Currently work is ongoing to replace the existing signage over the entrance of the Restaurant as well as new carpets etc. By April or sooner if everything fits into place quicker than anticipated Rendez-vous des Stars will be more Restaurant of the Stars.
Drinks will be served at the tables and I expect they will have an enhanced drinks menu to go along side this.
Reservations will soon become possible for this restaurant that guests have been asking for for many years.
I hope this is not the end and the dinning area hopefully re-imaginered to create a more fine dining ambience and scrap the Buffet bringing a range of new dishes maybe named after Touchstone,Hollywood etc picture properties which are part of the Disney family in the next few years.
I like the fact that Rendez-vous des Stars will become a table service restaurant. However, am I the only one who feels that Restaurant of the Stars sounds quite lame? I dont think its nescessary to rebrand the restaurant (at least not with a name thats too similar like that). A waste of money if you ask me, money that could be used elsewhere. Hopefully the new concept of the restaurant will become as success.
According to Jim Hill Media:
QuoteMeanwhile, over at Epcot's Les Chefs de France ... Well, Disney knows better than to mess with the nouvelle cuisine that this restaurant's three internationally acclaimed chefs -- Paul Bocuse, Roger Verge, and Gaston LeNotre – serve up. But that said, Les Chefs de France is still one of the most expensive restaurants found in that theme park. And given that Guests are really watching their money these days, Disney World officials felt that they had to come up with a strong new draw for this France pavilion restaurant.
Which is why – this past Monday -- Remy from "Ratatouille" began making appearances at Les Chefs de France. And – no – I'm not talking about some sweaty teenager in a walk-around Remy costume. I'm talking about the latest application of Disney's Living Character Initiative program. Which first started entertaining diners at Walt Disney Studios' Rendez-Vous des Stars restaurant last summer.
Be warned, though. This itty-bitty animatronic Remy is scheduled to make his last appearance at Epcot on September 10th. So if you want to be entertained by Little Chef while you're dining at Les Chef de France, you'd best make some reservations ASAP.
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Did they clone our Remy for Epcot, or has our Remy crossed the big pond? And if so, will he return in September?
Quote from: "Maarten"However, am I the only one who feels that Restaurant of the Stars sounds quite lame?
No. I don't mean to go on about the good-old-days-when-everything-used-to-be-perfect again, but I find it regrettable that things like that are so very much without imagination now. Yes, names as well. Apart from that clever streak that was Hollywood Boulevard (which was of course filled with witty details), most everything language-related in the Studios seems so obvious and one-dimensional. There's Studio This and That of the Stars and everything invites you to
eat like a star or experience
movie magic. Dullsville. The park's blurb on the official website has the word "cinemagical" in it. You get the picture.
At the Disneyland Park, there's eternal potential to go, "ha, a barber shop called Dapper Dan's/an ice cream parlor called the Gibson Girl/a bicycle shop with a Wright Brothers insinuation. How clever!"
It reminds me of something Eddie Sotto once wrote for Yesterland...
"This harkens back to the rich historical depth Disneyland instilled in its design. Charles Dana Gibson, the highest paid American illustrator of his day, created the aloof "Gibson Girl" character that inspired the suffragette movement. We gave his creations a tribute in the form of an ice cream parlor. Herb once told me that it is just as expensive to use research to base your design on something meaningful as to just make it up. He was right and we were trying to follow in that overlooked tradition. That depth has a value."But I digress as usual. A table service restaurant is good news! I hope they'll redecorate more than the name, though.
The beautiful Rendez-vous des Stars sign above the entrance of the restaurant has been removed lately. Its expected that a new Restaurant des Stars sign will be placed soon.
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Sad. I liked rendez-vous des stars much more.
But it seems that not my DLRP-year with all this MMP-stuff and bad taste decisions :lol:
Ta-daa :wink: :
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Is it just me, or does the sign look really small? I was expecting something a bit larger! Anyone else?
Yeah that sign looks a little on the small side, but it could just be the angle of the camera
Looking at that first photo - doesn't the exterior of the restaurant look so boring? Plain yellow-ish walls, generic round windows, and a random fence on top... whatever happened to the Theatre District placemaking? :roll:
The sign looks fine, if a little small. The rest of the building is what needs a lot of work in my opinion! Not sure why I haven't noticed it up until now.
Quote from: "RnRCj"Looking at that first photo - doesn't the exterior of the restaurant look so boring? Plain yellow-ish walls, generic round windows, and a random fence on top... whatever happened to the Theatre District placemaking? :roll:
The sign looks fine, if a little small. The rest of the building is what needs a lot of work in my opinion! Not sure why I haven't noticed it up until now.
I think that's what makes the sign look so small, there's so much empty yellow space, which looks awful. I was expecting the new sign to go in the same place as "Rendez-vous des Stars"...
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I don't understand this at all. Why was this necessary? Who thinks of this stuff.
Is there anything new at DLRP that doesn't turn bad?
Very beautiful castle - ugly Mickey shaped things on the spires
Very beautiful Central Plaza - ugly stage
Very beautiful castle - ugly toon sign on the castle
And now the Restaurant des Stars sign. It is too small and it should be placed where the old sign was. The yellow wall looks really bad without any sign on it.
Quote from: "pussinboots"I don't understand this at all. Why was this necessary? Who thinks of this stuff.
Indeed, Rendez-Vous des Stars
Restaurant sounds like a much more table service-worthy name than Restaurant des Stars, which sounds like the slogans on those Catering Co vans you love so much.
How do people realise Blue Lagoon, Auberge de Cendrillon, etc are restaurants?! Let's do a bit more renaming,
just in case the idiot public don't "get it"...
Blue Lagoon: Restaurant des Pirates
Walt's: Restaurant de Walt
Auberge de Cendrillon: Restaurant de Cendrillon
Cowboy Cookout Barbeque: Restaurant des Cowboys
Rainforest Cafe: Restaurant de la Rainforest
And you get the idea with that. So now the park has "Restaurant en Coulisse", "Restaurant des Stars" and "Cafe des Cascadeurs". But... what on earth is Backlot Express?!
But the new sign is pretty alright, it's actually more 50s/periody than the old one, and it's nice to see some colours other than yellow and turquoise. More surprising, probably, that there's no mention of Remy anywhere. Would have thought they'd lead with that. I'm waiting for something to fill the empty façade, too.
I was wondering that Ant. Do we know if Remy is history (e.g. over at WDW) or is he still here?
It looks like Remy stays!
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and they still keep the Chef Rémy sign up DOUH
Don´t like the new sign and I don´t like the new name. It´s both just one for me: Unbelievable boring. :evil:
So this is now a table service restaurant?
if so does anyone know what the menu is like?
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It looks classy. I like it.
The new sign and awning looks like it fits the title of Restaurant of the Stars.
The awning does look quite good. Though it could do with some plants and other vegetation outside I think, to make it more "Hollywood". Right now the area seems very cold against the Parisian weather.
The entarnce looks really good. I didn't expect it this way, because I was very disappointed when the new sign appeared on the building.
Well that's more like it! Pretty much as I expected.
Quote from: "RnRCj"The awning does look quite good. Though it could do with some plants and other vegetation outside I think, to make it more "Hollywood". Right now the area seems very cold against the Parisian weather.
Yes, a few of those potted plants they used to have on Hollywood Blvd last year would be nice, although they only seemed to last one Summer. :roll:
It's still very bland though, when you consider the incredible backstory and themeing given just to something like Cable Car Bake Shop in Main Street. I still say this building and location would be perfect as a proper Brown Derby replica...
I like that new awning! I was worried when I saw they'd re-done the sign and left a massive area of yellow stonework! I still think some more greenery wouldn't go amiss... although that's my solution to everything WDS related :oops: !
Quote from: "luke85"I like that new awning! I was worried when I saw they'd re-done the sign and left a massive area of yellow stonework! I still think some more greenery wouldn't go amiss... although that's my solution to everything WDS related :oops: !
Yes but that´s an absolute must have thing! They hardly need some greenery there right and left to that canopy. Why not a little hedge or something and a red carpet?
Your Spot on there Riebi...
A red carpet is possibly the biggest must to go under that Canopy...
If you want the Hollywood Look... You've got to give it the Stereotyped Hollywood Props... Look at pictures of Restaurants in Hollywood... They Have 3 Things... Canopy... Green Life and The Infamous Prop of all Hollywood... The Red Carpet...
Its not a big ask... We're not looking for something exponentially large... Perhaps a 20x10 metre (Guesstimating) Water Proof one...
add a simple hedgerow (or two) Nothing fancy about it... although you could add Solar Paneled fairy lights to the hedges...
and you have a professional looking building... :D
Quote from: "Captain Pan"Your Spot on there Riebi...
A red carpet is possibly the biggest must to go under that Canopy...
If you want the Hollywood Look... You've got to give it the Stereotyped Hollywood Props... Look at pictures of Restaurants in Hollywood... They Have 3 Things... Canopy... Green Life and The Infamous Prop of all Hollywood... The Red Carpet...
Its not a big ask... We're not looking for something exponentially large... Perhaps a 20x10 metre (Guesstimating) Water Proof one...
add a simple hedgerow (or two) Nothing fancy about it... although you could add Solar Paneled fairy lights to the hedges...
and you have a professional looking building... :D
Hurray for Hollywood! =D>
I agree with you, a red carpet and some greenery would be great! The park in general needs more plants and trees.
QuoteIt's still very bland though, when you consider the incredible backstory and themeing given just to something like Cable Car Bake Shop in Main Street. I still say this building and location would be perfect as a proper Brown Derby replica...
i completly argee with you anthony, i think it would be nice, if they rebuilt the building
and take there a replica of the brown derby, it would fit perfectly, if you sit outside you
have a nice look of TOT and a lil bit of the buildings from Hollywood blvd.
the improvement looks really good but it looks not not finished...
A red carpet and some greenary would really finish the resturant off nicely!!
I do hope that Remy is staying and not being shipped off to America! I didn't have a chance to meet him last year and as I'm not able to go this year :( I won't see him especially if he is to go in September!!
Boo to America stealing all of our props :(
Quote from: "SophieD"A red carpet and some greenary would really finish the resturant off nicely!!
I do hope that Remy is staying and not being shipped off to America! I didn't have a chance to meet him last year and as I'm not able to go this year :( I won't see him especially if he is to go in September!!
Boo to America stealing all of our props :(
From what I've read on Pixar Planet... Remy was already in EPCOT... Or have I missed something?
Cause they were all stunned on the forum at what he was like and complained about the lack of dialouge... if I remember rightly... (Luckily I was armed with Ant's video podcast and laughed at all the yanks (silently in the distance)
From what I remember reading Remy will only be at EPCOT for the summer... and is leaving after that... But as usual I could be wrong
Yep, Remy is currently at France in Epcot.
It took the American Disney fans a while to realise that he's ours, like usual.
No idea when he will be returning but I could see him staying until the end of the Food and Wine Festival. (He would suit the event.)
I love the new look, the canopy really finishes it off. But I do agree with what has been said, it really needs a red carpet under the canopy, and some simple plants down the side. Just some bushes or something to go between the two posts at the front and the two at the back of each side, then it will be complete :wink:
Dont like the new sign at all.. The original had a certain Deco class about it, this just looks cheap and out of propotion.
I can't tell from these pictures but whats happened to the signage that went around the curved part of the building now or did that go years ago!
The curved part was turned into Café Cafés, another masterpiece of theming by DLP.
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