I visited Be Our Guest (BOG) for breakfast on a Saturday
morning in early December 2018. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch,
and dinner daily from 8:00 am until at least 8:00 pm (and sometimes later,
depending on extended park hours). You can reserve a table
using the Disney app or website.
Be Our Guest is located in the Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland
section, way at the back of the park. The restaurant occupies a space inside a
giant faux rock wall that represents Beast’s castle. Inside, guests dine in one
of three rooms (chosen by the guests at breakfast and lunch when the meals are
quick service): the Ballroom, the Rose Gallery, and the West Wing. The West
Wing, the smallest room, was the most popular room on the day that I dined, but
even if it hadn’t been full, it was much too dark for my taste. The Rose Gallery
wasn’t yet opened when I arrived, which encouraged guests to occupy the other
two rooms first. I found a table in the ballroom, retrieved my own silverware
and beverage, and set my buzzer down to await my food delivery (a GPS tracker
inside the buzzer allows the food deliverers to find you). Be Our Guest can
seat over 500 people at a time! Because I had a pre-park opening breakfast
time, I was admitted to Main Street in the Magic Kingdom along with the rope-drop
masses about an hour before the official park opening time. General admission
guests are held in the area in front of the castle; however, if you have a
reservation at BOG, you are allowed to walk on the pathway to the left of the
castle to pass from the forecourt through the edge of Liberty Square and then
around the castle into Fantasyland.
Because BOG has been the most popular restaurant in Walt
Disney World since it opened in 2012, be sure to reserve your spot as early as
possible (180 days in advance) to avoid disappointment. Breakfast and lunch at
BOG are ordered a la carte, but dinner is part of a fixed-price menu. For
counter-service breakfast and lunch meals, guests order via automatic
touch-screen terminals, or they can even pre-order online. (FYI, I only made my
reservation about 60 days in advance, and I did pre-order my meal and drink.)
Dining at BOG for breakfast involves checking in at the outdoor podium/hut,
receiving two buzzers since I had pre-ordered, then making my way down the
drawbridge to enter the “castle”. I then waited in line to turn over one of the
buzzers and be permitted entry.
I pre-ordered the open-faced Croque monsieur, which was
plated with fresh fruit (as are most of the breakfast entrees). Each table also
receives a plate of pastries, which I was too full to eat but took away with me
since I had brought along some plastic Ziploc bags. Food arrives on wheeled
glass-covered carts, which has wow factor. Beer and wine is available at Be Our
Guest, which marks it as the first Magic Kingdom restaurant to permit it.
I enjoyed my early breakfast at Be Our Guest. Because I was
finished by 8:45 am, I was able to ride the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (twice) and
Peter Pan’s Flight before any regular park guests arrived that day, allowing me
to swap my later-in-the-day fast passes for alternate rides.
