivering honest
representations of their host nations' cuisine. That seems to be changing faster in
some areas (Mexico) than others (Morocco), but we're hopeful that we see a trend.
It's still true that the less adventuresome diner can find steak and potatoes on virtually
