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[kathy320]

My DH and I will be there in May(4 days in the park) should we do ps's or not waste any time and just do counter??? When we were there in Nov/dec we did a lot of ps's but we had our kids (2 and 5 1/2) We r trying to be budget concious( I know I spelled that wrong!!! *LOL*) so Any of the pricey meals are probably out. We do have an ap (me) so if that info helps with opinions there u go!!!

[mestitch]

When we went on our 4 day trip last Dec. we chose 2 PS's that we really wanted to do (both character meals) and then ate counter service the rest of our trip. We ended up only spending around $200 for dinner the first day, b/l/d the next 2 days, and breakfast the last day. All the counter service we ate at we enjoyed: At MK: Cosmic Rays, At MGM: Backlot Express (cranberry slaw ) At PORiverside we ate in the food court and had great 2 great breakfasts and a good burger one night (Quite possibly the drinks we enjoyed beforehand in the lounge helped the burger taste so good )

DH commented many times he was glad we didn't have so many PS's like we did the year before because we weren't in such a rush to meet a time... we were able to just go with the flow and do more.

[Huntermom]

Since it's a trip without the kids and your kids are so young, I'd do one really nice sit down dinner and relax-maybe your last evening. Don't necessarily do a character meal but an adult meal-a place you'd be less likely to go to with little ones. Maybe dress up a little and not worry about little fingers.

The rest of the time you can worry about money and do counter service, maybe trying more adult places.

[kathy320]

We will be in epcot on thursday....( which right now has e eve hours).we will probably have time for dinner and then we are sharing an illuminations cruise!!!!!!On Friday morning, we r doing the KOTKT. maybe ak on sat and mgm on sun(also e eve hours)

[chezp]

I agree with the idea of trying one more adult orientated restaurant that you wouldn't normally get to with the kids and then doing counter service the rest of the time. Perhaps the California Grill? We love it there.

[schroadmol]

How fun, I'm trying to convince my DH to do a quick trip with just the two of us!
how about one really nice meal (like CG ) and the rest Counter.
or what I always wanted to do, go to World Showcase and snack around the world! No PS's needed and you can try what you want.
Any park you are not going to hit, or are you going to all of them?

[Jennifer2003]

Our last trip was on a tight budget, and we only ate counter service with 3 exceptions:

Lunch at Mama Melrose
Lunch at Le Cellier
Dinner at Perkins

Eating lunch in a sit down WDW resturant will save you money!!!!

Jennifer

[ftwildernessguy]

We always do a combination of PS and counter service. We have our favorite places to eat every trip, developed through trial and error over the years. At AK, we like Tusker's or Flame Tree - both counter service. At EPCOT, we like Biergarten - PS. So it depends on where we are and what we like. By the way, our kids are now older and last February DW and I took our first trip to WDW alone. It was GREAT!!!! Oh.....but don't tell my kids.

[LisaJ]

There's nothing wrong with just goin' counter. It can really creat a "non-rushed" feel.

I echo the posts of the others, though, and feel that maybe one nice adult dinner sans kids is in order.

[WillCAD]

When I go solo I mostly eat counter service, but I always try to work in one or two nice sit-down places.

Jennifer is right; lunch at the sit-down places is much cheaper than dinner at the sit-down places, so you could try scheduling a couple of sit-down lunches instead of dinners and have the best of both worlds (nice place, not a budget buster).