Our best date night at Disney involved dropping the kids off at The Neverland Club for the evening.
Anything after that would have qualified as a romantic date night. But dinner at California Grill was excellent, as was a nice walk around the grounds at the Polynesian before picking the kids up from the Neverland Club.
I hadn't thought about Citrico's I need to check out their menu. Thanks for the idea.We are going to do Citrico's this time since the in-laws will be with us.
After how much our kids enjoyed the clubs on the cruise I think we'll have to try the neverland club on our next family trip. I have our agent checking on availability for dinner at the california grill during wishes on any of our nights there, but since we are only a couple months out, I'm not holding out much hope for that.
I hadn't thought about Citrico's I need to check out their menu. Thanks for the idea.
DW and I have eaten at:
V&A: absolutely fantastic dinner... maybe one day we'll do it again.
California Grill, with fireworks: Excellent meal, and fireworks adds a little something.
Citricos: Nice meal. We walked over to the boat dock and watched fireworks from there.
Flying Fish cafe: We ended up here one night on a whim because they said they could seat us immediately at the "bar" which directly overlooks the kitchen. We both thought the food was fabulous, and it was actually really cool to watch the food being prepared. I got to see my actual steak being cooked right in front of me, and then while I was eating, the chef who cooked it took a moment to come over and ask me how it was. I read recently that they now do a chef's wine dinner at that bar.
Another perk of the FF cafe is that before and/or after you can stroll around the boardwalk and catch some entertainment or do some dancing... it's a really good date night spot.
We also did the carriage ride at POR. We really liked the atmosphere. We ended up staying there on the very next trip we took. You are allowed to bring your own drinks along with you. probably snacks too, but not a whole meal... a bottle of wine and a carriage ride can be a pretty nice date night option.
Usually anything without kids ( even a just a trip to target) is a date for DW and I. This is an adults only trip for us though so we should have lots of time together. Last year when we did it we were on the DDP so we had 3 nice TS "dates". This year we aren't on the dining plan so I am just looking at 1 or 2 nice little things to celebrate both DW doing her first half marathon and our 14 yr wedding anniversary.I have the same feeling as AJRitz: if the kids aren't there, anything qualifies as date-night worthy!
We had a nice date at Kona Cafe in the Polynesian. We also really enjoy just strolling around the parks and resorts at night--no real destination in mind, just wandering shops, enjoying the atmosphere and catching fireworks shows or street performers as the case may be.