The Hitchhiking Ghost
06-06-2012, 10:33 AM
After getting the free dining Pin Code email, it basically locked in our dates for an upcoming trip and last week we just hit our 180 day window, so this is the earliest I've ever been able to make ADRs (usually end up doing it between 30-60 day window). So it was nice to not only get what we wanted, but maybe more importantly getting times that are better suited for DD's ages 5-7-10 (it will be nice not getting seated at Ohana at 9:00pm with cranky kids).
Here's what I got:
Ohana
50's Prime Time
Tony's Town Square
Whispering Canyon
Boma
Chef Mickey's
Akershus
1900 Park Fare
Mama Melrose
I'm not committed to all of them. Tony's and Chef Mickey's are sort of place holders as is maybe Akershus. What's in play is that we want to do a Candlelight Processional dinner package, so not knowing what we can get and what night will determine which one of these gets bumped out. Thinking Garden Grill might be our choice as we've never done it and it has the characters. The other wild card is the new restaurant in the Fantasyland expansion. I think if it opens as scheduled that we will try get in there too (probably in place of Tony's) but no ADRs are available yet for it.
One of the big changes this year is that we are trying to save money by not doing the park hopper and instead using that money to get a rental car once we get to our resort. So I'm trying to get several ADRs at locations outside of parks to give us more flexibility as to what parks we can do on that given day.
Nice to actually have things locked in for a change. Our last trip in 2010 I eventually got most of what I wanted (except 1900 Park Fare) but usually had to settle for late seating times, which at the time with 3-5-8 year olds didn't always go over well.
Here's what I got:
Ohana
50's Prime Time
Tony's Town Square
Whispering Canyon
Boma
Chef Mickey's
Akershus
1900 Park Fare
Mama Melrose
I'm not committed to all of them. Tony's and Chef Mickey's are sort of place holders as is maybe Akershus. What's in play is that we want to do a Candlelight Processional dinner package, so not knowing what we can get and what night will determine which one of these gets bumped out. Thinking Garden Grill might be our choice as we've never done it and it has the characters. The other wild card is the new restaurant in the Fantasyland expansion. I think if it opens as scheduled that we will try get in there too (probably in place of Tony's) but no ADRs are available yet for it.
One of the big changes this year is that we are trying to save money by not doing the park hopper and instead using that money to get a rental car once we get to our resort. So I'm trying to get several ADRs at locations outside of parks to give us more flexibility as to what parks we can do on that given day.
Nice to actually have things locked in for a change. Our last trip in 2010 I eventually got most of what I wanted (except 1900 Park Fare) but usually had to settle for late seating times, which at the time with 3-5-8 year olds didn't always go over well.