Take a Look at my ADRs?

[fey_spirit]

Could you guys take a look at my ADR plan and tell me what you think?

We are 2 adult females on our anniversary, with no kids
We are on the Deluxe DDP.
Oh and we will have our own car

The two MK days that we don't have breakfast and have lunch at 2 we plan on catching something from the bakery OOP on the way in and eating as we head off to start the day, so we wont be horribly hungry come lunch.

Sept 14th (arrival day)

Lunch - Columbia Harbor House (I know I have to use a park day to eat here)
Dinner - Kona around 9 so we can catch the fireworks from the beach - Then back to MK EMH after.

Sept 15th (Typhoon Lagoon Day & Boardwalk night)

8 - Kona for Breakfast
3 - Rose & Crown Lunch
Latest possible seating dinner at Spoodles

Sept 16th - Morning Future World - Night Halloween Party

Earliest possible lunch coral reef
4:30 dinner at 1900 Park Faire (I know that everyone says the food sucks, but I figure we wont be that hungry anyway - and with the party this is the only time I could fit in to eat. We wanted to see the character interaction with this one so figured that when we weren't hungry much anyway would eb a great time to go. Besides, great way to start the party night.)

Sept 17th - Sleep "Late" and World Showcase.

9:30 - Princess Breakfast in Norway
2:30 - Biregarten
Latest Possible Chef De France

Sept 18th - MGM (I just like that better then Disney Hollywood Studios)

11 - Sci Fi Dine In (Sticking to burgers and shakes)
5:30 - Brown Derby (If they do seatings after Fantasmic I'll get it for then, otherwise I hope this will give me time to get to Fantasmic after the meal.)

Sept 19th - AK

11:00 - Tusker House
6:00 - Jiko (Normally I would make this for later, but we want to go to the Adventurer's Club for the first time on this night - and possibly stop in at RR to hear the irish music.)

Sept 20th - Day Off (Mini Golf, Movie Theater & Disney Quest)

9:00 - Crystal Palace Breakfast
2:00 - Lunch at Ragnelon Road
Latest Possible at Flying Fish

Sept 21st - MK (EMH)

2:00 - Lunch at Tut De Italio
8:00 - Citraco's

Sept 22nd - MK

2:00 - Crystal Palace
Latest Possible Cali Grill

Sept 23rd - Last Day mostly DTD

8:00 Boatright's Breakfast
Earliest Possible seating for the GF Tea.

So - what do you think?
Do you like the food at these places?
Do you like the service?
What's good to eat? Where's good to sit?
Do you think my times are good?

 

[ireland_nicole]

I think that a lot of choices are good; so much of eating at WDW is personal pref. a couple of suggestions, just my opinion:

First, how are you travelling? If by car, maybe change a couple of MK meals when you're not planning on spending a lot of time in the park, b/c it takes forever to get from the parking lot into the park. If using busses, know that getting from resort to resort can be a major pain in the um, ah, ****.

For Sept. 14th, not sure it's worth using a park day for CS at Harbor House, unless you're really into it. Otherwise, there are lots of other options. For Dinner, perhaps consider Narcosee's at GF; great view of fireworks from the verandah, and the surf n turf are awesome! Casual atmosphere, great food, view...doesn't get much better.

For the 18th, consider the Fantasmic package. You get reserved seating for the show, (you meet 1/2 hour before at a different entrance) So you can eat at a more reasonable time and not have to stand around. It doesn't cost more, so I can't think of a reason not to.

for the 20th, Getting into MK for 9 am ressie might not be worth the hassle, since it's not an mk day, just a thought.

For the 21st, know that the restaurant will be changing -again, so I'm not sure they're taking reservations yet.

One last thought, there's no Le Cellier-IMHO the best non-signature rest on property, since you can book at the 180+10 mark, you should be able to get a good reservation time.

Have a great trip, and feel free to ignore my suggestions, they're just ideas. Have a magical time!

Nicole

 

[fey_spirit]

We're traveling by car - and instead of using park parking lots I figured we would valet park at Monorail hotels and ride the monorail over to the park for meals when we weren't planning on being in the park that day. I would never do this if I planned on staying all day in the parks, but I don't see the harm in doing it for 1 or 2 hours while we catch a meal.

We're going to be in the park on the 14th anyway as we will arrive by no later then noon. I missed the shows at MK last time and I want to use a day there just to catch shows, parade, etc. The only two rides I plan on taking in that day are my favorite (Haunted Mansion) and her favorite (Space Mountain).
When not taking in the shows, we figure we'll go character hunting.

I would love to go to Narcciso's but Kona and the fireworks from Poly beach are kind of a romantic thing, this was the first thing we did on the first night we stayed on what was my first trip, and the first night of our honeymoon.

Question about the Fantasmic Pkg - I really wanted to pick that up, but I didn't think they did the pkgs for later in the evening (and the below was the soonest I could see us eating after lunch at Sci Fi) Is it possible to get later pkg times?

I know that they were talking about closing Italino, but thought it was just a rumor at this stage - have they already done this?

L'Cellar was on my original list, but got replaced by Flying Fish. I'm not a big beef eater (I normally eat it maybe 2 a month tops) and I already have several reservations where I plan to eat beef, so I wanted something less well beefy =)

Since I heard the chef that made L'Cellar famous had moved over to Jiko - I figured I could keep this reservation that the wife really wanted, get the Filet and Mac N Cheese, and not miss out on anything.

Do you think this is bad thinking?

I think that a lot of choices are good; so much of eating at WDW is personal pref. a couple of suggestions, just my opinion:

First, how are you travelling? If by car, maybe change a couple of MK meals when you're not planning on spending a lot of time in the park, b/c it takes forever to get from the parking lot into the park. If using busses, know that getting from resort to resort can be a major pain in the um, ah, ****.

For Sept. 14th, not sure it's worth using a park day for CS at Harbor House, unless you're really into it. Otherwise, there are lots of other options. For Dinner, perhaps consider Narcosee's at GF; great view of fireworks from the verandah, and the surf n turf are awesome! Casual atmosphere, great food, view...doesn't get much better.

For the 18th, consider the Fantasmic package. You get reserved seating for the show, (you meet 1/2 hour before at a different entrance) So you can eat at a more reasonable time and not have to stand around. It doesn't cost more, so I can't think of a reason not to.

for the 20th, Getting into MK for 9 am ressie might not be worth the hassle, since it's not an mk day, just a thought.

For the 21st, know that the restaurant will be changing -again, so I'm not sure they're taking reservations yet.

One last thought, there's no Le Cellier-IMHO the best non-signature rest on property, since you can book at the 180+10 mark, you should be able to get a good reservation time.

Have a great trip, and feel free to ignore my suggestions, they're just ideas. Have a magical time!

Nicole