ADRs Managed!!

[Dug720]

Set my alarm to be up to attempt to get my ADRs when my window opened. Given the stories about the site having issues these past few days I was a little nervous if I'd get things. This is a solo trip to conclude my summer birthday celebration. My standard thing with trips like this when I'm on my own is to eat a big breakfast and then just snack a little as the day goes on, MAYBE do an early evening counter service. It's just what works best for me.

Ok, so I woke up, grabbed some diet Coke, water, and breakfast. I set up my Surface and my MacBook so I could try working two days or meals at once and made sure I was signed in before 6am. Initially I had the restaurant pages open, but at first that way my Surface was giving me the "We had to paws" pop-up, so I went to the general day/time and see the list of restaurants. That worked! Other than the two meals where I'm meeting up with 2 friends so those reservations were for 3, I went ahead and kept the number 2 for the others knowing I'd have to do that for 'Ohana and figured it was just as easy since I wasn't doing anything that required a payment, every CM I've spoken with (and numerous people on here) has assured me, as long as I show up I won't get charged, and other than possibly Beaches & Cream with the counter, it's not like the restaurants have solo tables anyway. I got everything I wanted!!

So what did I get?

8/18 ~ 2:40pm Chefs de France (may change this to Biergarten or Rose & Crown - debating)
8/19 ~ 7:45am 'Ohana
8/20 ~ 8:00am Garden Grill; 3:00pm Via Napoli with friends
8/21 ~ 8:00am Cape May Café; 2:45pm Bongos Cuban Café with friends
8/22 ~ 8:00am Tusker House
8/23 ~ 8:05am Crystal Palace

Super excited!!

 

[pumba]

you like a big breakfast like I do...then I am good to go...need protein to keep on trucking thru these parks...all of your reservations sounds great...I like your plans so far..

 

[Dug720]

Thanks!

Yeah, I try to go by the "eat breakfast like a queen, lunch like a princess, dinner like a pauper" adage (ok, so it is king, prince, pauper - but I am female), and especially at the parks it works for me.

 

[HeyIt'sMe]

We have an 8:05am ADR at Garden Grill on 08/15.
I'm hoping Soarin' is re-open by then and that we can ride it before the masses hit!

 

[DisneyPiPhi]

Nice work with the pre-park opening ADRs at CP and Tusker. That will be fun!!

 

[Dug720]

I've tentatively added a BOG 5:25pm on my first day - trying to decide if I want to hit MK or EPCOT the first day. I've only done BOG as lunch back when it was wait in line and hope to get in. Since I'm celebrating my birthday it might be fun to do dinner there as opposed to "linner" at Chefs de France (initially I'd thought LeCellier, but I'm afraid that would be too heavy food for the August heat). If I opt for MK on the first day, it won't be a full day - though I should be in the park before noon - and my second day at MK is the day I leave when I would have until about 2:30 before having to get back to the resort for the Tragical Express to MCO. So it wouldn't really be 2 full days in MK. Plus that would move the first EPCOT day to Friday, putting my 2 EPCOT days back to back as Saturday is non-negotiable since I'm meeting a friend there for Via Napoli. I guess I could see if I can get a TH breakfast on the 19th and 'Ohana the 22nd... (I'm not doing hoppers this trip, so that makes it the 1 park per day thing - I'd only possibly hop between EPCOT and MK (easiest hop thanks to the monorail) and I'm not paying $68 for one possible hop.)