Nobby's Gnomies... heading to WDW in April 2010

[Roxychica7]

Well, we made a list of "wishes" at one point. In chat one night we talked about picking the 2 or 3 most popular from each park (and resort restaurants too?) and having everyone select their #1 choice. Of course everyone is invited to join or opt out depending on their desires.

What do you say LL, do you want to take this on before your trip?

So you mean taking the ADR list from the 1st page that C had put together, taking the most popular and then picking from that...I really like that idea. I must have missed that particular chat. Man, is it going to be hard selecting just 1 from each category!!

There are a lot of ties though, I wonder how we're going to sort through all of them!

 

[Roxychica7]

Ok, so I just wrote it all out, I ignored all the ones with less than 2 stars. There's five with 3 stars, five with 4 stars, 2 with 5 stars, four with 6 stars and one with 8 stars. So, based off of that then, I guess we would scratch the ones with less than....5 stars? Since there's still a lot of choices?

 

[kschafer]

Ok, so I just wrote it all out, I ignored all the ones with less than 2 stars. There's five with 3 stars, five with 4 stars, 2 with 5 stars, four with 6 stars and one with 8 stars. So, based off of that then, I guess we would scratch the ones with less than....5 stars? Since there's still a lot of choices?

Yeah, the thing to remember is when we made those initial lists, most of us picked several we were interested in so for example, for Epcot I probably said I wanted to do Chefs, Tutto Italia and Biergarten (maybe Le Cellier too?) so depending on what others voted for, I would have to commit to just one first choice

Do you want to organize this voting Jess? It's probably best to tackle 1 category at a time

 

[Roxychica7]

Yeah, the thing to remember is when we made those initial lists, most of us picked several we were interested in so for example, for Epcot I probably said I wanted to do Chefs, Tutto Italia and Biergarten (maybe Le Cellier too?) so depending on what others voted for, I would have to commit to just one first choice

Do you want to organize this voting Jess? It's probably best to tackle 1 category at a time

I gotcha. Sure!! I may need to get up on par with what I missed out on, but sounds good to me!

 

[Roxychica7]

I just did an excel spreadsheet with colorcodes for each of us and a list of all our ADR choices and selections, all ready!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Oh Jess! You are so cute!

I like what you and Katie have discussed. I think the plan was to have one "official" adr per park and then a resort one. I think that is what we discussed. I think have the top few from each park would be a good idea and then we could eat just cast one vote each and that could be the official one. But as Katie said, anyone can opt out or do their own adr with other gnomies.

 

[Roxychica7]

Thanks LL!

Ok, so according to my spread sheet, here's the top choices for:

Magic Kingdom:
Crystal Palace
Plaza
Tony's (Grand Gathering?)

Epcot:
Le Cellier
Tutto Italia
Chef's

DHS:
50's PTC
Brown Derby

AK:
Yak and Yeti

Resort:
1900 Park Fare
Whispering Canyon Cafe
Jiko
(Chef Mickeys and Kona came in a close 2nd)

If anyone has any preferences from these, I'll go ahead and fill them in now

 

[kschafer]

After we started that list, we discussed possibly doing the Grand Gathering at Tony's so I would add that to the MK list.

Which one do you want votes on first Jess? Also should we specify which meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner)? I know for me this may make a difference in how I vote.

 

[Roxychica7]

After we started that list, we discussed possibly doing the Grand Gathering at Tony's so I would add that to the MK list.

Which one do you want votes on first Jess? Also should we specify which meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner)? I know for me this may make a difference in how I vote.

Thanks Katie! I added Tony's to my sheet. Man...b/l/d, I guess it would depend on if breakfast was offered first and then if there was a big difference between the lunch and dinner menu if someone had a preference for a particular item.

I guess we can start with MK ADR's, I have to look at the menu myself!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I think what meal is a good thing to vote on but not sure how we should do that.

Also, did we want to keep the Grand Gathering separate from the other ADRs...? I wouldn't mind doing the Grand Gathering and a MK ADR...

I think I am just complicating matters and not helping!

 

[Roxychica7]

Well, like I said, I think we can try and base it off the menu or from experiences if someone has already eaten there.

Like, Plaza doesn't do breakfast and since it's mostly sandwiches, it would definitely be a lunch option.

Crystal Palace seems a definite breakfast option (I know you've eaten there before and I'm sure some others?) but it could be a good dinner option too for fireworks/parades and all.

I've never eaten at either personally.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Thanks Katie! I added Tony's to my sheet. Man...b/l/d, I guess it would depend on if breakfast was offered first and then if there was a big difference between the lunch and dinner menu if someone had a preference for a particular item.

I guess we can start with MK ADR's, I have to look at the menu myself!

The Tony's Grand Gathering is only for Breakfast, I believe. We had a description somewhere about it.

 

[Roxychica7]

The Tony's Grand Gathering is only for Breakfast, I believe. We had a description somewhere about it.

Really? Wow...you would think that would be a dinner since it's italian food.

 

[Lady Lallie]

Well, like I said, I think we can try and base it off the menu or from experiences if someone has already eaten there.

Like, Plaza doesn't do breakfast and since it's mostly sandwiches, it would definitely be a lunch option.

Crystal Palace seems a definite breakfast option (I know you've eaten there before and I'm sure some others?) but it could be a good dinner option too for fireworks/parades and all.

I've never eaten at either personally.

Well I guess we should ask everyone to vote for what meal....?? Then the actual ADR...??

 

[Roxychica7]

Well I guess we should ask everyone to vote for what meal....?? Then the actual ADR...??

Sounds good to me! I've got my spreadsheet ready and I'm sure it'll take a while to get them all done, maybe we can try and do 1 a week or something, kinda like the "ADR of the week" that way we're not all overwhelmed with them.

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Well looky loo you gals accomplished a lot today! We are all Pooh characters AND we started some honest-to-goodness trip planning!

I like the idea of an ADR a week discussion so it doesn't get overwhelming. And we do have some time before our ADR window opens. So Jess, tell us what to vote for and we'll vote away.

 

[Lady Lallie]

I think an ADR a week is a very good idea!

Go Jess! Go Jess! Go Jess!

 

[Roxychica7]

Well looky loo you gals accomplished a lot today! We are all Pooh characters AND we started some honest-to-goodness trip planning!

I like the idea of an ADR a week discussion so it doesn't get overwhelming. And we do have some time before our ADR window opens. So Jess, tell us what to vote for and we'll vote away.

I guess we all do have Pooh names now!

Ok...so, I guess since Magic Kingdom is on the list, let's go with what LL and I were discussing.
1st Official ADR Selection
Our Choices are:

-Crystal Palace (breakfast, lunch or dinner)
-Plaza (lunch or dinner)
-Tony's Grand Gathering (LL said this was only a breakfast choice?) Were there any other grand gathering choices beside Tony's?

Here's what we're deciding. Please pick either CP or P and which meal you would rather have it for. Pick if you would like to do a GG at Tony's in addition to CP or P or if you'd rather JUST have a GG.

LL...Blake said 28 minutes until his catch up DC episode from last week. Are you ready for the new one?!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I guess we all do have Pooh names now!

Ok...so, I guess since Magic Kingdom is on the list, let's go with what LL and I were discussing. Our Choices are:

-Crystal Palace (breakfast, lunch or dinner)
-Plaza (lunch or dinner)
-Tony's Grand Gathering (LL said this was only a breakfast choice?) Were there any other grand gathering choices beside Tony's?

LL...Blake said 28 minutes until his catch up DC episode from last week. Are you ready for the new one?!!

ADR stuff sounds good Jess. There are other Grand Gatherings, I think C knows about them better than I do.

I tape Deadliest Catch and watch it with Marc, usually on Wednesdays since he has to go to work.

Did Blake hear about Catch Con in Seattle?? It was this weekend, it was a big festival with the Deadliest Catch people! It looked like so much fun. I told Marc that if they have another one, I want to go!

 

[Roxychica7]

ADR stuff sounds good Jess. There are other Grand Gatherings, I think C knows about them better than I do.

I tape Deadliest Catch and watch it with Marc, usually on Wednesdays since he has to go to work.

Did Blake hear about Catch Con in Seattle?? It was this weekend, it was a big festival with the Deadliest Catch people! It looked like so much fun. I told Marc that if they have another one, I want to go!

Ok, since we have a week to discuss it, whenever C stumbles on she can inform us some more!

Does Marc work late on Tuesdays? That's so nice of you to wait for him!
No he didn't hear about that, I'll have to let him! That's so cool!