MickeyMinnieMom
If you ticket it, they will come... ;)
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- Aug 9, 2007
I get what you're saying. As lockedout said they probably could keep something very small booked up. But why would they limit this way?I have not once said that my proposition was likely. In fact, I started out staying how ridiculous I thought it was, but the more we discussed it, the more we figured that the resort will need some kind of "hook". When we look at what the offerings for DVC have been, we're seeing a lot of "exclusivity" and that's kinda how this all played out.
If you haven't been to Yachtsman, I think you're missing out. I'm sorry, but steak is not just steak. However, I am a red meat lover, so you'd have a hard time to convince me otherwise.
My hubby and I made the mistake of eating there on our first night on our recent trip in May. We compared every other restaurant to it and none of them stood up, even the beloved Cali Grill (which we DIDN'T love, btw).
Yacht Club isn't exactly convenient and I don't think DRR would be either. None of the resort restaurants off the monorail are exactly convenient, but yet, people find their way there.
If you had a restaurant that had 40 tables and was exclusive to DVC members and DRR guests, that had a fireworks view, I bet it's full every night.
You keep arguing that it can't sustain itself. How big do you think it has to be? How big is CRT? Not very big at all. They build it to create the demand. Done.
How would they "create demand"?
- V&A draws because it's in a separate class. Don't see them doing that.
- CRT draws because it's IN the iconic castle -- unique.
- Maybe rare characters? Maybe that + view would do it. Not for me, but for some, certainly. For enough people? Dunno.
I just don't see why they would limit themselves this way rather than having a regular-sized restaurant open to all -- like all of their other restaurants are, and like all restaurants in hotels around the world are. There may well be exceptions I'm not aware of, obviously.
Btw: I never said "steak is just steak". I said I can get that many places. We live in and visit other places that have great steakhouses. Jiko is unique, though -- so that we travel to AKL for.
ETA: Just to illustrate, 4 of the top 29 steakhouses in the U.S. listed here are near us. Yachtsman isn't on here. It's not a draw to us, personally. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/best-steakhouses-in-the-us?source=dam
6 of these top 50 near us -- Yachtsman not there. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thedailymeal.com/america-s-best-steakhouses?amp
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