Holy Cow! :eek: We will definitely not be eating at the Blue Bayou any more, that's for sure! The only reason I was willing to pay the old prices was because of ambience (which lately hadn't been that great anyhow.) The food was never that great. And the portions have always been too big - and now they're bigger. It's not like you can really take home a doggie bag from there. I'm glad we went in January because we won't be going again.

They got rid of the clam chowder? It was the best clam chowder in the resort. Why is it that WDW can do food that twice as good at half the price but friggin Blue Bayou charges $30 a plate?

Yes, and now there's a plate splitting charge, so sharing will still cost you more than just the price of one entree.

For those prices I'd rather go have dinner at Napa Rose.

Or the other place at GCH that is an all you can eat buffet. That place is gooooood.

Do they take the literal view of plate splitting and only charge if you have them split the entree onto two plates? Or does the extra charge apply any time there are more diners than entrees, even if they just pass the plate and/or fork back and forth?

The one time we ate at Blue Bayou, I was very unimpressed. It was for lunch and I had prime rib. I am not joking when I say that it was more than 1/2 fat and very tasteless. The only thing that made up for it was our server who, knowing it was Nick's special b-day lunch was really on her game. This was for his 5th b-day and we haven't been back since.

I hope the upscale prices reflect an improvement in the food - the menu is too familiar though for me to be optomistic about that. I hope I'm wrong.

Storytellers.

Try the Corn Chowder. A little spicy and darned tasty.

While word is that the food is supposed to be better at the Neu Bayou, they have priced themselves out of my willingness to give them a tenth chance. Of the last nine times I've eaten there, eight of my meals sucked. Telling me that, oh - it's better now ... but pay even more than previously outrageous prices to find out ... well, that's just not a strategy that's going to work with me.


As for the Cafe Orleans ... I'm excited about it being a sit-down again, and can't wait to try the place out. If it's open this Sunday, I say let's hit it!

Yeah, I'll be waiting for some reviews first before venturing back in at that price point.