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[redheadk]

MK Day: Good plan. I'd send DH down to procure breakfast while you get your DS ready and everything packed for the day OR bring granola bars or whatever that you can eat on the go. BOG is a good choice, they will bring you your food which I always appreciate when dining with a small child AND it's in a good location for what you'll be doing at MK, I'm assuming.

AK Day: I'd eat lunch at Flame Tree BBQ. Great QS option! I don't like the QS options at HS. They have some good TS restaurants, though. I'm partial to 50s PrimeTime Cafe if your DS can do a TS.

Last Day: The Hoop De Doo review sounds fun. Personally, I really want to do the dessert party with the fireworks viewing at MK and would opt for that.

[redheadk]

Dec 10, 2015 17:08:24 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Dec 10, 2015 16:59:39 GMT -5 redheadk said:

MK Day: Good plan. I'd send DH down to procure breakfast while you get your DS ready and everything packed for the day OR bring granola bars or whatever that you can eat on the go. BOG is a good choice, they will bring you your food which I always appreciate when dining with a small child AND it's in a good location for what you'll be doing at MK, I'm assuming.

AK Day: I'd eat lunch at Flame Tree BBQ. Great QS option! I don't like the QS options at HS. They have some good TS restaurants, though. I'm partial to 50s PrimeTime Cafe if your DS can do a TS.

Last Day: The Hoop De Doo review sounds fun. Personally, I really want to do the dessert party with the fireworks viewing at MK and would opt for that.

We have a 2bed villa with a full kitchen so we will just eat in the room. What's the dessert party?

disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/magic-kingdom/wishes-fireworks-dessert-party/

[bcarp30]

I thought this said critique my shirt and I was really excited to see what your outfits were going to be.

[londoncalling]

At Disney springs I would do either Wolfgang puck express or earl of sandwich. Cheaper options and no reservations needed so you can get there whenever you are done with the pool and get ready - whenever that may be.

[ilikedonuts]

Hollywood studios had only a couple quick service and they are pretty terrible so I'd get lunch elsewhere. Honestly I really like The Mara quick service at AKL. They have some stuff that's a bit different but still have some traditional stuff as well.

I think ohana dinner is overrated and weve always waited so long past our reservation time every single time we've eaten there.

[ilikedonuts]

Are you going back to a park after dinner on day 1? If not what about one of the table service restaurants at AKL?

[lauren170]

I haven't been yet, but I think the Boathouse at Disney Springs looks cool.

Did you look into BOG for breakfast? You can sometimes get in the park 1 hour early.

[gringachef]

I was not a fan of Ohana.
Hoop Dee Doo is a blast and the food is yummy.

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Dec 10, 2015 19:24:22 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Dec 10, 2015 19:04:52 GMT -5 gringachef said:

I was not a fan of Ohana.
Hoop Dee Doo is a blast and the food is yummy.

Would a 3yo like it? I'm kinda digging the Sangria/Beer aspect of it.

My 3 year old loooooveeed it.

[ribollita]

I just went to T Rex. It was very loud but the food was fine/ good.

We have had fantastic experiences at OHana.

We did not like HDDR- very cheesy IMO.

[ribollita]

If J loves dinosaurs and you have time, take the (very long) ride at the Energy pavilion at Epcot. The dinosaur part was really cool. I knew absolutely nothing about that ride but we liked it.

[ribollita]

Dec 10, 2015 19:38:40 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Has anyone been to Whispering Canyon? Yay? nay?

We've been there for dinner and liked it!

[gringachef]

Dec 10, 2015 19:24:22 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Dec 10, 2015 19:04:52 GMT -5 gringachef said:

I was not a fan of Ohana.
Hoop Dee Doo is a blast and the food is yummy.

Would a 3yo like it? I'm kinda digging the Sangria/Beer aspect of it.

Yes. Mine loved it.
I'm a lover of sangria and it was really good. Our servers were on top of their refill game both times too

[spankswife]

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Id do Morimoto at Disney springs bc I'm dying to go there. Otherwise the T-Rex restaurant is a hit!

We like to just eat breakfast on the go. Bagel, cinnamon roll at Gaston's, whatever. BOG is great for lunch! And I'd move Tusker House to lunch as well.

The rest looks good.

[curbsideprophet]

Dec 10, 2015 20:34:31 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

Dec 10, 2015 19:25:55 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Also, chilerellanos, when can I do ADR is midnight or 7am?

On the website, it's 6am EST I think.

Eta: FP is midnight.

Yes, 6 am eastern. So I guess that makes it 5 am for you if you are in Central time.

We like Flame Tree BBQ and BOG lunch.

We had an early Ohana reservation ( before 6) and it worked out well. We did not need to wait very long.

Good luck tomorrow! Try not to stress if you don't get everything right away. I was definitely able to make changes and add things at a later date.

[curbsideprophet]

How did it go TamiTaylor

[chickens987]

Tusker house this morning was great. We had an 8 am reservation and saw Donald, daisy, goofy and Mickey pretty quickly. The food was good in our opinion too!

[curbsideprophet]

I think BOG dinner is a better experience but I do think getting in early has its advantages.

We enjoyed our dinner at Ohana but I have not done HDDR so I can not compare.

What time are you supposed to arrive? I agree that anything too close to arrival time wod stress me out.

[ilikedonuts]

You can call T-Rex directly. They don't give all their reservations to the Disney system.

We really enjoy Be Our Guest for dinner. We ate there on Monday night (it was our 3rd time I think).

[bittybomb]

We loved the sci-fi dine in at HS - really cool and food was good.

[zarapipe]

We really liked Hollywood and vine. Keep for now.

[polarberry]

we were just at hollywood studios a couple weeks ago and went to backlot express for dinner (quick service) and thought the food was fine. I had a good grilled chicken salad and DH had a really good turkey sandwich. Kids had hotdogs and applesauce.

[Amy]

ditto call TRex directly - they have tons of availability that Disney doesn't get - you'll be able to hand pick a time

dinner at BOG has Beast, fast doesn't

[hopecounts]

And keep watching I found that reservations open up over time as people switch around their plans or let go of 'just in case' reservations so if you aren't completely happy with your dining keep checking back.

[curbsideprophet]

Dec 14, 2015 15:35:59 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

And keep watching I found that reservations open up over time as people switch around their plans or let go of 'just in case' reservations so if you aren't completely happy with your dining keep checking back.

I agree with this. I suppose it varies by restaurant and time of year but they also seemed to release large blocks of additional reservations later on. I was able to get a better Via Napoli time this way. This also happened with BOG dinner. There was nothing new for weeks then one day there were a ton of options. If there is something you really want and did not get I would check out the restaurant reservation board on Disboards. They are on top of things over there.