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Dining is a big part of our WDW trips, I think the girls create their wish lists before we even leave WDW for the next trip and this time was no exception. The girls and I do not venture out much for meals, allergies play a big part in that but also with schedules as crazy as they are most of the time, getting anywhere is far and inbetween so dining at Disney is something we truly look forward too.
I got some information out of Angel based on the premise of our October trip, I knew that there were some character meals that she had been wanting to return to and Jasmine had her list compiled as well. When we were first planning this as 4-nights with my sister I really took into account my nephews eating habits and when I finished my list while it looked ok, it did not excite me that much but I knew Angel would be happy, my nephew would eat and my sister liked the choices but I still yearned for some of those places that would have to be skipped over for another trip.
When the extra days got added on...well that was a whole nother ball game
Now I won't drive you crazy with all the changes that this list has gone through (poor DisneyDani however did not luck out with skipping this section as her e-mail box much have gotten very full from all our e-mailing back and forth with the many, many changes that I made before finally setting on the list which I will share with you know) big to you Dani for bearing with me.
So the list stands as follows:
Sanaa - lunch
1900 PF - dinner
The Wave - dinner
La Hacienda - dinner
Boma - breakfast
Citricos - dinner
Garden Grill - dinner
Kona Cafe - breakfast
Chef Mickey's - dinner (on Angel's birthday)
50's PT - which might change depending on our last day plans
We are also planning on B&C as I have stayed away with Angel's allergies and all, but after Dani told me about their recent wonderful meal there and how well they dealt with Izzy's allergies I am super psyched to finally get to share this with Angel (yes I will admit that I spent a lot of time there on my mom only trip - I know bad mommy)
The girls also have some of their must do's for CS and snacks - Jasmine "must" have an empanada from Bongo's, she must also have a sandwich from EOS, Angel's one CS request is FTB...and me, well I just need a chocolate mousse from France and I will be a happy camper.
Now I have to say I never thought of going without the dining plan, I have always loved it and it worked for us...then it must have been over a year ago when I was reading a post from Lorie when she was discussing not using the dining plan and I e-mailed her for some of her insight...well of course she answered all my questions, gave me some great ideas and sent me the fabulous worksheet that she used to figure out what was the best option so when it came time to decide for this trip I pulled out the trusty worksheet and in the end...since I knew I would have an AP it looked like the TIW would give us so much flexibility and save us money so we are going with the TIW.
Now that Angel is considered an adult paying full price for her when she eats like a bird most of the time just was not worth it, we also were not getting free dining like we had on the past two trips.
I also looked back on past trips, almost every trip we ended up paying OOP for extra TS meals and we had extra CS left over at the end of the trip. I also realized there were so many times we would have enjoyed sharing one or two appitizers and then splitting one or two entrees, many times we would have been fine just all sharing one dessert or not having dessert at all and reading more and more of Heather's TR's and I realized I loved the flexibility of her meals, sometimes dining on various appitizers, or sharing entrees...so I am really excited to see how this works for us.
I love the dining choices...and I know they will do an awesome job of spoiling Angel! Now, you better stay away from any fancy burgers.....
I am so glad we took the plunge and tried Beaches and Cream with Izzy....it is her new fav lunch spot and definitely winner for most amazing dairy/nutfree desserts!
Danielle
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Great meal choices. This is the first trip we are not doing CM's. And, we had great luck at B&C with my boys and their allergies. They had cookies Tyler could have (peanut and treenut allgeries and he doesn't eat ice cream...WHAT??? I know!!!) And they got Jason's vanilla ice cream from the back and made sure there was no cross-contamination. (he's peanuts, treenuts, eggs, beef, sesame and shellfish). We had a great experience there!
Awesome dining choices! We feel that TiW is our best money saving option for dining as well since Stefanie would be charged as an adult even though she has a stomach the size of a 5 year old.
I don't know how we would get by without the dining plan; we're all pretty big eaters! But it's great that you have the option of TiW to use. That AP comes in handy for a lot of things.
Does Bongo's have a counter service part? When you mentioned Jasmine and her empanadas, I just knew I'm eventually going to have to try some!
YEAH!! I surprises like this......I like even more birthdays in August too
I'm excited to hear about Saana, we have a dinner there this Oct. I'm also looking forward to how you like not being on the dinning plan. We go back and forth about that issue alot too, we are not big dessert people, one for the table is enough for us. Plus I like having a few apps and sharing a main dish, gives you a chance to really sample alot of things,
But of course I'm excited to hear about the "big reveal"
You win the award for super mom
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GREAT list!!! And I agree with you about the TIW vs DDP - we use to always do the DDP.......but now that DD is considered an adult and we too will often share meals, it just is not worth paying that much per day for her ~ and we usually have left over credits that we are scrambling to use on the last day as well - so we are TIW-ing this trip!!! (I actually just went last month with 2 friends and purchased it for that trip - so I am already ahead!!!)
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Good thing I just had lunch or I'd be really mad at you for mentioning so many great restaurants! I'm getting really excited for this trip and I'm not even going!
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Some of our favorites appear on your list--It sounds like you've got a great bunch of restaurants. Don't skip the arancini at Citricos!
The arancini is on the list....it sounds delicious
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Great dining list - and that's one of our highlights of every Disney trip as well!
I love the fact that there are still places that we have not tried, always is fun adding some of the favorites, some new places...the only hard thing is the more new places we try, the more new favorites get added to the list so many to chose....not enough days
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I love the dining choices...and I know they will do an awesome job of spoiling Angel! Now, you better stay away from any fancy burgers.....
I am so glad we took the plunge and tried Beaches and Cream with Izzy....it is her new fav lunch spot and definitely winner for most amazing dairy/nutfree desserts!
Danielle
No fancy burgers for me... the burger from B&C does me just fine (also have to say I have always enjoyed the ones from Peco Bills as well - nice ground hamburger meat...lol)
Our meal at B&C has me so excited....ever since our lunch Angel has asked "mom you going to add that on to our October list "
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Phew -- finally caught up now! It all sounds lovely, and I adore the reveal plans. (Danielle and Izzy are just SPECTACULAR!)
I can't wait to read more...
Eileen
Thanks Eileen Angel is going to love that Izzy is part of the big reveal, then once she realizes that we all knew and she didn't...well I can already picture her little foot tapping as she says "I can't believe you all kept this from me"
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Great meal choices. This is the first trip we are not doing CM's. And, we had great luck at B&C with my boys and their allergies. They had cookies Tyler could have (peanut and treenut allgeries and he doesn't eat ice cream...WHAT??? I know!!!) And they got Jason's vanilla ice cream from the back and made sure there was no cross-contamination. (he's peanuts, treenuts, eggs, beef, sesame and shellfish). We had a great experience there!
I am really excited about B&C, I really enjoyed it on my mom's trip, and know that Angel will be super excited about going and that she will get to enjoy too.
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Oh, I love how you plan on surprising Angel!
Great dining choices!
Surprising Angel can get pretty difficult, as she is always into everything. I am just glad she has not figured out how to do post searchs on here by member, she keeps asking if I started our October PTR and I keep telling her I think I am going to skip it and just to a TR.
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Great dining plans!
Thanks
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Love your dining choices.
Does Bongo's have a counter service part? When you mentioned Jasmine and her empanadas, I just knew I'm eventually going to have to try some!
Bongo's does have a take out window , they are really good as well. I would love to get there one night for dinner, but it just did not fit this trip but some take out will make a great lunch (and late night snack).
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YEAH!! I surprises like this......I like even more birthdays in August too
I'm excited to hear about Saana, we have a dinner there this Oct. I'm also looking forward to how you like not being on the dinning plan. We go back and forth about that issue alot too, we are not big dessert people, one for the table is enough for us. Plus I like having a few apps and sharing a main dish, gives you a chance to really sample alot of things,
But of course I'm excited to hear about the "big reveal"
You win the award for super mom
Thanks Linny I love your new SIG picture by the way, can't believe how big they are getting. I am definitely going to do a comparison when I get back between the DDP and the TIW...
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GREAT list!!! And I agree with you about the TIW vs DDP - we use to always do the DDP.......but now that DD is considered an adult and we too will often share meals, it just is not worth paying that much per day for her ~ and we usually have left over credits that we are scrambling to use on the last day as well - so we are TIW-ing this trip!!! (I actually just went last month with 2 friends and purchased it for that trip - so I am already ahead!!!)
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Awesome dining choices! We feel that TiW is our best money saving option for dining as well since Stefanie would be charged as an adult even though she has a stomach the size of a 5 year old.
I am starting to feel that the TIW is definitely the right choice for us (on paper anyway), we will see when I get home how it worked out.
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Good thing I just had lunch or I'd be really mad at you for mentioning so many great restaurants! I'm getting really excited for this trip and I'm not even going!
We can always stick you in the carry on and you know that Angel would give up her bed for you
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to you Dani for bearing with me.
when she was discussing not using the dining plan and I e-mailed her for some of her insight...well of course she answered all my questions, gave me some great ideas and sent me the fabulous worksheet that she used to figure out what was the best option so when it came time to decide for this trip I pulled out the trusty worksheet and in the end...since I knew I would have an AP it looked like the TIW would give us so much flexibility and save us money so we are going with the TIW.
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surprises like this......I like even more birthdays in August too
I'm getting really excited for this trip and I'm not even going!
so many to chose....not enough days 
the burger from B&C does me just fine (also have to say I have always enjoyed the ones from Peco Bills as well - nice ground hamburger meat...lol)
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