bangzoom6877
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I have gone over the menus on the All Ears site. Then I went over them again. And again and again. And this was before I even booked our trip...for July 2010!!! And I booked our trip 11 months in advance of the check-in date!! So, in other words, I'm on Disney Restaurant Research Overload!!
OK, so I need help in more than one way (obviously!), but I really need some assistance because I am very bad at making decisions (I obviously overthink things way too much!). Originally, DH and I planned to get the basic DDP, have a CS lunch each day at the parks, TS dinner and a couple of OOP character breakfasts. We will have our 2 sons with us. They will be 3 and 5 when we go. Then I asked DH what he thought about getting the deluxe plan and doing more signature restaurants. Neither of us could even begin to think about what we would do with 80 snacks (4 people on a 10-night trip=80 snacks total on the deluxe plan!), so we scratched that idea. Then we decided that because of the lack of good CS at DHS, we would like to go to 50s Prime Time for lunch one afternoon, and we would pay OOP. The second DHS day we would go to Pizza Planet (my kids love it there and would like to go there again). We are also going to CRT one evening for dinner, and that is 2TS credits.
OK, so I don't even know where to begin all the questions I have. I apologize in advance for going off on tangents, but those of you who have read some of my posts here know exactly what I mean!
Some of the resort restaurants we have planned, we do not want to change (for dinner). They are Captain's Grille, Cape May Cafe, and Chef Mickey's. The other resort dinners we have so far are Whispering Canyon Cafe and The Wave. Those are more flexible. First question: is it more worth it to go to the Hoop-Dee-Doo dinner show with the kids than Whispering Canyon? This would be 2TS credits, but includes beer and wine and gratuity, plus food and entertainment. How is the food there compared to WCC (or is it not fair to compare the 2)? Could we really enjoy it if we are not into country music at all?
The Wave is flexible as well, if we replace it with a signature restaurant. We would go to either Flying Fish, Yachtsman Steakhouse, Narcoossee's or California Grille. Are these restaurants appropriate for a 3- and 5-year-old who are used to eating out at least once a week (including some fancier places sometimes, mainly when we are celebrating someone's birthday or anniversary in the family)? Or would they be bored at these places? The food at these restaurants does not worry me for my kids, since they would eat at least 2 things on each of the children's menus, but the atmosphere does. I don't want them to disturb other diners. We dine between 5 and 6 every time we go out, including on vacation.
The breakfasts we have planned so far for sure are Cape May Cafe and 1900 Park Fare. We will probably add 2 more breakfasts, Kona Cafe and probably another character breakfast (possibly the one at DHS, but not the day we go to 50s Prime Time for lunch because that would be too much...we have 2 days at DHS).
OK, so with all the modifications to the ADRs, we would be eating a minimum of 26 meal credits each if we were on the deluxe dining plan (on a 10-night trip, we each get 30 meal credits total). That would still leave us with a maximum of 4 leftover meal credits, provided we don't do any other breakfasts or order room service or anything like that. And 80 snacks as well for deluxe dining over the 10-night trip for the 4 of us.
I don't know what to do. I literally go from....one moment, thinking we should get the deluxe plan and live it up more and enjoy a dinner show and a signature restaurant and not have to pay OOP for any of our food (with the exception of any alcohol of course, but that won't be much anyway)...the next moment, thinking that would be an insane idea because of the amount of snack credits alone, plus would we go to signatures or dinner shows with the basic plan or paying entirely OOP (and the answer is definitely no when we are on the basic plan, and a BIG maybe if paying completely OOP). And back and forth I go in my thinking. And back and forth again.
So now I feel like I am going out of my mind! There will be other Disney trips in the future for us. We just became DVC members last year and this will be our second WDW family trip, but only out FIRST trip home and I really want it to be special. But then again, it will be special no matter what.
OK, I know you all think I'm nuts now (if you didn't already
). But I am so confused as to what we should do. Should we just go with the original plan of keeping the basic DDP, doing the 1TS resort restaurants and waiting until the boys are a little older to go to dinner shows and do signatures (we plan to go to WDW every other year for 10 nights each trip)? Or completely go for it and do the deluxe plan and enjoy the ride and not look back? I just don't know what to do.
Sorry this is so long. If you're still reading this, you probably understand exactly how I feel!! Either that or you are getting a really good laugh at what a complete nut I am!
OK, so I need help in more than one way (obviously!), but I really need some assistance because I am very bad at making decisions (I obviously overthink things way too much!). Originally, DH and I planned to get the basic DDP, have a CS lunch each day at the parks, TS dinner and a couple of OOP character breakfasts. We will have our 2 sons with us. They will be 3 and 5 when we go. Then I asked DH what he thought about getting the deluxe plan and doing more signature restaurants. Neither of us could even begin to think about what we would do with 80 snacks (4 people on a 10-night trip=80 snacks total on the deluxe plan!), so we scratched that idea. Then we decided that because of the lack of good CS at DHS, we would like to go to 50s Prime Time for lunch one afternoon, and we would pay OOP. The second DHS day we would go to Pizza Planet (my kids love it there and would like to go there again). We are also going to CRT one evening for dinner, and that is 2TS credits.
OK, so I don't even know where to begin all the questions I have. I apologize in advance for going off on tangents, but those of you who have read some of my posts here know exactly what I mean!
Some of the resort restaurants we have planned, we do not want to change (for dinner). They are Captain's Grille, Cape May Cafe, and Chef Mickey's. The other resort dinners we have so far are Whispering Canyon Cafe and The Wave. Those are more flexible. First question: is it more worth it to go to the Hoop-Dee-Doo dinner show with the kids than Whispering Canyon? This would be 2TS credits, but includes beer and wine and gratuity, plus food and entertainment. How is the food there compared to WCC (or is it not fair to compare the 2)? Could we really enjoy it if we are not into country music at all?
The Wave is flexible as well, if we replace it with a signature restaurant. We would go to either Flying Fish, Yachtsman Steakhouse, Narcoossee's or California Grille. Are these restaurants appropriate for a 3- and 5-year-old who are used to eating out at least once a week (including some fancier places sometimes, mainly when we are celebrating someone's birthday or anniversary in the family)? Or would they be bored at these places? The food at these restaurants does not worry me for my kids, since they would eat at least 2 things on each of the children's menus, but the atmosphere does. I don't want them to disturb other diners. We dine between 5 and 6 every time we go out, including on vacation.
The breakfasts we have planned so far for sure are Cape May Cafe and 1900 Park Fare. We will probably add 2 more breakfasts, Kona Cafe and probably another character breakfast (possibly the one at DHS, but not the day we go to 50s Prime Time for lunch because that would be too much...we have 2 days at DHS).
OK, so with all the modifications to the ADRs, we would be eating a minimum of 26 meal credits each if we were on the deluxe dining plan (on a 10-night trip, we each get 30 meal credits total). That would still leave us with a maximum of 4 leftover meal credits, provided we don't do any other breakfasts or order room service or anything like that. And 80 snacks as well for deluxe dining over the 10-night trip for the 4 of us.
I don't know what to do. I literally go from....one moment, thinking we should get the deluxe plan and live it up more and enjoy a dinner show and a signature restaurant and not have to pay OOP for any of our food (with the exception of any alcohol of course, but that won't be much anyway)...the next moment, thinking that would be an insane idea because of the amount of snack credits alone, plus would we go to signatures or dinner shows with the basic plan or paying entirely OOP (and the answer is definitely no when we are on the basic plan, and a BIG maybe if paying completely OOP). And back and forth I go in my thinking. And back and forth again.
So now I feel like I am going out of my mind! There will be other Disney trips in the future for us. We just became DVC members last year and this will be our second WDW family trip, but only out FIRST trip home and I really want it to be special. But then again, it will be special no matter what.
OK, I know you all think I'm nuts now (if you didn't already
). But I am so confused as to what we should do. Should we just go with the original plan of keeping the basic DDP, doing the 1TS resort restaurants and waiting until the boys are a little older to go to dinner shows and do signatures (we plan to go to WDW every other year for 10 nights each trip)? Or completely go for it and do the deluxe plan and enjoy the ride and not look back? I just don't know what to do.Sorry this is so long. If you're still reading this, you probably understand exactly how I feel!! Either that or you are getting a really good laugh at what a complete nut I am!
good luck deciding stuff!
