Very early planning...

[Colleen27]

I've got quite a while before my ADR date, but to soothe the disappointment of postponing the trip and to be sure I have all my indecision and changes out of the way before I book so that I don't find myself trying to make changes later, I've started working on an ADR list now. With the deluxe plan and loads of ADRs, I don't want to hassle with trying to make changes during the FD period. I'll match these to exact dates and balance the park/rest days when park hours come out, but right now I'm just planning by park.

I'd appreciate any opinions or feedback y'all have about my choices. Our group is 3 adults, an 11yo with pretty sophisticated tastes, a 7yo who is more cautious but not really picky, and an 8mo who already prefers sharing from our plates over baby food. The ones in italics are new to us.

Arrival, no park
Artist Point dinner

Magic Kingdom
Liberty Tree Tavern lunch
Narcoosees dinner

EPCOT day 1
Akershus breakfast
Marrakesh dinner

EPCOT day 2
Teppan Edo lunch
Le Cellier dinner (Tutto Italia as a back-up)

DHS
Brown Derby lunch
Flying Fish dinner

AK
Yak & Yeti lunch
Jiko dinner

Waterpark day 1
Kona Cafe dinner

Waterpark day 2
Spirit of Aloha dinner

Resort day
Chef Mickey breakfast (or lunch if they make it available again)
California Grill dinner

Departure day
Grand Floridian Cafe breakfast

 

[RahRah573]

I'm in the very early planning stage too!

From your list, it looks like you aren't close to using all your credits for the deluxe dining plan! With 9-nights you have 27 TS credits per person (except the baby) and you're using only 24....even addng breakfast on waterpark days 1 and 2, you'll still have a credit left.

It doesn't look like you're park hopping....we tend to park hop, spending more time and evenings in Epcot (especially this year since we'll be there for the International Food & Wine Festival!) - for us it's me, my parents and my DS5 (DH stays home since he has to work ).....here is what my tentative list looks like so far and I'll figure out what days are what once park hours are released:

Arrival Day, Offical Check-in, no park
Narcossee's Dinner

Day 1 - Studios
Play & Dine at Hollywood & Vine Lunch
Brown Derby Dinner

Day 2 - Magic Kingdom
Crystal Palace Breakfast (latest seating time)
Fly Fishing Dinner

Day 3 - Animal Kingdom
Tusker House Donald Breakfast (latest seating)
Yachtsman Steakhouse Dinner

Day 4 - Epcot/Magic Kingdom
Akershus Breakfast
Coral Reef Lunch
Liberty Taven Dinner
Halloween Party

Day 5 - Epcot
Tutto Italia Lunch
Le Cellier Dinner

Day 6 - Studios/Epcot
50's Primetime Lunch
Rose & Crown Dinner (late seating, outside, fireworks)

Day 7 - Epcot
Beirgarten Lunch
Artist Point Dinner

Day 8 - Epcot
Le Chefs Lunch
Citricos Dinner

Day 9 - Magic Kingdom
O'Hana Breakfast (latest seating)
Royal Table Dinner

Day 10 - Offical Check-out Day
Sci-Fi Dine-In
California Grill Dinner (8:30 seating for fireworks)

Day 11 - Departure Morning

I'll probably play around some more with this before the 90-day ADR window opens, but for now, this is where I am and it uses all 30 credits per person for table service meals.

 

[brendaziz]

Well I don't think you're planning too early!
i have the same sort of list for our FD trip.

I think everythign u have looks really good and VERY similar to what we're doing. I'm almost positive about upgrading to deluxe but I still dont know if i can bite the bullet!!!

There are literally NO restaurants in your list that i woudl recommend steering away from.

Have a great trip!!!

 

[5boyz]

How far out can you book? Sorry I forget!

 

[RahRah573]

How far out can you book? Sorry I forget!

Last year when I did Disney it was 180-days....apparently they've now set the advanced dining reservation window at 90-days.

 

[5boyz]

Thank you ..... that's what I was affraid of!

 

[Colleen27]

I'm in the very early planning stage too!

From your list, it looks like you aren't close to using all your credits for the deluxe dining plan! With 9-nights you have 27 TS credits per person (except the baby) and you're using only 24....even addng breakfast on waterpark days 1 and 2, you'll still have a credit left.

I know. I did that deliberately because at this point, we don't have any ideas what our flight times will look like. Odds are we'll need lunch either on arrival day or departure day, but I won't be able to plan for that until we have our airfare booked. Once I have a better idea of what arrival and departure days look like, I'll tackle what to do with the credits we don't have ADRs for. I'm kind of hoping to fit in Raglan Road on departure day, but right now there are only 3 airlines flying non-stop Detroit to Orlando so we might not be able to get the flight times I'd prefer.

It doesn't look like you're park hopping....we tend to park hop, spending more time and evenings in Epcot (especially this year since we'll be there for the International Food & Wine Festival!) - for us it's me, my parents and my DS5 (DH stays home since he has to work ).....

We hopped on our last trip, but decided not to bother this time because we're figuring on a slower pace with the baby and the heat. We're probably going to take advantage of evening EMH so that we'll hit the park in the morning, break in the afternoon if/when we start getting too hot, and return after dinner on our busier days. If we decide we want hoppers, we'll add them, but I don't think we'll want to do much hopping with the baby. I do have one more park day on our tickets than I having planned, because I figure DH & I will probably spend the evening at EPCOT on one of our waterpark/free days.

here is what my tentative list looks like so far and I'll figure out what days are what once park hours are released:

Arrival Day, Offical Check-in, no park
Narcossee's Dinner

Day 1 - Studios
Play & Dine at Hollywood & Vine Lunch
Brown Derby Dinner

Day 2 - Magic Kingdom
Crystal Palace Breakfast (latest seating time)
Fly Fishing Dinner

Day 3 - Animal Kingdom
Tusker House Donald Breakfast (latest seating)
Yachtsman Steakhouse Dinner

Day 4 - Epcot/Magic Kingdom
Akershus Breakfast
Coral Reef Lunch
Liberty Taven Dinner
Halloween Party

Day 5 - Epcot
Tutto Italia Lunch
Le Cellier Dinner

Day 6 - Studios/Epcot
50's Primetime Lunch
Rose & Crown Dinner (late seating, outside, fireworks)

Day 7 - Epcot
Beirgarten Lunch
Artist Point Dinner

Day 8 - Epcot
Le Chefs Lunch
Citricos Dinner

Day 9 - Magic Kingdom
O'Hana Breakfast (latest seating)
Royal Table Dinner

Day 10 - Offical Check-out Day
Sci-Fi Dine-In
California Grill Dinner (8:30 seating for fireworks)

Day 11 - Departure Morning

I'll probably play around some more with this before the 90-day ADR window opens, but for now, this is where I am and it uses all 30 credits per person for table service meals.

You have some nice choices there! I'd love to try Crystal Palace, but my two older kids aren't interested in Pooh & friends and my youngest is too young to know who they are, so we decided to leave that for another trip. Ohana breakfast was one of the best character meals we've done so far. Stitch is such fun!