Sept 2007 and Free DDP...help!

[opticalhazer]

Hi all,

Here is my first itinerary as the deadline for 180 days DDP reservations is getting ever closer! I should start by saying this is not the first time we have been so we know the parks we like and the ones we don't.

Our party is DH (31), DD (9) DD (7) and me (26)..please give me your honest opinions but not to harsh!! LOL

27th Sept :- Overnight Hotel Gatwick - Travellodge

28th Sept :-am- TCD Flight to Sanford
Evening- Pop Century, unpack, chill out!

29th Sept: -am - Magic Kingdom
Evening- Liberty Tree Tavern dinner

30th Sept:- am - Typhoon Lagoon
Evening - Planet Hollywood dinner and DTD

1st Oct:- am - MGM
Evening - 50's Prime Time dinner

2nd Oct:- am - Epcot
Evening- San Angel dinner

3rd Oct:- am - Animal Kingdom
Evening- Whispering Canyon dinner

4th Oct:- am - IOA
Evening- Chef Mickey's dinner

5th Oct:- am- Universal Studios
Evening - Hard Rock Cafe

6th Oct:- am - Blizzard Beach
Evening- California Grill

7th Oct:- am- 1900 Park Fayre Breakfast
-Magic Kingdom

8th Oct:- am - MGM
Evening-Sci Fi Cafe dinner

9th Oct:- am - Epcot
Evening- Garden Grill Cafe

10th Oct:- am -Princess Storybook Breakfast
pm - Islands of Adventure

11th Oct:- Free day for parks, shopping etc
Evening - dinner at Restaurant Marrakesh, Epcot

12th Oct:- Free day for parks, shopping etc
Evening - Ohana's Dinner

13th Oct - Home...boo hoo!

This is obviously not exhaustive and we are lucky to have the tickets that are unlimited so we will probably hop between parks. I am more looking for comments on my choice of restaurants.

Thanks so much you guys.....!! xxxx

[cerigirl]

Looks good Vicki :wavey: - we are trying Boma, Jiko and San Angel Inn as well!

I will pop my itinerary on here also in a few minutes. 4th April is approaching fast!!!

We haven't included Universal tickets/visits in our plans, as we haven't been before and will spend more time in Disney and also visit Seaworld, as we have ordered tickets for there as well. We may buy a one day ticket and go to US, if we feel the need once there. Thinking of visiting Celebration/Mount Dora as well as this may be a good break from the theme parks.

It's great having the 14 day passes and free DDP isn't it, as we can hop to our hearts content and visit all the hotels to eat and have a good nose. (And convince our DH's we want to stay in the Wilderness Lodge/Polynesian next time!!!:pgig: :pgig: :pgig: )

Take care,

[opticalhazer]

Thanks for the reply Cerisa. We seem to have chosen a few similar restaurants so I will look out for you in them!

We are not planning on going to Seaworld at the moment but we may change our minds once we are out there.

We LOVE US/IOA so we couldn't miss those for the world...particularly IOA. I have not designed the itinerary around the Early/Late Magic hours or shows etc so some fine tuning will need to be done. This is just a rough draft for booking restaurants!

[Leanne1977]

I think your itinerary looks great Vicki!:)

You have some lovely restaurant choices and i think the parks are nicely spaced.
Have you set anytime aside to do the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot? We visited that for the first time last year and it was great. A real relaxing evening trying food from around the world. The atmosphere was excellent.:thumbs-up

Good luck making your ADR's, not long now!!

[opticalhazer]

Have I selected any restaurants that people hve had bad experienes in, either for lunch or dinner? xx

[Leanne1977]

Have I selected any restaurants that people hve had bad experienes in, either for lunch or dinner? xx

Hi Vicki.:wave:

The only one i can see is Planet Hollywood, its seems most people either love it or hate it. We went to the one in Paris and it put us off trying the one in Orlando to be honest. But you will get a lot of people that do like it. Its very much a personal choice with this one.

The only other thing i would say is the Sci-Fi Diner gets better reviews for lunch than dinner, but to me that restaurant is more about the experience than the actual food anyway.:grin:

[Cinders Mum]

Looking good, some lovely dining choices, and to be honest Leanne has pretty much said it in the above post.

[MattF]

As leanne has said some great choices - we didn't enjoy PH, however I think that is due to the fact that we have been so many times over here that it wasn't special or different from home

[ceri]

Hi Vicki, it looks good :) The only restaurant that I have reservations about is Planet Hollywood, nothing bad as such, but we felt that the food was mediocre (and luke warm) but this is just personal opinion. If you're going maily for the theming then great, but I think there are better choices for food elsewhere in DTD ( we are going for WGP).
As far as sci fi goes we love it but are going for lunch rather than dinner as they only offer coca cola ribs on the lunch menu ( and they are to die for ;) )
Ceri x

[ceri]

SNAP !!!:) Leanne :)

[spookysarah]

Looks good Vicki, you have some great choices there!

[disneydreamer]

Hi opticalhazer

Looks great. We might see you on 5th October in California Grill. Hoping to get it booked to watch wishes. Got my first lot of ADR's made. Just got to phone back on 6th April to get last lot made. We travel home on 6th Oct

Jackie

[angie-noo]

hi, weve booked 6 of your choices- i found the last 5 choices the most difficult but we have chosen san angel inn, teppenyaki, chef mickeys, hollywood/vine and a breakfast at ohanas. we have already booked crt, le cellier.coral reef,crystal palace,whispering canyon. scifi dining theatre,ohana dinner and princess breakfast epcot. i cant wait now.:wavey: