Planning Dining Help needed short trip no hoppers and birthday

[sahara910]

Hello DISers... again I dropped the ball, I had never been to Ohanas and had no idea it was like making a ressie for CRT... woops.

We like good food, really we do and I know Disney isn't about the food but well for us it is a little

So heres the thing... DS's 8th birthday was the 27th so this is a birthday trip, but I don;t know about "celebrating" it every night... thats a little bit much LOL But we do want at least one Happy birthday experience...

That being said we are arriving Sunday (crowd levels of a 9) with no park hoppers. We are staying at WL, and so have transportation.
Tuesday HS, and not at rope drop... so we are in hopes of a Jedi training time AND a TSM time but understand that just might not happen as we wont get in the park until 10:30 or so...
We will have to work around the times we get for lunch and dinner... but where would you eat>? We will be at HS at 6pm for the Osborne lights even if we go elsewhere for lunch/ hotel check in. But could leave after that or at closing for dinner....

Monday Epcot all day. We usually eat in Mexico (I hear there is a new restaurant now?) but are open to try a new place. Again we can eat elsewhere for lunch or dinner but not at another park

Tuesday Magic Kingdom and leaving after dinner... so Lunch and Dinner can either be in MK or out....

Would love to not spend 1.5 hours on transportation and would be awesome if we could see some fireworks at one of the dinners....
WWYD DISers? Where would you eat and when?

 

[Nadjalu]

Sorry the only thing I would recommend is get online now and see what is available.

This late in the game you will be lucky to get a TS anywhere. I wouldn't worry about taking suggestions first, for you may only be disappointed because they are booked.

What you can do is see what is available and then ask about those. Would save you time.

Have a great trip!

 

[sahara910]

Oh man... didn't think of it that way...
So leaving HS Tuesday at 7pm. We will have a car if that's faster... Which of these can I make/ would you suggest?
BOMA 8 or 8:15
Flying Fish 7:50
Maya Grille 8:00
Sanaa 8:10
Whispering Canyon 8:00

I guess my fear is if my Fastpass is for much much later that day I will need to eat AT HS..... Should I make 2 reservations? Up til when can I cancel?

 

[sahara910]

One other thing.... is it worth it to do Sanaa if it is dark? Or should we do that for lunch the following day?

 

[Nadjalu]

Of the restaurants you listed, the only one we like is Whispering Canyon. So that is what I would choose.

But if all the menus appeal to you, I would choose the restaurant closest to where you will be. That way you save time from the park to your dining.

And I would do anything at AKL during the day not at night. (but as I said, those places don't appeal to us).

Good luck and enjoy!