Highway in the Sky Dine Around

Here's the deets:

All aboard the Walt Disney World Resort Monorail for a culinary journey where each destination offers a distinctively delicious experience.

Five Courses. One Extraordinary Evening.

Join us for a progressive dinner unlike any other—with sumptuous offerings at 3 Disney Resort hotels.

Join us for a progressive dinner unlike any other—with sumptuous offerings at 3 Disney Resort hotels. Your Dine Around adventure begins at Disney's Contemporary Resort, where you’ll check in at The Wave… of American Flavors restaurant. Relax and mingle with your fellow diners, enjoying a welcoming appetizer and specialty cocktail before setting off on your epicurean odyssey. Bon voyage and bon appétit!

First stop: Disney's Polynesian Village Resort—where you’ll feel as if you’ve arrived in a far-flung tropical paradise. Celebrate the spirit of the South Pacific and luxuriate in the charm of this exotic retreat, with an enticing variety of island-inspired libations and appetizers.

Then it’s time for a change of scene and cuisine—as the monorail transports you a world away: to the opulent Victorian-style Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Step inside and step back into a bygone era of elegance and gracious hospitality. You’ll be escorted to the award-winning Cítricos restaurant where we invite you to settle in amid the refined ambience as you’re treated to a special Chef’s main course selection. Afterward, gather in the splendidly appointed lobby to sip champagne and savor a selection of artisanal cheeses.

Board the monorail once more to return to Disney's Contemporary Resort for the culmination of your evening. Here, you and your Dine Around companions will retire to a private patio to enjoy an indulgent assortment of desserts, cordials and coffee. From this exclusive location, watch in wonder as the Wishes nighttime spectacular fireworks light up the night over Cinderella Castle—a musical, magical grand finale to your one-of-a-kind dining adventure.

Advance reservations are highly recommended.

Highway in the Sky Dine-Around is offered Tuesday, Friday and Sunday beginning Dec. 2. Reservations open Nov. 29. (No dine-around between Dec. 23 and Dec. 31). Cost is $150 gratuity included, tax is additional. Valet parking is included. For reservations, 407-WDW-DINE.

JanetMegan;2494430 wrote: Just a head's up I tried to book myself (party of 1) for three different nights in Dec for the new monorail hopping dining thing and there was no availability... :(

Sorry you couldn't get in, at $150 plus tax I think this is going to sell out quickly. Sounds like a fun experience.

I think this is an awesome deal. Wish I was going to Disney.

Was I the only one disappointed by this? When I saw the headline, I though you got to actually dine in the monorail, like they added a table, and courses were served at different stops.

Probably just a childhood dream ..

ibelieveindisneymagic;2494438 wrote: Was I the only one disappointed by this? When I saw the headline, I though you got to actually dine in the monorail, like they added a table, and courses were served at different stops.

Probably just a childhood dream ..

A while back - I came up with an idea for a late nite party monorail. Can't recall if I shared it on the podcast but one of my friends reminded me today. The idea was after park hours, you put a couple monorails on the epcot loop. Fill them up with people. Each car has an assortment of deserts and drinks along with piped in music, special lighting etc.

Biggest problem is the current configuration of the monorails... they aren't open. Now if they ever upgraded them to be like the las vegas ones, then you'd be able to sit, stand, dance, party!

Even so, I'd do a couple loops, drink, eat and chill. You could even have a bar or food stop at the epcot station and TTC.

Again, this would be AFTER normal park hours so it didn't interfere with anything.

#intercotconsulting - thank me ;)

ibelieveindisneymagic;2494438 wrote: Was I the only one disappointed by this? When I saw the headline, I though you got to actually dine in the monorail, like they added a table, and courses were served at different stops.

Probably just a childhood dream ..

Yep - that was my first thought too!

In the TA press release, it stated the event wouldn't be held December 18th to January 3rd....

I am not sure I could eat in the monorail with that smell.

This is probably something DH and I would do in the future on a "date night", or on a trip without the kids. I think $150 per person is somewhat reasonable, but no way would this be a family "add on". I don't think it's worth $600 for a family of 4 to do, but with the alcohol involved it's definitely not geared toward the family set anyway.

We do this already, on our own, and our kids enjoy partaking in it. As a matter of fact we have plans for a "monorail crawl" on our upcoming Feb. trip. The one thing that concerns me is this event is scheduled for the same night we have our plans. I do hope that the number of guests per night is low enough as to not cause delays to other guests on the monorail. Also it appears that the CR final stop with Wishes is on the 4th floor observation deck. I haven't seen anything officially stating that, but the picture looks a lot like that space. I also noticed in June that Disney had added a seating section to the far corner facing MK on that 4th floor deck. Could this have been added specifically for this event? It kinda bums me out to think that yet another space that was previously open to the public may now be a "by reservation only" space.

DebK;2494470 wrote: In the TA press release, it stated the event wouldn't be held December 18th to January 3rd....

Weird, the one John posted above only had a blackout from the 23rd-31st. I tried also to make some for March with no luck. Also they told me on the phone they are for Tues, Friday and Sat so it seems there is a bit of confusion all around with folks on the WDW side.

Well folks persistence pays off... I have a reservation for me, myself and I for this on Saturday night...I'll report back!!

JanetMegan;2494869 wrote: Well folks persistence pays off... I have a reservation for me, myself and I for this on Saturday night...I'll report back!!

That's great :thumbsup::chef::wine: ! Can't wait to read all about it!

JanetMegan;2494869 wrote: Well folks persistence pays off... I have a reservation for me, myself and I for this on Saturday night...I'll report back!!

Enjoy :wine:

I might be missing it among all the information here, but is this event expected to continue in 2017, or is this just something for December, 2016? Or perhaps that won't be decided until they see how popular it is.