mousegear
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WHO:
DS - He will be celebrating 8th birday @ WDW. He hates usual kids meal: mac & cheese, chicken nuggets, hamburger, PB&J, etc. He loves salad, sushi, shrimp, and ice cream.
ME - Disney vet (+10 trips) and I love seafood, sushi, steak! In real life, I rarely have desserts/juice/soda. But at Disney, I try to have as much as I can.
DH - Unfortunatly, he has 2 week business trip to Europe during the time so he will not be joining us.
Normally, he cleans all the plates including DS and my left over.
DCuz - He has been working overseas for last 5 years. He's taking 3 months overdue vacation and will be flying into JFK (NY) on Sept 23. He'll be flying in 25th 9pm. It's his first visit to WDW and he's very excited.
I'm little nervous since this is the first vacation without DH. At first, I was going to cancel when I found out DH's business trip overlaps but DS was so sad. So I decided to brave myself and do this. I could see that this trip will leave very special memories for DS and me.
WHEN:
Sept 24~30 (6night/7day) with Free Dining
WHERE:
Port Orleans French Quarter (POFQ)
Little Background:
Last year, we only used a few kids CS credits for DS since he does not eat usual kids choices. Instead, DS ate off DH and my plate and almost same thing happened in most TS restaurants.
We were mostly fine with sharing 2 adult portions between 3 people. However, recently, DS's appetite and portion size grew and he eats more than me (most times) so sharing an adult meal with DS is not an option anymore (especially CS meals). After reading many threads on DIS, I learned that I could upgrade DS's park ticket to adult ticket and receive adult DDP.
Sept 24 Saturday
B: Dunkin/McDonalds on our way to airport
L: Airport/Something on the way to POFQ
D: La Hacienda de San Angel (with friends)
Sept 25 Sunday
B: CS (scored Ohana 7:40)
L: Via Napoli (cancelled and got Le Cellier)
D:Kona Cafe (cancelled and ate at Riverside Mill)
Wishes Dessert Party
Sept 26 Monday
B: Crystal Palace (moved it to Friday morning and ate at Sassagoula CS)
L: CS
D: Kimono
Sept 27 Tuesday
B: Ohana (moved to 25th and CS at Sassagoula)
L: CS
D: Plaza Restaurant (ate at Kona and Peco Bills)
MNSHHP
Sept 28 Wednesday
B: Tusker House
L: Yak and Yeti (no adr but is a memeber of Landry's Select)
D: Ohana after Cirque Du Soleil
Sept 29 Thursday
B: CS
L: CS (ate at Teppan Edo)
D: Teppan Edo (snacked arounf WS)
Sept 30 Friday
B: CS (ate at Crystal Palace)
L: Le Cellier / Food and Wine Festival booths
D: Airport
We have lots more TS ADRs than allotted 6TS from DDP. At first, I debated over upgrading to DxDP but it's just too much food and with DxDP, I'll be tempted to maximize the plan (over kill) so decided against it.
There's another definite week long trip within a year, so we will be upgrading our tickets to Annual Passes (APs) and buy Tables in Woderland Card (TiW) instead. This way, DS and I could order appetizer which we love and buy some meals OOP. So we will be mixing DDP with TiW. Also, we are renting a car so that gave me much freedom when I was making ADRs.
My cousin decided to join us (11 days before departure) so I've been Disney Dining online all yesterday, trying to get new ADRs for 3 people.
Mostly, I did get what I wanted by shuffling around dates/times. However, early morning character breakfast at Tusker is not available. I guess I'm not surprised that they are not. Those things are what DS requested so if I cannot get new ADRs than DS and I might just go by ourselves and DCuz could meet us at the park after opening.
DS - He will be celebrating 8th birday @ WDW. He hates usual kids meal: mac & cheese, chicken nuggets, hamburger, PB&J, etc. He loves salad, sushi, shrimp, and ice cream.
ME - Disney vet (+10 trips) and I love seafood, sushi, steak! In real life, I rarely have desserts/juice/soda. But at Disney, I try to have as much as I can.
DH - Unfortunatly, he has 2 week business trip to Europe during the time so he will not be joining us.
Normally, he cleans all the plates including DS and my left over. DCuz - He has been working overseas for last 5 years. He's taking 3 months overdue vacation and will be flying into JFK (NY) on Sept 23. He'll be flying in 25th 9pm. It's his first visit to WDW and he's very excited.
I'm little nervous since this is the first vacation without DH. At first, I was going to cancel when I found out DH's business trip overlaps but DS was so sad. So I decided to brave myself and do this. I could see that this trip will leave very special memories for DS and me.
WHEN:
Sept 24~30 (6night/7day) with Free Dining
WHERE:
Port Orleans French Quarter (POFQ)
Little Background:
Last year, we only used a few kids CS credits for DS since he does not eat usual kids choices. Instead, DS ate off DH and my plate and almost same thing happened in most TS restaurants.
We were mostly fine with sharing 2 adult portions between 3 people. However, recently, DS's appetite and portion size grew and he eats more than me (most times) so sharing an adult meal with DS is not an option anymore (especially CS meals). After reading many threads on DIS, I learned that I could upgrade DS's park ticket to adult ticket and receive adult DDP.Sept 24 Saturday
B: Dunkin/McDonalds on our way to airport
L: Airport/Something on the way to POFQ
D: La Hacienda de San Angel (with friends)
Sept 25 Sunday
B: CS (scored Ohana 7:40)
L: Via Napoli (cancelled and got Le Cellier)
D:Kona Cafe (cancelled and ate at Riverside Mill)
Wishes Dessert Party
Sept 26 Monday
B: Crystal Palace (moved it to Friday morning and ate at Sassagoula CS)
L: CS
D: Kimono
Sept 27 Tuesday
B: Ohana (moved to 25th and CS at Sassagoula)
L: CS
D: Plaza Restaurant (ate at Kona and Peco Bills)
MNSHHP
Sept 28 Wednesday
B: Tusker House
L: Yak and Yeti (no adr but is a memeber of Landry's Select)
D: Ohana after Cirque Du Soleil
Sept 29 Thursday
B: CS
L: CS (ate at Teppan Edo)
D: Teppan Edo (snacked arounf WS)
Sept 30 Friday
B: CS (ate at Crystal Palace)
L: Le Cellier / Food and Wine Festival booths
D: Airport
We have lots more TS ADRs than allotted 6TS from DDP. At first, I debated over upgrading to DxDP but it's just too much food and with DxDP, I'll be tempted to maximize the plan (over kill) so decided against it.
There's another definite week long trip within a year, so we will be upgrading our tickets to Annual Passes (APs) and buy Tables in Woderland Card (TiW) instead. This way, DS and I could order appetizer which we love and buy some meals OOP. So we will be mixing DDP with TiW. Also, we are renting a car so that gave me much freedom when I was making ADRs.
My cousin decided to join us (11 days before departure) so I've been Disney Dining online all yesterday, trying to get new ADRs for 3 people.
Mostly, I did get what I wanted by shuffling around dates/times. However, early morning character breakfast at Tusker is not available. I guess I'm not surprised that they are not. Those things are what DS requested so if I cannot get new ADRs than DS and I might just go by ourselves and DCuz could meet us at the park after opening.
and thank you.
Our house is located in higher part of the town... on top of a hill so no worry for flooding. Just worried that we might loose electricity from wind damage. Hopefully, everyone makes through Irene ok. 
However, many of the houses around us had their basement filled with water. 
