Would you delete any of these ADRs?

[Picabo]

We'll be going with a 2 1/2 and almost 4 yr old when we go in early December. First family trip and probably won't make it back to Disney for at least 3-4 yrs. They both are very into princesses right now. And I am planning several buffet/all you can eat places b/c they are both fairly picky about what they'll eat and also the younger one is free at those places.

So here's what I had in mind -- we'll be there 8nts and NOT on the dining plan. So I'm trying to eliminate one or two but can't decide which to get rid of! So any opinions or thoughts?

1900 Park Faire - dinner
Chef Mickey - Bkfst
Ohana - dinner
Kona - dinner
Biergarten - lunch
Akerhaus - Bkfst
Crystal Palace - ??? maybe lunch - but the girls aren't huge Pooh fans
Cape May Cafe - dinner OR Whispering Canyon - dinner

THANKS!!!

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I wouldn't get rid of any of the princess meals since they love princesses. I have all 3 booked for my DD.

If it were ME I would cancel Kona and Biergarten. We really LOVE CP and Cape May breakfast I hear is delicious.

 

[Picabo]

I wouldn't get rid of any of the princess meals since they love princesses. I have all 3 booked for my DD.

If it were ME I would cancel Kona and Biergarten. We really LOVE CP and Cape May breakfast I hear is delicious.

I went to CP with my best friend in 2000 and we LOOOOVVED it! (Both the food and seeing Pooh/Tigger, etc!)

Biergarten....kind of tossing that in there for DH plus it looks so stinkin' good! And Kona - why would you cancel that (just curious)? Is the food not great there? They seem to be one of the only places that has seared tuna and that is DH's all time favorite thing so that's why I threw that in there. But now that you mention it - nothing there stands out to me as a "must have".

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I went to CP with my best friend in 2000 and we LOOOOVVED it! (Both the food and seeing Pooh/Tigger, etc!)

Biergarten....kind of tossing that in there for DH plus it looks so stinkin' good! And Kona - why would you cancel that (just curious)? Is the food not great there? They seem to be one of the only places that has seared tuna and that is DH's all time favorite thing so that's why I threw that in there. But now that you mention it - nothing there stands out to me as a "must have".

The food at Biergarten doesn't look appetizing to me. Also I don't like sharing tables with my kids. They can get crazy at times.

I've never been to Kona but I would scratch that before the others (especially since I have ADR's for all of them coming up ). I'm biased I guess!! I have ADR's for all the ones you have listed except Biergarten, Cape May and Kona. My BFF went to Cape May breakfast THREE times on her last trip. She loved it that much.

We thought about going to Kona for the Tonga Toast but we can get that to go from Captain Cooks.

 

[MissionMouse]

...both are very into princesses right now...fairly picky...one is free ...I'm trying to eliminate one or two ...any opinions or thoughts?

1900 Park Faire - dinner
Chef Mickey - Bkfst
Ohana - dinner
Kona - dinner
Biergarten - lunch
Akerhaus - Bkfst
Crystal Palace - ??? maybe lunch - but the girls aren't huge Pooh fans
Cape May Cafe - dinner OR Whispering Canyon - dinner THANKS!!!

I am considering you have two little princesses like we do...personally a do not think you need to pick so many buffets even with picky eaters but if this is what you want..its OK.

Ohana is one we would drop. Ohana is over hyped and I perceived it continues to thrive due to its past reputation of long ago combined with a new TS patron group using the DDP. This place is normally very crowded with poor service. There are also some very undesirable dining locations located next to the lounge/bar. We are also not keen on food servers (drones) dropping and tossing bowls onto our table, without saying a word and rushing away. This is how your non-meat meal components arrive to your table. If you say you have dined at Ohana before your waiter/waitress will truncate your experience and we found that our waitress disappeared until dessert and bill time. It also appeared that one way Disney is controlling cost is not to grill steak (or other meat) in adequate amounts and ask you if you would like some as they are also serving you dessert. This place has lost most of its former polynesian charm due to streamlining it for dining plans and cost cutting efforts.

Kona is one of the few places at PR worth eating at...

We also would not consider Whispering Canyon due again to very poor service and food preparation. This places comic gimmicks is also the source of one of its major service issues. Some guest arrive with checklist to ensure they cover all the jokes and gags they have heard about..combined with excessive drinking. From our experience it appears Disney caters to this behavior since these increase their profit margins. Your waiter/waitress will be consumed by these tables while many other tables go ignored, as we observed. Food preparation is highlighted by highly salted foods...of course salt and fat are normally tactics used by restaurants to make tastless foods more appealing. At bill time our waitress appeared and brough out a lot of milk shakes that we perceived had been staged to perform a gag at our table but never occurred since we was catering to the one table of drunks and her other six table continue to give her the eye in attempt to at least get drink refills. This was at lunch too.

 

[Picabo]

I am considering you have two little princesses like we do...personally a do not think you need to pick so many buffets even with picky eaters but if this is what you want..its OK.

Ohana is one we would drop. Ohana is over hyped and I perceived it continues to thrive due to its past reputation of long ago combined with a new TS patron group using the DDP. This place is normally very crowded with poor service. There are also some very undesirable dining locations located next to the lounge/bar. We are also not keen on food servers (drones) dropping and tossing bowls onto our table, without saying a word and rushing away. This is how your non-meat meal components arrive to your table. If you say you have dined at Ohana before your waiter/waitress will truncate your experience and we found that our waitress disappeared until dessert and bill time. It also appeared that one way Disney is controlling cost is not to grill steak (or other meat) in adequate amounts and ask you if you would like some as they are also serving you dessert. This place has lost most of its former polynesian charm due to streamlining it for dining plans and cost cutting efforts.

Kona is one of the few places at PR worth eating at...

We also would not consider Whispering Canyon due again to very poor service and food preparation. This places comic gimmicks is also the source of one of its major service issues. Some guest arrive with checklist to ensure they cover all the jokes and gags they have heard about..combined with excessive drinking. From our experience it appears Disney caters to this behavior since these increase their profit margins. Your waiter/waitress will be consumed by these tables while many other tables go ignored, as we observed. Food preparation is highlighted by highly salted foods...of course salt and fat are normally tactics used by restaurants to make tastless foods more appealing. At bill time our waitress appeared and brough out a lot of milk shakes that we perceived had been staged to perform a gag at our table but never occurred since we was catering to the one table of drunks and her other six table continue to give her the eye in attempt to at least get drink refills. This was at lunch too.

Thanks for the honest reviews! And you know, now that you mention it - Ohana probably could easily be dropped. Guess I just automatically put it on my list since we are staying there. But all in all I'd probably rather do Kona than Ohana - I know hubby would love the tuna there!
And yes, the antics at Whispering Canyon is exactly why I'm hesitant to go there. Not sure we'd enjoy that aspect of things.

 

[brendaziz]

Well I'll tell you waht I woudl def keep.
1900 park fare (stepsisters are SO fun! make sure they watch cinderella a few times b4 the trip!)
Akerhaus
Chef Mickeys

Everythign else I would just base it on what you like. Just look at the other ones and pick a few that you'd LOVE. I personally was not crazy about CP except that I loved the characters. But I agree htat keeping buffets b/c your youngest one is free is very economical.

Hope u guys have fun!!

 

[KatMark]

Personally, I'd choose Cape May Cafe over WCC any day. We ate at WCC in September and found the service horrible and the food way overrated (and there was not much in the way of the antics every one talks about).

 

[AlohaPolynesian]

2 things:

1) If you're hesitant to do WCC because of the antics, don't be. We weren't part of the antics at ALL! It kind of disappointed me because the food was terrible so I assume it's one of those "well the food is gross but the atmosphere makes up for it" places. But we had no good food, and no fun antics.

2) Don't skip dinner at Ohana. I almost did the first time I went there. I loved it! My favorite restaurant in all of WDW.

 

[tiggerunner]

Biergarten if you want close to authentic food. The music was fun, but not worth the time or money for the food.

 

[ROEDISNEY]

They all look good.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

And you know, now that you mention it - Ohana probably could easily be dropped. Guess I just automatically put it on my list since we are staying there.

Don't drop Ohana....just make it a breakfast reservation instead.

This was HANDS DOWN our favourite character meal of our January trip (and we did 5 character meals altogether). If *I* were staying at the Poly, I would book breakfast here every day (no joke!!). We loved it that much!!!

As for Crystal Palace, that was another winner for us. Dinner was GREAT, characters were excellent, and it was sooooo convenient to eat right at MK.

We also thoroughly enjoyed 1900 Park Fare and Chef Mickeys, so I would keep those too.

Enjoy your trip.

 

[MickeyNicki]

I would get rid of 1900 PF, we went last month and loved the characters but the food was horrible and we all left hungry....the chefs have a very heavy hand with the salt and nothing else

 

[Colleen27]

We'll be going with a 2 1/2 and almost 4 yr old when we go in early December. First family trip and probably won't make it back to Disney for at least 3-4 yrs. They both are very into princesses right now. And I am planning several buffet/all you can eat places b/c they are both fairly picky about what they'll eat and also the younger one is free at those places.

So here's what I had in mind -- we'll be there 8nts and NOT on the dining plan. So I'm trying to eliminate one or two but can't decide which to get rid of! So any opinions or thoughts?

1900 Park Faire - dinner
Chef Mickey - Bkfst
Ohana - dinner
Kona - dinner
Biergarten - lunch
Akerhaus - Bkfst
Crystal Palace - ??? maybe lunch - but the girls aren't huge Pooh fans
Cape May Cafe - dinner OR Whispering Canyon - dinner

THANKS!!!

Hmmm... with your kids ages, I'd definitely keep Chef Mickey and Akershus, to cover the important characters. You can't beat character interaction without lines!

I'd switch Ohana to breakfast. That's one of the best character meals we've done.

I'd keep Kona, for you & your DH. They have excellent food and with all the buffets you have planned, a sitdown meal will be a nice break!

I'd probably skip Cape May/Whispering Canyon, just because of all the ADRs you have listed, those are the least special/unique IMO.

The others I don't have any experience with. I hear good things about Biergarten but the menu doesn't appeal to me so we've never gone. 1900 Park Fare was good when we went, but that was before the menu change and since my princess has no interest in the stepsisters, we haven't been recently. And like you we don't have any Pooh fans, so we haven't done Crystal Palace.

 

[Picabo]

For those who recommend Ohana at bkfst...do you recommend it even if your kids don't like Lilo and Stitch? I've tried to get mine to watch the movie several times and they have NO interest at all. So not sure how they'd feel about bkfst there. Is the food worth it if you don't care about the characters??

Melanie

 

[beroh2253]

We loved the breakfast at the Crystal Palace and as you can see DW liked the characters.

 

[lou7401]

We've eaten at all those places and I'd immediately cross of Whispering Canyon. Not funny and the food was very disappointing. I'd get rid of Ohana just because I've been there many times and I think it's gone downhill over the years. 1900 Park fare is good for breakfast, but I wouldn't go there for dinner.

The rest:

1900 Park Faire - dinner - great atmosphere, mediocre food
Chef Mickey - Bkfst - same
Ohana - dinner - wonderful atmosphere, the fireworks, the games! - bad food
Kona - dinner - GREAT food, but not a 'fun' place for kids
Biergarten - lunch - good overall, fun, average food
Akerhaus - Bkfst - haven't had breakfast here
Crystal Palace - ??? maybe lunch - but the girls aren't huge Pooh fans - great atmosphere, OK food for a buffet
Cape May Cafe - dinner OR Whispering Canyon - dinner THANKS!!! - CM=above average food for a buffet, nice atmosphere.

Personally I plan our meals depending on what we are doing park-wise that day