Slave to your ADRs?

[guelde96]

When we went in September I did kind of feel like a slave to the ADR. It is so hot and humid in September you are not as hungry. We also did a lot of traveling back to the hotel mid day to regroup for the evening.

 

[Dallas_Lady]

ADRs help me structure my day. I always make ressies based on where we will be so we don't feel like we are going out of our way for a meal. I will say that on the dining plan I felt like we had to make all our reservations because they were paid for. Whereas before, we would skip a meal if we weren't in the mood for it. I know that the DxDP would be way too much for us. 2 TS meals a day would take too much time away from touring, IMO.

 

[bangzoom6877]

We have little ones so we stick to their daily routines on vacation so they eat at the same time they normally do. This makes it easy for us. The only thing that varies on vacation for us is bedtime, which tends to be a little later than at home, but they also sleep later on vacation or nap more. However, they tend to be hungry at the same usual times! A no-brainer for us and we are also hungry at those times since we are used to eating on regular schedules. For others who are more spontaneous it could be a pain, I understand. For us, it works out well. In fact I would feel like more of a slave to the restaurant if we were unable to make ADRs and had to guess how long the wait will be. Seems much more stressful to me!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Yeah, I think it's all a matter of personal taste. I grew up in a Disney family whose lives revolved around food and so we ALWAYS made ADR's, years and years before the dining plan even started. We just know that on the day we're eating at King Stephan's (ages and ages ago...lol), we have to be at the MK that day, etc. Nothing to it really, in our opinion. But I know some people hate being that tied down to a park. we don't mind it. We want to do those parks anyways, so might as well already have ADR's planned.