Time to start getting serious about choices

[SunniKC]

We can make our ADR's on the 22nd so I think its time to start narrowing it down. We will have the dining plan (The mid one, not QS or deluxe) for 7 nights. So that means 7 TS credits right? This trip will be to celebrate my daughter's high school graduation and 18th birthday(but also in this year my son turns 16 and we celebrate 20 years of marriage). Will be there at the end of the Flower and Garden and I know they have the outdoor kitchens but don't know much about it. I'm shooting for 1 TS a day but would consider a 2 TS and doing QS only on our 'off park' day when we plan to visit DS and pool or drive to the beach or Universal (only the last if I can't talk my husband into adding 2 nights at a cheaper option closer to U).
So far I KNOW my daughter has a must have: O'Hana breakfast -- she is a HUGE Lilo and Stitch fan
She also wants the kitchen sink (but may talk her into the smaller at MK so far she is insistent on B&C but just for dessert)
Also she has said Sanaa for her animal loving brother (and myself) and maybe Sci Fi for her dad.
From there??
Garden Grove for Chip and Dale?? (my son's fav characters)
Tusker House breakfast?
Be Our Guest breakfast or lunch??(she loves Alice and Mary poppins but also would like charming)
1900 Park Fare breakfast or dinner?? If we did B we'd shoot for our checkout day or free day.
Fantasmic Dining package? Yay or Nay?


On our only other big vacay we did Liberty Tree, Crystal Palace, 50's Prime Time, Biergarten (which my kids would do again especially since they toured Germany this past summer) and C
So we are looking at different options this round.

 

[DisneyFansInNYC]

Sounds like a great trip.

I wouldn't waste a TS on B&C. You can get a late reservation to go just for dessert and pay OOP. We love the kitchen sink.
I think you mean Garden Grill in EPCOT. They have Chip and Dale. We love Garden Grill for lunch or dinner. Chip and Dale are so much fun. The Garden Grove is in the Swan.

At AK - We love Sanaa but also LOVE LOVE LOVE Boma. The food at both are good but Boma is a buffet and the food is delicious. Then you can go see the animals after.

We also enjoy Tusker House - but love Boma much better for breakfast.

At HS - we have done the Fantasmic Dining package because we wanted to do Hollywood and Vine to see Minnie - it was very good. But mostly we don't do the package and never have a problem getting into Fantasmic. We enjoy Sci Fi and 50s Prime Time.

At MK - we enjoy BOG for lunch. Dinner is good too but don't love the food (that is my opinion - our kids love the dinner food - it is good and nice to meet the Beast - which you don't meet during lunch. It is a nice restaurant.

We also enjoyed the new Skipper's Canteen. Another great restaurant in MK is the Plaza. You can't make a reservation - it was nice to be able to walk up and get a table within 20 minutes.

We love 1900 Park Fare for any meal but the Step mother and step sisters are great at dinner.

I have never eaten breakfast at Ohana - but heard it is good. We love Kona for breakfast - absolutely delicious but no Lilo and Stitch.

I hope this helps a little. Enjoy your trip.

 

[Clarissa McDaniel]

Definitely recommend Garden Grill. It is a perfect place to meet Chip and Dale. Mickey and Pluto also meet. The food is tasty and is served family style all you can it. It is a can't miss for me.

I recommend the Fantasmic package so you don't have to get in line super early. Still need to be headed into Fantasmic at least 30 min prior to show time. I like Mama Melrose for the Fantasmic package. You'll get an appetizer, entree, and dessert sampler.

Sci-Fi is a fun atmosphere to eat in. Make sure to request a car when checking in. There are some picnic tables that just aren't as fun as a car table.

I would skip Be Our Guest. The food isn't very good in my opinion. It is a neat atmosphere though and the only place to meet the Beast (dinner only).

Beaches and Cream has a walk up counter for ice cream. Not sure if you can order the kitchen sink there but you might check.

 

[growingupdis]

Sanaa is my favourite restaurant on property, its a fantastic choice and you can't go wrong with any of the food!

You also mentioned possibly doing a 2TS credit meal. If you do go this route I can't recommend Hoop De Do Musical Review (a dinner show) highly enough! A roaring good time for the entire family with good food and excellent entertainment.

Fantastic Dining Package - Yay! Like the previous poster said, it is worth it not to stand in line early. I'd also recommend Mama Melrose as the place to book for that.

1900 PF is so much fun as far as character meals go, the step sisters are a riot.

BOG for lunch is something my family has enjoyed on past visits with much less of a headache trying to get reservations. You still get to see the amazing theming inside the castle and there are still plenty of meal options.

In terms of Flower and Garden, can't help you out at all. I'll be visiting during the festival for the first time as well in the spring and hope to try as many outdoor kitchens as possible! I believe a lot of the menu items can be purchased for snack credits on the dining plan. Just look for the DDP logo next to the item on the menu!

 

[SunniKC]

Oops lol yeah I meant Grill---I have a sheet with all the ones I'd like to do and my daughter has a sheet for her must haves...the boys could really care less just as long as they get fed.
I'm really considering doing both breakfast and dinner at PF simply because she can't decide---or just seeing what is available and go from there.
She thinks she has figured out what days to go where and I told her maybe we should decide that based on when we can get ADR's lol. We are doing 2 days at MK and 1 at each of the other 3 parks then one free day.
I've been looking at the Skipper Canteen as a possible too. As for the 2 TS I was kinda thinking of maybe one of the places with a view of fireworks. Beaches and Cream we would do a res but yeah, only would do dessert there. I had almost ruled out H&V because I'd forgotten about the seasonal Minnie (was thinking just the characters for littles).

 

[kimwoje]

We will be there the same week, although only Monday - Friday. Then we leave for our first Disney Cruise on the Dream! Working on finalizing my plans as well. I am planning on Epcot for our arrival day, with no ADR and eating around the F&G kitchens. Definitely planning on Ohana for breakfast and also for dinner, BOG for lunch on our MK day, Boathouse and San Angel Inn. Would love to try Sanaa but DH wanted Boathouse instead. Also attempting PPO at H&V for the first time to hopefully get signed up for Jedi Training early!

 

[ArielSRL]

We are going a couple of weeks after you (June 3rd...ADR day is Dec 5th). We are planning to do a lot of what you mentioned. We are planning 'Ohana breakfast, BOG lunch, Sanaa dinner, Garden Grill breakfast. We have done BOG lunch before and have heard good things on the others. This past June, we did Tusker House breakfast and loved it. We have done 1900 Park Fare in the past and loved it. We did the Fantasmic package at Hollywood and Vine in June because it costs the same 1 credit with our dining plan, so I recommend it on the DDP. We have done Sci-Fi, as well, and liked it but haven't been back in awhile.

 

[SunniKC]

I am pretty much set on Sanaa for dinner (will do that the day we do AK most likely). I am considering now (I know make up my mind lol) doing a 2TS the night we check in and doing California Grill or Narcoosee's for the fireworks view --or maybe because I've read good things about 'Ohana dinner maybe there where we could even dine earlier and move out to the beach. We are staying 7 nights but only doing 5 days in the parks (one day we will be either heading to the gulf or doing Universal (although I'm trying to talk my husband into extending our stay and staying a couple more nights--but that would be off property--so we can do 2 days at U).