To csuzannet: Thanks for the sympathy; that's actually a lot more than we got from the cms at CP. No kidding. And THAT is actually what irks me more than anything. I understand bad days--I was a hostess age 14-18, waited tables 18-21, managed restruants 21-24, and a restruant consultant 24-28, Did event planning 28-29, then became a stay-at-home-mommy, but remain a foodie. DH also until 3 years ago was in the restruant business in one way or another (sales) from the age of 14.
We showed up for our PS 20 minutes early (expecting to wait until our ps time--baby had to nurse anyhow), and weren't seated until 45 minutes after our ps time--and our ps was for 10:10, they take ps upto 11:30. So, NOT the end of service times. I don't think we saw our server, but twice. He had to keep chasing down our servers to get anything--like our first round of drinks which *he* never brought us.
And we NEVER did see pooh, thankfully, we were the first in at toontown the next time at MK & ds3 was able to walk in holding pooh's hand.
When we got back, I was talking with a friend of mine who is not only a Disney junkie, but a Disney Specialist TA. She told me that while it wasn't a common experinece at CP (why she didn't warn me when I told her we were doing it), that it isn't uncommon either--about 20% of all CP patrons have that as a typical experience. If it were up to me, I'd never go back. But low and behold, DS, now 4, wants to try again because he didn't get to eat with pooh like he wanted. DS14m, is also becoming a pooh fan, so they might win out. Haven't decided yet as me and dh were repulsed. And again, mainly by the lack of care (read apology) from the CP CMs.