Help! ADR's made & DS & DD want to eat at Tony's - Where to work it in?!

[Wendy31]

So, we're riding along in our mini-van the other day, and, out of the proverbial blue, DS says, "When we go to Disney World, can we eat at the Lady & Tramp restaurant?" To which DD adds, "Yeah, we didn't eat there last year!"

Last May, we stopped at Tony's, & I asked one of the CM's if Lady & Tramp could sign their autograph books. While the CM took their books back to the "kitchen" for signing, I took the kids' pictures underneath the paintings of Lady & Tramp in the lobby.

"Lady & the Tramp" is one of their favorite movies, but I never thought about eating at the restaurant because the actual characters aren't there - it's just decorated like Tony's from the movie, right? Also, Tony's generally gets pretty bad reviews, so I never even considered it - too many other restuarants from which to choose.

However, the lunch menu at allears.net looks good, and, recently, I've read some better reviews for Tony's. Also, since it doesn't look like the Toy Story meal at MGM will become reality in time for our upcoming trip in June, I was thinking that maybe I should try to add Tony's to our ADR's for our DS since he asked specifically to eat there. It's funny that of all the places we at last year, DS didn't mention any of those restaurants &, instead, remembered Tony's.

Here's my problem - Where, oh where, would I add it? We'll have the dining plan, and we'll be there for 7 nights. Following are our current ADR plans:

ARRIVAL AFTERNOON/EVENING (Tuesday) -

Lunch - Casey's or Pecos Bill's (Counter Service #1)
Dinner - LTT (Table Service #1)

* NOTE: I suppose I could make an ADR for lunch at Tony's on this day, but, since this is our check-in day, I really don't know if we'd be able to make a lunch ADR.

MGM DAY (Wednesday) -

Breakfast - Cabin (we're staying at FW)
Lunch - Toy Story Pizza Planet (Counter Service #2)
Dinner - FDP at Mama Melrose's (Table Service #2)

MK DAY (Thursday - My parents will be w/ us) -

Breakfast - Cabin
Lunch - Crystal Palace (Table Service #3)
Dinner - Columbia Harbour House or Pinocchio Village Haus (Counter Service #3)

* NOTE: I could cancel Crystal Palace & do Tony's instead, but DH really enjoyed CP & wanted my parents to try it as well. Or, we could do Tony's for dinner, but the lunch menu at Tony's looks better to me. And, since, we'd be paying for Tony's OOP, lunch is more inexpensive.

Or, I could try to get a breakfast ADR at Crystal Palace, but, at this late date, I don't know if I could still get an early ADR for 6 & a later ADR would make lunch a non-issue.

EPCOT DAY (Friday - My parents will be w/ us) -

Breakfast - Cabin
Lunch - Garden Grill (Table Service #4)
Dinner - World Showcase Counter (Counter Service #4)

MK DAY (Saturday) -

Breakfast - Cabin
Lunch - CRT (Paying OOP)
Dinner - Grilling hot dogs at cabin

* NOTE: Again, we could schedule Tony's on this day for dinner, but the lunch menu looks better (& I'm not changing CRT). DS & DD also requested that we grill hot dogs at our cabin as well.

AK DAY/EPCOT EVENING (Sunday) -

Breakfast - Donald's Breakfastasauras (Paying OOP)
Lunch - Flame Tree BBQ (Counter Service #5)
Dinner - San Angel Inn (Table Service #5)

EPCOT/MK DAY (Monday) -

Breakfast - PSB (Table Service #6)
Lunch - Pinocchio Village Haus or Columbia Harbour House (Counter Service #6)
Dinner - WCC (Table Service #7)

* NOTE: The only place I really see to fit in Tony's is on this day & eat there instead of Pinocchio Village Haus. But, that would be 3 table service meals in 1 day! Is that too much? Our breakfast at PSB is at 8:35 am, and our dinner at WCC is at 6:30 pm.

DEPARTURE DAY (Tuesday) -

Breakfast - Chef Mickey's (Paying OOP)
Lunch - Earl of Sandwich (Counter Service #7)

As you can see, I have just enough counter service meals. (But, if we did schedule Tony's, could we use mine & DH's leftover counter service credits & use them to pay for my parents' counter service meals on one of the days they're w/ us?) And I already have too many table service meals! Another thing is I don't want us to spend all of our time dashing from one meal to the next (it gets to where it takes up too much park time), so I'm kind of worried about adding another ADR. So, what do ya'll think?

Thanks so much for any advice & suggestions!!

 

[beavismom]

Could you just pop into the restaurant for a dessert or something? It is tough to balance the desires of everyone in a larger party. Another possibility would be to split into 2 groups for one meal on the CP day and you take the Kids to Tony's or your DH can skip CP this time and you can send your parents to eat there on another day.