How do these ADRs look?

[aprilmommy0205]

In 181 days, my family and I will be heading to FL for our first family WDW vacation. I'm probably more excited than my kids because I have only been to MK, and even that was over 10 years ago.

The kids will be 5 and 2 when we depart, but both will have birthdays while we're away. I have allotted 2 days each for MK and Epcot, and a day each for MGM and AK. The Unofficial Guide website hasn't been working for me so I'm not 100% when we'll go to each park. Hopefully it will be up sometime today. Otherwise, I'll just wing it.

What do you think of this ADR plan. (BTW, we're selecting the Deluxe Dining Plan)

Check-in day (mid-afternoon) - Chef Mickey's for dinner
MK day 1: B: CRT, D: Crystal Palace,
MK day 2: L: CRT D: Hoop Dee Doo
Ep day 1: L: Akershus D: Mickey's Byard BBQ
Ep day 2: L: Coral Reef D: Biergarten
AK: B: Donald's Safari D: California Grill
MGM: B: Hollywood & Vine D: Brown Derby
Check-out day (early afternoon) B: O'Hana

If I have calculated everything correctly, that uses 20 of our 21 points. I figure we'll catch a counter service meal along the way to make up the difference.

 

[aprilmommy0205]

I was finally able to log back into the UG's site. I made some changes based on their crowd planner which I have edited in the original post.

 

[PrincessMomto2]

Check-in day (mid-afternoon) - Chef Mickey's for dinner
MK day 1: B: CRT, D: Crystal Palace,
MK day 2: L: CRT D: Hoop Dee Doo
Ep day 1: L: Akershus D: Mickey's Byard BBQ
Ep day 2: L: Coral Reef D: Biergarten
AK: B: Donald's Safari D: California Grill
MGM: B: Hollywood & Vine D: Brown Derby
Check-out day (early afternoon) B: O'Hana

If I have calculated everything correctly, that uses 20 of our 21 points. I figure we'll catch a counter service meal along the way to make up the difference.

They look like great choices but we could never eat a big lunch and a big dinner on the same day it is just too much food too close together for us. Also it takes a while and takes away time from the parks. If we do 2 ADR's for a day we would do breakfast and dinner which gives you some time in between. If we did 2 ADR's we would completely skip lunch if dinner was early enough and when we did do lunch it would be a lite snack! But you know your family best! We did Ohana breakfast on our check out day and it was great! CRT for breakfast was magical both my girls loved it and it was a great start to our vacation. CP is always good and HoopdeeDoo was awesome what a great show! My girls still talk about it. We did dinner at Akershus and were not impressed with the food but the Princess interaction was great. Chef Mickey's I did years ago and it was good too. I have not been to the other places but I am sure someone will give their opinions on those! I have heard great things about California Grill. Have a great time!

 

[iloveeeyore]

I think you made great choices!

Especially CM 1st night and CRT 1st AM and HDDR! Good luck getting all of them!

 

[apirateslife4evr]

Uh, I just thought I'd point out the following....

IF you are on the dining plan.......

CRT, Hoop Dee Doo, and Brown Derby are all TWO credit locations. Also, I'm not sure if BYB is also. So it looks like you haven't calculated the "points" correctly.

You might want to check that again......just sayin'

 

[aprilmommy0205]

I thought I had calculated it correctly. We're going to take the Deluxe Plan. Since we are staying 7 nights, that gives us 21 points. Here's my breakdown:

Points
Check-in day (mid-afternoon) - Chef Mickey's for dinner (1)
MK day 1: B: CRT, D: Crystal Palace, (3)
MK day 2: L: CRT D: Hoop Dee Doo (4)
Ep day 1: L: Akershus D: Mickey's Byard BBQ (3)
Ep day 2: L: Coral Reef D: Biergarten (2)
AK: B: Donald's Safari D: California Grill (3)
MGM: B: Hollywood & Vine D: Brown Derby (3)
Check-out day (early afternoon) B: O'Hana (1)
Total 20 points

 

[monami7]

I think we will be there at the same time!
We get there on the April 19th!!!!
We just have basic Dining plan and are staying at AKL!

 

[aprilmommy0205]

Yes, we plan to get there on the 18th! My DD's 6th birthday is the 19th so CRT is a must that day.