Beast Greeting at new Be Our Guest Restaurant??

Sorry I haven't been writing lately!  Dealing with sick babies and being sick myself is really dragging me down!
However, I had to drop in to say that there are new rumors today that the Beast himself will greet people with DINNER reservations at the new Be Our Guest Restaurant opening in November.  No lunch appearances and no autographs. 
This is exciting news though and I'm sure it will make the crowds bigger. 
I'm just hoping that we can eat lunch there on the first day!

Magic Kingdom No Longer a Dry Park!

News today is that wine will be served with dinner at the new Be Our Guest Restaurant, opening with the new Fantasyland Expansion.  Alchohol has never been served in the Magic Kingdom before.  

For me, this is kind of sad.  I understand why Disney would do this, but the Magic Kingdom has always been the one place where you didn't have to worry about exposing your children to the effects of alcohol.  Believe me, going through Epcot while the Food & Wine Festival is going on can really open your eyes!

Of course I don't drink at all, so my opinion is probably very different than other people who are now rejoicing over this news.  What do you all think?  Good idea or no?

More "Celebrate the Magic" images & more!

Disney just released more info. for the Celebrate the Magic show that is to start in November.  It looks really cool, but I'm still wondering about the Christmas lights on the castle.  No answer as to whether or not this will replace those.

Also, today they announced that there will be more seating for Fantasmic added!  This is really good news because at certain times it can be a long wait for this not to be missed show.  And, as we all know, with a lot of kids waiting can be difficult at best. 

In other news, I'm still working on the itinerary for our trip!  I'm trying to decide if I want to try to switch days around, but that means switching some of our dining ADR's and I'm not sure if I want to do that.