To plan sit down meals or not?

[tigger334]

There are 7 of us going the week of Thanksgiving. We only have 2 ADR's that week and they are for breakfast. I am doing all the planning and my BIL & SIL say that is really all they want. They don't want to have to go by a schedule. Well, my husband and I don't want to eat CS all week. So what do you guys think? Am I being crazy to want to try and schedule 1 sit down meal a day? If they are planned right it isn't a big deal!

 

[Mickiethepooh]

You will be lucky to get the ADR's for that week at this point unless early in the week. No you are not being crazy and you can always cancel if you decide to do something different but you cannot walk up and be seated if you don't have ADR's or it is very unlikely, so book them, the relatives may be very glad you did in the end. Or make them for you and your husband and tell them to go make their own dining arrangements.

 

[n2mm]

Good luck. It won't hurt to try to make some ADRs for 7 and not tell anyone. I bet you will use some of them too. I agree about the CS meals. After a day of them, I need a real meal. Good luck getting some ADRs for your party size. Post back to let us know how you did.

 

[MickeyNicki]

There are some awesome CS places that serve very different food so you should be ok.

We are going next month and DH said no dinner ressies (except for the one Le Cellier I snagged at 45 days out). We do have all breakfast ressies (that is his fav meal of the day) and between the CS places and the F&W we should be ok on dinners.

WPE in DTD has a huge menu
Epcot has a ton of great CS places
MK has Cosmic Rays which offers alot of choices

Have a great time!

 

[disneyfan55]

There are 7 of us going the week of Thanksgiving. We only have 2 ADR's that week and they are for breakfast. I am doing all the planning and my BIL & SIL say that is really all they want. They don't want to have to go by a schedule. Well, my husband and I don't want to eat CS all week. So what do you guys think? Am I being crazy to want to try and schedule 1 sit down meal a day? If they are planned right it isn't a big deal!

You didn't say if you have the meal plan, if so, YES plan all. If you don't and think you want to eat someplace, I would make the reservation. Many buy the plan and restaurants book up. I found out the hard way. We booked an end of Sept week in WDW with the free meal plan and found it VERY difficult to get reservations anyplace we wanted plus some of the times are either very early or very late. I realize the meal plan free offer won't be then, but if you want a special restaurant and at a reasonable time, make reservations. You can always cancel them if you change your mind. Have fun!!

 

[Praying Colonel]

IMHO a person who wants to go to WDW during a busy time of the year and doesn't want to go by a schedule is setting themselves up for disappointment. The UG crowd calendar estimates crowds during Thanksgiving week at a 9, with 10 being the highest. That being the case, they can go with a schedule and eat at TS restaurants that they will enjoy (hopefully--you're already very much behind the power curve on getting ADR's scheduled), or they can go without a schedule and go with something they almost certainly won't enjoy, either from a quality or convenience standpoint. I don't think they can have it both ways.

 

[disnut8]

Be brutally honest with your in-laws and tell them that you and your husband don't feel comfortable touring Disney World that way. It's fine for what they want but it's not what you want. There are two families on this vacation. It doesn't make sense to make yourself miserable when you can easily make your reservations for two. Just tell the in-laws that's what you are doing and they will be on their own for their meals that aren't planned together. If they don't like it, tough. It's YOUR vacation too.