I've been taking my boys out to eat since they were tiny, so they're familiar with what's going on and what's expected of them. My youngest is 2, so we planned our meals around his nap time when we went in September, and we generally ate at off times. We would have lunch before noon and eat dinner in the late afternoon, or have a late (or super early) breakfast and a really late lunch and do a quick serve dinner. Have things for you little one to do and a small individually portioned snack for while they're waiting, don't debate forever on what to order (I have a relative who takes so long to pick out meals that she often sends the waiter away three or four times before he can take her order...) and don't go anywhere super fancy where the food is going to look strange. Somewhere on one of the many wdw sites there is a list of particularly kid-friendly restaurants, you might be interested in googling for it. I would link it, but I can't remember where it was. I'm sure there's a similar dis post, though. Also, they don't charge the fee if part of the group arrives. During our week long trip, we had two meals where the little one wasn't feeling it (once was asleep, once was just grumpy) so my grandma who travelled with us stayed at the cabin with him while we took the older boy to dinner. If she hadn't been with us, Daddy would've stayed behind while Mommy went to eat. I'm could def be wrong, but I thought they only charged the fee on reservations that you have to enter your cc number to make, too, so that wouldn't even apply to all places.