NOVEMBER 2012 Trip Planners Thread~ Everybody is Welcome~Part 3 already!

[sjs314]

I just cancelled a CP Pkg for 2 on Nov 29 NPH @ Le Cellier 12:45pm if anyone is interested

 

[sjs314]

Gonna tell you the painful truth here - we just got back June 3 from 9 days on deluxe dining - I gained 6 Lbs!!! I'm not usually a dessert eater, but, well, when it's free... And why eat a salad when fancy cheese is free....etc. frankly, for me it led to too much eating AND bad choices, so go in with lots of willpower....

Willpower what's that LOL but I know what you mean even though there may be a healthy choice who cares when on vacation

 

[aroundtheriverbend]

Ok, from now on I'm starting at the end and reading backwards, all my responses are completely irrelevant!

 

[GMU MOM]

Okay, so I've got changitis along with the rest of you. I was looking at the numbers and it looks like I could upgrade to POFQ from POP for about $230. I was planning to upgrade from QS to reg dining, so that makes the change to FQ a bit less than it would otherwise be. My question to my sisters (and brothers??) in change, do you think it would be worth it? FQ is our all time favorite resort, but POP has it's merits as well. What do you think? stay put or change?

I think it's totally worth it if you don't have you heart set on PoP. We are staying at AoA this year, I got the FD pin and upgraded from QSDP to DDP. It would have been less than $200 to upgrade to a mod with free DDP but we really wanted to try the new resort this year and we'll book a mod on our next trip (hopefully next Aug )

I copied this from another thread I started about if you like the DxDP or not. I was trying to compare how you eat at home to having the DxDP...now mind you we dont HAVE to clean our plate but this spells it our perfectly...we have too much food!
You can't compare it to how you eat at home.
When you eat at 7:30 a.m., do you have a bowl of cereal (equivalent of a snack credit), or do you eat a massive plate of eggs, bacon and pastries?
And then at 11:30-12, do you eat a sandwich, or do you eat a heavy 3-course meal that includes appetizer and a massive dessert?
And if you did eat a big plate of eggs, bacon and pastries for breakfast, and a heavy lunch with a massive dessert, then do you still eat another big dessert-ish snack at 3 (like a big ice cream sundae) or do you just have some fruit or crackers or a couple of little cookies?
And then at 5:30-6, after having a big plate of eggs, bacon, waffles, pastries, fruit for breakfast, and a big 3-course lunch with a heavy dessert, and a big heavy snack at 3 pm, do you then have yet another 3 course dinner with a full portion appetizer, restaurant sized-entree and heavy dessert?

Nothing wrong with eating differently on vacation than you might eat at home. But its pure fiction for most normal people to compare 3 DXDP meals per day, with how they eat at home.

Obviously, all people vary. So this isn't universal. But I think you will find that most Americans most commonly eat something along the lines of:
Snack credit equivalent breakfast -- bowl of cereal, maybe some yogurt and toast.
A sandwich for lunch --- Which is the equivalent of a QS meal or a small TS meal (like at the Plaza) without appetizer and without dessert.
Maybe a snack or 2 thrown into the day.
And a hot larger dinner, which may or may not include appetizer and/or dessert. (Still may be smaller than a restaurant TS portion).

3 full, 3-course restaurant-sized meals per day though? Not too common.
Im wondering if ADR cutting will be in my future

I would love to try the DXDP one time to be able to book some of the 2 credit ADR'S but when I look at how much we eat at home even when we go out, we really can't have two heavy meals a day. For example, yesterday we went out for a 2pm lunch and I had planned on dinner at home well when it was time for dinner, none of us were hungry.
I have started considering the DXDP for our trip next year, but I might be better off just paying OOP for some of my meals since we will be doing a few 2 credit meals rather than upgrade to DxDP for $850 (2 adults, 1 Disney adult and 1 child). I will make a list of the restaurants we want to try and what we have time for and then decide which option is better for me.

 

[ashleycade]

Le cellier(lunch) or Coral Reef(dinner)??

 

[ireneryan]

Thank you both! This makes me feel better. I dont want to feel over whelmed and I think I do it to my self but truth be told, I like my schedule!

I think truly there are people that think that their way is the only way to "do Disney" and that just can't be true. Some people are obsessed with value, others with food, others with trying to experience as much as they can, others with swimming all day in a resort pool. It's impossible to think there is a one fits all plan. But some people just really really want to convince everyone that there way is the only way that is logical.

I love your plan because it seems a lot like mine but if you went ahead and changed it to all CS and stayed off site I would still hope from the very bottom of my heart that you had the best trip!!!

 

[aroundtheriverbend]

I think truly there are people that think that their way is the only way to "do Disney" and that just can't be true. Some people are obsessed with value, others with food, others with trying to experience as much as they can, others with swimming all day in a resort pool. It's impossible to think there is a one fits all plan. But some people just really really want to convince everyone that there way is the only way that is logical.

I love your plan because it seems a lot like mine but if you went ahead and changed it to all CS and stayed off site I would still hope from the very bottom of my heart that you had the best trip!!!

Extremely well said!!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

I'm in the camp of the DxDDP isn't too much for us! For us, it' part of the Disney experience! We've done Disney once on the regular DDP and it just felt "off"... We LOVE character meals and signatures, and we enjoy the variety of regular TS meals WDW has to offer! We space meals 5-6 hours apart and don't do 3 meals a day every single day and we feel it works great for us!! We make pre-opening ADRs so we get to see each park "empty". We like to have that nice 1-1.5hr break in the middle of the day as a 'rest' which we also like - we feel full, yet energized after lunch! Yes, it's ALOT off food, but we never feel like we have to eat every speck and we do quite a few buffets and only eat what we feel is adequate and don't gorge ourselves! Yep, we are tied down to alot of ADRs, but that's just all part of it for us and we love it! Definitely doesn't work for all, but it does for us!

My problem is that I am listening to everyone else instead of asking what I want.... so in the end, I am back to where I started... pre park adr, 2 pm lunch and 8 pm dinner.... it should work for us

 

[GMU MOM]

I think truly there are people that think that their way is the only way to "do Disney" and that just can't be true. Some people are obsessed with value, others with food, others with trying to experience as much as they can, others with swimming all day in a resort pool. It's impossible to think there is a one fits all plan. But some people just really really want to convince everyone that there way is the only way that is logical.

I love your plan because it seems a lot like mine but if you went ahead and changed it to all CS and stayed off site I would still hope from the very bottom of my heart that you had the best trip!!!

I agree. I think every family needs to identify what's important for them on that specific trip and plan accordingly. For us, I try to focus on a few new things each trip and everything else just falls into place. There's no right or wrong when planning your vacation!

 

[sjs314]

My problem is that I am listening to everyone else instead of asking what I want.... so in the end, I am back to where I started... pre park adr, 2 pm lunch and 8 pm dinner.... it should work for us

I am back to my original plan to by canceling NPH and keeping Whoopie which lets me go with my original plan to do MVMCP on Nov 29 instead of nov 30 everything just fits better now once again. I just hope I can replace my LTT ADR with BOG on our MVMCP night or I will be having to switch things once again

 

[tigger30066]

Ok, from now on I'm starting at the end and reading backwards, all my responses are completely irrelevant!

That is what I do when I miss a day.

 

[kerplop]

anyone know where i can order personalized disney tshirts

Try zazzle.com!

 

[Tulles]

Thank you to all who posted the phone number for T-Rex. Got my ADR for 5pm. As of right now I've changed the other 2 ADRs to a Tusker House breakfast on our AK day and lunch at Teppan Edo on our Epcot day. Im still torn between it and Coral Reef though. Anyone have a preference?

 

[disneychic2]

I would say when it's at all feasible, go for the upgrade. Life's too short not to!

CHANGE!!!! Of course, Im the queen of changing things!

Thanks everyone for your advice. I'll make a decision before the 12th so I'll be sure to get space at FQ before the rush is on. I'm really thinking I'll go for it.

I agree. I think every family needs to identify what's important for them on that specific trip and plan accordingly. For us, I try to focus on a few new things each trip and everything else just falls into place. There's no right or wrong when planning your vacation!

This is it exactly! If one size fit all, Disney wouldn't offer so many choices, right? I say embrace your plans, and enjoy your trip!!

 

[tigger30066]

anyone know where i can order personalized disney tshirts

www.etsy.com has cute stuff as well

 

[momto2inKC]

My problem is that I am listening to everyone else instead of asking what I want.... so in the end, I am back to where I started... pre park adr, 2 pm lunch and 8 pm dinner.... it should work for us

I made changes today too. I realized only 1 of 4 of our MK days wrre green. So i did some switching around our new schedule-
11/23 MK (evening only) dinner @ Tonys
11/24 AK dinner @ Yak&Yeti
11/25 MK dinner @ 'Ohana
11/26 Epcot lunch @ Le Cellier
11/27 DHS dinner @ Sci Fi
11/28 MK lunch @ Whispering Canyon
11/29 Epcot CP lunch @ Chefs de France, dinner @ Garden grill
11/30 DHS dinner @ Cape May
12/1 MK (morning only) breakfast @ Crystal Palace
There are still a ton of ADRs available! I made a ton of changes with no problem!

 

[ireneryan]

www.etsy.com has cute stuff as well

If it wasn't bad enough that I am stuck on DIS all night instead of doing laundry now I can't stop browsing through etsy. Thanks a lot pal!

 

[momto2inKC]

Le cellier(lunch) or Coral Reef(dinner)??

Le Cellier!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

both if u can fit it..if not Le Cellier! thats why im having trouble...I wont let go of Le Cellier and everyone else wants Coral Reef!

 

[Smileybug]

both if u can fit it..if not Le Cellier! thats why im having trouble...I wont let go of Le Cellier and everyone else wants Coral Reef!

I have both. We have never eaten at Coral Reef and we are looking forward to it.