Pre Trip Info:
My husband Paul and I (Noreen) spent 12 days at Disney World in February 2010.
We live in Northern NJ and love going to Disney World.
We have annual passes to Disney World. We also bought annual passes to Universal.
We stayed at Pop Century due to the phenomenal annual pass rates.
We have the Tables in Wonderland (TIW) card and chose not to purchase the Disney Dining plan fearing it would be too much food.
In additional to dining at Disney, we also ate a few meals offsite and I will include those in this review.
We had a rental car which made it easy for us to get around.
We also participated in a fridge swap at Pop Century so had a refrigerator in our room.
ADRs:
Disney changed the number of days in advance of your trip that you can book your dining. It used to be 90 days and changed to 180 days on October 27, 2009. Since this trip fell within 180 days from October 27, 2009 I was supposed to be able to go online to book my dining on 10/27/09
On 10/27/09 I tried getting online to book my dining around 7:30 in the morning. The system was down and it advised calling instead. I started calling and kept getting an “All circuits are busy.” I kept trying and around 9am finally got put on hold with music. That lasted about 20 minutes and I was connected to Bonnie who was so sweet and helpful despite probably having to deal with irate customers who spent a long time on hold before getting through. I was extra nice to her knowing she was probably having a rough day, but she was sweet as can be. I made the following reservations knowing that I may cancel some of them.
Wednesday 2/3/10 – Dinner at Jiko at 7:15pm
Thursday 2/4/10
Lunch at Le Cellier at 1pm
Dinner at The Wave at 8pm
Friday 2/5/10
Lunch at Yak & Yeti at 1pm
Dinner at Kouzzina at 8:15pm
Saturday 2/6/10
Lunch at Prime Time Café at 1:10pm
Dinner at Cape May Café at 8:15pm
Sunday 2/7/10
Breakfast at Kona Café at 9:15am
Dinner at O’Hana at 9:30pm
Monday 2/8/10
Lunch at Sanaa at 12:50pm
Dinner at Boma at 8:15pm
Tuesday 2/9/10
Dinner at T Rex at 9pm
Wednesday 2/10/10
Lunch at Biergarten at 12:30pm
Dinner at Le Cellier at 8:15pm
Thursday 2/11/10
Dinner at Tutto Italia at 8pm
Friday 2/12/10
Dinner at Raglan Road at 8:15pm
Saturday 2/13/10
Lunch at Tony’s at 12:25
Dinner at Yachtsmans Steakhouse at 8:25pm
Sunday 2/14/10
Lunch at Wolfgang Puck Café at 12:30pm
Dining Reviews:
I will start the actual reviews in a separate post and will try to upload the pictures. I haven't done a dining review in a while or uploaded pictures so bear with me while I get the hang of it again. I know I won't be able to compete with some of the great reviews/photos by the veteran dining reviewers but I'll do my best...
My husband Paul and I (Noreen) spent 12 days at Disney World in February 2010.
We live in Northern NJ and love going to Disney World.
We have annual passes to Disney World. We also bought annual passes to Universal.
We stayed at Pop Century due to the phenomenal annual pass rates.
We have the Tables in Wonderland (TIW) card and chose not to purchase the Disney Dining plan fearing it would be too much food.
In additional to dining at Disney, we also ate a few meals offsite and I will include those in this review.
We had a rental car which made it easy for us to get around.
We also participated in a fridge swap at Pop Century so had a refrigerator in our room.
ADRs:
Disney changed the number of days in advance of your trip that you can book your dining. It used to be 90 days and changed to 180 days on October 27, 2009. Since this trip fell within 180 days from October 27, 2009 I was supposed to be able to go online to book my dining on 10/27/09
On 10/27/09 I tried getting online to book my dining around 7:30 in the morning. The system was down and it advised calling instead. I started calling and kept getting an “All circuits are busy.” I kept trying and around 9am finally got put on hold with music. That lasted about 20 minutes and I was connected to Bonnie who was so sweet and helpful despite probably having to deal with irate customers who spent a long time on hold before getting through. I was extra nice to her knowing she was probably having a rough day, but she was sweet as can be. I made the following reservations knowing that I may cancel some of them.
Wednesday 2/3/10 – Dinner at Jiko at 7:15pm
Thursday 2/4/10
Lunch at Le Cellier at 1pm
Dinner at The Wave at 8pm
Friday 2/5/10
Lunch at Yak & Yeti at 1pm
Dinner at Kouzzina at 8:15pm
Saturday 2/6/10
Lunch at Prime Time Café at 1:10pm
Dinner at Cape May Café at 8:15pm
Sunday 2/7/10
Breakfast at Kona Café at 9:15am
Dinner at O’Hana at 9:30pm
Monday 2/8/10
Lunch at Sanaa at 12:50pm
Dinner at Boma at 8:15pm
Tuesday 2/9/10
Dinner at T Rex at 9pm
Wednesday 2/10/10
Lunch at Biergarten at 12:30pm
Dinner at Le Cellier at 8:15pm
Thursday 2/11/10
Dinner at Tutto Italia at 8pm
Friday 2/12/10
Dinner at Raglan Road at 8:15pm
Saturday 2/13/10
Lunch at Tony’s at 12:25
Dinner at Yachtsmans Steakhouse at 8:25pm
Sunday 2/14/10
Lunch at Wolfgang Puck Café at 12:30pm
Dining Reviews:
I will start the actual reviews in a separate post and will try to upload the pictures. I haven't done a dining review in a while or uploaded pictures so bear with me while I get the hang of it again. I know I won't be able to compete with some of the great reviews/photos by the veteran dining reviewers but I'll do my best...