Oh the dining inhumanity, help me please!

Joshua&CalebDad

Joshua&CalebDad

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According to the Disney website my family and I are 151 days from our vacation, yay! Three adults (me, DW, and DMIL) and two children (sons 5 and 3). Since before the 180 day mark, I have been slowly putting together our Dining Plan; we are on the Plus Dining Plan. Every few days I look at it and make a tweek here or there. The latest was on Tuesday when they released the Candlelight Processional Packages. I had been wanting to eat at Le Cellier because of all the goodness spread by the foodies but at the 180 day mark could not make reservations due to them blocking out the times for the Candlelight Processional. But I digress, point is I need some unbiased help from my fellow Disney nuts. :D

Here is the overall game plan:

Sunday - arrive around noon and hit MVMCP at 4 pm

Monday - AK in the AM, MK in the PM (morning is flexible)

Tuesday - free day, relax and unwind

Wednesday -HS in the AM, EPCOT in the PM (morning is flexible)

Thursday - free day, relax and unwind

Friday - MK in the AM through mid afternoon, and EPCOT till midnight.



Here are the dining plans (everything is new for us with the exception of Trail's End, too good to pass up):

Sunday - Late Lunch/Early Dinner (QS, not sure where but hopefully somewhere in MK)

Monday - Breakfast (TS, Tusker House when park opens), Lunch/Dinner - (QS maybe back in MK)

Tuesday - Lunch (Beaches and Cream), Dinner (TS, Trails End or Ohana's - not sure which)

Wednesday - Breakfast (TS, Tusker House when park opens), Lunch (TS, Le Cellier)

Thursday - Lunch (QS, Wolfgang Puck Express), Dinner (TS, Trails End or Ohana's - not sure which)

Friday - Breakfast (TS, Crystal Palace), Dinner (QS, Katsura Grill)

Now I have obviously double booked some places due to being unable to decide where we should go on certain days (such as Tusker House on both Monday and Wednesday and Trail's End and Ohana's both on Tuesday and Thursday nights). This is the main reason I have asked for the help on this forum. I am hoping that my fellow Disney fans will help me with some good sound advice and I can have some solid decisions made by the end of the week to drop some of the reservations.

We definitely want to do both Ohana's and Trail's End I am just having a hard time committing to which night we should do what. By the way, we are big fans of the Chip and Dale sing along, that's why we will be at Fort Wilderness in the evening and hence dinner at Trail's End.

Take a look and tell me what you think. Feel free to poke holes in my plan just don't sink it; we are passed the 180 mark and trying to make reservations at this point may be somewhat difficult. Thanks again for taking the time to read, respond, and improving on our meal selections. :)
 
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Tinkerfan4ever

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Of those listed we have eaten at Crystal Palace and Tuskerhouse. Both for breakfast. We have found both to be very enjoyable.
I would go with Tuskerhouse on Monday since you planned on being at AK anyway. If you try to do it on Wed you may feel rushed if you try to do AK, HS and EPCOT all in one day.
Have fun!
 
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rufio

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Joshua&CalebDad said:
Now I have obviously double booked some places due to being unable to decide where we should go on certain days (such as Tusker House on both Monday and Wednesday and Trail's End and Ohana's both on Tuesday and Thursday nights).
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I really hope you haven't actually double booked these as in made reservations online. If you have, I would strongly suggest that you choose ASAP. Reservations over the holidays get booked up quickly. If you're hogging multiple reservations per meal, someone else is missing out and won't get to go.
 
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Joshua&CalebDad

Joshua&CalebDad

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vitani88 said:
I really hope you haven't actually double booked these as in made reservations online. If you have, I would strongly suggest that you choose ASAP. Reservations over the holidays get booked up quickly. If you're hogging multiple reservations per meal, someone else is missing out and won't get to go.
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Actually, I'm not there for the Holidays. I'm there during the week after Thankgiving which is a traditionally slow week. However, I do see your point and am in the process of trying to figure out things. Hence the reason for this posting. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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sgtmgd

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Wed you have DHS in the Am but Tusk for breakfast, you need to switch it to DHS breakfast place..Hollywood and Vine (buffet ..although I despise this resturant)

With the BOG news yesterday that may influence your Qs meals while in the MK
 
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Joshua&CalebDad

Joshua&CalebDad

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sgtmgd said:
Wed you have DHS in the Am but Tusk for breakfast, you need to switch it to DHS breakfast place..Hollywood and Vine (buffet ..although I despise this resturant)

With the BOG news yesterday that may influence your Qs meals while in the MK
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Your absolutely right concerning the BOG news. My wife and I are already trying to figure out if we want to hit it for lunch or dinner, either way will be great. We wanted to hit it on Sunday afternoon when we arrive for lunch, but my concern is that when we enter the park at 4:00 pm it will be closed and changing over to dinner. We won't want to do a Table Service that night and waste valuable park time.

One of the issues we are having on this trip (due to park hours, MVMCP, and all of the different Christmas Decorations) is we are not going to have a complete day in any of the parks. This is causing us to regroup and contribute to the madness.

My goal is to cancel/change reservations by Saturday and not look at our game plan again until we arrive. The madness has to stop at some point.
 
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Joshua&CalebDad

Joshua&CalebDad

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Tinkerfan4ever said:
Of those listed we have eaten at Crystal Palace and Tuskerhouse. Both for breakfast. We have found both to be very enjoyable.
I would go with Tuskerhouse on Monday since you planned on being at AK anyway. If you try to do it on Wed you may feel rushed if you try to do AK, HS and EPCOT all in one day.
Have fun!
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Thanks for the suggestion. It makes sense to drop Tusker and AK altogether on Wednesday. Now what to do about breakfast/dinner on that day. We will be eating at Le Cellier for lunch at 12:55 pm. Anyone have any suggestions for a good QS breakfast or late dinner? Thanks.
 
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tracyandalex

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I haven't been for breakfast for a couple of years, but Starring Rolls used to have some pretty good breakfast choices. Perhaps someone who has been there more recently can confirm. . . or deny!
 
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