EilonwyWanderer
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In March we surprised our two girls with a birthday trip to Disney World and while I promise I'm not starting the thread just to show this video they ARE super cute:
And then because we had DVC points to burn thanks to the pandemic we booked a week at GFV in early December as well. Then I watched AP sales like a hawk because I planned on upgrading our tickets when we were there in March so that December wouldn't bankrupt us.
But they weren't on sale. And still aren't. Sigh.
So while trying not to think about the money I'll be spending on tickets...again...I've started planning our December trip! The March one as pretty whirlwind because it was the first time the girls were tall enough to ride nearly every ride at Disney World! We spent 13.5 hours at the Magic Kingdom the first day we were there and rode EVERYTHING. In fact the only thing I think we didn't manage to ride the whole time was Twilight Tower of Terror because the lines were insane the entire time we were there.
But that said, we now know what they liked and what they didn't and what we never need to wait in line for again (looking at you mine cars) so December can be a much more leisurely trip. At first I was like 'We don't even need that many dining reservations!' since we hit up our favorites in March and found some of them pretty lacking. Then of course when I started looking at the list of ones I still wanted to bring them to...well, you know where this is going:
1900 Park Fare* (not open yet but they'd love it and it's at our resort)
Akershus* (again not open but they'd love it)
Capt Cooks
Chef Mickey* <-- I went here as a kid I REALLY want to bring my kids.
Citricos*
La Creperie <-- can do quick service window I think?
Crystal Palace <-- characters!
Diamond Horseshoe <-- never done
Garden Grill <-- characters!
Garden View Tea Room* (not open yet but I REALLY want to take them!)
Grand Floridian Cafe
San Angel Inn* (my favorite)
Ohana <-- not sold on this
Marrakesh (not open yet)
Regal Eagle (mostly for my husband)
Artist Point Snow White <--maybe not, seems cool and I want a drink there but nothing for them to eat
Tiffins
Hoop de Doo* (MUST do if it's open!)
TRex
Tusker House
Victoria and Albert’s* (not open yet, would need a babysitter, we got engaged here so I DEFINITELY want to go again!)
* are places I would really like to take them.
Obviously I need to narrow this down. We'll have a kitchen we can actually cook in so I'm thinking that with the exception of Chef Mickey's we could just do breakfasts in the room. My kids are picky eaters so we need hot dogs or chicken nuggets everywhere we go, which helps narrow it down a bit. If character interactions come back I sort of want to do as many of those as possible. I guess we could skip San Angel Inn but I LOVE it and it's sort of a tradition to eat there the first day we're in Epcot.
And Citricos. Almost every time my husband and I have gone to Disney since before we were married we have made reservations at Citricos. And nearly always missed the reservation or cancelled it for some reason. It's like a running joke at this point "Should we book Citricos so we can cancel it?" but I DO really want to eat there!
Oh well, I've got months to figure it out, but any advice is appreciated!
And then because we had DVC points to burn thanks to the pandemic we booked a week at GFV in early December as well. Then I watched AP sales like a hawk because I planned on upgrading our tickets when we were there in March so that December wouldn't bankrupt us.
But they weren't on sale. And still aren't. Sigh.
So while trying not to think about the money I'll be spending on tickets...again...I've started planning our December trip! The March one as pretty whirlwind because it was the first time the girls were tall enough to ride nearly every ride at Disney World! We spent 13.5 hours at the Magic Kingdom the first day we were there and rode EVERYTHING. In fact the only thing I think we didn't manage to ride the whole time was Twilight Tower of Terror because the lines were insane the entire time we were there.
But that said, we now know what they liked and what they didn't and what we never need to wait in line for again (looking at you mine cars) so December can be a much more leisurely trip. At first I was like 'We don't even need that many dining reservations!' since we hit up our favorites in March and found some of them pretty lacking. Then of course when I started looking at the list of ones I still wanted to bring them to...well, you know where this is going:
1900 Park Fare* (not open yet but they'd love it and it's at our resort)
Akershus* (again not open but they'd love it)
Capt Cooks
Chef Mickey* <-- I went here as a kid I REALLY want to bring my kids.
Citricos*
La Creperie <-- can do quick service window I think?
Crystal Palace <-- characters!
Diamond Horseshoe <-- never done
Garden Grill <-- characters!
Garden View Tea Room* (not open yet but I REALLY want to take them!)
Grand Floridian Cafe
San Angel Inn* (my favorite)
Ohana <-- not sold on this
Marrakesh (not open yet)
Regal Eagle (mostly for my husband)
Artist Point Snow White <--maybe not, seems cool and I want a drink there but nothing for them to eat
Tiffins
Hoop de Doo* (MUST do if it's open!)
TRex
Tusker House
Victoria and Albert’s* (not open yet, would need a babysitter, we got engaged here so I DEFINITELY want to go again!)
* are places I would really like to take them.
Obviously I need to narrow this down. We'll have a kitchen we can actually cook in so I'm thinking that with the exception of Chef Mickey's we could just do breakfasts in the room. My kids are picky eaters so we need hot dogs or chicken nuggets everywhere we go, which helps narrow it down a bit. If character interactions come back I sort of want to do as many of those as possible. I guess we could skip San Angel Inn but I LOVE it and it's sort of a tradition to eat there the first day we're in Epcot.
And Citricos. Almost every time my husband and I have gone to Disney since before we were married we have made reservations at Citricos. And nearly always missed the reservation or cancelled it for some reason. It's like a running joke at this point "Should we book Citricos so we can cancel it?" but I DO really want to eat there!
Oh well, I've got months to figure it out, but any advice is appreciated!
