Thoughts on our upcoming dining plans - please share yours.

[MadTownKatz]

Our party of four, (myself, DW, and two DDs) will be there from 08/19 - 08/25.

For breakfast, we will primarily eat at the Lounge, as the lounge offerings are typical breakfasts for us anyway.

Day One: Arriving at around 2:00 PM, and we are still undecided. We will be going to Disney Springs to check out Void, and we are leaning toward D-Lux Burger.
Day Two: Tortuga Tavern for Lunch; Columbia House for Dinner
Day Three: Satu’li Canteen for Lunch; Yak and Yeti Local Food Cafe for dinner
Day Four: Tiffins ROL for Lunch; Flame Tree for dinner
Day Five: Be Our Guest for Lunch; Jungle Skipper Canteen for dinner
Day Six Tangerine Cafe for lunch; Monsieur Paul's for dinner
Day Seven: Harambe Market for lunch: Wanyama Safari (Jikos) for dinner
Day Eight: Boma for breakfast before we head out.

 

[jenjersnap]

2 adults celebrating a milestone anniversary (and, literally, only the second time we have been away from our kids), so our plans are splurge-y.

Homecomin’
Afternoon Tea
Celebration at the Top (Savor, Sip and Sparkle)
California Grill Brunch
Yachtsman
Galactic Dessert Party
Akershus
Satuli Canteen (as part of the AK Ultimate night of adventure tour)
Jiko
Be Our Guest
Garden Grill
Monsieur Paul
Frozen dessert Party
1900 Park Fare
Jungle Skipper Canteen
HEA dessert Party
Yak n Yeti
Hollywood Brown Derby
Beaches & Cream
‘Ohana
Parisian Breakfast (f&w event)
Party for the Senses (f&w event)
Bon Voyage breakfast
And one late Disney Springs lunch tbd. Maybe Raglan Road.

ETA: Frozen dessert party and Monsieur Paul are new to us.

 

[Tksolomom]

I am doing a solo trip in February with the dlxdp.

Yachtsman (new to me)

Cali Grill Brunch (new to me)
Monsieur Paul (new to me)

Coral Reef (new to me)
Morimoto (new to me)

Wild Africa Trek
Yak & Yeti
Brown Derby

Keys to Kingdom your (includes lunch)
Tiffins ROL (new to me)

Frontera Cocina (new to me)
Narcoosees

Kona (new to me)
California grill

The Wave (new to me)

I am very excited to try so many places for the first time.

Thoughts???

Sounds great. I would love be to do the Wild Africa Trek, but can’t do it this trip as our splurge is Discovery Cove.

We are doing the following:
Jiko (new)
Yak and Yeti (new)
1900 Park Fare
Biergarten CP Package (new)
BOG lunch
Skipper’s Canteen (new)
Morimoto (new)
‘Ohana
Chefs de France
Sci-fi Diner
50’s Primetime Cafe
Tiffins ROL (new)
Homecomin (new)

 

[looking4themouse2]

We are a party of 6 myself ds 28 ddil 21 dd 5 dgd 6 almost 7 and dgd 11months almost 1. We are celebrating the 2 dgd’s birthdays. Our plans are as follows

Arrival day
Lunch - unsure possibly qs at hotel or ds
Dinner: spirit of aloha
HS day
Lunch- probably backlot express for my Star Wars obsessed DS any ideas are always welcome
Dinner -Mama Melrose
Epcot
Lunch- Biergarten
Dinner: unsure but probably a qs in the park
MK MNSSHP
I purposely left this day open because of the party but wonder if trying to book something before the party might be a good idea.
TL or B.B. not sure
Lunch- water park qs
Dinner- Mickey backyard bbq.
AK day
Breakfast- sunrise breakfast at pandora sautili cafe
Lunch- probably snack foods
Dinner - Raglan road
Roaming day have a FP for slinky but won’t spend the day
Lunch- maybe woodys
Dinner - trex the birthday girls request
Departure day
Breakfast- O’hanas best friends breakfast
Lunch??? Then we head home.

 

[Tksolomom]

Party of 2 adults -

Day One ( arriving late afternoon, early evening ) - dinner at Bongos ( husband's request )
Day Two - Boma's for breakfast, late afternoon break at resort for late lunch and then dinner at MK ( we have MNSSHP tickets )
Day Three - Mara for breakfast, Lunch with an Imagineer and then 50's Prime Time for dinner
Day Four - Rainforest Cafe at AK for breakfast, Satuli Canteen for lunch and Yak and Yeti for dinner
Day Five - Mara for breakfast and then over to Universal
Day Six - Garden Grill for breakfast, F & W booths for lunch, Spice Road for dinner
Day Seven - we'll plan something for breakfast and lunch after we arrive and have the Edison for dinner
Day Eight - we'll plan something for breakfast and lunch after we arrive and have Mama Melrose's for dinner
Day Nine - we'll plan something for breakfast and lunch after we arrive and have Teppan Edo for dinner
Day Ten - O'hana for Breakfast, lunch and dinner up in the air.
Day Eleven - we'll plan something for breakfast, Ohana's for lunch ( this may change once we arrive ) and Grand Floridian Cafe for dinner
Day Twelve - Boma for breakfast and then heading home.

I didn’t think ‘Ohana was open for lunch.

 

[Tksolomom]

We are a party of 6 myself ds 28 ddil 21 dd 5 dgd 6 almost 7 and dgd 11months almost 1. We are celebrating the 2 dgd’s birthdays. Our plans are as follows

Arrival day
Lunch - unsure possibly qs at hotel or ds
Dinner: spirit of aloha
HS day
Lunch- probably backlot express for my Star Wars obsessed DS any ideas are always welcome
Dinner -Mama Melrose
Epcot
Lunch- Biergarten
Dinner: unsure but probably a qs in the park
MK MNSSHP
I purposely left this day open because of the party but wonder if trying to book something before the party might be a good idea.
TL or B.B. not sure
Lunch- water park qs
Dinner- Mickey backyard bbq.
AK day
Breakfast- sunrise breakfast at pandora sautili cafe
Lunch- probably snack foods
Dinner - Raglan road
Roaming day have a FP for slinky but won’t spend the day
Lunch- maybe woodys
Dinner - trex the birthday girls request
Departure day
Breakfast- O’hanas best friends breakfast
Lunch??? Then we head home.

Satuli Canteen isn’t open for breakfast anymore

 

[Dug720]

4 nights 9/7-11 - though the arrival night is around midnight, so...nada that day. I'm only planning one ADR/day at this point but we'll see what I end up with doing. I'm solo, so it can be a little easier to get last-minute ADRs

9/8 Garden Grill "brunch" (at 10am - so that's why I'm calling it brunch); snacking at F&W unless I want to grab QS somewhere
9/9 Bon Voyage Breakfast; lunch at POFQ; snacking at MNSSHP
9/10 breakfast at POFQ; lunch at Satu'li; dinner is up in the air with pondering including: Boatwright (I'm staying at POFQ, so I'd just walk over), Raglan Road, Bongos, BOATHOUSE, Frontera Cocina, or possibly something else. LOL.

 

[Magical2017]

Right now we have one TS booked per day:

Arrival Day: Raglan Road
AK Day: Tusker House breakfast (tempted to do Yak and Yeti for dinner, but may be full so will opt for QS or snacking)
MK Day: BOG lunch
Rest day: Morimoto Asia
DHS Day: Brown Derby (DHs favorite)

 

[Eve & Wall-e]

DH and I will be at WDW for 10 days Nov-Dec 2018, plus 3 days at Universal. This will be our third trip to WDW. (We've been to DLR many times.) One of the things we are focusing on this trip is collecting Disney character autographs, hence the character meals.

- Tusker House lunch (one of our favorites)
- San Angel Inn lunch (our second time here, hoping for a waterside table again)
- Crystal Palace breakfast (our first time here)
- Cinderella’s Royal Table dinner (our first time here)
- Garden Grill breakfast (our first time here)
- Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater lunch (our third time here, obviously we like Sci-Fi!)
- Tusker House breakfast (We love Tusker House. First time for breakfast)
- Beaches and Cream dinner (mainly going for the desserts)
- Biergarten Restaurant lunch (Candlelight Processional dining package)
- Be Our Guest lunch (second time here, going mainly for the Grey Stuff)
- MVMCP
- JBJB Dessert Party

 

[sanapp]

Sounds great. I would love be to do the Wild Africa Trek, but can’t do it this trip as our splurge is Discovery Cove.

We are doing the following:
Jiko (new)
Yak and Yeti (new)
1900 Park Fare
Biergarten CP Package (new)
BOG lunch
Skipper’s Canteen (new)
Morimoto (new)
‘Ohana
Chefs de France
Sci-fi Diner
50’s Primetime Cafe
Tiffins ROL (new)
Homecomin (new)

I figured a solo trip is the time to splurge! It will never be cheaper!!! I am a little nervous about going be myself, but I am sure that will dissipate pretty quickly.

 

[Nancyg56]

I figured a solo trip is the time to splurge! It will never be cheaper!!! I am a little nervous about going be myself, but I am sure that will dissipate pretty quickly.

I know you will have a blast! I am not a solo traveler, however if I ever have an opportunity to travel somewhere alone, my destination will be WDW. I cannot think of another place the is so inviting for soso visitors, allowing for exploration into a magical fantasyland, and when you want to pop out, plenty of people all who share a love for the same destination.

 

[jliucci]

Party of 3 - 2.5 yo daughter's first trip this Nov

Cape May Cafe -Dinner
Beaches & Cream - Dessert*
Akershus - Dinner*
Via Napoli - Lunch
Mama Melrose - Dinner
Bon Voyage Breakfast*
Liberty Tree Tavern - Dinner*
Chef Mickey - Dinner
1900 Park Fare - Dinner*
Ohana - Breakfast
Be Our Guest - Lunch*

*First time for us!

 

[2manypets]

We're a party of 2 celebrating our 30th anniversary a few month late! Going in December.

Day 1: Arriving around 7pm so will either eat at the airport or grab something from the food court
Day 2: Yak & Yeti (lunch); Sanaa (Dinner)
Day 3: *Via Napoli (L); *La Hacienda (D)
Day 4: *The Plaza (L); California Grill (D)
Day 5: Tokyo Dining (L); *Be Our Guest (D)
Day 6: Sci-Fi Dine In (L); *Whispering Canyon Cafe (D) (only to see the decorations at WL)
Day 7: ?? (L); Yachtsman Steakhouse (D)
Day 8: *Homecomin' (L); heading home

*new to us

This looks like a lot of food and down time but I'm a light eater and will most likely order a salad and appetizer. We enjoy the break from the parks so don't mind taking the time it takes for all the sit down restaurants.

 

[tinkerbella16]

You have some great choices, with HDDR being my favorite!

We are a party of 8 but we splitting up for a few of ours -

Day 1: Teppan Edo - 3 of us are meeting up with my best friends sisters and their kids at Epcot in the afternoon, since it is our first night and their last day before heading home
Cape May Cafe - My sister and her DH LOVE this place so they are going and bring my niece after spending time in Epcot.
Day 2: Boatwrights Dinner - Just my sister and her DH are going
Day 4: Early Morning Magic at MK for all 8 of us! We love this event and the breakfast is really great!
Garden Grill dinner - 6 of us
Day 5: Crystal Palace PPO Breakfast - Me, my BFF and her DD
Cinderellas Royal Table PPO Breakfast - My sister, her DH and DD
Grand Floridian Cafe - my Mom and stepdad
Day 6: Tusker House PPO Breakfast - all 8 of us are going and this is a new one for all of us!
Day 7: Hoop Dee Doo Revue! 2nd Show - Category 1 Seating - all 8 of us and this is our absolute favorite!
Day 8: Garden Grill PPO Breakfast - Just me, my BFF and her DD
Via Napoli Dinner - all 8 of us for our last meal on our trip

 

[Destinyz12]

For my trip (2 adults) at the end of Jan, this is what we have (We are on dining plan for 6 nights and have one extra TS meal booked, so we might drop one):

Breakfasts: Akershus, Tusker House, & Boma
Lunches: 50's PT, BOG(QS credit)
Dinners: Ohana, Liberty Tree Tavern, Hollywood & Vine

Tentative Counter service meals: Caseys, Pinocchios, Backlot express, Yak & Yeti local, Sunshine Seasons

 

[tlovesdis]

I'll play...

December 7-13, 6 nights, two adults, DDP, celebrating my 50th birthday!

Day 1 - we arrive at 430pm, dinner at Paradiso 37 at DS
Day 2 - MK - BOG breakfast, dinner at Peco's Bills
Day 3 - EPCOT - lunch at LeCellier (paying OOP just having beer cheese soup), dinner at Via Napoli
Day 4 - rest day - lunch at EOS and dinner at Homecoming in DS (spending the day at DS, shopping, drinking, people watching and eating)
Day 5 - AK for most of the day, MVMCP that night - lunch at Yak & Yeti (our fave) and dinner at Tony's before the party
Day 6 - HS - lunch at Woody's Lunchbox, dinner at 50's prime time
Day 7 - travel home day, we do't leave until 330pm, having lunch at Polite Pig in DS and more shopping! LOL

Thinking about adding the HEA dessert party on MK day, as it is my actual birthday and we aren't doing a fancy dinner or anything, but not sure yet!

 

[looking4themouse2]

Satuli Canteen isn’t open for breakfast anymore

I honestly didn’t know it ever was open for breakfast. It was something available only through the TA we used. It is a buffet breakfast and then a ride on FOP before the park opens to the public

 

[TwinkleKS]

Here is what we have for our annual Christmas week trip:
Ale & Compass
Be Our Guest Lunch
Teppan Edo
Garden Grill (CP)
Spice Road Table
Chef Mickey's (Christmas Day Brunch after Mass)
Mickey's Backyard BBQ
Tiffins
Via Napoli
Sci Fi
Narcoose's
Cape May Cafe
Maria & Enzo's (I may change this ... not sure I want to go to the trouble of going to DS)
San Angel Inn
Beaches & Cream
Ohana

 

[Wild4Walt]

I didn’t think ‘Ohana was open for lunch.

It's a 350p so we call it lunch - it guess we could be 1 of the 1st dinner resizes...

 

[aml3679]

Thanks for everyone's replies. There are just so many places to eat and only so much time. Originally, we had Nine Dragons and Le Cellier on the list but think that the food is just so so although the atmosphere is amazing.

Some of our Favorites

1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian - best breakfast buffet in our opinion
California Grill - make a reservation close to the fireworks going off - AMAZING!
Via Napoli - best pizza
Peco Bills - fast and inexpensive
Yak and Yeti - since we have no been to WDW in five years, one of the best restaurants in Animal Kingdom
Flame Tree BBQ - consistently good
Sci Fi - good but expensive burgers in a cool atmosphere
50's - fun and good comfort food
House of Blues (DS)
Raglan Road brunch or dinner (DS)
Tusker House

We will just have to go over and over so that we can try them all