Feedback on our tentative dining plan

[Thomasboys]

We will be staying at CBR March 18-26 and have our park reservations for each park secured. We make our ADRs in just a few weeks and I've been figuring out what our ADRs/meals might look like for our trip. Most breakfasts will be in our hotel room, unless I've noted otherwise. I'd love feedback on our plan!!!

Thursday/Epcot - This is a travel day and just 1/2 a day in the park. Our two boys really want to eat at Coral Reef so that will be dinner that night.

Friday/MK - Lunch will be QS, likely Pecos Bill. Dinner - Whispering Canyon.

Saturday/AK - Lunch will be QS. Dinner - Yak and Yeti (one of our faves)

Sunday/Epcot - Breakfast at Riviera or Ale and Compass; Lunch QS or Via Napoli; Dinner Biergarten (kids request)

Monday/HS - Lunch will be QS. Dinner 50's Prime Time Cafe

Tuesday/MK - Breakfast Chef Mickey???, Lunch - QS at Poly maybe, Dinner - Disney Springs? Really iffy on what to do this day...

Wednesday/AK - Lunch will be QS. Dinner - Sanaa

Thursdsay/HS - Lunch will be QS. Dinner - ?????? Mama Melrose??

Friday/MK - Lunch - QS at Monorail hotel????

 

[DKNHM]

Sunday: seems like a lot of food. I would suggest an early breakfast, and light lunch (maybe share one pizza) so that you can enjoy all the offerings at Biergarten.

Tuesday is a lot of time away from MK.

I have read good reviews of the steak at Mama Melrose. Sci-Fi has a fun atmosphere, and the food is okay.

Contempo Cafe is a quick walk from MK, or Geyser Point is a ferry ride away to Wilderness Lodge.

 

[laughinplace199]

What about dinner at Skipper Canteen on Tuesday?

 

[Thomasboys]

What about dinner at Skipper Canteen on Tuesday?

we are there on our last trip. While we enjoyed it, I don’t know that it’s a repeater for us.

 

[JenBush]

My only critique is the amount of time away from MK on Tuesday. The hours aren’t posted for March yet, but I’m sure they’ll still be limited like they are now, or even worse, like the current hours posted for February. I’d stick with a QS lunch in the park and Dinner at the Wave or switch it and do lunch at the Wave and a QS dinner in the park.

 

[jkh36619]

Me personally..too much TS with hard schedules. We'll do one or 2 TS's a trip max and wing it the rest of the way. We FP the mornings and see where the evening take us.

 

[Thomasboys]

Me personally..too much TS with hard schedules. We'll do one or 2 TS's a trip max and wing it the rest of the way. We FP the mornings and see where the evening take us.

No FP now though. I think we will want the TS for mask breaks.

 

[Thomasboys]

My only critique is the amount of time away from MK on Tuesday. The hours aren’t posted for March yet, but I’m sure they’ll still be limited like they are now, or even worse, like the current hours posted for February. I’d stick with a QS lunch in the park and Dinner at the Wave or switch it and do lunch at the Wave and a QS dinner in the park.

The Wave is a great idea -- thank you!

 

[Scubadaddy32]

We went to Universal last month and with the parks closing early and no AH events, we found we had plenty of time on our hands to grab dinner wherever. Just keep in mind that it likely won't be as much of a time crunch as previous trips. We had time after the parks closed to go back to the room, shower up, fix up and then Uber over to DS and other resorts at WDW for dinner from Universal.
In the past we mostly dictated our TS reservations based on what parks we attended for the day as well, so I can see where you are going with your selections.
We ate at Mama Melrose's on our last trip to HS, which was a pleasant surprise and we now consider it a hidden gem along with Sebastian's. Well, more like a underrated gem at Disney. Ha
Chef Mickey's is back at $60.00 per adult, so that's a no bueno $, for us for breakfast. Ha If I had little ones maybe, but Characters dinning doesn't move the needle much for us any longer.
The Biergarten is getting really good reviews now that it's family style.
Hollywood and Vine is for once getting great reviews, as is Crystal Palace over at MK. (Shocking I know, but both have changed their menus.) So those maybe worth taking a peek at.
MK just opened Tomorrowland Terrace for another QS option and they are serving Harbor House's menu basically. I don't know if that tilts the needle for you on your MK day, but I just saw that the other day.

 

[Thomasboys]

We went to Universal last month and with the parks closing early and no AH events, we found we had plenty of time on our hands to grab dinner wherever. Just keep in mind that it likely won't be as much of a time crunch as previous trips. We had time after the parks closed to go back to the room, shower up, fix up and then Uber over to DS and other resorts at WDW for dinner from Universal.
In the past we mostly dictated our TS reservations based on what parks we attended for the day as well, so I can see where you are going with your selections.
We ate at Mama Melrose's on our last trip to HS, which was a pleasant surprise and we now consider it a hidden gem along with Sebastian's. Well, more like a underrated gem at Disney. Ha
Chef Mickey's is back at $60.00 per adult, so that's a no bueno $, for us for breakfast. Ha If I had little ones maybe, but Characters dinning doesn't move the needle much for us any longer.
The Biergarten is getting really good reviews now that it's family style.
Hollywood and Vine is for once getting great reviews, as is Crystal Palace over at MK. (Shocking I know, but both have changed their menus.) So those maybe worth taking a peek at.
MK just opened Tomorrowland Terrace for another QS option and they are serving Harbor House's menu basically. I don't know if that tilts the needle for you on your MK day, but I just saw that the other day.

I wish Sebastians was open!!! We are staying at CBR and had a reservation here for our March 2020 trip. I looked at Crystal Palace this morning and it is so pricey! It is in my MK consideration though as is Tomorrowland Terrace, which I normally think is awful. I'll revisit Hollywood and Vine. I think it has been drilled into my brain to avoid it based on its history, but everything is kind of turned upside down this trip. Ha!!!! Thanks so much for your feedback -- very helpful.

 

[Scubadaddy32]

I'll revisit Hollywood and Vine. I think it has been drilled into my brain to avoid it based on its history, but everything is kind of turned upside down this trip. Ha!!!! Thanks so much for your feedback -- very helpful.

Yep... H&V was a no no for us for years for the exact same reason. Haha

 

[Deb & Bill]

We will be staying at CBR March 18-26 and have our park reservations for each park secured. We make our ADRs in just a few weeks and I've been figuring out what our ADRs/meals might look like for our trip. Most breakfasts will be in our hotel room, unless I've noted otherwise. I'd love feedback on our plan!!!

Thursday/Epcot - This is a travel day and just 1/2 a day in the park. Our two boys really want to eat at Coral Reef so that will be dinner that night.

Friday/MK - Lunch will be QS, likely Pecos Bill. Dinner - Whispering Canyon.

Saturday/AK - Lunch will be QS. Dinner - Yak and Yeti (one of our faves)

Sunday/Epcot - Breakfast at Riviera or Ale and Compass; Lunch QS or Via Napoli; Dinner Biergarten (kids request)

Monday/HS - Lunch will be QS. Dinner 50's Prime Time Cafe

Tuesday/MK - Breakfast Chef Mickey???, Lunch - QS at Poly maybe, Dinner - Disney Springs? Really iffy on what to do this day...

Wednesday/AK - Lunch will be QS. Dinner - Sanaa

Thursdsay/HS - Lunch will be QS. Dinner - ?????? Mama Melrose??

Friday/MK - Lunch - QS at Monorail hotel????

You know that Sanaa is not at AK, but it at Kidani Village at AKL/AKV. You'll need to take a bus to AKL from AK. That might limit your time at AK, especially with the shorter hours they have at AK. Then you'll need to take a bus from AKV to maybe Disney Springs or HS if it is still open after your dinner to get back to CBR.

 

[Shellyred8]

Here are two options for you that we enjoy: MK - Fruit and Nutella waffle at Sleepy Hollow (they stop serving this at 11am). Boardwalk area: Breakfast at Tratorria al Forno (if the character breakfast hasn't returned). We did the breakfast at Tratorria on our last trip (no characters) and we were both pleasantly surprised with it.

 

[Thomasboys]

You know that Sanaa is not at AK, but it at Kidani Village at AKL/AKV. You'll need to take a bus to AKL from AK. That might limit your time at AK, especially with the shorter hours they have at AK. Then you'll need to take a bus from AKV to maybe Disney Springs or HS if it is still open after your dinner to get back to CBR.

Yep, we know. We ubered from AKL to CBR after we ate at Boma last time. Super easy.

 

[Thomasboys]

Here are two options for you that we enjoy: MK - Fruit and Nutella waffle at Sleepy Hollow (they stop serving this at 11am). Boardwalk area: Breakfast at Tratorria al Forno (if the character breakfast hasn't returned). We did the breakfast at Tratorria on our last trip (no characters) and we were both pleasantly surprised with it.

I just pulled up Tratorria's breakast menu and it looks really good!!