Opinions on our DxDDP reservations...

[ilovepete]

OK I think I have everything figured out. Does anyone have any comments or suggestions?

I know we are kind of all over the place with the parks, but we like to do more than one in each day, we just do our favorites at each park. Also this is the way I had to work around some of the reservations we really wanted. We have been a lot so we just do what we really like at the parks not try to do everything.

Monday - arriving, check in, get our ticket upgrades, etc. Then a little Epcot and a little Magic Kingdom
Lunch - Chefs De France (never been)
Dinner - Ohana (never been)

Tuesday - Epcot during day, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at night
Breakfast - Snack credits
Lunch - Beirgarten
Dinner - Rose & Crown (never been)


Wednesday -Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom
Breakfast - Crystal Palace before park opens, Characters
Lunch - Tusker House, Finding Nemo Package (never been for Lunch or Dinner)
Dinner - Cape May (husband loves this)

Thursday - Disney Hollywood Studios and then Pool Time in the afternoon
Breakfast - Cape May, Characters (never been for breakfast)
Lunch - Hollywood & Vine (I know, it sucks, we've tried it before, but my son and daughter REALLY want to meet Oso, that is the only reason we are going here)
Dinner - Olivia's (never been here)

Friday - Magic Kingdom, then leaving and meeting friends at DTD before driving home
Breakfast - Boma (never been)
Lunch - Grand Floridian Cafe (never been)

We've done Akershus, Mama Melrose, The Plaza, 1900 Park Fare, Boatwright's, Chef Mickey's, Liberty Tree Tavern, Cap N Jacks, HOB, CRT, Rainforest Cafe, Le Cellier & Coral Reef at least once before, but other than that we haven't done any restaurants not here. We aren't that interested in signature restaurants until the kids are a little older (they are 2 and 5). Is there anything we are missing that we really should try?

 

[EeyoreEma]

Sounds great to me! You've got some new ones that you've not tried, plus some that you really love. Have fun!

 

[padawans]

If you wan't to try a signature restauraunt the flying fish is very caual and noisy lots of kids Actually there is lots of kids in all of them. You will really get your money worth out of the dining plan when you eat at a signature restaurant. Most meals will easily run $70 for an adult. They have these great white chocolate mickey puzzles for dessert that the kids can paint. It keeps them busy for a good 30 minutes. My kids are a little older 6 and 7 but I saw many kids your kids age. The restauraunts were so noisy I don't think anybody even noticed my loud mouthed 6 year old. I don't mean that in a bad way he just talks really loud. Anyway just a suggestion all your choices look great. Have a great trip.

 

[Tiger926]

It looks like so much running around, plus, sometimes you have 3 buffets in one day. That's a lot of food, and spending time in restaurants. Each buffet will be at least 1-1.5 hours to see all characters, so you need to keep that in mind too.

I think some of your days are too jam packed with getting back and forth, as well as spending time in buffets, but if you've been many times, then it sounds like you won't be that bothered if you don't have much park time.

Happy eating, Tiger

 

[ilovepete]

It looks like so much running around, plus, sometimes you have 3 buffets in one day. That's a lot of food, and spending time in restaurants. Each buffet will be at least 1-1.5 hours to see all characters, so you need to keep that in mind too.

I think some of your days are too jam packed with getting back and forth, as well as spending time in buffets, but if you've been many times, then it sounds like you won't be that bothered if you don't have much park time.

Happy eating, Tiger

I agree - it is a lot of running around. I'm not thrilled about that part. Honestly we usually hit the parks at rope drop and we are done by 4 or 5 anyway, though. We are just tired by then and the kids are ready to move on. My kids like to go to MK as much as possible (they start to get upset if we don't go at least every other day) so that is why that is thrown in there some. LOL

Then what screwed me up was the Crystal Palace in the morning. I had my initial reservations and days we were going to parks different, until I decided I wanted to do the CP before the parks opened (thanks to a dining review on here). So the only day I could find that was Wed and so I had to move everything around! I was lucky most of the stuff we had was able to be switched but it wasn't my ideal plan. Made us have to go to MK on a day we weren't planning to go plus a few locations are further away now.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[ilovepete]

If you wan't to try a signature restauraunt the flying fish is very caual and noisy lots of kids Actually there is lots of kids in all of them. You will really get your money worth out of the dining plan when you eat at a signature restaurant. Most meals will easily run $70 for an adult. They have these great white chocolate mickey puzzles for dessert that the kids can paint. It keeps them busy for a good 30 minutes. My kids are a little older 6 and 7 but I saw many kids your kids age. The restauraunts were so noisy I don't think anybody even noticed my loud mouthed 6 year old. I don't mean that in a bad way he just talks really loud. Anyway just a suggestion all your choices look great. Have a great trip.

Thanks for that! We are going again in Feb and I think we will try a signature restaurant now since you say that.

 

[padawans]

Thanks for that! We are going again in Feb and I think we will try a signature restaurant now since you say that.

The only one I probably wouldn't go to is citricos. It's very formal didn't feel like a family place, but there were kids there. We had a bet with the family next to us on whose kids would act up first. Luckily the kids all behaved themselves. Disney is the one place you can do fine dining with your kids so take advantage of it.

 

[ilovepete]

The only one I probably wouldn't go to is citricos. It's very formal didn't feel like a family place, but there were kids there. We had a bet with the family next to us on whose kids would act up first. Luckily the kids all behaved themselves. Disney is the one place you can do fine dining with your kids so take advantage of it.

Thanks. They are really well behaved and would do fine in the restaurant I am sure, but it's ME who is hesitant. I'd just like to save those really good meals for when I don't have to cut up someone else's food or go to the bathroom with them 4 times in the span of one meal. But I think I am going to try it.