Advice with restaurants, please!

[Xanthe]

I have a wonderful TA who made all my dining reservations and was able to get me EXACTLY what I asked for. Now I'm not sure if I wanted what I got...does that make sense?? Most of them are good, so its only a couple I'm confused about. I'll give you the list of everything I have and maybe you can give me some opinions? THANK YOU!!!

We're (husband, me and two daughters..14 & 10) going Sept 13-22 with no ADR made the first day we arrive because I'm not sure what time we'll arrive!

Heres the run-down of my confusion:

1) Sept 14-Crystal Palace at 8 am the first full day we're there, before the Park opens. This was a last minute reservation I made only two days ago after reading some wonderful reviews about the empty Park on the DIS site. Chef Mickeys at 6:25 that night. So, my problem is, I already had Crystal Palace booked on Sept 19 at 5:10 so we could eat in the Park and then go to MNSSHP. I'm not sure about two Crystal Palace visits but I don't know where else to book for the night! I've never been to the MNSSHP...is counter service a better option for that night? My kids aren't huge Winnie the Pooh fans, they like them but like others better (not meaning to offend!!). Also, we already have Liberty Tree booked for Sept 17 so that's out.

2) I've booked Whispering Lodge for one night but I'm not sold....can I get some opinions?

Heres the list of everything I have:

Sept 14 Crystal Palace 8 am
Sept 14 Chef Mickeys 6:25 pm
Sept 15 Le Cellier 6:05 pm
Sept 16 Whispering Lodge 7:00 pm
Sept 17 Liberty Tree Character 5:30 pm
Sept 18 Coral Reef 6:00 pm
Sept 19 Crystal Palace 5:10 pm
Sept 20 Boma 5:55 pm
Sept 21 Akershus Princess dinner 6:05 pm
Sept 22 Ohana Lilo and Stitch breakfast 10:30 am

Sorry if this is confusing!!
Xanthe

 

[Mom2JPL]

1) Sept 14-Crystal Palace at 8 am the first full day we're there, before the Park opens. This was a last minute reservation I made only two days ago after reading some wonderful reviews about the empty Park on the DIS site. Chef Mickeys at 6:25 that night. So, my problem is, I already had Crystal Palace booked on Sept 19 at 5:10 so we could eat in the Park and then go to MNSSHP. I'm not sure about two Crystal Palace visits but I don't know where else to book for the night! I've never been to the MNSSHP...is counter service a better option for that night? My kids aren't huge Winnie the Pooh fans, they like them but like others better (not meaning to offend!!). Also, we already have Liberty Tree booked for Sept 17 so that's out. I think your morning CP adr sounds great! I like getting to the park early. Last year we went to MNSSHP and ate cs (would have liked to have eaten at LTT, but nothing was available). CS worked for us - you were in and out and on your way to fun!

2) I've booked Whispering Lodge for one night but I'm not sold....can I get some opinions? I'm up in the air about WL too - we're not staying there so I can't justify the time spent traveling to eat dinner there (sorry can't be more help).

Heres the list of everything I have:

Sept 14 Crystal Palace 8 am -
Sept 14 Chef Mickeys 6:25 pm
Sept 15 Le Cellier 6:05 pm
Sept 16 Whispering Lodge 7:00 pm
Sept 17 Liberty Tree Character 5:30 pm
Sept 18 Coral Reef 6:00 pm
Sept 19 Crystal Palace 5:10 pm
Sept 20 Boma 5:55 pm
Sept 21 Akershus Princess dinner 6:05 pm
Sept 22 Ohana Lilo and Stitch breakfast 10:30 am

Xanthe

to all of your adr's; the only one I'd like of switching is CP on the 19th, since you're already eating there on the 14th, BUT it will be dinner, so a completely different meal and it's buffet, so you can get out of there as quickly as you'd like ~ sorry, I probably confused you even more!

Just thought of something else - if you're on the dining plan, you may want to cancel the 19th and eat cs since you'll be paying oop with the extra ts from the 14th, make sense?


Have a great trip!!

 

[Xanthe]

I'll probably end up canceling and eating CS the night of MNSSHP. Good plan...thank you!

Thats exactly how I feel about Whispering Canyon! So torn!

Xanthe