Our tentative dining plan

[nxfan]

Any advice would be appreciated. We are a family of 5 (11, 9, 5) on our first trip to DW. We are going 8/20 to 8/29 and will have the deluxe dining plan.

8/20 Dinner at Crystal Palace
8/21 Dinner at Ohana
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha

We are leaving all lunches open for counter service as well as many breakfasts we will snack in our room. Any advice?

 

[DisneyMomma09]

Any advice would be appreciated. We are a family of 5 (11, 9, 5) on our first trip to DW. We are going 8/20 to 8/29 and will have the deluxe dining plan.

8/20 Dinner at Crystal Palace
8/21 Dinner at Ohana
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha

We are leaving all lunches open for counter service as well as many breakfasts we will snack in our room. Any advice?

I love the Crystal Palace. We are eating there on our first night as well! Pooh and friends are my favorite characters! We are eating dinner at Ohana for the first time in June, so I don't know about that one. I enjoy LeCellier...great filet! I have had dinner at Chef Mickey's and it is good...nice character interaction. California Grill is awsome, especially if you are there for Wishes. I have always enjoyed Coral Reef, even though I have read some bad reviews of it. I also enjoyed the Spirit of Aloha show when we saw it 2 years ago.

I hope you enjoy your trip and your choices!

 

[2minny]

never been to California Grill or Coral Reef, but the others are my absolute favorites....nice planning! Love Crystal Palace characters, Hoop De Doo, LeCelier, Boma, Chef Mickey's and cinderella's royal table (not this one every time, but a must your first time and with young girls).

 

[stitchlover]

Your plans look great. We have enjoyed many of those locations. Just a heads up that this past week the menu at Wolfgang Puck Express was being changed. So in case this is somewhere you have enjoyed eating in the past just know that some of your favorites might not be there anymore.

 

[emmysmommy]

Our family will be traveling around the same time and I'm looking forward to some of the same restaurants. You have some great choices noted!

 

[bitohoney]

Just wondering...if you're only doing 1 TS per day, and CS for lunch, why not do the regular dining plan? It would save money.

 

[abubu919]

Any advice would be appreciated. We are a family of 5 (11, 9, 5) on our first trip to DW. We are going 8/20 to 8/29 and will have the deluxe dining plan.

8/20 Dinner at Crystal Palace - Love CP with characters, etc!!!
8/21 Dinner at Ohana - GREAT, nice family atmosphere
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review - Haven't done either
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier - Very yummy steak (filet is my favorite)
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill - Love Chef Mickeys, can be crowded sometimes but very fun
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha

We are leaving all lunches open for counter service as well as many breakfasts we will snack in our room. Any advice?

Wrote some answers in for my experience at these restaurants

 

[chocovrdmicears]

Any advice would be appreciated. We are a family of 5 (11, 9, 5) on our first trip to DW. We are going 8/20 to 8/29 and will have the deluxe dining plan.

8/20 Dinner at Crystal PalaceWe like it...typical dinner buffet..nothing terrible, nothing fantastic.
8/21 Dinner at Ohana Worst meal of our Dec trip.
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review Never been to either, but am looking forward to BOMA for breakfast in Aug.
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express LOVE it
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier LOVe it
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill ] Never been to Chef Mickeys for breakfast...dinner was "meh". Never been to CG.
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef LOVe it
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha CRT is great if you have never been...food is very good, experience of eating in the Castle is magical. Never been to Spirit of Aloha.

We are leaving all lunches open for counter service as well as many breakfasts we will snack in our room. Any advice?

hope that helps

 

[humboldthny]

Let's see...

8/20 Dinner at Crystal Palace - enjoyed this meal when we were there in 12/08, had a great edamame salad there I would love to have the recipe for!
8/21 Dinner at Ohana - will be having dinner here for the first time on our April trip
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review - Boma breakfast was just 'eh...' for us, nothing special at all, never been to HDDR
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express - have eaten there twice and enjoyed it
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier - one of dh's favorites, I think it's totally overrated
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill - CM was just fine for breakfast, doing this one again in April, never been to CG
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef - one of my favorites and the fish tank is amazing
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha - didn't love CRT food for breakfast (we like the Akershus princess breakfast better), never been to Spirit of Aloha

 

[a1tinkfans]

Any advice would be appreciated. We are a family of 5 (11, 9, 5) on our first trip to DW. We are going 8/20 to 8/29 and will have the deluxe dining plan.

8/20 Dinner at Crystal Palace
8/21 Dinner at Ohana
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha

We are leaving all lunches open for counter service as well as many breakfasts we will snack in our room. Any advice?

First ...wanna say Have an Amazing Trip!
Second: You may be Lucky enough to get FREE dine for your trip as it really will likely be offered AND you're going the right time too! You can easily upgrade to deluxe though.
As far as Deluxe Dining goes.... we really really felt it was overkill on food, UNLESS your family are real foodies. The thing many do not consider is the Timing of it all.. Each sit down meal is 1 1/2 hours, plus your travel time to and from...it is a lot of time away from park time...If your at MK and have to get to AKL for dinner, give yourself atleast another hour for transport........If it is during free dine it will be busy, which also means some lines, so things can take a little longer as far as getting on rides....just a thought to consider.
I see that you are not planning three sit down meals, so is deluxe the best option for you guys? You may do quite well with regular dine (you do know you get allotted a certain number of each: table, counter etc you can use all in one day so to speak so figure out how many sit downs versus counters etc....you may be pleasantly surprised to save a little $$ and do basic (we'd never go without it!) and use it elsewhere, like on a tour or an extra souvie
As far as your dining choices, YUMMY! Great Choices!
We always go to LeCellier, Ohanas, Hoops Dee Doo, Boma this trip for us, CP is good for kids too. You have some really nice places.
Have a wonderful trip and take it all in...........

 

[nxfan]

Thanks for all the input. We have debated back and forth about the deluxe dining plan. The reason we have decided to go with it is that we are going to do two dinner shows (2 credits each) and a few 2 credit restaurants (California Grill and CRT). The way I have it figured we will have 27 credits each and I currently have us using 25 of them. I may add a breakfast at Tusker House on one of our days to take us to 26 credits.

If I am misunderstanding the Deluxe Plan please let me know. I make my ADR next Sunday.

Lookinf forward to our first trip!

 

[dacky041208]

Any advice would be appreciated. We are a family of 5 (11, 9, 5) on our first trip to DW. We are going 8/20 to 8/29 and will have the deluxe dining plan.

8/20 Dinner at Crystal Palace
8/21 Dinner at Ohana
8/22 Breakfast at Boma Dinner at the Hoop Dee Do Review
8/23 Dinner at Wolfgang Puck Express
8/24 Dinner at Le Cellier
8/25 Leaving this day open
8/26 Breakfast at Chef Mickeys Dinner at California Grill
8/27 Dinner at Coral Reef
8/28 Breakfast Cinderellas Royal Table Dinner at Spirit of Aloha

We are leaving all lunches open for counter service as well as many breakfasts we will snack in our room. Any advice?

we've done most of those over the last 2 years, I think you'll enjoy them. But you do get a good bit of food at those meals. On the days that you have breakfast and dinner planned, you might not need more than a snack or two inbetween.