Monsieur Paul is the recently renovated restaurant on the second floor of the France Pavilion, located directly above Les Chefs de France. If memory serves, the restaurant closed last July and reopened in the middle of December, about three months later than expected.
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It’s been a while since we visited Magic Kingdom.
Speaking of “us,” I get a lot of bizarre emails. This is part of my favorite as of late:
P.S. I’m curious of the use of “we’re” and “our” since it implies relation to the park or working for the company. Just a thought since other aspects of this blog appear more rudimentary so any confusion there may ultimately lead to distrust.
I can assure you that all views present within are the official opinions of the Walt Disney Company and every one of its subsidiaries. You can totes trust me and you will only consume the official line.
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The BoardWalk Bakery reopened on April 27th after closing for a refurbishment back on January 6th. It generally takes Disney 4,000 years to refurbish something as simple as a bathroom door. This may be a record.
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Disney celebrated its 15th Anniversary last Monday. T-shirts and hats are still available. You can still get Epcot 30th Anniversary merchandise for that matter.
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We’ve spent some time at Splitsville in the past, particularly in this post and this post.
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Work continues at The Grand Floridian Resort and Construction Zone. Six and a half months away?
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The Tomorrowland Terrace Wishes Dessert Party is scheduled (almost) nightly at Magic Kingdom. Above is the crowd you won’t be jostling with for a viewing spot if you wish to fork over the $25/adult and $13/child for the Party. The price varies based on date and they won’t tell you how much it costs until you try to book. On this particular night, two adults and a child cost $64.97 with tax. Unlike regular dining reservations that open up 180 days in advance, the Dessert Party isn’t available until about two months in advance. When dates do open, it’s typically an entire month at a time. You can follow this thread on the DIS, which should keep you up to date on when Parties become available for booking. The number to call is the usual 407-WDW-DINE (407-939-3463).
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Les Chefs de France is the lower level restaurant in the France Pavilion. I call it The Peasants de France. Or if you really want to get fancy with it, Les Paysans de France, which sounds kind of sexy, actually. The ritzier Monsieur Paul sits on top – rather smugly I might add. I have yet to read a positive review of Paul, but Disney Food Blog ran a glowing review of Cap’n Jack’s a couple weeks ago. So anything is possible. I read the review and literally said out loud, “Now I’ve seen everything.” Cap’n Jack’s is a restaurant that has not quite figured out Diet Coke, let alone anything that has spent any amount of time in an ocean. I should be bringing you a Monsieur Paul review early next month. Hopefully it will be good(?)!
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The Iron Man 3 monorail arrived a couple of weeks ago. One of these days I will time a better picture.
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The website has not spent a lot of time in the theme parks over the last couple of very busy weeks. 9+ crowd levels are not my favorite either. And there is not a whole lot going on these days. This past week was less crowded than the week before it, which is evident on the crowd calendar with the 9s instead of 10s. Magic Kingdom closed to Phase 3 capacity on four dates from March 24th – 30th. Over the past week, it closed to Phase 3 once and that was only for an hour or so. You may remember the 26th when the line for Spaceship Earth was full on both sides and spilled out of the extended queue. Today, the other side is completely full, but the wait is 20 minutes instead of 45 minutes. Crowds will die down substantially beginning today (the 7th) and stay moderate up until the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend.
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