ELG13
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OK don't judge..we aren't going until October 2017 ( Monday Oct 2- Sat Oct 7) but ill be starting back to school to finish my grad degree this Aug- May 2017 so I'm trying to get some general planning out of the way now so I don't have to worry about it again until after I graduate. Ill have to make dining reservations before school is done so the more I can plan now the better. There will be 3 adults and 2, possibly 3 kids (if my too cool for Disney 14 yr old step daughter decides to go lol 
). We are staying at ft wilderness in the cabins for 5 nights. The kids will be 6 and 3 yrs old. This is the longest trip we will have done to date so the idea of this many options is overwhelming so I need some help. We will be on the Disney dining plan (1 counter, 1 table, and 2 snacks (its changing in 2017 apparently). We will be driving about 6.5 hrs to the park.
The day we arrive I thought we could hang out at the resort since there is TONS to do there. I cant decide if we should do one of the dinner options there or if kicking it off at chef mickeys would be good? We want to do an early 8 am breakfast at MK the first morning so we don't want that first night to be too long. This is probably the most important reservation for me. Usually when we go DH isn't in any rush to get up and go but this time I really want to get there early one day. We always did when I was younger and thats what all of my memories of Disneyworld are...when main street isn't crowded and you can smell all the wonderful smells!!!! last time we went we got there at ike 10 am(we did MNSSHP the night before until midnight and DD needed to sleep...there was a prade and TONS of people crowding main street so i was a little bummed )
ANYWAYS..... I was between cinderellas royal table ( I know its 2 table service credits but we think the experience is something daughter would like and we figure its on of those things you have to do lol). and Be our guest which I know is not a chratcher meal. Crystal palace i know is an option but Winnie the pooh isn't a show my kids have ever watched. DD knows the characters but she would like the princesses more. Son(who will be 3) go with th flow so it doesnt make a difference.The idea is to start early in the park. We also want our last day to be MK.
We want to do MNSSHP. We did it last year and loved it. We cant decide if we should do EPCOT or AK the day we to MNSSHP. I know the food and wine fest will be going on. My SIL is a big Disney world person and she said we should skip HS since theres not much there. IS AK at night really awesome?
A few places we know we want to eat is chef mickeys and Ohana for dinner. We also really liked 1900 park faire for breakfast when we went several years ago. Since we are in the cabin we have he option of cooking so usig table service credits isn't scary to me. I'm not trying to make our credits stretch every night.
My mom is going as a kind of helper for our son since he will be younger. IF he gets tired and needs to go bac to the room my mom has already said she would do it since she may be in need of a dip in the pool or a nap as well.
I know that I need to have a few options for dinner since reservations go quick. Usually our trips are 3 nights or less so I'm not used to having options!!! Any other tips for the other parks is appreciated. We have been several times but we have always just stuck to MK since they are short trips. Sorry for the long post but TIA!!!!!
). We are staying at ft wilderness in the cabins for 5 nights. The kids will be 6 and 3 yrs old. This is the longest trip we will have done to date so the idea of this many options is overwhelming so I need some help. We will be on the Disney dining plan (1 counter, 1 table, and 2 snacks (its changing in 2017 apparently). We will be driving about 6.5 hrs to the park.The day we arrive I thought we could hang out at the resort since there is TONS to do there. I cant decide if we should do one of the dinner options there or if kicking it off at chef mickeys would be good? We want to do an early 8 am breakfast at MK the first morning so we don't want that first night to be too long. This is probably the most important reservation for me. Usually when we go DH isn't in any rush to get up and go but this time I really want to get there early one day. We always did when I was younger and thats what all of my memories of Disneyworld are...when main street isn't crowded and you can smell all the wonderful smells!!!! last time we went we got there at ike 10 am(we did MNSSHP the night before until midnight and DD needed to sleep...there was a prade and TONS of people crowding main street so i was a little bummed )
ANYWAYS..... I was between cinderellas royal table ( I know its 2 table service credits but we think the experience is something daughter would like and we figure its on of those things you have to do lol). and Be our guest which I know is not a chratcher meal. Crystal palace i know is an option but Winnie the pooh isn't a show my kids have ever watched. DD knows the characters but she would like the princesses more. Son(who will be 3) go with th flow so it doesnt make a difference.The idea is to start early in the park. We also want our last day to be MK.
We want to do MNSSHP. We did it last year and loved it. We cant decide if we should do EPCOT or AK the day we to MNSSHP. I know the food and wine fest will be going on. My SIL is a big Disney world person and she said we should skip HS since theres not much there. IS AK at night really awesome?
A few places we know we want to eat is chef mickeys and Ohana for dinner. We also really liked 1900 park faire for breakfast when we went several years ago. Since we are in the cabin we have he option of cooking so usig table service credits isn't scary to me. I'm not trying to make our credits stretch every night.
My mom is going as a kind of helper for our son since he will be younger. IF he gets tired and needs to go bac to the room my mom has already said she would do it since she may be in need of a dip in the pool or a nap as well.
I know that I need to have a few options for dinner since reservations go quick. Usually our trips are 3 nights or less so I'm not used to having options!!! Any other tips for the other parks is appreciated. We have been several times but we have always just stuck to MK since they are short trips. Sorry for the long post but TIA!!!!!
