Illuminations dining

[MILWDIANA]

I know MK offers the dessert dining with reserved seating. Does Epcot offer anything for Illuminations???

[Disney_Barbie]

No, they dont' offer anything similar.

Unfortunatly, your only dinning option to view illuminations is to book a place with a view & cross your fingers that you're near a window/seated outside.
That being said, Rose & Crown is always popular for people hoping to sit outside & dine during illuminations, but I hear they seat tables next available when it comes to indoors vs. outdoors... so it's 'luck of the draw'.
I personally don't know much about La Hacienda de San Angel, but look into it, I beleive most of the restaurant has a good view.
And by the way, 2 misc. places that I don't hear mentioned often, but we've gotten to experience GREAT views at are Tokyo DIning & Bistro de Paris... Bistro was especially suprising to me that people don't talk about the amazing views for illuminations, but it was about equal to California Grill's view (in our oppinion)
Hope that helps!

[johnO]

We did Rose & Crown one year. It was great.

[FenwayGirl]

We do Rose and Crown for this every year. On the years that we were seated inside, they cover your plates and escort you to a private viewing area if you want to see the show. Beats trying to find a viewing spot;)

[Jared]

The new Mexican restaurant, La Hacienda, offers some nice views of IllumiNations. Rose & Crown is the popular choice, but it's sometimes hard to secure a table on the patio.

I like the idea of Tokyo Dining. Never thought of that one.

[CaptSmee]

The new Mexican restaurant, La Hacienda, offers some nice views of IllumiNations. Rose & Crown is the popular choice, but it's sometimes hard to secure a table on the patio.

I like the idea of Tokyo Dining. Never thought of that one.

La Hacienda was an awesome dinner & great view. I also have seen it from Rose & Crow's balcony a few times. Make an ADR for after 8 and take our time eating your meal.

[EpcotFan182]

I've eaten at Rose & Crown on a few occasions both on the patio and in the dining room. It was actually perfect when we ate inside because Illuminations started between our main course and dessert. We had mentioned to our server that we wanted to view Illuminations so after dinner our server took our dessert orders and we were then escorted to a roped-off viewing area to watch the show. When we returned to our seats we then ate our dessert. I thought it was pretty cool :mickey: