TheOneWithTheTriplets
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- Mar 27, 2018
I'm travelling with my 5 year old girls in February and questioning my dining choices.
Hoop-Dee-Doo is one that I bypassed initially. It's a terrible use of 2 dining plan credits, transport isn't awesome to get back to the Boardwalk, and there were other meals that we were excited about.
Except, 'Ohana has such hit-or-miss reviews. Now, with the reported change to curried fried rice over noodles, I'm going to be that person asking for mac and cheese for my kids instead of them eating what is served, assuming the change sticks. The other meal it would replace, since it's two credits, is Hollywood & Vine. We have Tusker and Garden Grill already on the agenda, so it's nearly all duplicated characters, anyway. Plus, it's also very hit or miss with the reviews.
In terms of the DDP, while HDD is a terrible use of two credits, it would be the difference between us saving $800 OOP versus $1,000 OOP (three Disney kids, tons of character meals) so I'm not sure that I really care that much. With all of the AYCTE we'll be eating, I can't see us needing more than 3 QS credits a meal at our other meals (we usually only order 3-4 meals for the 5 of us anyway). Even with losing a TS meal, we should be fine feeding ourselves on the QS and snacks without having to come OOP. Perhaps, we'll be the first family in the history of Disney coming home claiming that the DDP wasn't too much food
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For transport, we'd be coming on an MK morning. Originally, the plan was to monorail to 'Ohana, but a boat to FW isn't that much different. In either case, it's two transfers to get back to our resort. If it's storming, though, we're talking about a resort bus and then an internal bus to get in and out, which would stink. For reference, on our 10 day trip (9 park days) we're doing MKx4, EPx2, HSx2 and AK with TS at CP, CRT, Tusker, Trattoria bfast, Akershus, and GG for our other meals.
The big thing that has me questioning myself is that my five year olds LOVE stage shows and live music. They love going to local children's theater productions, have memorized the shows at Sesame Place (we have season passes) and still request to do them every visit, and will stop to listen to a street performer every single time. On the other hand, they have never heard of HDD and wouldn't know what they were missing, so it's not like they'll be disappointed if we don't go.
With all of that in mind, would you call HDD a must for our family? Even with the transit being annoying, and the credit use being poor, and missing 'Ohana and H&V, is the show that good for musical-loving little girls who want to be singers, dancers, and dentists (lofty goals, I know!) when they grow up?
Hoop-Dee-Doo is one that I bypassed initially. It's a terrible use of 2 dining plan credits, transport isn't awesome to get back to the Boardwalk, and there were other meals that we were excited about.
Except, 'Ohana has such hit-or-miss reviews. Now, with the reported change to curried fried rice over noodles, I'm going to be that person asking for mac and cheese for my kids instead of them eating what is served, assuming the change sticks. The other meal it would replace, since it's two credits, is Hollywood & Vine. We have Tusker and Garden Grill already on the agenda, so it's nearly all duplicated characters, anyway. Plus, it's also very hit or miss with the reviews.
In terms of the DDP, while HDD is a terrible use of two credits, it would be the difference between us saving $800 OOP versus $1,000 OOP (three Disney kids, tons of character meals) so I'm not sure that I really care that much. With all of the AYCTE we'll be eating, I can't see us needing more than 3 QS credits a meal at our other meals (we usually only order 3-4 meals for the 5 of us anyway). Even with losing a TS meal, we should be fine feeding ourselves on the QS and snacks without having to come OOP. Perhaps, we'll be the first family in the history of Disney coming home claiming that the DDP wasn't too much food
.For transport, we'd be coming on an MK morning. Originally, the plan was to monorail to 'Ohana, but a boat to FW isn't that much different. In either case, it's two transfers to get back to our resort. If it's storming, though, we're talking about a resort bus and then an internal bus to get in and out, which would stink. For reference, on our 10 day trip (9 park days) we're doing MKx4, EPx2, HSx2 and AK with TS at CP, CRT, Tusker, Trattoria bfast, Akershus, and GG for our other meals.
The big thing that has me questioning myself is that my five year olds LOVE stage shows and live music. They love going to local children's theater productions, have memorized the shows at Sesame Place (we have season passes) and still request to do them every visit, and will stop to listen to a street performer every single time. On the other hand, they have never heard of HDD and wouldn't know what they were missing, so it's not like they'll be disappointed if we don't go.
With all of that in mind, would you call HDD a must for our family? Even with the transit being annoying, and the credit use being poor, and missing 'Ohana and H&V, is the show that good for musical-loving little girls who want to be singers, dancers, and dentists (lofty goals, I know!) when they grow up?
