Have I choosen a good rest. plan for Toddlers?

[ImaDVCwannabe]

My DH and I are in the process of looking at rest. menu's for our family trip next summer. Below I have encluded a day by day list of rest. we are thinking about. Are these good choices for kids/toddlers? At the time of our trip our kids will be DD7, DD3 and DS22mon. Oh and we will be on the DDP so we will have some snack locations included.

Thanks.

Day 1
B: Writer Stop (SC)
L: Backlot Express (CS)
D: Hollywood and Vine (TS)

Day 2
B: Boma (TS)
L: Restaurantosaurus (CS)
D: World Premier Food Court (OOP)

Day 3
B: Crystal Palace (TS)
L: Pecos Bill (CS)
D: Casey's (SC)

Day 4
B: Wolfgang Express Cafe (SC)
L: Earl of Sandwich (CS)
D: Planet Hollywood (TS)

Day 5
B: Akershus Princess Breakfast (TS)
L: La Cantina de San Angel (CS)
D: Yorkshire County Fish Shop (CS)

Day 6
B:Tusker House-Donald’s Safari Breakfast (TS)
L: Flame Tree BBQ (CS)
D: Rainforest Cafe (OOP)

Day 7
B: Main Street Bakery (SC)
L: Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe (CS)
D: Liberty Tree Tavern (TS)

Day 8
B: 1900 Park Fare Supercalifragilistic Breakfast (TS)

 

[chocovrdmicears]

It all looks good to me!
The only 2 suggestions I have - 1. I wouldn't bother paying OOP for Rainforest. The food is *meh* and waaay overpriced. But I can understand if you want to experience it. We have one near home and DS loves it - Google Landry Coupons before you leave - we have often found .99 kids meal coupons and % off merchandise.
And 2. You are missing my favorite CS place at MK - We have eaten at them all and absolutely LOVE Columbia Harbour House - food is excellent - if the menu appeals to you.
HTH! Enjoy!

 

[hannahdrewmom]

I'd do H&V for lunch instead of dinner since there are playhouse disney characters there.

I'd also probably switch Casey and Peco bills so Casey's is lunch and PB is dinner. That way your meals will be most spread out since you are having a really big breakfast.

 

[Disneyhayes]

have you thought about using your $15 voucher for planet hollywood instead of using a TS credit? it comes with the MYW package and you could then use the credit elsewhere

 

[kat3668]

Just curious but I am assuming SC means snack credit...... What kinds of snacks are offered at wolfgang express and Caseys?

 

[smiths02]

I wouldn't do 2 days in AK...but that is just us...most people I know (with younger kids especially) need extra time in MK or Epcot

 

[graceesmom]

You have a B L and D in DTD in one day. I've never spent more than a couple of hours in DTD. I don't know that I could make a full day of it.

We go to DTD on a day that we plan to spend time by the pool or an evening after going to the waterpark.

AK is also a 1 day park for us, but every family is different.

Finally, on one of your AK you have TS b-fast at AK Lodge. Will you be driving there or are you staying at AK Lodge? If not, this is going to be a tough b-fast to make. You'll have to take a bus to a park and then wait for another bus to AKL and then take the bus back to AK for your park day.

Where are you staying? You may be missing out some great CS or TS at your resort. The values and mod's have some of the best CS at WDW. And several of our must do TS restaurants are at the monorail and Epcot resorts.

 

[DisneyTravelers2008]

Not that your plan looks lbad in anyway...but I thnk I'd add a little more character dining ...ie...Chef CMickey at the Contemporary or Ohana at Poly for breakfast with Lilo, Stitch & Mickey

 

[ibela]

Agree with several previous posters - H&V for lunch instead of dinner, switch Casey's and Pecos Bill's, full day probably not needed at DTD. I'd also add a consideration of different CS in Epcot for something with more variety/options ex. Sunshine Seasons for variety or maybe the CS in Morocco for something different.

ETA: If you're looking for things to do on a non-park day, check out the Boardwalk in the evening. They have magicians, etc. strolling and my kids loved it. We had dinner at Kouzzina while there, we enjoyed it.

 

[Rox.jea]

I'd do H&V for lunch instead of dinner since there are playhouse disney characters there.

I'd also probably switch Casey and Peco bills so Casey's is lunch and PB is dinner. That way your meals will be most spread out since you are having a really big breakfast.

Good suggestion.

 

[ImaDVCwannabe]

It all looks good to me!
The only 2 suggestions I have - 1. I wouldn't bother paying OOP for Rainforest. The food is *meh* and waaay overpriced. But I can understand if you want to experience it. We have one near home and DS loves it - Google Landry Coupons before you leave - we have often found .99 kids meal coupons and % off merchandise.
And 2. You are missing my favorite CS place at MK - We have eaten at them all and absolutely LOVE Columbia Harbour House - food is excellent - if the menu appeals to you.
HTH! Enjoy!

Thank you for the coupon info I will do that for sure. As to your second comment about Columbia Harbour House, I agree with you the food is yummy. My DH and I ate there while on our honeymoon, which is why we wanted to try something else this time. But this is just a first draft so I may change my mind lol.

Thanks again

 

[ImaDVCwannabe]

I'd do H&V for lunch instead of dinner since there are playhouse disney characters there.

I'd also probably switch Casey and Peco bills so Casey's is lunch and PB is dinner. That way your meals will be most spread out since you are having a really big breakfast.

Thank you for your suggestions. We had thought about doing H&V for lunch but the characters aren't really any that my kids are too interested in. Do you think they would still enjoy the character interaction if they don't really know the characters? We planned on doing dinner simply because its one of the resturants that offers the Fantasmic package. Is this something worth while for kids my age? We know we want to see it and this seemed like a good way to cut down on waiting time.

As to switching Casey's for Peco's we had planned it that way because we are thinking about doing the Pirates and Pals Firework Voyage and I read that they offer snacks and beverages so I didn't want to have a big dinner planned. Is this a good idea?

 

[ImaDVCwannabe]

You have a B L and D in DTD in one day. I've never spent more than a couple of hours in DTD. I don't know that I could make a full day of it.

We go to DTD on a day that we plan to spend time by the pool or an evening after going to the waterpark.

AK is also a 1 day park for us, but every family is different.

Finally, on one of your AK you have TS b-fast at AK Lodge. Will you be driving there or are you staying at AK Lodge? If not, this is going to be a tough b-fast to make. You'll have to take a bus to a park and then wait for another bus to AKL and then take the bus back to AK for your park day.

Where are you staying? You may be missing out some great CS or TS at your resort. The values and mod's have some of the best CS at WDW. And several of our must do TS restaurants are at the monorail and Epcot resorts.

I agree with you about DTD. We may not spend the entire day there. It will more than likely be a late morning for us and we may let the kids get in a little swimming before we go. I just wanted to have a breakfast option if we needed one.

AK is a park that we really think our kids will enjoy (and it was my DH and I's fav) our oldest DD is really into Dinosaurs so we think that she would love the Boneyard and both DD's love animals. However both days are going to be short park days to allow the kids some down time for swimming and whatever else they feel up to.

We are staying at ASMo so we know that we will have some travel time to make our breakfast reservation but Boma is a place that my DH really wants to try. Would it be better on a different day?

 

[ImaDVCwannabe]

Not that your plan looks lbad in anyway...but I thnk I'd add a little more character dining ...ie...Chef CMickey at the Contemporary or Ohana at Poly for breakfast with Lilo, Stitch & Mickey

Thanks for the suggestions. We would love to do Ohana I'm just having a difficult time trying to figure out where to fit it in. So much to do and not enough time

 

[3pletprincesses]

I would skip H & v for dinner as the food we got was not the best. I would do Mama Melrose instead for the Fantasmic Package.

I too second Ohana. My 4 yo DDs loved it there.

 

[Pooh&OurHunny]

I would make H&V as breakfast instead of dinner. My son loves H&V b/c they have song and dance ever 15 mins....your kids would have a blast.

 

[ImaDVCwannabe]

Thanks for the wonderful advice everyone. I talked to my DH and we are rethinking H&V at everyones suggestion and we may switch out 1900 Park Fare for Ohana's simply because we will have already seen Pooh and friends at CP. Granted we will miss Mary Poppins, Alice and the Hatter but I personally like those characters more than the kiddo's and I think they will really enjoy Ohana's.

Again thank you all