Rate myADR's! August 19-26th with Free DDP!

[WeHeartTink]

I can start making my advance 180+10 ressies tomorrow AM. This is our big trip to Disney. We were there for 2 nights in October and were able to book the bounce back. We are staying at CBR in a Pirate Room. It will be me, DH, and DS (4) and DD (2 1/2). Can you rate my ADR's and offer any suggestions? We are planning on breaks in the afternoon due to the heat and how young the kids are. We know we have to pay for a couple of meals OOP and are OK with that. Kids actually are better in restaurants with entertainment, then sitting in a QS/CS with all the distractions of the park around them.

Any suggestions, please let me know!

Sunday, August 19th
Park AM: None – arrival
Park PM: Magic Kingdom (until 6:15pm)
Breakfast: None – arrival
Lunch: CHH or Cosmic Rays?
Dinner: Chef Mickeys – 6:00pm

Monday, August 20th
Park AM: Epcot – break after lunch
Park PM: Epcot – Illuminations
Breakfast: Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (9am)
Lunch: CS or Snack or OOP
Dinner: CS in WS
Depart after Illumination at 9pm

Tuesday, August 21st
Park AM: Hollywood Studios – Early (9am rope drop) – depart after Pixar parade
Park PM: Maybe MK if wanted after dinner
Breakfast: Starring Rolls
Lunch: Pizza Planet
Dinner: O’hana’s (6:30pm)

Wednesday, August 22nd
Park AM: Magic Kingdom (all day)
Break when needed
Park PM: None
Breakfast: Main Street Bakery
Lunch: CS – PB, CHH, or CR
Dinner: CRT (6:30pm ressie?)

Thursday, August 23rd
Park AM: Animal Kingdom (rope drop) then break after lunch
Park PM: Magic Kingdom for Wishes (7pm)
Breakfast: Tusker House
Lunch: Flame Tree (CS)
Dinner: TBD (Suggestions?)

Friday, August 24th
Park AM: sleep in / pool in AM or DTD
Park PM: Hollywood Studios in time for Pixar parade (stay for Fantasmic)
Breakfast: Hotel
Lunch: Wolfgang Puck Express? (CS)
Dinner: Mama Melrose (Fantasmic package)

Saturday, August 25th
Park AM: Animal Kingdom
Park PM: Magic Kingdom for EP and Wishes
Breakfast: TBD - suggestions?
Lunch: TBD - suggestions?
Dinner: Cosmic Rays or CHH? LTT? CP?

Sunday, August 26th
Park AM: None
Park PM: None – Departure

 

[mistysue]

My kids are better with the TS meals too. I think you found a really good balance of characters for your meals- and we love doing buffet and family style at Disney because it seems like you can get food and get out so much faster. If you like character buffets, my kids really like CP and HWV... while I've heard complaints about HWV, the breakfast we had there was one of our most fun ADR's ever and playhouse disney is really geared for little kids.

I wish I was doing Akershus breakfast on my next trip, but I made a rule not to go anywhere more than 2 trips in a row so we get variety.

Something possibly worth a thought- especially with the August heat we quickly figured out that we preferred to pick a TS lunch because we could relax in the air conditioning as we ate at the hottest part of the day. This recharged us significantly. Then when we got back to the park in the evening we could grab quick things on the go and take the most advantage of the cooler evening while it seemed half the people in the park were fighting for a dinner table at TS.

I anticipate that the new CC policy may change this, but it also seemed that once you got to 6pm it takes WAY longer to eat at a TS location. Doing a lunch or even an early dinner can give you an extra 30 minutes. We've done DxDDP on the last two trips, so we experimented with timing quite a bit. Might not be true any more though.

 

[DJFan88]

Mistysue, thank you for that awesome insight. We are also going mid august and i'm getting ready to figure our ADR's and will totally go with that theory. I've been in mid Aug. before and we also enjoyed the nights much better for walking around, snacking.

 

[WeHeartTink]

Great idea on the lunch TS. I just changed my CRT ressie from dinner to lunch - I think that makes a lot of sense. My kids are still nappers (well, for now at least), so we figure we need to plan a break there somewhere or hope they nap in the park.

Also added the H&V breakfast ressie. My son LOVES Jake so I think he will enjoy that! Thanks for the feedback!

 

[TwiddleDeeTwiddleDum]

Looks like a great line-up - you've obviously put time into your plans The only thing that I thought reading them was after your bfast at Tusker House, I don't think you're going to be hungry enough for lunch at Flame Tree unless you have a really early bfast planned. If not, and you book a later bfast, I'd opt for a snack at lunch & then do Flame Tree for an early dinner if you're staying all day.

Have a great trip & hope you get all the ADR's you've planned

EDIT: oops, just reread your post & see you're leaving for break from AK, therefore I would postpone Flame Tree when you go back to AK on Sat. For dinner when returning to MK at 7pm for Wishes, if you can stand a late dinner, you could get a TS at the plaza restaurant (Or Crystal Palace if you want characters) & time it to find a spot on Main St. afterwards to wait for the parade & wishes.

 

[PrincessesX3]

Nice adrs. We got fd too on a bounceback. I agree w paying some oop. I feel less stressed looking for table and waiting on line for ordering food. And escaping to some guaranteed AC for a bit in august weather.

I suggest a cheap oop is plaza restaurant, good food, relaxing. I made a couple of adrs for this august trip, even to sit down for a bit and eat lunch or just do ice cream sundaes.

 

[disneycrazy2004]

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Friday, August 24th
Park AM: sleep in / pool in AM or DTD
Park PM: Hollywood Studios in time for Pixar parade (stay for Fantasmic)
Breakfast: Hotel
Lunch: Wolfgang Puck Express? (CS)
Dinner: Mama Melrose (Fantasmic package)

Were you able to book the Fantasmic package? It is not available online

 

[WeHeartTink]

Were you able to book the Fantasmic package? It is not available online

Yes! I called directly and the CM was able to book me for a 5:10pm ressie. Good luck!

 

[disneycrazy2004]

Yes! I called directly and the CM was able to book me for a 5:10pm ressie. Good luck!

Thank you. I did call and was able to get lunch at Mama Melrose