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[peeputt]

FYI- no kids....It's just me and my hubby on this trip

Disney Day 1- 9/22 Saturday- Magic Kingdom 9:00am-11:00pm
Spend ALL DAY in Magic Kingdom then head to Polynesian for dinner, then go back to MK and watch the Electrical Parade & Wishes Fireworks!
Counter service lunch: (MK) Columbia Harbour House
Table Service Dinner: (Polynesian Resort) Kona Cafe 5:05pm


Disney Day 2 - 9/23 Sunday- Animal Kingdom 9:00am - 6:00pm
ALK all day, and then evening at Beach Club
NO RESERVATIONS: Using 2 counter service today
Counter service Lunch: (AK) Flame Tree BBQ
Counter Service Dinner: (Beach Club Resort) – Beaches and Cream


Disney Day 3 - 9/24 Monday- Hollywood Studios 8:00am - 11:00pm
First half of the day at HS, then leave and eat at our resort and chillax
Counter service Lunch: Starring Rolls???
Table Service Dinner: (AKL) Boma 7:30pm $35.99


Disney Day 4 - 9/25 Tuesday- Epcot 8:00am - 9:00pm
1st half of day at Epcot, then eat, and leave and go to HS for Fantasmic OR go to Not so scary Halloween in the evening!
Counter service Lunch: Sunshine Seasons (Early lunch)
Table Service Dinner: (Epcot/ Canada) Le Cellier 4:10pm


Disney Day 5 - 9/26 Wednesday- Animal Kingdom AM (9-5) --- Magic Kingdom PM 9-9)
First half of the day AK- Then back to MK before going to 'Ohana
Counter service Lunch: (AK) Flame Tree BBQ
Table Service Dinner: (Polynesian) 'Ohana 9:35pm


Disney Day 6 - 9/27 Thursday
Sleep in! Then head to Wilderness Lodge and then Downtown Disney in the Evening.
Table Service Lunch: (Wld Ldg) Whispering Canyon Café (OUT OF POCKET!)
Table Service Dinner: (Downtown Disney) Bongos 7:00pm


Disney Day 7 - 9/28 Friday- First Day of Epcot- Food & Wine - 9:00am - 10:00pm
Spend all day at Epcot Food & Wine
Counter Service Lunch: Just buy food around the world out of pocket and save CS meal for a breakfast another day
Table Service Dinner: (Epcot) Tutto Italia 4:30pm

 

[doitforlove]

Beaches and Cream is not considered counter service. It's 1 table service credit if using the dining plan.

 

[LisaDKG]

I think it looks like it's going to be a fabulous trip!
One thing that sticks out though is that I am pretty sure Beaches & Cream is table service? Does this affect your TS credits?
If you are like me, you will be checking frequently between now and your trip to change your late night 'Ohana (mine is 8:40) for a more respectable time slot? There usually is much more switching going on closer to trip dates so it will probably be possible to change this - unless of course 9:35 pm at 'Ohana works great for you!
Also, if you decide to do MNSSHP will you still keep your Le Cellier? I would do one or the other but not both UNLESS these are, of course, your only possibilities to do these and you absolutely cannot give up either. For our family, we just like to maximize our MNSSHP time and that means getting to MK for the 4 pm opening. Closer to your dates a Le Cellier lunch ADR may come up and then you'd only have to use 1 TS credit!
Just my 2 cents!

 

[peeputt]

OH! I was under the impression it was a counter service place. I just googled about it, and I guess they have a small counter service window for ice cream, and they don't take dining reservations, so that's why I thought they were just CS.
Thanks for the heads up! I guess I'll rethink that evening.
Well......I've never been over to the Boardwalk? Are there any good CS places over there that you could recommend?

 

[LisaDKG]

There is not really a lot going on in the Boardwalk area in terms of CS action. However, AK is one park where we usually find a lot of CS options – we love Flame Tree but we also like Yak and Yeti take away (maybe called Anandapur Local Café?) so we usually do 2 CS when we are at this park unless we go over to AKL for the evening and eat at Boma or Jiko . Is there a reason to head over to the Boardwalk area on your AK day? You could switch that visit to your HS day and just walk over to check out the Boardwalk and even head into Epcot for lots of great CS options (it looks like you have hoppers?) It’s a lot of walking but maybe less “back and forthing” overall (I guess I’m assuming you are bussing it too. If you have a car that always changes things too)

 

[peeputt]

QUESTION: I'm confused on the Not So Scary Halloween conflict mentioned above. The website says that "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party takes place from 7 p.m. to midnight." Our Le Cellier reservation is at 4:30, so we'd be there by 7p.m.

Yup, we have hoppers and we're bussing it
No reason to go to the Boardwalk really, I'm just trying to fill in that evening.
Heck...maybe we'll just go back to our resort (Animal Kingdom Lodge) and lounge around the pool that night

 

[doitforlove]

QUESTION: I'm confused on the Not So Scary Halloween conflict mentioned above. The website says that "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party takes place from 7 p.m. to midnight." Our Le Cellier reservation is at 4:30, so we'd be there by 7p.m.

People who have tickets to the party can enter MK at 4pm even though the party doesn't start until 7. Many people start lining up for certain characters well before 7pm.

 

[peeputt]

Oh, gotcha. Do you think it's more for families with kids? I mean, it's just my hubby and I and I wonder if it's worth it.

Thanks for everyone's help so far!

 

[LisaDKG]

I'm so long winded that someone usually answers the question first but YES - The party doesn't really start gearing up until 7 but they let ticket holders in from 4 pm on.

With hoppers this isn't such a big deal as you could just head to MK whenever you wanted. We find we usually don't ever need hoppers but on this day we could potentially head to another park in the morning. One year we got to the party at about 6 and the time just seemed to fly by and we didn't get to do everything we wanted. Since you are paying so much just for the party we want to maximize it. We head in at about 4 pm and always have CS at Cosmic Ray's (just our tradition) while the non-party goers start filing out of the park about then and the party people just start coming in.

That's just our MO and probably why I would try to switch out my Le Cellier ADR to lunch or another Epcot day (this might be pretty tricky though). Despite it's popularity, it doesn't sound like Le Cellier dinner is really worth 2 TS but the last time I went there was 4 years ago when it was just 1 TS credit.

Seeing the Boardwalk/Beach Club area is really nice to do so if it works into your plans then I would do it at some point. It was amazing to me when I realized how quick of a walk it is there from the International/back gate of Epcot. I think it is also pretty doable from HS. FWIW Beaches and Cream is pretty good for burgers and shakes and atmosphere (although it's tiny) but I think it might one of those places that is best OOP.

 

[hollygolitely93]

Looks great!

We did the holiday party last year. You need to be there early if characters are your goal. But if just going for parade, shows, ride with no lines and ambience then getting there by 6:30 will be fine!

For boardwalk night what about having the big ice cream kitchen sink for dinner? Ha!