Where is the best place to get a good roasted turkey dinner this late in the game. ADRs are booked! Outside park is available too....
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Thanksgiving Dinner?
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disneyfankev
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we always ate at liberty tree tavern but that might be all filled by now. good luck.
Yes it is filled......I will keep checking though
ajrwdwgirl
Premium Member
Check Whispering Canyon, it had a good dinner last thanksgiving.
We have a reservation at Trails End - but someone in our party wants roasted turkey not smoked turkey....how about outside Disney?
Dad 2 M & M
Well-Known Member
Check every day early A.M., noon, and evening...AND be on the lookout for Diamond Horseshoe Revue. They usually open up ADR slots for both Liberty Tree and overflow into Diamond Horseshoe. Keep trying...you will get one! The Horseshoe is staffed by Liberty Tree, and food is from Liberty as well (it is a little weird to eat at a western joint with the staff dressed in colonial garb).
shipley731
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This is probably going to sound odd, but my husband & I had a really good Thanksgiving dinner at Fulton's Crab House in DTD. We've done this twice actually. In addition to their regular menu, they offered a Thanksgiving dinner that started with soup or salad, entree of roast turkey (white & dark meat), stuffing, sweet potatoes, & a veggie (green beans, I think), and you got pumpkin pie for dessert. The food was good & I was thankful it wasn't me in the kitchen cooking.
PhilharMagician
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Just about every restaurant in WDW will serve a traditional Thanksgiving plate with turkey and all the fixins'. LTT seems to be the most popular forThanksgiving, but I have found the food to be medocre at best. Where ever you are already booked, I am sure you will have a great meal.
rsoxguy
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Want a strange and unique idea? I should preface this post by disclosing the fact that I have never spent Thanksgiving at WDW. I'm more of an "at home" traditionalist.
Publix supermarkets offer fully cooked Thanksgiving meals that can be pre-ordered and picked up. Grab the meal and eat dinner at any given picnic area (such as Fort Wilderness, etc.). Kooky, I know, but it might be fun to make an event of it while enjoying the Disney surroundings.
http://www.publix.com/food/entertaining/events/Thanksgiving/Home.do
Publix supermarkets offer fully cooked Thanksgiving meals that can be pre-ordered and picked up. Grab the meal and eat dinner at any given picnic area (such as Fort Wilderness, etc.). Kooky, I know, but it might be fun to make an event of it while enjoying the Disney surroundings.
http://www.publix.com/food/entertaining/events/Thanksgiving/Home.do
Ariel484
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We went to Jiko in 2009 for Thanksgiving, and I remember that they replaced their normal chicken entree with a turkey entree in honor of Thanksgiving. (I remember this because my husband had really been looking forward to the chicken, so he was pretty bummed.) We both ended up ordering the steak and it was amazing as usual. Not a traditional Thanksgiving meal by any means, but we had a wonderful, quiet meal.
Check out this page on AllEars for some information on what Disney restaurants do for Thanksgiving...it looks like lots of places have special holiday menus.
Check out this page on AllEars for some information on what Disney restaurants do for Thanksgiving...it looks like lots of places have special holiday menus.
I saw that in the past - but this year that restaurant is not listed:
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/holidays/#/thanksgiving
Yes, we used to live in FL and are very familiar with Publix. I was actually thinking about this idea!!!! Thanks for reminding me!
tecowdw
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I have reservations for Boatwright's at Port Orleans riverside. I've ate there for Thanksgiving dinner 3 times now and find it a great location. This last year it wasn't at all crowded at 5pm through end of my meal around 6pm.
It's not listed on the WDW website either but they do always have a traditional dinner offering. I always prefer resort dining on Thanksgiving to avoid the hustle and bustle of the park restaurants.
It's not listed on the WDW website either but they do always have a traditional dinner offering. I always prefer resort dining on Thanksgiving to avoid the hustle and bustle of the park restaurants.
shipley731
Well-Known Member
The last time we ate there on Thanksgiving, it wasn't listed either. You could always give them a call.
awesomeinabox
Active Member
Best Thanksgiving dinner of my life. Pizza planet (mind you this was the 90s and it was brand new and not sticky). Seriously, I was 10 my whole family was there, and no kid wants to waste valuable Disney time at a real restaurant. I will never forget our pizza dinner (I won a snow leopard from the claw machine).
If you're with kids plan on them not being happy with whatever you choose and wishing they could go to someplace that looks cool.
My mom has been talking about renting a DVC suite at Old Key West for one night and getting the dinner from Publix and actually cooking a dinner for the whole family in the next few years.
If you're with kids plan on them not being happy with whatever you choose and wishing they could go to someplace that looks cool.
My mom has been talking about renting a DVC suite at Old Key West for one night and getting the dinner from Publix and actually cooking a dinner for the whole family in the next few years.
That's a great idea! Thanks!
Isn't Publix closed on Thanksgiving day? You usually have to buy it cold - how would we heat it up?
Rob562
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You could also celebrate your Thanksgiving on a different night.
I'll be in WDW with friends the week before, leaving for home the Monday of Thanksgiving Week. We all live in different cities, plus my friend's Mom will be there for a couple days, and since he won't be able to get home on actual Thanksgiving we decided to do Thanksgiving Dinner on our trip. I was able to snag Liberty Tree Tavern that Saturday evening, so we'll have a big group dinner together before heading home to our respective cities (where some of us will then be able to have a second Thanksgiving dinner on the actual day)
In my eyes, it's more about the spirit/intent of the holiday than actually celebrating it on the specific day. So what if you're doing it a day or two early or late?
-Rob
I'll be in WDW with friends the week before, leaving for home the Monday of Thanksgiving Week. We all live in different cities, plus my friend's Mom will be there for a couple days, and since he won't be able to get home on actual Thanksgiving we decided to do Thanksgiving Dinner on our trip. I was able to snag Liberty Tree Tavern that Saturday evening, so we'll have a big group dinner together before heading home to our respective cities (where some of us will then be able to have a second Thanksgiving dinner on the actual day)
In my eyes, it's more about the spirit/intent of the holiday than actually celebrating it on the specific day. So what if you're doing it a day or two early or late?
-Rob