Looking for opinions on a few ADR's...

[An_Island_Girl]

Hello everyone! I am making some changes to our ADR's and wanted to get some opinions first. We are on the DxDP, and are staying at the Polynesian (myself, DH, and DD5). The ones I have underlined are the ones I need the most help with...

Wednesday (arrival day)
D- Cali Grill 5:55PM
Thursday (Magic Kingdom)
B- Ohana 7:30AM
L-Crystal Palace 11:50AM
D- Whispering Canyon 5:15PM
Friday (Epcot)
B- Kona 7:30AM
L- Coral Reef 11:30AM
D- Askershus or ? evening EMH this night
Saturday
B- Chef Mickey's 7:25AM
L- suggestions for a Downtown Disney lunch?
D- Spirit of Aloha 5:15PM
Sunday (Holywood Studios
B-
L-50's Prime Time 11:20AM
D- Narcoossees 7:20PM
Monday (Animal Kingdom)
B- Tusker House 8:15AM
L- Yak & Yeti 11:30AM
D- Boma or Artist Pointe?
Tuesday
B-Kona 7:55 AM
L-
D- Artist Point or Ohana?
Wednesdy (Departure Day)
B- 1900 Park Fare 8:35AM


My DD5 is past the nap stage, but I know that by having lunchtime ADR's booked. it will be a great way to schedule a rest break in the middle of the day (even if we only order apps, or a light lunch). I'd rather have them booked and cancell when I am there, then to have a to search for reservations at last minute.

Thank you again!

 

[MickeyNicki]

D- Cali Grill 5:55PM Have not been yet but cannot wait to try it in Oct..heard great things about it

B- Ohana 7:30AM AWESOME! DH and I did a first seating in August 08 and loved it, the food the fun and the characters were great. We are going back next month! You can order a pressed pot of coffee from Kona too, they will bring it to you and you have to pay extra

B- Kona 7:30AM One of our favorite breakfasts, eating there twice next month. Awesome tonga toast, pressed pot coffee, mac nut and pineapple pancakes and the best eggs benny

B- Chef Mickey's 7:25AM Have not tried it yet but cannot wait to try it in March. I have heard some great food reviews and a few complaints about noise but still want to give it a shot

L- suggestions for a Downtown Disney lunch? We love WPE for lunch. Amazing food, pizza, salads, sandwiches...cannot go wrong with this place

L-50's Prime Time 11:20AM Lots of fun, kitsch and great fried chicken...killer smores too

L- Yak & Yeti 11:30AM Loved our entrees, BBQ ribs and shimp and chicken, did not care for the lettuce wraps...too sweet and the desserts are weird, super sweet mango pie and bland fried wontons

D- Boma Ate there in Oct and DH and I did not care for the food at all...did not like the spices and the sweetness most of the food had

D- Ohana We really enjoyed this place, great food and lots of it!

B- 1900 Park Fare 8:35AM You may have better luck than we did...we went late almost at 11am and the food was terrible dried out and not replenished and the characters were not coming around to us much, the place was jam packed and super noisy and just annoying all around

 

[BeamsofLight]

Thursday (Magic Kingdom)
B- Ohana 7:30AM
L-Crystal Palace 11:50AM
D- Whispering Canyon 5:15PM

Obviously I don't know what you'd plan to have at each meal, but as the first two are of the 'all you care to eat' variety, I just look at this and think "Those are three pretty big meals for one day!" I know I'd be stuffed, anyway. Crystal Palace is a great character buffet, though; my favorite.

D- Askershus or ? evening EMH this night

Epcot has so many really great restaurants. I guess it depends a bit on whether or not you want another Character buffet type thing or something different?

L- suggestions for a Downtown Disney lunch?

Earl of Sandwich and Wolfgang Puck Express (both in the marketplace; not the WP on the West Side) are both very good lunch spots.

D- Narcoossees 7:20PM

Mmmmmmmmmmmm. My favorite Disney restaurant of all time! Excellent choice; hope you have a great meal!

D- Boma or Artist Pointe?

I would pick Jiko over both of these, but of the two I'd probably say Boma.

D- Artist Point or Ohana?

I know I'm in the minority here, but I dislike Ohana and you're already planning breakfast there. I'd say AP.

Hope that helps a little. Sounds like you've got some great meals lined up.

 

[MJAJmom]

For the epcot dinner, you might try the character meal at Garden Grill.

At DHS for breakfast, try Hollywood and vine. The buffet is great and the characters are JoJo/goliath and Leo/June for little einsteins.

For DTD, try Earl of Sandwich if you want a light meal, they have a great selection of delicious sandwiches. Or try the new TRex. Another good one is Fulton Crab House.

Looks like a great line up of dining places.

 

[csarenz]

For DTD, I agree with Earl of Sandwich, it's CS so no ADRs, and the food is very good.

For the Epcot day, try something that you have never done before, that's what we try to do, and we have never been dissapointed by anything in the World Showcase.

I would say O'Hana over Artist Point, with your DS5, I think he will enjoy the atmosphere at O'Hana much more.

But overall, don't worry too much about your choices, you seem to have a great plan already and you will have a great time.

 

[catho72]

For DTD, I agree with Earl of Sandwich, it's CS so no ADRs, and the food is very good.

For the Epcot day, try something that you have never done before, that's what we try to do, and we have never been dissapointed by anything in the World Showcase.

I would say O'Hana over Artist Point, with your DS5, I think he will enjoy the atmosphere at O'Hana much more.

But overall, don't worry too much about your choices, you seem to have a great plan already and you will have a great time.

I second everything here. 'Ohana is awesome as is Earl of Sandwich.

Just a word of caution...doing TS for B, L and D is a lot of food. It's also a lot of time spent waiting and consuming said food. We did the DxDDP in February and thought we needed to do lots of TS to get our money's worth. This isn't true. Do some CS meals....the most TS meals I would do in a day is two max. Doing three TS meals a day doesn't leave a lot of time for park touring. It will also leave you with a lot of indigestion.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

For DTD I cannot reccomend enough WPE. We ate there twice and ordered the same meal it was so good. We enjoyed Akerhaus, we went for our DDs, not so much the food. The salad bar was great. I did not enjoy my meal (I am picky) but DH thought his (salmon) was the best meal of our trip. To give you an idea, we ate at WCC, Kona, Cali Grill, 50s PT, CMickey dinner, CMickey breakfast, CRT, LeCellier and Akerhaus. His other favorite was CM breakfast. My tops were LeCellier, CRT and CM breakfast.

I think you have to go with what sounds good to you, but those were a few of our favorites rom our trip last month.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Hello everyone! I am making some changes to our ADR's and wanted to get some opinions first. We are on the DxDP, and are staying at the Polynesian (myself, DH, and DD5). The ones I have underlined are the ones I need the most help with...

Wednesday (arrival day)
D- Cali Grill 5:55PM
Thursday (Magic Kingdom)
B- Ohana 7:30AM
L-Crystal Palace 11:50AM
D- Whispering Canyon 5:15PM
Friday (Epcot)
B- Kona 7:30AM
L- Coral Reef 11:30AM
D- Askershus or ? evening EMH this night
Saturday
B- Chef Mickey's 7:25AM
L- suggestions for a Downtown Disney lunch?
D- Spirit of Aloha 5:15PM
Sunday (Holywood Studios
B-
L-50's Prime Time 11:20AM
D- Narcoossees 7:20PM
Monday (Animal Kingdom)
B- Tusker House 8:15AM
L- Yak & Yeti 11:30AM
D- Boma or Artist Pointe?
Tuesday
B-Kona 7:55 AM
L-
D- Artist Point or Ohana?
Wednesdy (Departure Day)
B- 1900 Park Fare 8:35AM


My DD5 is past the nap stage, but I know that by having lunchtime ADR's booked. it will be a great way to schedule a rest break in the middle of the day (even if we only order apps, or a light lunch). I'd rather have them booked and cancell when I am there, then to have a to search for reservations at last minute.

Thank you again!

Spirit of Aloha is terrible especially if you knew the old luau.
Artist Point wins hand down over Boma.....it's like comparing apples & oranges. Have you ever dined at Jiko? Our favorite right now for food & service.
WCC is fun with the kids but have to be in the mood for the constant LOUD noise.

Have a great time!

 

[MJMcBride]

I would do Boma and 'ohana myself. As for DTD lunch, the earl of sandwich is the winner