Two last questions before we jump on the plane - itinerary and dinner ?

[DisneyWithTot]

Thanks for all your help so far! I do have two questions now before we leave today -

1) If we do MM on Sunday and line up by 6:40am is doing Peter Pan, then Dumbo, then Nemo feasible in that order? Is it possible to be done by 8:20am if we do those three rides to go onto further rides in Fantasyland? The kids really want to see Nemo and I think they will be very upset if we don't do it in the morning, but I don't want to blow the entire MM on it. I want us to be able to get into a few other rides before Nemo if possible.

2) For our dinner tonight I made Priority Seating reservations at two places: Storyteller's Cafe in GCH and Naples in DTD. I've read mixed reviews on both these places and I don't want to regret my decision since we will be tired from the flight and neither place is cheap. Which would you recommend? We are checking into the GCH tonight before dinner.

Thanks!

 

[Kayla's Mom]

I think you can get Peter Pan and Dumbo done very quickly if you are near the front of the line. When we were a few of the first people on PP, we were still able to walk right on Dumbo after. I don't think it took more than 15 minutes for us to ride both. I can't help with Nemo though, the only time we ever rode that was during the day when we saw it was only a 20 minute wait.

We have never eaten at Storytellers, but have eaten at Naples twice. The only reason we went back to Naples the second time is because it was free. IMO Naples was not that good.

 

[SaraK]

I'm not sure why you'd arrive at 6:40 because I think MM doesn't open until 8:00. But...I could be wrong.

We didn't eat at Storytellers, but did eat at Naples and liked it. DS had the chicken and corn on the cob from the kids menu. Dh and I shared a caesar salad and BBQ chicken pizza. With all that and drinks our bill was around $50.

 

[cruise cruise cruise]

I would arrive a bit closer to 6:30, but that may just be my opinion.
Yes you could easily do PP, Dumbo and Nemo by 8:20. I would say PP and Dumbo should take no more than 20 mins, if you are one of the first few on PP. Then head to Nemo, which I am guessing will have about 30 min wait. all in all, should be done by 8. Yes, it will use up all of your MM time though.
But, if these 3 rides are your priorities, then so what if it used up MM time.
By the way, if you will also be at the parks on tuesday, you will have another MM available to you.

 

[cruise cruise cruise]

Forgot o reply about dinner.
I have not eaten at Storytellers, so can not comment on that one.
We at at Naples 2 times on our last trip. The first time we were STARVING and it was the first restraunt we came to that had a menu of interest to us. We thought the food was pretty good (had pasta dishes) and thought the pizza looked really good. We went back a few days later for pizza and thought it was just OK.
You may want to head to Naples, just for an excuse to get into DTD and out of the hotel.

 

[Barbday62]

I like Naples now. We normally get Pizza (have gotten it about 4 or 5 times)but one time got pasta and thought it was good too. I have been to Story Tellers and did the buffet (After my daughter and I ran the half marathon) I like Naples better.

 

[bumbershoot]

It does look like MM this Sunday starts at 7. I too would get there more along the lines of 6:30 just to make sure I'm right towards the front of a line.

If you will be there further into the week, I would do the Fantasyland stuff on one day, and Nemo on another. You can choose which one to do during a MM, and then leave the other to just be first in a line another NON-MM morning. There are more people to compete with on a non-MM morning, but it's not that much worse. Just don't plan on doing one of them on a MM morning when you do not have MM!

 

[DisneyWithTot]

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. We actually got in a little earlier than we anticipated and wound up doing the buffet at Storytellers for dinner. Hubby thought it was a $19 buffet, not a $27 one, but we loved the corn chowder and the cornbread and bread pudding. Everything else tasted good but not outstanding. Service was good there - it was pretty busy which may have helped - so it was not the horror show I'd read in some reviews. Yes it was overpriced but we were happy given we expected it so it turned out as well as I'd hoped.

Today we decided to go for broke and we did as I planned for MM. Nemo took less than 10 minutes to load after we did Peter Pan and Dumbo. We also lined up at 6:40am and were fine. We were done with all three rides right before 8am. We then went straight on Autopia which took less than 10 min without a fastpass, walked onto Astro Blasters (also without a Fastpass) in less than 5 min, did the same with Pirates of the Caribbean, Small World, and Jungle Cruise. We explored Tarzan's Treehouse, the adults used the child swap to ride Indiana Jones and DD rode the teacups 3 times, we ate at Cafe Orleans, and are just too pooped right now so are back at the hotel room resting.

When I left at about 2:30pm, accd'g to the information booth, Nemo's wait time was about 20min long and Pirates was less than 5 min. Not too bad for a Sunday. Guess we got a little lucky with everything!

 

[QueenDoOver]

You sure did! I love off season

 

[cruise cruise cruise]

Sounds like a GREAT morning and I am glad you enjoyed your dinner last night

 

[DisneyWithTot]

You sure did! I love off season

OMG I now know I love off season too! We're taking a break after Goofy's Kitchen and DCA this morning. We were able to jump on Grizzly Run @ around noon within 5 minutes (no fastpass), our friends went after us and waited under 10 min. We did Toy Story Mania at a little after 10:00 am and waited in line about 10 minutes. It was awesome. We did Mickey's big ferris wheel in under 5 minutes. We got on the Golden Zephyr with no wait at all!

I will make sure next time we come it's off season like this time was. We just got really lucky because this is when our friends decided to go and they had never been before either.