dining ADR

[hugabearjo]

I have all my ADRs made and I am still freaking out... we really other than one or two TS per trip, have never done TS meals, and now I have made them all and feel like I have done it all wrong... I made them for the most part during peak dinner time. I don't really want to eat late and not have time to walk off the meal, but wanted the dinner menu, why I am not sure.

Could someone please tell me your thoughts. When do you try to shoot for for ADR's. Are the lunch portions that different then the dinner ones? I have 3 teen boys that need a big meal. They will probably eat theirs and finish mine too.

Please give me your planning stradegies, hints, thoughts any so I can either change it all or relax.

Thanks-

I can't believe we are going to Disney and eating for free.

 

[illiniowl]

#1 Relax! You've done great, gotten your ADRs, you're eating for free!

#2 There are just a lot of schools of thought on when is best to do your TS's and it all boils down to individual preference.
--Some families like to do the all you can eat breakfast. Pro - you can go a long way on a big breakfast and then snack/CS at off times so as to avoid the rush hours. Con - I personally think it's a waste of relatively uncrowded morning touring time to spend it sitting in a restaurant. Also you get the least bang for your buck on TS credits by using them at a breakfast buffet but this wouldn't really be that much of a concern for free diners.

--Some families are used to having lunch as their big meal. Pros: the TS restaurants are easier to get into then as opposed to having to stand in line at CS places during the lunch rush. And a sit-down lunch in the A/C can recharge you just like a rest break during the middle of the day. Con - some signature or more expensive items on the dinner menu at some places aren't on the lunch menu (although to be fair there are items on some lunch menus that aren't on the dinner menu).

--And of course you have your late dinner eaters. Pros: a less crowded, less hurried time to dine, and if your meal ends after the park closes, you'll miss the exit crush. Con - you might also be missing fireworks or evening parades, or eating into EMH touring time.

We have an 8 y/o and a 4 y/o who can go late, so we like to eat breakfast snacks in the room/on the go, do CS around 11 AM before the main lunch rush, take a late afternoon swim/nap break back at the hotel, then TS dinner in the 5:30/6:30 range before evening touring/parades/fireworks. So I think your plan is great!

3. I haven't done side by side comparisons of lunch and dinner portions, but I think that if a restaurant has the same item on both the lunch and dinner menus and the prices are the same, the portions are probably going to be equal. Example is the pot roast at 50sPT which is the same price for lunch and dinner. Contrast with the New York Strip at LC which is $21.99 at lunch for a 10 oz cut, but a 14 oz cut at dinner for $26.99.

Have fun!

 

[bicker]

3. I haven't done side by side comparisons of lunch and dinner portions, but I think that if a restaurant has the same item on both the lunch and dinner menus and the prices are the same, the portions are probably going to be equal.

That's a good rule-of-thumb.

 

[luv2nascar]

relax and have fun