WWYD?

[mummabear]

So our last night on our tickets will be Friday Nov 13th, we will have done 10 parks days plus a MNSSHP and MVMCP (separate from park days). We will still be on site for another 3 days but will be going over to Busch for two of them and SW for the last one. I have beaches and cream booked for a Kitchen sink for our very last night.
We are myself, DH, DD6, DD4 and DD20 months (ages at trip) but on an NZ time zone so later works better for us kids will likely go to bed around midnight.
The park closes at 7pm, my original plan was to do CG at 8pm and watch the fireworks but at 180+10 I couldn't get it and so far am having no luck. Our dining plan expires at midnight that night and I can use up to 2 credits depending on what options we take.
We were talked by a CM into Naracosee's but i'm not really feeling excited about this, the view doesn't look much if any better than poly beach and we are not Seafood eaters, the atmosphere may be a little stuffy for the kids if the payoff (in the case of CG the particular special view) is not worth the hassle.
So I can book:
- MBYBBQ which starts at 5, this is a little early for us to eat (planning on doing dinner usually at 8pm) and we would have to leave the park at 4ish-incl in dining plan
-Pirates and Pals Cruise, which starts at Contemporary at 6pm which means heading out of the park at 5-5:30ish $127
-By another pass for 4 people to a second MVMCP so we can stay late in the park $304.60
-Stick with Naracoosee's

 

[mummabear]

bump

 

[Jfsag123]

With kids those ages and 2 potential dining plan credits left over, I would do the BBQ.

 

[Jennytoon]

If Narcoossee's isn't exciting you, that's an awful lot of money (even if it's only dining credits) to spend on a dinner where there's a decent chance you won't have an great time.

I hear MVMCP is a lot of fun, but unless you think you will have items undone I would keep it special by only doing it once.

I kind of get the impression (perhaps wrongly) that MBYBBQ is something that sounds OK to you and will fill the slot appropriately but wasn't high on your to-do list. I haven't been, but my take from what I've read is that it's fun but not significantly more special than other character meals. Unless you have no other way to use up those credits (and it sounds like you could arrange for them to be gone already by using them earlier), I wouldn't do this. Depending how you feel about the credits, you still might not want to even if it would mean losing them.

The Pirates & Pals is on my to-do list for a future trip. I really think it sounds like fun as well as being a really different way to view the fireworks. It makes an event out of the fireworks, rather than an event that uses up time until the fireworks like the BBQ would be. I would do the P&P.

 

[Daddee]

Same for me. Do the bbq the kids will have a blast or HDDR

 

[Nancyg56]

First, I have to say Narcoosses is not stuffy. I am not pushing you towards this restaurant, but stuffy it is not. We are booked there and my DD would not touch seafood if it bit her, so she will get the pork or chicken.

The view from the porch is really pretty, but it is not the CG. We really love this restaurant, and have it booked as our "special" resort dinner.

The BBQ is fun for most kids. You need to know seating is not reserved, so you have to get there early if you want one of the picnic tables that were close to the "dance floor".

I am not sure I would go to the Party again, although we do love it.

One thing we have not done, and I wish that we had, was Chip and Dale's campfire singalong. Resorts have movies and Fort Wilderness is not exception. Chip and Dale host a campfire Sing-a-long, and you can make smores before the movie. Your kids might like this.


http://www.buildabettermousetrip.com/wdw-outdoor-movie-schedule/

 

[Wood Nymph]

It isn't on your list but have you considered going to Hoop Dee Doo Revue at Fort Wilderness? That would be a lot of fun. MBYBBQ would be fun for your family, too, since your kids are the perfect age for it.

I would think that after ten park days you would be tired of going to MK, so I would skip a second MVMCP.

There are a lot of good restaurants to choose from besides Narcosse's. Since you plan to go to Beaches and Cream for a kitchen sink, why don't you plan to have dinner at one of the Epcot resort area restaurants instead of near the MK?

 

[dprincessmom]

What about the Luau at Poly or HDDR? - You could get later seatings at both I believe and not be out of pocket. Of the options you have listed I would do the BBQ and then maybe take in the movies under the starts at the resort or the Sing A Long with Chip and Dale

 

[sullyfam]

I voted for the BBQ but agree with others who have suggested HDDR. That's always one of our family favorites.

 

[Kathryn777]

I wouldn't want to leave the park early. I would probably take a different dinner res and keep trying for the one I want

 

[DisneyFive]

I would be all over Hoop Dee Doo Review!

Dan

 

[mummabear]

Don't know why it only just occurred to me that we could hop to epcot which would be open until 10 (probably because we were not originally going to buy hoppers but had to for FD) so *lightbulb we could go do ARB but sadly its all booked so another one to continually check to see if a space opens up!