ADR's for October

[LizC]

Hi all!
I have been planning this 10 day trip to WDW for over a year now. It will be my first trip with my kids, so it has been hard to decide which restaurants (if any) to make ADR's at. We still don't know how many we will actually be able to keep, as our kids (boy/girl twins) will be 15mo. old when we are in WDW. This trip will be myself, my husband, our children, the grandparents, my sister, a cousin and my grandfather.

So here are our ADR's so far. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated, as quite a few of them I have never been to.

10/9
Breakfast - Kona Cafe*
Lunch - Tony's Town Square*
Dinner - La Hacienda de San Angel*

10/10
Lunch - Brown Derby* (thinking about trying to switch for Mama Melrose)
Dinner - Via Napoli

10/11
Breakfast - Kouzzina
Dinner - Le Cellier*

10/12
Dinner - Whispering Canyon*

10/13
Lunch - Yak & Yeti* (may cancel this one, they don't take Tables in Wonderland)
Dinner - Ohana*

10/14
Breakfast - Crystal Palace*
Lunch - Coral Reef*
Mixology Seminar

10/15
Culinary Seminar
Dinner - Le Chef's de France* (haven't heard much about this, is it worthwhile? Wanted Bistro de Paris, but it will be closed)

10/16
Breakfast - Tusker House*
Dinner - Sanaa*

10/17
Breakfast - Kona Cafe*
Lunch - Liberty Tree Tavern
Dinner - Rose & Crown

* = place we've never tried before.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[crispy]

I'll be honest, with that many ADRs you are going to be spending a tremendous amount of time in restaurants each day which will probably be difficult with 15 month old twins. When our kids were that age, we needed to go back to the resort each day so they could rest. I would try to cut it down to one possibly two max TS restaurants per day.

I think all your choices are great though, but I would considering cutting some things.

 

[LizC]

I know. I am fully prepared for this to be a very different vacation. Also, some of the ADR's my husband and I will go to alone while my parents take the kids. I had to make a lot because of my grandfather he insists on table service for most meals. He is 101, hard to argue.

 

[rkelly42]

That is a lot of TS meals, is grandfather paying for all those meals?

 

[LizC]

That is a lot of TS meals, is grandfather paying for all those meals?

Umm no he is not.

 

[ThinkTink721]

I see some of our favorites on your list:
Whispering Canyon for dinner
'Ohana for dinner
Tusker House for breakfast

Only eaten at Crystal Palace for dinner, but I hear the breakfast is good too.
Never eaten at Coral Reef, but some people we know said that it is pretty good.
LeCellier for dinner is a good choice too.

 

[mickey&me]

I hope your experience at Tony's is at least a 200% improvement over ours. That may well qualify as the worst meal I've ever eaten at any restaurant, McDonald's included. But it's been a while, so I guess there's hope.

 

[Doctor Facilier]

O'hana for dinner is amazing, definitely one of our favorites. Crystal Palace was also really good for kids, just come a little earlier than your reservations. Coral Reef has a really nice atmosphere, but it was really cold or something when we were there. The food is pretty good, and being able to see all the fish was great. I think these are all good choices ( was deciding between most of them for our next trip) and I hope you have a great trip!

 

[wiigirl]

O'hana for dinner is amazing, definitely one of our favorites. Crystal Palace was also really good for kids, just come a little earlier than your reservations. Coral Reef has a really nice atmosphere, but it was really cold or something when we were there. The food is pretty good, and being able to see all the fish was great. I think these are all good choices ( was deciding between most of them for our next trip) and I hope you have a great trip!

'Ohana is my absolute fav! I recommend it to everyone!

 

[LizC]

I hope your experience at Tony's is at least a 200% improvement over ours. That may well qualify as the worst meal I've ever eaten at any restaurant, McDonald's included. But it's been a while, so I guess there's hope.

This was actually a meal I was considering cancelling, as we have breakfast and dinner ADR's for that day already. Also, we live in NY and I assumed we would be dissapointed by Disney's take on Italian food.

Thanks!

 

[LizC]

O'hana for dinner is amazing, definitely one of our favorites. Crystal Palace was also really good for kids, just come a little earlier than your reservations. Coral Reef has a really nice atmosphere, but it was really cold or something when we were there. The food is pretty good, and being able to see all the fish was great. I think these are all good choices ( was deciding between most of them for our next trip) and I hope you have a great trip!

I am really looking forawrd to O'hana, can't believe I have never been after all our trips!

I will be sure to bring sweaters for the kids for Coral Reef. They love looking at fish so I figured that was a must do.

Thanks for your input, and I hope you enjoy your next trip!

 

[crispy]

This was actually a meal I was considering cancelling, as we have breakfast and dinner ADR's for that day already. Also, we live in NY and I assumed we would be dissapointed by Disney's take on Italian food.

Thanks!

I liked Tony's fine, but if you are usd to authentic Italian you will probably be disappointed. Definitely one to consider canceling.

 

[LizC]

I liked Tony's fine, but if you are usd to authentic Italian you will probably be disappointed. Definitely one to consider canceling.

Well we certainly were not expecting it to be as good as home, but I think I will still cancel. We will try to fit Tony's in next time though, since some people seem to enjoy it. The menu did look good.