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Post by Cheshire Cat » Jul Wed 30, 2008 9:47 am

You pay 25% for the actual meal and the 75% for the atmosphere.
Yes... thank you! That's the point I was trying to make... in fact I was almost going to make the Hard Rock Cafe analogy :lol: . Or better yet, Planet Hollywood, they've got one of those in Downtown Disney :roll: .

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Post by Captain Schnemo » Jul Wed 30, 2008 7:04 pm

I used to like the food at the Rainforest Cafe. The decor is pleasant enough (the Bat Room is fun), so I took a friend there a few years ago. Everything I liked on the old menu had been removed and replaced with something slightly worse, and the food I got as an approximation of the old dish I liked was decidedly bad.

I haven't been back since.

I think it's totally lame that these things exist in malls all over the place, but Disney has the cajones to offer this restaurant to you as something special. Of course, the whole Downtown Disney area reeks of this kind of thing.

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Post by js3901 » Jul Wed 30, 2008 7:22 pm

Captain Schnemo wrote: I think it's totally lame that these things exist in malls all over the place, but Disney has the cajones to offer this restaurant to you as something special. Of course, the whole Downtown Disney area reeks of this kind of thing.
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Post by Captain Schnemo » Jul Wed 30, 2008 7:43 pm

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Post by cccmouse » Aug Tue 05, 2008 8:13 am

T-Rex sounds like it would be fun to see once, but I'm guessing that it will be just like the Rainforest Cafe...over priced for less than impressive food.

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T REX

Post by kschn3671 » Oct Sat 04, 2008 3:04 pm

I heard that this is national chain but I think there is only 1 other open. Im not sure where

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Post by mickster68 » Oct Sat 04, 2008 3:49 pm

I think there's one out west somewhere. I just saw that it's slated to open in DD on October 14th.
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Re: T REX

Post by js3901 » Oct Sat 04, 2008 10:56 pm

kschn3671 wrote:I heard that this is national chain but I think there is only 1 other open. Im not sure where
accoriding to the Official T-Rex Site, the only other loacation currently open is in Kansas City, KS. however, the company that owns T-Rex also owns RainForest Cafe, along with a ton of other restaurants.
mickster68 wrote: I just saw that it's slated to open in DD on October 14th.
According to all the Disney sites I've seen, this would be correct. the official TRex site, as well as the official DTD site just show late 2008 as the opening date...
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Re: T REX

Post by Lion Sleeps Tonight » Oct Sun 05, 2008 6:20 am

js3901 wrote:
kschn3671 wrote:I heard that this is national chain but I think there is only 1 other open. Im not sure where
accoriding to the Official T-Rex Site, the only other loacation currently open is in Kansas City, KS. however, the company that owns T-Rex also owns RainForest Cafe, along with a ton of other restaurants.
mickster68 wrote: I just saw that it's slated to open in DD on October 14th.
According to all the Disney sites I've seen, this would be correct. the official TRex site, as well as the official DTD site just show late 2008 as the opening date...
My co-worker's wife is gonna be a server over there. I'm pretty excited about the place, and the menu looks pretty appetizing. We'll see how it goes, though.
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Post by yodiwan1 » Oct Sun 05, 2008 8:57 pm

is there a menu yet for T-Rex? and if so where can I find it? im going up at teh end of the month and would love to try a new place!
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Post by js3901 » Oct Mon 06, 2008 12:02 am

yodiwan1 wrote:is there a menu yet for T-Rex? and if so where can I find it? im going up at teh end of the month and would love to try a new place!
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Post by yodiwan1 » Oct Mon 06, 2008 10:19 pm

Looks pretty good. Anyon knoe how prices are?
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Post by kschn3671 » Oct Thu 09, 2008 6:18 pm

I heard that you cant make disney reservations for this restaurant

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Post by js3901 » Oct Thu 09, 2008 8:34 pm

kschn3671 wrote:I heard that you cant make disney reservations for this restaurant
not surprising. It's not a Disney-owned restaurant, after all.
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Post by Future Guy » Oct Fri 24, 2008 10:05 am

It sounds like a fairly interesting place. I may check it out when my wife and I visit WDW for our anniversary next year.

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