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The pizza earns 2-3 stars from me. I'm more of a Pizza Bianco/Humble Pie/La Bocca kind of girl. Not a big fan of the doughy, over-cheesed kind of pizza. But, that's what they have here, so that's what we ate. Really nothing special, but not horrible either. Their salad bar is pretty standard; also nothing special. We didn't try any of their sandwiches or specialty dishes.
However, the entertainment was unlike anything I've ever seen before, and we all really enjoyed it. The organ pipes are quite a spectacle: a countless number of them, two stories high, all throughout the dining hall. There are drums and bongos on the walls and bells and xylophones hanging from the ceiling. The organ itself rotates on a platform at the front and center of the dining hall. I bet your organ doesn't do that. (On that note, I'll inform you that the "giant organ" and "huge pipes" lend themselves to a number of inappropriate jokes. So, have fun with that!)
Being the holiday season, we heard a lot of Christmas music both familiar and unfamiliar. My stepdaughter was elated when they played her current theme song, "All I want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth." And all of the kids loved the "It's a Small World/Mickey Mouse Club" theme song medley with the banner of Mickey hanging from the ceiling and "Under the Sea" with blue lights on the disco ball and bubbles at the end. Personally, I was a fan of the Phantom of the Opera medley.
The organist has a request box at the front of the stage that he checks every so often and he recognizes birthdays and special occasions and plays songs for them.
We're looking forward to doing another family dinner here sometime. Between grandma, adult kids and grandkids (ages 1-7), our gang had a really good time here!
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