tarzan_rocks
02-05-2008, 04:16 PM
In 2000 I dined at Cinderella's Royal Table for the first time with my wife to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. It goes down in our personal history as perhaps our greatest dining experience ever. The food was exquisite; service impeccable. We truly felt like royalty just being there. The most memorable part of the experience was feeling like their guests. They made us feel completely comfortable like we could stay and hang out all night if we wanted. Of course, we didn't. We had another date with Tinkerbell and Fantasy in the Sky.
We went back to Cinderella's in 2004 with our two-year-old daughter for the princess breakfast. Though lovely, it was not nearly the regal experience we enjoyed years before. Our lasting impression this time was feeling herded. We were brought in with several other parties sitting at adjacent tables. The Princesses all came by in quick succession. They were outstanding, the best I've ever seen. We were still enjoying our meal when all of a sudden we realized all of our neighboring tables were empty. All those folks who were ushered in with us were gone. We then realized that our server was subtly doing things to help us leave. He stopped refilling our glasses voluntarily. He started asking us questions like "How did you enjoy your meal?" instead of "Are you enjoying your meal?" We got the picture that they were trying to rush us out. I can see maybe if we weren't still eating. At their prices, I felt like we should at least be afforded the opportunity to finish our food. As we expected, a whole other group of people were brought in around us and we never heard from our server again.
Our tenth anniversary is coming up in January. I'm in search for a place to take my family to celebrate the occasion. My first thought was Cinderella's Royal Table. It has been several years since our lackluster experience there. Perhaps they've perked things up a bit. So I started asking around, searching Intercot and reading online reviews. You know what I found? Increasingly negative responses over the last several years. I thought I would share my observation with you all to see what your thoughts are. Have you noticed such a downward trend? Are there reasons why people haven't enjoyed Cindy's like they have in years past?
I've moved on to other considerations for this milestone celebration. It's sad though. I would have loved to have gone back where magical memories were made while making new ones.
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We went back to Cinderella's in 2004 with our two-year-old daughter for the princess breakfast. Though lovely, it was not nearly the regal experience we enjoyed years before. Our lasting impression this time was feeling herded. We were brought in with several other parties sitting at adjacent tables. The Princesses all came by in quick succession. They were outstanding, the best I've ever seen. We were still enjoying our meal when all of a sudden we realized all of our neighboring tables were empty. All those folks who were ushered in with us were gone. We then realized that our server was subtly doing things to help us leave. He stopped refilling our glasses voluntarily. He started asking us questions like "How did you enjoy your meal?" instead of "Are you enjoying your meal?" We got the picture that they were trying to rush us out. I can see maybe if we weren't still eating. At their prices, I felt like we should at least be afforded the opportunity to finish our food. As we expected, a whole other group of people were brought in around us and we never heard from our server again.
Our tenth anniversary is coming up in January. I'm in search for a place to take my family to celebrate the occasion. My first thought was Cinderella's Royal Table. It has been several years since our lackluster experience there. Perhaps they've perked things up a bit. So I started asking around, searching Intercot and reading online reviews. You know what I found? Increasingly negative responses over the last several years. I thought I would share my observation with you all to see what your thoughts are. Have you noticed such a downward trend? Are there reasons why people haven't enjoyed Cindy's like they have in years past?
I've moved on to other considerations for this milestone celebration. It's sad though. I would have loved to have gone back where magical memories were made while making new ones.
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