Resort restaurants directly from parks

[Philagoofy]

Do you always go back to your room to shower or freshen up & change if you are going to one of the resort's nicer restaurants for dinner. I guess it depends how cruddy one feels after a day at the park and how you're dressed. I wanted to go to Jiko after spending 1/2 a day at Animal Kingdom but to go back to the room to change & then drive back wastes so much time. (Especially the way I follow the directions, I get lost easy in DW.)

 

[Pakey]

We always shower and put on nicer clothes for dining at the signatures. I would not be comfortable sitting down for a 2 hour meal in a fine dining atmosphere without being in clean clothes.

 

[Philagoofy]

You are so right. With the heat & water rides, I wouldn't feel right going to a nice restaurant without showering first. Guess I'll be booking a late dinner!

 

[blugill13]

Last year we all went from AK to Jiko straight from the park. My husband and I changed our tops and the girls put on clean dresses. Nobody seemed to keel over cos we stunk so.....I guess we didnt.

 

[daisyduck123]

Well we never stay in a park all day until dinner. We hit a park in the morning & then go back to our resort at lunchtime to swim until it is time to get ready for dinner.

So yes, we always shower/change before our dinner ADRs.

 

[Densgirl]

We've done both and it depends, for me at least on the temperatures that day. If it's really hot and humid, I want to shower and freshen up. When we go in the cooler months a change of shirt and a quick fluff of the hair in the bathroom does the trick.

 

[D&R love Disney]

We always do but then we are usually there in August/September when it's real hot.

 

[MickeyNicki]

Yes we do, but to be fair we always go back to the room around 1, swim and nap, shower and dress for dinner which is usually around 5

 

[loonytoony]

Who has time to shower while you are DW?

 

[Pumbaa_]

Again, depends on the season and the heat factor.

For most signatures (except BD), we do tend to make dinner an 'event'. Change, put on a nice outfit and enjoy the experience.

 

[davinakb]

We've done both and it depends, for me at least on the temperatures that day. If it's really hot and humid, I want to shower and freshen up. When we go in the cooler months a change of shirt and a quick fluff of the hair in the bathroom does the trick.

Same here. If we haven't had hot, hard days, just a quick shirt change and make-up retouch will do; otherwise we do go back to shower and change. Even on days we do HBD or Bistro, we dress a little nicer. We usually don't go in the summer, which helps. FWIW.

 

[TDC Nala]

It depends on whether I have time to get back there or not. Disney transportation can take awhile.