 The
Blue Bayou is one of the most elegant, atmospheric, and expensive
restaurants in Tokyo Disneyland. What makes this place so special? For one
thing, the food is outstanding. On the menu are items like Lobster
Thermidor, beef tenderloins with red wine sauce, curried veal stew with
vegetables, and a variety of seafood dishes. The restaurant features table
service, and your waiter or waitress is always close by and ready to
serve, but never intrusive.
What really makes this restaurant special is
its location. The restaurant is inside the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction—inside the first "scene" of the attraction to be exact, the
setting of which is a sleepy New Orleans bayou. It's dark and moody; you
can see the moon and the stars (regardless of what time of day it is), and
flittering fireflies contribute a little lighting. There's lots of
water, and the boats of the Pirates of the Caribbean perpetually float gently by. The swamp is home to a variety of
unseen creatures like
frogs and crickets, which provide a bit of ambience for the ears while
you're dining (rest easy, they're Disney creatures, not real ones).
The entrance to the Blue Bayou Restaurant is around the corner to the
right of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. One tip: when you go,
ask for a "water seat" (your Japanese host will understand if you say
it in English). This will put you near the water, giving you the best view
of the bayou and the Pirates of the Caribbean boats. |
