Ate there for the first time in November, food was okay, nothing to write home about. But the very loud, cafeteria like experience was just not our thing. We won't be back.
I'm with you, the walk from SOG to MK is actually very relaxing. Grabbed a coffee before leaving SOG, and enjoyed the leisurely walk to the MK in the morning.
Possibly. They likely won't open the reservations for your stay before 6am on your 60 day out day, but since Disney seems to randomly change that time with no notice, doesn't hurt to start refreshing at 5am if you are already awake.
I grabbed one for when we are there in November. Had been up for a little over an hour hour sipping at my coffee and started looking periodically beginning around 5am to see if they had opened yet. Something to be said for being an early riser. 🥳
Going to have to go with Living with the Land, one of my must do's. Navi is a beautiful ride, but just too short. Will ride it if the wait isn't too long.
Haven't run into any "haters", but if I did, I wouldn't worry about it. Life is too short to spend any of it worrying about whether other people approve of how I choose to vacation.