Family of 4- deluxe dining -12 days- please look and give suggestions

[Turtle31]

Hi everyone,
In August- we are headed to WDW..staying at POR and have booked the DxDDP. (This is our first time with the plan) I know it is going to be a huge amount of food - but this is our 10 year anniv. and we wanted to do it big. We are family of 4 - We are both barely 30 lol - and my son is 9, and my daughter is 4.
Anyway that said - can all you experts please look at my tentative ADR's (still 190 out) and let me know if you have any suggestions- any I should add- any I should remove ? Any comments about ones we will love ! Any feedback would be great. We did go to WDW in 2004 and paid OOP for all meals- I will put an * next to the ones I have been to and liked.


Day 1 - Arrive early evening - Dinner at Magic Kingdom - Liberty Tree Tavern

Day 2- Breakfast Cinderella's Royal Table (2) Lunch - Snacks, Dinner: Chef Mickeys *

Day 3- (Epcot)- Breakfast at Cape May Buffet (Beach Club), Lunch: Garden Grill (was the land at last visit), Dinner : Coral Reef (going for the crab legs)

Day 4- Hollywood Studios- Breakfast at Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Lunch : Mama Melrose's. Dinner: Hollywood & Vine Dinner Fantasmic Package

Day 5- Blizzard Beach- Breakfast at Boatwright's (POR), Lunch: counter-service, Dinner in DD - Planet Hollywood

Day 6- Animal Kingdom- Donald's Breakfastosaurus at Tusker House- Lunch: Flame Tree BBQ, Dinner- if still at park Tusker House - if done before dinner- Wolf Gang Puck Cafe in DD.

Day 7 - Hollywood Studios - Breakfast Boatwright's, Lunch- Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Dinner at Mama Melrose's

Day 8 -Magic Kingdom- Breakfast 1900 Park Fare, Lunch: The Plaza, Dinner : Whispering Canyon Cafe'

Day 9 -Epcot - Breakfast: Princess Storybook Buffet, Lunch: Le Cellier Steakhouse Dinner: Coral Reef (more crab legs !!)

Day 10- Typhoon Lagoon- Breakfast: Boatwright's Lunch: counterservice
Dinner : DD - any suggestions? Is Capt. Jacks good?

Day 11 - Magic Kingdom- Breakfast- Chef Mickey's, Lunch: Crystal Palace, Dinner: Cinderella's Gala Feast 1900 Park Fare

Day 12 - (Epcot)- Breakfast- Boatwrights, Lunch: Garden Grill

And then home to hide the scale in the trunk of my car for a month or more !!!

 

[mommyaof2]

Well, I can only comment on the places we have actually eaten. We loved Liberty Tree Tavern! It was very good comfort food and wonderful character interaction. We also really enjoyed Coral Reef, but do you want to go here twice? The Crystal Palace lunch is also great for food and character interaction. This was one of our favorites! We also enjoyed LeCellier, but we went for dinner. The only thing I might suggest is maybe not doing repeats of restaurants, but trying new ones? I notice you don't have many resort restaurants and the resort TS were some of my favorite. For instance, Kona Cafe or Ohana. We also ate at Artist Point and it was very good. Maybe take one day and use a 2 ts meal? I hope you all have a great trip! Be sure to report back and let us know how the deluxe plan was.

 

[patsal]

Hi everyone,
In August- we are headed to WDW..staying at POR and have booked the DxDDP. (This is our first time with the plan) I know it is going to be a huge amount of food - but this is our 10 year anniv. and we wanted to do it big. We are family of 4 - We are both barely 30 lol - and my son is 9, and my daughter is 4.
Anyway that said - can all you experts please look at my tentative ADR's (still 190 out) and let me know if you have any suggestions- any I should add- any I should remove ? Any comments about ones we will love ! Any feedback would be great. We did go to WDW in 2004 and paid OOP for all meals- I will put an * next to the ones I have been to and liked.


Day 1 - Arrive early evening - Dinner at Magic Kingdom - Liberty Tree Tavern

Day 2- Breakfast Cinderella's Royal Table (2) Lunch - Snacks, Dinner: Chef Mickeys *

Day 3- (Epcot)- Breakfast at Cape May Buffet (Beach Club), Lunch: Garden Grill (was the land at last visit), Dinner : Coral Reef (going for the crab legs)

Day 4- Hollywood Studios- Breakfast at Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Lunch : Mama Melrose's. Dinner: Hollywood & Vine Dinner Fantasmic Package

Day 5- Blizzard Beach- Breakfast at Boatwright's (POR), Lunch: counter-service, Dinner in DD - Planet Hollywood

Day 6- Animal Kingdom- Donald's Breakfastosaurus at Tusker House- Lunch: Flame Tree BBQ, Dinner- if still at park Tusker House - if done before dinner- Wolf Gang Puck Cafe in DD.

Day 7 - Hollywood Studios - Breakfast Boatwright's, Lunch- Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Dinner at Mama Melrose's

Day 8 -Magic Kingdom- Breakfast 1900 Park Fare, Lunch: The Plaza, Dinner : Whispering Canyon Cafe'

Day 9 -Epcot - Breakfast: Princess Storybook Buffet, Lunch: Le Cellier Steakhouse Dinner: Coral Reef (more crab legs !!)

Day 10- Typhoon Lagoon- Breakfast: Boatwright's Lunch: counterservice
Dinner : DD - any suggestions? Is Capt. Jacks good?

Day 11 - Magic Kingdom- Breakfast- Chef Mickey's, Lunch: Crystal Palace, Dinner: Cinderella's Gala Feast 1900 Park Fare

Day 12 - (Epcot)- Breakfast- Boatwrights, Lunch: Garden Grill

And then home to hide the scale in the trunk of my car for a month or more !!!

I'll assume that you are staying at POR since you have breakfast at Boarwrights so often. I think I would try a few other places, but I like a great variety.

Why not try breakfast at Kona on an MK day--just as easy as chef Mickey's and really great coffee!

I'd maybe drop one Hollywood and VIne and go with Prime Time. I might be inclined to leave the studios and take the boat to boardwalk/beachclub area for a dinner at Spoodles, or Cape May, I'd skip Tusker house dinner and go to Boma at AKL after AK. Also I'd recommend watching your times since you will be spending about 6 hours getting to and from meals and eating them. Also plan for your tips as they will be about $60 or so per day.

I've never had a bad meal at Cap'n Jacks.

IMHO that's way too much Hollywood and Vine!

 

[Turtle31]

Well, I can only comment on the places we have actually eaten. We loved Liberty Tree Tavern! It was very good comfort food and wonderful character interaction. We also really enjoyed Coral Reef, but do you want to go here twice? The Crystal Palace lunch is also great for food and character interaction. This was one of our favorites! We also enjoyed LeCellier, but we went for dinner. The only thing I might suggest is maybe not doing repeats of restaurants, but trying new ones? I notice you don't have many resort restaurants and the resort TS were some of my favorite. For instance, Kona Cafe or Ohana. We also ate at Artist Point and it was very good. Maybe take one day and use a 2 ts meal? I hope you all have a great trip! Be sure to report back and let us know how the deluxe plan was.

Thank you so much for replying - You are right I really need to think about the Coral Reef and if I want to go there twice - it was the only place with Crab legs and I was thinking the kids would love the fish. I also was worried with not having gone to any resort except Contemporary- how hard it would be to navigate to the resorts. Since the Coral Reef is the day we are at Epcot - How we go about getting to Ohana? And how long do you think getting there may take? I was only thinking it would be easier to stay in park time wise. And to be honest, my group doesn't eat any ethnic food other than tex mex !!! I know very boring. On the day we are eating at LeCellier for lunch it is my hubby's b-day. He is a big steak person - should I change this to dinner and do something else for lunch instead. That would take care of the Coral Reef twice prob. ? Okay now my head is spinning again lol !! Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[patsal]

All the monorail resorts are just as easy to get to as Chef Mickeys so you do not need to worry there.

If you are at Epcot take the Epcot monorail then change to the resort/MKmonorail super easy!

If you are at Epcot or Studios hop to the boat and it will give you access to the whole Epcot resort area

At AK buses to each resort will give you access to those reosrts--a little more time consuming, but if you were going to have dinner at say AK you could easily have it at AKL and then head to DTD on an AKL bus to catch your resort bus.

One thing I do to help me plan around restaurants--I'm doing it now since I can call for ADR's in two weeks--I use blank weekly planner sheets figure out which parks I'm going to when and then fillin the restaurants--look it over a few times, run it by the kids and Dh, look it over one more time to fine tune then call leaving space next to each restaurant to write in my ADR #. One other nice thing about this kind of planning is you can cut them in strips and then rearrange the days of the week if you notice that you put the same park/restaurant in two days in a row.

 

[Turtle31]

I'll assume that you are staying at POR since you have breakfast at Boarwrights so often. I think I would try a few other places, but I like a great variety.

Why not try breakfast at Kona on an MK day--just as easy as chef Mickey's and really great coffee!

I'd maybe drop one Hollywood and VIne and go with Prime Time. I might be inclined to leave the studios and take the boat to boardwalk/beachclub area for a dinner at Spoodles, or Cape May, I'd skip Tusker house dinner and go to Boma at AKL after AK. Also I'd recommend watching your times since you will be spending about 6 hours getting to and from meals and eating them. Also plan for your tips as they will be about $60 or so per day.

I've never had a bad meal at Cap'n Jacks.

IMHO that's way too much Hollywood and Vine!

Yes, we are staying at POR - I know I have boatwright's a little to much lol ! I just thought that way I wouldn't have to listen to kids complain they were hungry all the way to the breakfast- but I guess a box of cheerios in the room could fix that. I will have to look into the Kona breakfast - Which resort is it in? How to get there? Also I was trying to do one character meal a day for the kids sake. But I can for-go that for a better place.
Which signature resturant would you say would be worth using two credits and skipping lunch? I would go for this for sure if I could find one everyone would like.
At Boma I think I had read it was food with a African Infusion - this scared me- (picky eaters) Is there a good variety of stuff ? The place looks so nice - and do we just take a bus from AKL ?
Hollywood and Vine - I had this twice- because I was thinking Dinner Package once at Hollywood and once at Mama Melrose's- but I am not even sure if we will want to see fantasmic twice - or hit some rides while less crowded. I went back and forth with the 50's prime time - my 4 year old daughter gets really upset when we tell her to finish food on her plate - at home I am willing to put up with her and I usually win the battle lol ~! I was worried about the waiters coming by and "teasing" with the whole finish your vegtables thing - and her losing it in the resturant - because she doesn't want to !! But maybe I am just over thinking that one.
6 - hours !! Man that put things into perspective. I was thinking the down time would be good for the kids, with all the walking. But in the end it may be way to much.
On the waterpark days I have BoatWright's - thinking we would sleep in a little go downstairs eat breakfast and hop a bus to the waterpark. Better suggestion for those days? Are there other Breakfast places that would be just as easy to get to and not take us back into a park - I wasn't going to by hoppers.
And I will add Captin Jack's - thanks so much for your help.

 

[dreamer17555]

Hi everyone,
In August- we are headed to WDW..staying at POR and have booked the DxDDP. (This is our first time with the plan) I know it is going to be a huge amount of food - but this is our 10 year anniv. and we wanted to do it big. We are family of 4 - We are both barely 30 lol - and my son is 9, and my daughter is 4.
Anyway that said - can all you experts please look at my tentative ADR's (still 190 out) and let me know if you have any suggestions- any I should add- any I should remove ? Any comments about ones we will love ! Any feedback would be great. We did go to WDW in 2004 and paid OOP for all meals- I will put an * next to the ones I have been to and liked.


Day 1 - Arrive early evening - Dinner at Magic Kingdom - Liberty Tree Tavern

Day 2- Breakfast Cinderella's Royal Table (2) Lunch - Snacks, Dinner: Chef Mickeys *

Day 3- (Epcot)- Breakfast at Cape May Buffet (Beach Club), Lunch: Garden Grill (was the land at last visit), Dinner : Coral Reef (going for the crab legs)

Day 4- Hollywood Studios- Breakfast at Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Lunch : Mama Melrose's. Dinner: Hollywood & Vine Dinner Fantasmic Package

Day 5- Blizzard Beach- Breakfast at Boatwright's (POR), Lunch: counter-service, Dinner in DD - Planet Hollywood

Day 6- Animal Kingdom- Donald's Breakfastosaurus at Tusker House- Lunch: Flame Tree BBQ, Dinner- if still at park Tusker House - if done before dinner- Wolf Gang Puck Cafe in DD.

Day 7 - Hollywood Studios - Breakfast Boatwright's, Lunch- Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Dinner at Mama Melrose's

Day 8 -Magic Kingdom- Breakfast 1900 Park Fare, Lunch: The Plaza, Dinner : Whispering Canyon Cafe'

Day 9 -Epcot - Breakfast: Princess Storybook Buffet, Lunch: Le Cellier Steakhouse Dinner: Coral Reef (more crab legs !!)

Day 10- Typhoon Lagoon- Breakfast: Boatwright's Lunch: counterservice
Dinner : DD - any suggestions? Is Capt. Jacks good?

Day 11 - Magic Kingdom- Breakfast- Chef Mickey's, Lunch: Crystal Palace, Dinner: Cinderella's Gala Feast 1900 Park Fare

Day 12 - (Epcot)- Breakfast- Boatwrights, Lunch: Garden Grill

And then home to hide the scale in the trunk of my car for a month or more !!!

Am I reading that you are doing Mama Melrose and H&V twice? Why? IF you are planning on the Fantsamic Package why not do Mama Melrose one night for Dinner and H&V the other night and try Prime Time Cafe and Sci Fi for lunch on those days? At least they are fun and a different place to go.

Also I noticed you are repeating several meals like Chef Mickey's and the Garden Grill. Why not skip Chef Mickey's for Breakfast on day 11 and instead do Ohana's character breakfast with Lilo and Stitch?

Instead of the Garden Grill why not do one of the World Showcase places? There are so many resturants in Disney that you really don't need to repeat places.

We too are doing DxDDP but you have a heck of a lot of resturants scheduled. I would think about cutting down from three table services most days and instead hit some dinner shows, like Hoop Dee Doo or the Luau. Your kids might start to rebel at sitting at a table that much. Just trying to help.

-Becca-

 

[dreamer17555]

This is an adjusted Scheduel about how I would do it if you feel like most days you need 3 ts meals, like I said I am too doing DxDDP but only on 2 out of 8 days do we have 3 ts scheduled and those include an Adult only meal while DD6 is at Neverland Club.

Day 1 - Arrive early evening - Dinner at Magic Kingdom - Liberty Tree Tavern

Day 2- Breakfast Cinderella's Royal Table (2) Lunch - Snacks, Dinner: Chef Mickeys *

Day 3- (Epcot)- Breakfast at Cape May Buffet (Beach Club), Lunch: Garden Grill (was the land at last visit), Dinner : Coral Reef (going for the crab legs)

Day 4- Hollywood Studios- Breakfast at Hollywood & Vine Buffet, Lunch : Sci Fi Dine In . Dinner: Hollywood & Vine Dinner Fantasmic Package

Day 5- Blizzard Beach- Breakfast at Boatwright's (POR), Lunch: Snacks, Dinner – Hoop Dee Do (or you can move this until day 6- you should be out be dinner time)

Day 6- Animal Kingdom- Donald's Breakfastosaurus at Tusker House- Lunch: Flame Tree BBQ, Dinner- Wolf Gang Puck Cafe in DD. (I would do Boma instead)

Day 7 - Hollywood Studios – Breakfast- Boatwright’s (personally I would use snack credits instead and make an early lunch ADR) , Lunch- Prime Time Cafe, Dinner at Mama Melrose's

Day 8 -Magic Kingdom- Breakfast 1900 Park Fare, Lunch: The Plaza, Dinner : Whispering Canyon Cafe'

Day 9 -Epcot - Breakfast: Princess Storybook Buffet, Lunch: Le Cellier Steakhouse Dinner: Teppan Edo

Day 10- Typhoon Lagoon- Breakfast: Boatwright's Lunch: counterservice
Dinner : DD - any suggestions? Is Capt. Jacks good?

Day 11 - Magic Kingdom- Breakfast- Ohana Character Breakfast, Lunch: Crystal Palace, Dinner: Cinderella's Gala Feast 1900 Park Fare

Day 12 - (Epcot)- Breakfast- Boatwrights, Lunch: Restaurant Marrakesh

 

[mommyaof2]

Thank you so much for replying - You are right I really need to think about the Coral Reef and if I want to go there twice - it was the only place with Crab legs and I was thinking the kids would love the fish. I also was worried with not having gone to any resort except Contemporary- how hard it would be to navigate to the resorts. Since the Coral Reef is the day we are at Epcot - How we go about getting to Ohana? And how long do you think getting there may take? I was only thinking it would be easier to stay in park time wise. And to be honest, my group doesn't eat any ethnic food other than tex mex !!! I know very boring. On the day we are eating at LeCellier for lunch it is my hubby's b-day. He is a big steak person - should I change this to dinner and do something else for lunch instead. That would take care of the Coral Reef twice prob. ? Okay now my head is spinning again lol !! Thanks for your suggestions.

Ohana is very easy to get to. You just have to take the monorail from Epcot to the TTC and then get on the resort monorail. It would probably take you maybe 30 minutes or less. Or you could just take the bus directly to the Poly. The monorail would be faster though. We are not really into very ethnic food either, and we all loved Ohana and Kona at the Poly. I would say that picky eaters would like these places. You could do Kona Cafe instead of the Coral Reef again. They have steak and seafood dishes. So, your hubby could get a steak since he loves steak and if someone else wants seafood, they could have that too!

 

[Cindy's Mom]

WOW, I got tired just reading that. I suggest that you add some 2TS meals in there HDDR and the Luau (as a PP has said).


Aren't your kids going to want to swim? I suggest some breaks in the afternoons, swimming a bit, grabbing a CS and eating at the pool. Utilize the EMH.

Our favorite things is for example; B-fast at CP, 8:05 ADR, you get in the park before its open and you get magical alone time on Main street.

Then we hang around MK until 1ish, head back to resort, get counter service swim, shower and head back around 6ish for ADR in MK

On EMH nights in the summer MK is open till 2a.

MHO is that you are doing too many table services and just too comando style to our travelling style. YMMV.

EDITED TO ADD: I forgot about DH's love of steak. How about going to the YSH for dinner (its a 2TS place and IMO the best steak on property). for his b-day. Drop the kids off at at Sandcastle Club at the BC/YC and you too enjoy a b-day/annivesary meal together and alone. Sandcastle club is $10 per hour per child and they get fed too.

 

[patsal]

Yes, we are staying at POR - I know I have boatwright's a little to much lol ! I just thought that way I wouldn't have to listen to kids complain they were hungry all the way to the breakfast- but I guess a box of cheerios in the room could fix that. I will have to look into the Kona breakfast - Which resort is it in? How to get there? Also I was trying to do one character meal a day for the kids sake. But I can for-go that for a better place.
Which signature resturant would you say would be worth using two credits and skipping lunch? I would go for this for sure if I could find one everyone would like.
At Boma I think I had read it was food with a African Infusion - this scared me- (picky eaters) Is there a good variety of stuff ? The place looks so nice - and do we just take a bus from AKL ?
Hollywood and Vine - I had this twice- because I was thinking Dinner Package once at Hollywood and once at Mama Melrose's- but I am not even sure if we will want to see fantasmic twice - or hit some rides while less crowded. I went back and forth with the 50's prime time - my 4 year old daughter gets really upset when we tell her to finish food on her plate - at home I am willing to put up with her and I usually win the battle lol ~! I was worried about the waiters coming by and "teasing" with the whole finish your vegtables thing - and her losing it in the resturant - because she doesn't want to !! But maybe I am just over thinking that one.
6 - hours !! Man that put things into perspective. I was thinking the down time would be good for the kids, with all the walking. But in the end it may be way to much.
On the waterpark days I have BoatWright's - thinking we would sleep in a little go downstairs eat breakfast and hop a bus to the waterpark. Better suggestion for those days? Are there other Breakfast places that would be just as easy to get to and not take us back into a park - I wasn't going to by hoppers.
And I will add Captin Jack's - thanks so much for your help.

Kona--super easy to get to just hop the monorail (MK resort loop) and you'll get off at the Poly. Enter the doors from the monorail and you are pretty much there!

So long as you are staying at POR having breakfast there a few times won't be bad(actually one of my favs--love the sweet potatoe pancakes and the stuffed french toast)--I was just thinking that on certain park days you might want to chnage it up a bit and head to the park of the day from breakfast.
If you try Prime time, this is what I did to ward off any "problems" I explained to the server that my niece was from an abusive home (obviously not your case but just to give you an idea) and please only pick on the adults don't "scold" her for anything. What can I say her Dad is a tool--he no longer lives with them. He just told her she was his special helper--if the grown ups didn't eat all their veggies she was supposed to tell on them and if she did a good job eating as much as she could there would be something extra special for dessert. Worked like a charm and of course then tip was included and he still got extra from me!
Boma does have exotic food but htey also have rotisserie chicken and other regular foods too. Just hop the AKL bus form AK and you'd be all set then you could take a bus form AKL to where ever you want to goin the evening park or DTD then a bus back to your resort from there.

Remember you can get to any resort you like form anypark by just getting on that bs. getting back to your resort will be a bit more difficult since you'll hav eto take a bus form th other resort to DTD or to an open park to get get to the bus to take you back to your resort.

As far as waterpark day--I'd keep Boatwrights and head to the waterpark.

As far as Signature dining my favs are Artist Point and Cali Grill. check out the menus and see if they appeal to you--you might like the flexibility of using snack credits for a light breakfast and then grabbing CS at the park around 11am for lunch then using 2TS for signature dining.

 

[Turtle31]

Am I reading that you are doing Mama Melrose and H&V twice? Why? IF you are planning on the Fantsamic Package why not do Mama Melrose one night for Dinner and H&V the other night and try Prime Time Cafe and Sci Fi for lunch on those days? At least they are fun and a different place to go.

Also I noticed you are repeating several meals like Chef Mickey's and the Garden Grill. Why not skip Chef Mickey's for Breakfast on day 11 and instead do Ohana's character breakfast with Lilo and Stitch?

-Becca-

Becca - Thanks so much for taking the time to give me some good ideas. I know it took you some time to write out your suggested plans- and that was very nice of you. I think I am for sure going to re-do the Hollywood lunches and put in the Sci-Fi (we have been here before) and the 50's Prime time. And I am also going to look at doing Ohana for breakfast - my daughter would love to see Lilo and Stitch I am sure. I guess I was thinking that if we went somewhere for lunch on the first park day and then when we returned three days later we went for breakfast it would be different. But after looking at all the different pictures and choices - it would just be a waste to not see some of the others.

Thanks again .....

 

[Turtle31]

Kona--super easy to get to just hop the monorail (MK resort loop) and you'll get off at the Poly. Enter the doors from the monorail and you are pretty much there!


If you try Prime time, this is what I did to ward off any "problems" I explained to the server that my niece was from an abusive home (obviously not your case but just to give you an idea) and please only pick on the adults don't "scold" her for anything.

Boma does have exotic food but htey also have rotisserie chicken and other regular foods too.

Remember you can get to any resort you like form anypark by just getting on that bs. getting back to your resort will be a bit more difficult since you'll hav eto take a bus form th other resort to DTD or to an open park to get get to the bus to take you back to your resort.

As far as waterpark day--I'd keep Boatwrights and head to the waterpark.

As far as Signature dining my favs are Artist Point and Cali Grill. check out the menus and see if they appeal to you--you might like the flexibility of using snack credits for a light breakfast and then grabbing CS at the park around 11am for lunch then using 2TS for signature dining.

Patsal-
Thanks for the great info for 50's Prime time. I really did want to go here. I will just let them know at the door that my daughter can be touchy. She is so head strong- I wish I could say she would know they were joking but she would have a fit if someone told her to eat something she didn't like - i.e. any thing green other than a green bean lol !! But we will work on that this summer !!
I am going to also give Boma another look... and also look at Artist Point.. I read the menu for Cali Grill to hubby and he either didn't like the entree or didn't like the sides.- Picky,Picky.....
I did also think about the suggestion of Becca to do the Hoop De Do or a dinner show... just so that I could cut out a lunch somewhere in here.
I forgot to add in my thread that we do have the tickets that allow us to go to Disney Quest - so one of the downtown nights we will be doing that. And another night heading downtown to shop and look at the legos.
Everyone has given me great ideas - now I have 7 days to figure out what I will be eating in 6 months ~~~

 

[Turtle31]

WOW, I got tired just reading that. I suggest that you add some 2TS meals in there HDDR and the Luau (as a PP has said).

EDITED TO ADD: I forgot about DH's love of steak. How about going to the YSH for dinner (its a 2TS place and IMO the best steak on property). for his b-day. Drop the kids off at at Sandcastle Club at the BC/YC and you too enjoy a b-day/annivesary meal together and alone. Sandcastle club is $10 per hour per child and they get fed too.

Hi Cindy,
I am going to look into adding the Hoop De Do and cut out one lunch. I am also going to change some lunches at Hollywood. And your idea for the YSH is a good one.... I think hubby would love the steak choices. Thanks for the recommendation.
I have to say the EMH are going to be lost on my crew - they like to sleep in ! My hubby travels quite a bit for his job, we get to go with in the summer when son is out of school, so they actually do alot of swimming then and with the waterparks in there I thought that would be enough... but as I know once at the park... all my thoughts may be thrown out the window !! I may end up pool side with a wet towel over my head by the third day
Thanks for all your great ideas......

 

[luckytobeme88]

Your family will have tons of food and fun this summer for sure. We are going in July and I have already got all my ADR's booked also. Since you will be there for 11 nights/12 days which means each one of you will have 33 TS credits and 22 snacks. Why not take advantage of all these credits and eat more 2 TS dinner/shows. I noticed that you are planning to eat breakfast every single day, to tell you the truth, I would consider using some snack credits for a quick breakfast or share a CS breakfast in MK (Main Street Bakery, YUMMY) Have a early lunch when you use snack credits or CS breakfast.
If you are doing breakfast that morning (plan a later breakfast like 10 am) munch on some snacks during mid-afternoon before dinner.
I would try to include the Luau (2TS) and ever so popular HDDR (2TS) After all, this trip should be all fun and food right.