Is all this even possible?

[DinahInWonderland]

I'm planning my 2009 Disneymoon and trying to fit in everything I can. We are doing a split stay with the Premium plan for the first 3 nights at the GF and DxDDP for the last 7 nights at AKL. My DBF and I are real foodies and want to do all the restaurants we can, but I think we've got too much on our plate.

We are planning on 3 tours (KTTK, Segway @ EPCOT, and one at AK) and Cirque du Soleil within the first 4 days. We also want to fit in V&A's, Narcoosee's, the Luau, Fulton's, Ohana and the Brown Derby in those first 4 days. We also want to fit in Le Cellier, Yak&Yeti, LTT (lunch), Chefs de France, Rose&Crown, Tutto Italia, Mama Melrose (not required), 50's PT, Jiko and WCC. All with some counter service thrown in along the way!

We will be arriving early and departing fairly late so lunch and dinner the first day and lunch the last day are all possible. I can't seem to find a way to plan it out and make it work. I figured if anyone can it would be my friends on the DIS! Even suggestions on what has a better lunch or dinner would really help me organize and prioritize a little better!

 

[kwelch10377]

Did you want to do the tours and Cirque du Soleil all in your first 4 full days or the first four days including arrival day? Do you have a preference on what meals you eat at each of the restaurants?

I think it might be possible, but you might need to be flexible on what you want to get done the first 4 days.

 

[DinahInWonderland]

Cirque and the tours will be in the first 4 days including arrival becasue they are included on the Premium plan. We will be arriving too late for a tour on the first day but Cirque is a possibility for that evening. The first 3 full day mornings will all be tours. The only preference we have on meals is lunch at LTT other than that we are very flexible!

 

[Pumbaa_]

It really sounds like you are trying to pack a lot into your honeymoon.

Keep in mind too that you will be pretty stressed and tired from all the wedding activities. What about downtime? (I like downtime, can you tell? )

What about spa? Do you have that planned?

Make a grid for each day of your trip, with grids for morning afternoon and evening and start plotting where things can fit.

IMHO, it sounds like you are really packing alot into your honeymoon. BUt it is your honeymoon and it should be what YOU and your new DH want

Happy planning

 

[kwelch10377]

Well on the first day you could have an early dinner at V&A and then do Cirque du Soleil at 9pm

Day #2 - Segway Tour and then lunch at Brown Derby and then the Luau

Day #3 - AK Tour in the morning then Fulton's for lunch and then a late dinner at O'hanas

Day #4 - KTTK which includes lunch and then dinner at Narcoosee's.

The first 4 days you will be a little all over the place and the trouble is that 4 of the 6 places only serve dinner.

The rest of the time will depend on what parks you are doing on what days.

 

[thatgirl23]

I agree that it seems you're packing a lot in, but it's also your honeymoon and you should do what you want.

Now I'm not sure what's better at some places (lunch vs. dinner) or what days you'll be going to what park, but I started working on a vague plan. Hope it helps! If not... I tried!


(Will post again in just a sec.)

 

[thatgirl23]

I see someone else already posted something, but here's what I came up with...

Arrival Day:
Lunch – Brown Derby
Dinner – Narcoosee's
Cirque show (late show)

Day 2:
KTTK tour
Dinner – Ohana

Day 3:
Segway @ EPCOT
Dinner – Victoria and Albert’s

Day 4:
AK tour
Lunch – Fulton’s
Dinner – Luau

Or you could move Brown Derby to Day 3. I tried not to give you two seafood or two Hawaiian in a row.

 

[thatgirl23]

Now if I understand you right, you then have 7 more full days plus departure day.

Day 5:
Lunch – 50’s PT
Dinner – Mama Melrose

Day 6:
Lunch – Yak & Yeti
Dinner – Jiko

Day 7:
Lunch – LTT
Dinner – WCC

Day 8:
Dinner – Le Cellier

Day 9:
Dinner – Chefs de France

Day 10:
Dinner – Rose & Crown

Day 11:
Dinner – Tutto Italia

Departure Day:
??

If I’m wrong, and you have one less day, then just substitute one of the EPCOT dinners in place of Mama Melrose. You don’t have to stick to this order (get Le Cellier when you can) but it can be done!

 

[DinahInWonderland]

Thank you all of you who have given suggestions so far. You have really been such a help! I didn't even occur to me to squeeze in a late Cirque show! We have done Disney on a long vacation before so we aren't worried about taking away from park time. We will visit our favorites and should still have plenty of downtime in between! I was thinking about a spa day towards the end of the trip to wind down after all the excitement, but our focus is definetly on the FOOD!!!

I'm not really a park commando and we are going during value season so which park on which day isn't really important to me. I just want to figure out the best way to fit in all the food without running from park to park every day! So if anyone has an opinion which of the restaurants have better lunches/dinners that would really help me lay it all out!

 

[kwelch10377]

You could try and do a early lunch and then a late dinner and do the 4 Epcot restaurants in 2 days instead of spread out over 4. That way you don't have to worry about going to Epcot 4 days in a row.