Emma_B_321
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Hi guys
So my boyfriend and I will be visiting Disney for the first time ever this September/October coming, and I'm now trying to decide which restaurants we should treat ourselves to once we're there!
A bit of background first - we are both from the UK but are currently in Australia on our trip of a lifetime, where we've been living and working in Sydney on working holiday visas. We will be leaving Sydney in June and travelling up the East coast for a couple of months, before travelling around New Zealand for 2 weeks, visiting the Cook Islands for 2 weeks, driving around the West Coast of California for around a month, and then finally spending just over a month in Florida (26 nights altogether in Orlando and 7 nights in Miami). Obviously with all of this to take into account we cannot afford to splash out for such a long time without any income, but we know that we will have enough spare money to treat ourselves once in a while (we've been working hard and saving hard here in Sydney!).
We visited Orlando in 2011 but just stayed on International Drive and didn't visit any Disney parks, but really enjoyed all of the other parks. We also went to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and had a BLAST (this is completely our kind of thing - we love all things Halloween/scary/thrilling!), and will be doing this again this year for sure! We have therefore split our stay in Orlando into two - 12 nights doing Disney parks and 14 nights for all of the others. We already have our tickets which include a 14 night ultimate ticket for Disney, Discovery Cove Ultimate ticket to cover Seaworld, Aquatica and Busch Gardens, and a 14 night 3 park ticket for Universal, IOA and Wet N Wild (the only park outside of Disney that we didn't visit last time), which we bought online and then had my parents mail over here!
We have booked 12 nights at Disney's All-Star Music resort (
) which I am EXTREMELY excited about! We were going to stay in one of the cheaper hotels around the Lake Buena Vista area, but after finding a great deal on Expedia for only around $20 per night extra to stay on Disney property, made the very swift decision that staying onsite would be completely worth that $260! I am a huge Disney fan and had aallll of the films which I would watch religiously as a kid (and still do!), and my siblings and I would beg our parents every year to take us to Disneyworld, but alas it never happened
So now at 24 I am ridiculously excited that I am finally going there! My boyfriend isn't quite as, enthusiastic, lets say - he loves theme parks but wasn't really much of a 'Disney kid' - however I am SURE that he will love it once he's there
For the most part of our stay we will probably be eating at quick-service restaurants to save a bit of money, however we've decided to treat ourselves to 3 evening meals at table-service restaurants and now need some opinions on the 3 that we should choose to visit - there are sooo many to choose from! We probably can't really afford to go to the top-range restaurants such as Victoria and Alberts - although it looks amazing, we don't even have the right clothes packed with us to visit there, and it is definitely way out of our budget!
So, if you have survived that essay and are still reading (! ) - my question to you is: what would you recommend as the 3 places that we eat at? We're not particularly fussy eaters and will try anything so any cuisine is fine.
Also, any other general tips or suggestions for our stay in Orlando would be welcome and very much appreciated!
Many thanks in advance!
So my boyfriend and I will be visiting Disney for the first time ever this September/October coming, and I'm now trying to decide which restaurants we should treat ourselves to once we're there!
A bit of background first - we are both from the UK but are currently in Australia on our trip of a lifetime, where we've been living and working in Sydney on working holiday visas. We will be leaving Sydney in June and travelling up the East coast for a couple of months, before travelling around New Zealand for 2 weeks, visiting the Cook Islands for 2 weeks, driving around the West Coast of California for around a month, and then finally spending just over a month in Florida (26 nights altogether in Orlando and 7 nights in Miami). Obviously with all of this to take into account we cannot afford to splash out for such a long time without any income, but we know that we will have enough spare money to treat ourselves once in a while (we've been working hard and saving hard here in Sydney!).
We visited Orlando in 2011 but just stayed on International Drive and didn't visit any Disney parks, but really enjoyed all of the other parks. We also went to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and had a BLAST (this is completely our kind of thing - we love all things Halloween/scary/thrilling!), and will be doing this again this year for sure! We have therefore split our stay in Orlando into two - 12 nights doing Disney parks and 14 nights for all of the others. We already have our tickets which include a 14 night ultimate ticket for Disney, Discovery Cove Ultimate ticket to cover Seaworld, Aquatica and Busch Gardens, and a 14 night 3 park ticket for Universal, IOA and Wet N Wild (the only park outside of Disney that we didn't visit last time), which we bought online and then had my parents mail over here!
We have booked 12 nights at Disney's All-Star Music resort (
For the most part of our stay we will probably be eating at quick-service restaurants to save a bit of money, however we've decided to treat ourselves to 3 evening meals at table-service restaurants and now need some opinions on the 3 that we should choose to visit - there are sooo many to choose from! We probably can't really afford to go to the top-range restaurants such as Victoria and Alberts - although it looks amazing, we don't even have the right clothes packed with us to visit there, and it is definitely way out of our budget!
So, if you have survived that essay and are still reading (! ) - my question to you is: what would you recommend as the 3 places that we eat at? We're not particularly fussy eaters and will try anything so any cuisine is fine.
Also, any other general tips or suggestions for our stay in Orlando would be welcome and very much appreciated!
Many thanks in advance!
We also always have to eat at Rose and Crown also in Epcot. It's English and we actually ate there twice on our last vacation. I also like Boma. I don't think the rest of my family was as impressed as I was though, so I can't say whether it will be to your taste. My mom loves San Angel Inn, which I admit is pretty good (Even though I don't care too much for Mexican food). 
Personally, Id drop it to 11 days and take that extra money and splurge at a signature rest. like Yachtsman or Jiko, but thats just me, I go to disney for the food lol