Just got home from our Club Villain experience! Some details:
1) We arrived around 5:20 for our 5:45 seating. They checked us in and had champagne waiting for us outside at high tables. We also received invitations that had the menu inside, and set times for four villain meet and greets. The four villains are Maleficent, Queen of Hearts (as a face character, not a big head), Evil Queen, and Cruella.
2) They opened the doors at 5:30 which gave us a chance to sit at our table. The tables were for 4 people in our area, and we were seated right next to the dance floor with a great view of the stage. There weren't any bad seats in the house. Getting in early allowed us to walk around and take some pics, which I'll try to post.
3) Each villain had their own alcove with a throne (Cruella had a long red couch with a dalmatian puppy, plastic). They were really exquisitely detailed. The Evil Queen had a great magic mirror in hers that had swirling smoke and the face would occasionally appear. Over the center of the dance floor was a giant poison apple disco ball!
4) The DJ was already spinning at 5:30, but the show started promptly at 5:45. We already had our first plate of food by then. All the food and desserts were really impressive and well-themed. The dinner foods were Facilier/New Orleans themed. I loved the beef at the carving station and the 'sticky pig wings'. The desserts were themed for each of the four villains there. They had macaroons and cupcakes for the queen of hearts, truffles and green apple mousse for evil queen, cupcakes and pushpops for maleficent, and chocolate tarts and pana cotta with paw prints and bones for cruella.
5) The show itself was great! The host, Gonzo, does most of the singing for the night, but the villains came out occasionally and did dance numbers. They had a couple other dancers that were encouraging people throughout the night to dance. Song numbers included "I've Got Friends on the Other Side, Crazy (Gnarls Barkley), I'll Put a Spell on You, I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends, and Don't Stop Me Now" They'd perform a song, then do a 20-30 minutes of DJ/Dancing/Meets, and repeat.
6) There were lots of bigwigs there because it was the first night. The whole back of the room was filled with cast members. Near the end of the meal, a large table with a flame was brought out and we all got another dessert, creme brulee. They also had an open bar with a specialty drink for each villain. Evil Queen's was a cinammon whiskey mixed with hard cider. (My fave). Cruella's was a Godive White Chocolate liquer drink with boba pearls to make it look like a dalmatian. Queen of Hearts had a Sangria, and Maleficent had a cursed violet that was a lemonade with vodka.
We had an absolute blast! It was exactly two hours, and then the host finished the last song, yelled that club villain was officially closed, told us to GET OUT, and dropped the mic, literally, before walking off stage. It was great, haha, and we talked about how much fun we had the whole way home. I'll try to get pics up in a bit!
Sorry about the March dates being cancelled! I was hoping if it was popular enough it would stick around even longer
