Which Restaurants to Book First?

[shaycamp21]

We will be a party of 6 so I know with a larger party it may be more challenging to snag some of the ADRs. We are staying on property July 31 - Aug 10 (& have the DDP) so will be able to book everything once our window opens. I am just wondering which to prioritize in booking first and if my itinerary makes sense:

(Thurs) Day 1- Check in, relax at pool then DS shopping: Homecomin' (dinner)*
(Fri) Day 2- MK : CRT (lunch) * this could be swapped with our last day since we will do MK 2x as I know CRT is hard to get
(Sat) Day 3- No Park Day: Ohana (character breakfast--hoping for a later time like after 10am)* this is a our biggest priority meal as kiddos are huge Stitch fans
(Sun) Day 4- AK : Yak & Yeti (lunch)
(Mon) Day 5- BB or TL: Boma (dinner)
(Tues) Day 6- Ep: Via Napoli (dinner)
(Wed) Day 7- HS: Hollywood & Vine Fantasmic package * thinking lunch because I remember before getting a crazy early dinner time like 3:40 pm -- but does that mean lunch is at 10am lol?
(Thurs) Day 8- BB or TL: No TS
(Fri) Day 9- *1900 Park Fare (dinner)

*I am also debating whether to begin our trip with dinner at 1900 Park Fare instead of Homecomin' since we are going with friends who have never been to WDW and have a daugher who is an Encanto fan? My thinking is we will likely be tired from travelling on our first day so it would be more low key to just do a dinner than to do dinner and shoping in Disney Springs (we could move the Disney Springs shopping to the Sat--and just do a CS dinner at DS and move the Homecomin' dinner to day 8).

Hopefully this makes sense--in my rather chaotic mind it does lol--but would appreciate any input or advice.

 

[pixiedust33]

We will be a party of 6 so I know with a larger party it may be more challenging to snag some of the ADRs. We are staying on property July 31 - Aug 10 (& have the DDP) so will be able to book everything once our window opens. I am just wondering which to prioritize in booking first and if my itinerary makes sense:

(Thurs) Day 1- Check in, relax at pool then DS shopping: Homecomin' (dinner)*
(Fri) Day 2- MK : CRT (lunch) * this could be swapped with our last day since we will do MK 2x as I know CRT is hard to get
(Sat) Day 3- No Park Day: Ohana (character breakfast--hoping for a later time like after 10am)* this is a our biggest priority meal as kiddos are huge Stitch fans
(Sun) Day 4- AK : Yak & Yeti (lunch)
(Mon) Day 5- BB or TL: Boma (dinner)
(Tues) Day 6- Ep: Via Napoli (dinner)
(Wed) Day 7- HS: Hollywood & Vine Fantasmic package * thinking lunch because I remember before getting a crazy early dinner time like 3:40 pm -- but does that mean lunch is at 10am lol?
(Thurs) Day 8- BB or TL: No TS
(Fri) Day 9- *1900 Park Fare (dinner)

*I am also debating whether to begin our trip with dinner at 1900 Park Fare instead of Homecomin' since we are going with friends who have never been to WDW and have a daugher who is an Encanto fan? My thinking is we will likely be tired from travelling on our first day so it would be more low key to just do a dinner than to do dinner and shoping in Disney Springs (we could move the Disney Springs shopping to the Sat--and just do a CS dinner at DS and move the Homecomin' dinner to day 8).

Hopefully this makes sense--in my rather chaotic mind it does lol--but would appreciate any input or advice.

I think the only thing you might have a problem getting is CRT on day 2. If it works for your plans, I’d just go ahead and move that later in your trip or be prepared to pivot quickly morning of. Then I would do Ohana, followed by Yak and Yeti and move in date order. Most should be easy enough to pick up at a less busy time of year and towards the end of a long trip. I easily snagged Boma, Hollywood and Vine and 1900 park fare (the latter at less than 60 days after changing my mind) and this was for last week/spring break.