Whenever my family and I are planning a trip, the food is JUST as important as the location. DH and I like to consider ourselves foodies. Foodies in the since that we love to cook and try new and interesting things. We like many different types of cuisine including Greek/Mediterranean, Italian, Thai, Japanese and good ole Southern Comfort Food. And before you ask, yes, Southern IS a cuisine.
One of mine and DH's favorite things to do together is to get into the kitchen and cook something. Sometimes it's fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes and homemade cornbread. Other times, it's things like Spicy Pasta with artichokes, shrimp and black olives. Trying our new things is something we love to do, and we rarely, if ever, use a recipe for anything other than a guideline. This means we really don't follow the recipe, and we never measure anything. This has caused us to have some huge success in the kitchen, and some disasters as well.
But it's a lot of fun, and we enjoy doing it together.
Like I was saying earlier, the food is very important to us. Because of that, this is one area of our trips that I always start planning early. That being said, we might as well start now!
After two trips to WDW, we have a pretty good idea of what we like. After talking it over with DH, weve decided to limit the number of buffets that we do. This presents us with a little bit of a predicament. Emma LOVES character meals, and most of them tend to be buffets. No fear though! Emma actually said the other day that the only ones she wants to go back to are the Castle and Poohs Breakfast. YAY! This makes things easier for me!
The first part of deciding where to eat, is deciding which dining plan to use. Weve used a dining plan on both of our trips, and we absolutely love it! Its a nice feeling knowing that we can order whatever we want, and its already paid for. So far, weve done the regular dining plan, and the deluxe dining plan. We toyed with the idea of going Premium for this trip for a while, but I think weve decided not to, and to go Deluxe again. We loved being able to get appetizers on the deluxe plan, and having that plan also gave use more flexibility in going to some signature places too. Although, Premium may jump back into the conversation later, for now weve decided on Deluxe.
And here are the places we are looking at possibly going to:
Kouzzina We love to eat dinner here! We want to shake it up a little on this trip though. We might do this as a breakfast instead.
The Hollywood Brown Derby We ate there for the first time on our last trip, and loved it! Love the ambiance, loved the wait staff, loved the food! This is a definite MUST DO!
California Grill This was another first on our last trip, and is a definite MUST DO for this one too! The food there is marvelous, and we enjoyed the atmosphere immensely. We thought it was exceedingly wonderful to be able to sit in the cocktail lounge to enjoy a drink before being shown to our table by the manager himself!
Cinderellas Royal Table We had a FABULOUS experience here on our last trip (see my TR in my siggy for more details!), so this is also a MUST DO! We ate there for dinner on our last trip, so we may make this a breakfast on this one just to mix it up a bit.
Crystal Palace Weve eaten here for breakfast on our first MK day on both of our trips, so its quickly becoming a tradition for us. Emma loves to go here and see all of her friends from Winnie the Pooh!
Fultons Crab House My parents took me there to eat when I was really little, but I dont remember anything about it. I was three at the time. We love seafood of any kind, and DH and Emma love crab legs, so we just might have to give this one a try!
Yachtsman Steakhouse DH is a major carnivore, and this place just looks so lovely. This one is getting some serious looks right now.
Kona Café Weve never eaten here before, but the reviews all look so wonderful! We might have to sneak this one in for a breakfast one morning!
Liberty Tree Tavern Weve never eaten here before either, but it seems like this is a place that you need to eat at, at least once. This one has a possibility of making it to our list.
Be Our Guest I have no idea what this one has in store for us, but if its open when we go, youd better believe Im going to have it on my list!!!
Les Chefs de France I have eaten here before, but its been a really long time. (I was 11.) Ive wanted to go here on both of our recent trips, but it never made the final cut. Might have to make sure it makes it on the list this time! (Besides, it gives me a good reason to get a Grand Marnier slushie after dinner since its so close to the cart!)
Artist Point I dont really know much about this one yet, but the menu looks interesting. I need to study up on it for sure.
Narcoossees Another seafood place, I know. Plus, I like that it offers views of the Magic Kingdom.
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater This place just looks neat. DH has eaten here before and said that the food is pretty ordinary, but the atmosphere is really cool. I need to read up on it some more though.
50s Prime Time Cafe I think this one looks like a lot of fun too! Plus, who can turn down fried chicken??
Yak and Yeti Im really not sure about this place, but something about it intrigues me. I have to study up on this one some more, too.
Wow
thats a really long list. And I see that I have A LOT of homework to do!
Looks like I need to read about all of these places to get a better idea on things. Any suggestions from you guys? Do you see any I should automatically remove? Any I should add that I didnt think about?
Good Mornin' ya'll!
and I'm glad you're here! Just sit back, relax, grab some popcorn 
and join me as I drive myself crazy planning! 
Way to go, you!! 
thinking about and planning our Disney dining too! Here is my 2 cents...
