Ale & Compass Restaurant Opening Soon at Walt Disney World

Reservations are now available for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the new Ale & Compass Restaurant at Disney's Yacht Club Resort for dining starting on November 26, 2017.

Ale & Compass Restaurant (formerly Captain’s Grille) has been completely transformed into a New England gastropub – Disney-style. The on-stage “hearth” oven area, where a select few diners can grab a seat, is the focal point of this warm and inviting space that is reminiscent of an off-shore lighthouse with rich, salvaged materials that are the decorative finishes.

The New England-inspired menus are creative and straight-up delicious — developed by the chefs of Disney’s Flavor Lab, a collaborative team responsible for all new food and beverage concepts across Disney. 

Menu items include Blueberry-Bacon Pancakes for breakfast and the Mushroom, Caramelized Onion, and Gruyere Cheeseburger for lunch.  The dinner menu includes items such as Fried Chicken and Waffles with House-made Pickles and Orange-Chili Honey or the Coastal Clambake (1/2 Maine Lobster, Clams, Corn, and Potatoes). 

Desserts include a delicious Lemon “Curd” Meringue Pie. And chocolate lovers will love the Twelve-Layer Chocolate Cake (Flourless Chocolate Cake and Ganache served with Milk-Coffee Chantilly.

The expanded and beautifully re-imagined Ale & Compass Lounge is adjacent to the restaurant and will be open to Guests beginning November 26 as well. A variety of original and classic cocktails are the stars, but extensive lists of New England and local beers and wine are also available for your sipping pleasure. The lounge menu offers lighter bites such as Caramelized Leek and Chorizo White Clam Hearth “Pie,” Oven Roasted Oysters, and Parker House Rolls with spreads of Bacon Jam, Pub Cheese, and Smoked Trout. 

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Skipper Canteen now Accepting Advance Dining Reservation

At the Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen in Magic Kingdom® Park, you can discover bold and flavorful tastes inspired by the exotic flavors of the rivers traveled on the Jungle Cruise attraction.

The Skipper Canteen has seen many changes in it short life as to how guests are to go about securing their table to eat at this new restaurant.  When it first opened, the Skipper Canteen used to be a walk up restaurant, then it switched to a make your reservation the day-of.  Now it is joins the rank with many other Walt Disney World Resort restaurants requiring advance dining reservations for lunch or dinner. Reservations can be made up to 180 days in advance by calling 407-WDW-DINE or via Disneyworld.com/dine. As with all dining reservations, a credit card guarantee is required at the time of reservation and the standard cancellation policy applies.

Reservations Now Open River Belle Terrace in Disneyland Park

The River Belle Terrace, one of the original restaurants at Disneyland® Park, will begin a new chapter as a table-service location beginning Februrary 10, 2016.  You can now make your upcoming reservations at this classic restaurant!

Disneyland's River Belle Terrace will be a Table Service Restaurant starting February 10, 2016!

The new menu, inspired by barbecue tastes from up and down the Mississippi River, will include tasty entrees like pork spare ribs, oven-roasted barbecue chicken, sustainable fish and sandwiches featuring fried chicken, beef brisket or pulled pork. Guests can also enjoy delicious starters like creamy pimento cheese dip or lighter entrées, such as a salad topped with chicken, grilled shrimp, brisket or BBQ tofu. And, no Southern meal is complete without dessert – warm maple, apple and bacon bundt cake, butterscotch pudding parfait or fried cheesecake!

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Nine Dragons Restaurant Celebrates ‘Year of the Monkey’

This year, 2016, is the Chinese “Year of the Monkey.”  In celebration, Nine Dragons in China Pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World will be offering some new items on their menu plus a price fixe lunch menu!

New Menu Items at Nine Dragons Restaurant in Epcot to Celebrate the Year of the Monkey

The price fix lunch special will be 3 courses (appetizer, entree and dessert) for $17.98 - which is a great deal!  Guests will have a choice of spring rolls or pot stickers for their appetizer.  For their lunch entrees guests will have three choices: Happily Family, with sliced chicken breast, beef and shrimp stir fry; Moo Goo Gai Pan with stir-fried chicken breast, mushrooms and snow peas; and General Tso’s Chicken Buns Lunch Box with three steamed buns and hot-and-sour soup.  The third course offered on the price fixe menu is dessert with a choice of strawberry-red bean ice cream or ginger-caramel ice cream. 

The special addition item to Nine Dragons' menu, just for Year of the Monkey, are three steamed buns: braised pork belly served with chili aioli; sweet-and-sour, batter-fried fish buns topped with pork floss (pork floss is dry, fluffy shredded pork seasoned with soy sauce and sugar); and General Tso’s Chicken buns with batter-fried chicken breast.  

These menu additions will remain on the menu until January 27, 2017.  Nine Dragons Restaurant is open daily for lunch and dinner and accepts the Disney Dining Plan. Various discount programs are also accepted at Nine Dragons including: Annual Passholder, Disney Vacation Club, Tables in Wonderland and Golden Oak (all these discounts are 20% for the month of February to celebrate the Chinese New Year). 

Source:  Disney Parks Blog