Booked our ADRS for our Deluxe Dining Trip - So Excited

[DisneyHardin]

Friday was our 180 and even though I was at the beach for spring break (in Central time), I hopped out of bed a 5 AM to get my ADRs done. I got everything I wanted at pretty close to the times I wanted. This is our first time doing the Deluxe Dining plan and I can't wait to try some signature places.

DH and I (no kids) are staying at the Poly Oct 4-9.

Arrival Day Oct 4 -
Lunch - Rose and Crown 1:00
Dinner - California Grill 9:00 (but an hoping to change to 8 since we will be exhausted after traveling)

Oct 5 -
Breakfast - Akershus 10:45
Dinner - Narcosees 7:35

Oct 6 -
Breakfast - Crystal Palace 10:30
Dinner - Hoop-dee-doo 8:30

Oct 7 -
Lunch - Raglan Road 11:15
Dinner - 'Ohana 7:45

Oct 8 -
Breakfast - 'Ohana 7:15
Dinner - Yachtsman 5:15

Oct 9 -
Lunch - The Wave 1:20

Anything you see that I should change? I know on our arrival day the late lunch might not leave us super hungry for our California Grill, but Rose and Crown was the only ADR that DH requested and since that is our arrival day I worry if I make an earlier ADR that we might not make it if our plane is delayed.

 

[Jenny Sanders]

You may want to try Boma for breakfast on the 9th.

 

[bookgirl173]

Though I completely understand the impulse, I might not go to 'Ohana for dinner and then breakfast the next morning. Maybe Kona for breakfast instead? Super yummy.

Also, FWIW, I would do Flying Fish over Narcosees.

Sounds like a wonderful trip - have a great time!!

 

[DisneyHardin]

You may want to try Boma for breakfast on the 9th.

I've never been to AKL and really want to check it out, but we are planning to RD MK the morning of the 9th, so I needed a place easy to get to from there.

 

[DisneyHardin]

Though I completely understand the impulse, I might not go to 'Ohana for dinner and then breakfast the next morning. Maybe Kona for breakfast instead? Super yummy.

Also, FWIW, I would do Flying Fish over Narcosees.

Sounds like a wonderful trip - have a great time!!

I worried about two 'Ohana ADRs so close together, but we've never tried breakfast and really want to we had a bad experience at Kona a couple years ago and it left such a bad taste in our mouth we don't want to go back.

Ill have to look at the menu for Flying Fish. We will be at Epcot that day, so it would be easy to get to the Boardwalk. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into Flying Fish.

 

[DizDaD7]

@DisneyHardin ,WoW, Talk about a lot of ADR's.....

If you're game, than I guess you'll accomplish what you set out to do.
It's hard for me to agree with your plan because our timeframes (that we eat) are very different.
Whether on vacay or not, we generally don't eat dinner past 6 pm. Mostly 5 or 530, so I try get ADR's around those times.
We also stopped doing them for lunches..Our last one was for BOG 3 years ago I think.. And now that the kids are a lil older we generally just do a quick bite in the studio, or grab a pastry before catching the bus.
One of our favorite things to do now is eat around the world. Especially during F & W.
Your breakfast's & dinner seem well spread out & you have some very good spots.
The only thing I'd try and do is change the Epcot breakfasts with the MK Breakfasts that way your not running all around....Unless of course that's what you wanted--->... Otherwise..>Enjoy..

 

[DisneyHardin]

@DisneyHardin ,WoW, Talk about a lot of ADR's.....

If you're game, than I guess you'll accomplish what you set out to do.
It's hard for me to agree with your plan because our timeframes (that we eat) are very different.
Whether on vacay or not, we generally don't eat dinner past 6 pm. Mostly 5 or 530, so I try get ADR's around those times.
We also stopped doing them for lunches..Our last one was for BOG 3 years ago I think.. And now that the kids are a lil older we generally just do a quick bite in the studio, or grab a pastry before catching the bus.
One of our favorite things to do now is eat around the world. Especially during F & W.
Your breakfast's & dinner seem well spread out & you have some very good spots.
The only thing I'd try and do is change the Epcot breakfasts with the MK Breakfasts that way your not running all around....Unless of course that's what you wanted--->... Otherwise..>Enjoy..

Thanks. It's definitely more ADRs than we have ever done and most likely we won't do the Deluxe Dining Plan again, we just decided to do it this year to do some Signatures and still have the "Pre-paid" feeling.

We are late dinner eaters, so it works for us. At home, we generally eat dinner between 7:30 and 8 due to busy schedules.

Why do you suggest that I switch my Epcot and MK meals? We don't have park hoppers, so I would have to change the entire day plan to switch. I really haven't looked at crowd calendars, but I figured it was best to go to Epcot not on the weekend since it was Food and Wine, so that is why I have us doing Epcot on Wednesday and Thursday.

 

[DizDaD7]

Thanks. It's definitely more ADRs than we have ever done and most likely we won't do the Deluxe Dining Plan again, we just decided to do it this year to do some Signatures and still have the "Pre-paid" feeling.

We are late dinner eaters, so it works for us. At home, we generally eat dinner between 7:30 and 8 due to busy schedules.

Why do you suggest that I switch my Epcot and MK meals? We don't have park hoppers, so I would have to change the entire day plan to switch. I really haven't looked at crowd calendars, but I figured it was best to go to Epcot not on the weekend since it was Food and Wine, so that is why I have us doing Epcot on Wednesday and Thursday.

I was just saying that because as you're eating breakfast near 1 park then you'll be trekking back close to a second park...It's not a huge deal, but What I was thinking was rather then doing EPCOT B2B days, maybe changing the 5th to the 8th. So Ohana Breakfast on the 5th followed by Narcosses, and then Akershus, followed up by Yachtsman...Not as much traveling is what I was thinking

Epcot usually isn't bad on a Sunday, At least in my past visits....I do agree though, we try to avoid it on Fridays & Saturdays during F&W...I also like to spread my visits(to each park) during out trips.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I was just saying that because as you're eating breakfast near 1 park then you'll be trekking back close to a second park...It's not a huge deal, but What I was thinking was rather then doinf EPCOT B2B days, maybe changing the 5th to the 8th. So Ohana Breakfast on the 5th followed by Narcosees, and then Akershus, followed up by Yachtsman...Not as much traveling is what I was thinkin

Thanks for the clarification. We are staying at the Poly, so that is why so many of our ADRs are on the monorail loop. We aren't nighttime park people, so we will rope drop the parks in the morning, then head back to the resort mid afternoon to rest and get cleaned up for dinner and then won't go back to a park after that.

Yachtsman is on our Hollywood Studios day and that is why it is an earlier ADR so that we can go straight there from the park and not have to worry about transportation from the Poly to the Yacht Club later in the evening.

I hated to do Epcot 2 days in a row, but it just seemed like that would work the best. I guess I could look at switching it up for the 8th. Are Sunday's as busy as Friday/Saturday during Food and Wine? I'll have to look into possibly changing that.

 

[GillianP1301]

Looks amazing! You have some of my favourites on there. I wouldn't worry too much about the back-to-back 'Ohana meals because the dinner and breakfast are a very different experience.

 

[DizDaD7]

Thanks for the clarification. We are staying at the Poly, so that is why so many of our ADRs are on the monorail loop. We aren't nighttime park people, so we will rope drop the parks in the morning, then head back to the resort mid afternoon to rest and get cleaned up for dinner and then won't go back to a park after that.

Yachtsman is on our Hollywood Studios day and that is why it is an earlier ADR so that we can go straight there from the park and not have to worry about transportation from the Poly to the Yacht Club later in the evening.

I hated to do Epcot 2 days in a row, but it just seemed like that would work the best. I guess I could look at switching it up for the 8th. Are Sunday's as busy as Friday/Saturday during Food and Wine? I'll have to look into possibly changing that.

We usually arrive on Friday nights, during Jersey weeks/F&W. Get a good nights sleep, & hit MK Saturday & all the time visit EPCOT Sunday & usually Wed. or mostly the following Thursday....We've never found it bad in the least....with 4 parks down there, I'd hate to have to go B2B to the same parks, but this is your choice....Makes sense with staying at Poly, and also the HS day as well for the Yachtsman.

 

[DisneyHardin]

We usually arrive on Friday nights, during Jersey weeks/F&W. Get a good nights sleep, & hit MK Saturday & all the time visit EPCOT Sunday & usually Wed. or mostly the following Thursday....We've never found it bad in the least....with 4 parks down there, I'd hate to have to go B2B to the same parks, but this is your choice....Makes sense with staying at Poly, and also the HS day as well for the Yachtsman.

Good to hear that Sunday's aren't too bad. I'll look at switching things up. We usually go during Jersey Week too, but always go home on Sunday. We are going a month earlier this year and aren't going home until Monday, so the planning has been a little different.

 

[DizDaD7]

Good to hear that Sunday's aren't too bad. I'll look at switching things up. We usually go during Jersey Week too, but always go home on Sunday. We are going a month earlier this year and aren't going home until Monday, so the planning has been a little different.

Enjoy your trip!!