Final Night on DDP - Please Help Me Choose

[ShezMcQ]

Hi,

Ok, so my final night on the DDP is 9 November and when I made my ADRs, I reserved a table at Yachtsman for 18:00 and Cali Grill at 20:00 (to hedge my bets) as I thought it would be nice to experience a signature restaurant once in the stay.

However, I am now having a bit of a wobble as my DS (6) is both very fussy and rather impatient and I do not want to have him barely able to eat anything and then also sitting there for two hours while we have our meal.

Given that the last thing I want on our trip is for the kids to be stressed/unhappy, I was thinking maybe I should change it for something more conventional and looking at the availability now, I could get 50's Prime Time instead--we'll be in HS that night anyway, hence why I originally booked Yachtsman and as we have a car, its easy to get over to the Contemporary for the later reservation if we decide on that one.

For those who have experience of these restaurants, what would you guys do? Do you reckon the staff at Yachtsman/Cali Grill would be accommodating enough that our fussy DS would be catered for? He does love bread so if they could keep a steady flow of that coming, he'd be happy

Or do you think I'd be better leaving the signature for this trip and booking something more family orientated?

If the option is to stick with the signature, which would you recommend? I've been hearing some poorer reports of Yachtsman lately and while its later than we usually eat, Cali Grill would have the added bonus of the fireworks I guess unless they weren't on at the usual time due to MVMCP...

Sorry for the long post! Thanks in advance for your advice

[Dutchdisneyfan]

Could you move the meal earlier in your holiday?
My kids are always super tiered at the end of our holiday and just gave up on eating a proper meal. I learned the hard way to make no adr's for the last 2 or 3 days.

[ShezMcQ]

Hi,

We're only onsite for the first week of our holiday so although this is our last night on the DDP, its not our last night overall

[duchy]

He will have had a week of onsite dining so will be accustomed to an evening meal in a restaurant every night by then so I'd keep the Yachtsman ... with the promise of Illuminations after. Maybe with glow sticks in your bag as a reward for patience at dinner to have at EPCOT
At six he will be used to sitting sensibly in class and at lunchtimes at school so there's no reason to get impatient on holiday. He will be less tired so perhaps easier with the earlier dining time.
I don't think CG is especially child friendly and eating later usually means grouchier kids.

[ShezMcQ]

Originally Posted by duchy

He will have had a week of onsite dining so will be accustomed to an evening meal in a restaurant every night by then so I'd keep the Yachtsman ... with the promise of Illuminations after.
At six he will be used to sitting sensibly in class and at lunchtimes at school so there's no reason to get impatient on holiday. He will be less tired so perhaps easier with the earlier dining time.
I don't think CG is especially child friendly and eating later usually means grouchier kids.

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Hi,

Thanks for this advice. I hadn't even thought about Illuminations

Yes, I think I will definitely cancel CG as it really is a bit late for us. We're also planning to go to Clearwater the following day so a late night and early start the next day probably isn't a good idea.

[Pez01]

If you keep Yachtsman, you could always dangle the promise of an ice cream/sundae from the counter at Beaches and Cream next door to eat on the way round to the fireworks...

[ShezMcQ]

Originally Posted by Pez01

If you keep Yachtsman, you could always dangle the promise of an ice cream/sundae from the counter at Beaches and Cream next door to eat on the way round to the fireworks...

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Ah bribery... is there any finer parental power?

Unfortunately, fussypants DS doesn't really like ice-cream very much but he could be swayed by a Brownie from the bakery maybe

[duchy]

Glow sticks ?

[ShezMcQ]

Originally Posted by duchy

Glow sticks ?

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Awh yeah, glow sticks for sure! Who doesn't love a glow stick

[Shooby doo]

Well I'd have kept CG with the promise of seeing the fireworks from the balcony, I haven't eaten at Yachtmen's but looking at vlogs I'd say CG is more kid friendly but TBH none of the Signature's are super kid friendly anyway, atmosphere not staff.
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