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likely give you a buzzer that will tell you when your table is ready. I had mine less than five minutes before it buzzed.

== The Entertainment ==

You can now move to the outdoor observation deck if you'd like, or stay inside at the lounge or full bar. The restaurant's sound system is connected to the Magic Kingdom, so you'll hear the same background music and fireworks narration that the people down in the park are hearing. This makes for a nice listening experience, since the restaurant generally has less ambient noise than the park.

So now your buzzer goes off and the host or hostess leads you to your table. If you've scheduled your dinner right, you are seated and have just seen the fireworks, or are getting ready to watch the fireworks. One nice thing is that the wait staff will usually let you watch from inside or outside, although it's still common courtesy to claim your table when it is ready for you.

If you have not scheduled your dinner around the fireworks, but would still like a show, you can watch the chefs creating their culinary masterpieces. Though they are in the "stage" kitchen, they truly are making the meals - nothing fake here. The restaurant is designed for a little standing room, but if you do decide to watch the talented cooking staff up close, please be aware of the waiters and other patrons in your immediate area.

== The Menu ==

Your efficient, conversational waiter or waitress will skip any menu item that you don't want to hear about, but still offer recommendations. All dishes are made fresh daily and all food items are in season. Here's what I ordered (in December 2007) from the menu updated in October 2007:

Appetizer - Sonoma Goat Cheese Ravioli. This large, round ravioli was served with dried tomatoes, mushrooms, plus pesto & basil for seasoning. Although I'm not a big fan of tomatoes, the rest of the dish was very good. Other appetizers were mostly centered on seasonal vegetables and brick-oven baked flatbreads.

Soups/Salads - I did not order a salad to save room for dessert. The dishes in this section featured items like tomato soup, Florida peaches, and grilled shrimp.

Entree - Oak-fired Beef Filet. The meat was cooked to order, quiet tender, with not one ounce of fat. Red potatoes, green beans, and a bacon garnish were on the side, plus the teriyaki bbq sauce (two of my favorite flavors in one!) was tangy, but not overly powerful. Mouth-watering!

Other featured entrees consisted mostly of seafood and sushi (Dungeness Crab, Yellowfin

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