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[tcuplvr]

Day 180 is Monday and I am TOTALLY stressing !!! I have not been to Disney in 10 years and at that time we didn't make a reservation until we were on the propery...my how times have changed. Anywho, We are on the DDP, staying at the GF and are a family of 3 adults and 2 girls ages 6 and 8. Here is what I have...

Arrive Sat October 18 -50's Prime Time Donner
Sun Oct 19 - O'hana Dinner
Mon Oct 20- CRT breakfast - assuming the ADR Gods are with me
Tues Oct 21 - Crystal Palace - Dinner and MNSSHP
Wed Oct 22 - 1900 Park Faire Dinner
Thurs Oct 23 - Calif Grill - Dinner
Friday Oct 24 - Coral Reef - Dinner

Now here is the part that has me totally overwhelmed...what times should I plan on so that we can see Fantasmic and Wishes. Should I change some dinners to lunches??? As I mentioned before I am new to this and at this point in the planning cannot figure out which days I should go to which parks. With the exception of 50's Prime Time and Coral Reef everything is on the Monorail so relatively easy to get to from GF. I am thinking that Wed should be an easy day because of the late night Tues at MNSSHP. Maybe we should do a late lunch and then head over for Fantasmic???? When should I plan for Wishes?????

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[iamgrumpy]

Crystal Palace I would plan a 5ish Dinner so that you can hit the party right after your done eating

I always like breakfast at CRT to be as early as possible so i can finish eating and hit the park right close to opening.

Dinners I tend to like to eat either really early (b/w 4-5) or really late (8-9) so that we are either eating before most do and can tour while everyone else eats or eat late so we can tour while people are eating and then eat and skip the fireworks and parades (since we go often)

But if you stick to early times that would allow you to hit the fireworks and parades etc without worry.


You have great choices! Keep in mind that CRT and Cali Grill are both 2 Credits Per person on the Dining Plan so without knowing how many nights your actually staying just make sure you have enough credits for that.

Also you may be asked to give a CC to guarantee the meal at CRT and possibly California Grill (not sure if that requires it or not)

HTH

[tcuplvr]

Thanks Grumpy!!!

We are leaving early on the 25th. Yes, I realize that CRT and Calif.Grill are both 2 credits. I figured the most cost effective way to deal with that would be to pay OOP for Prime Time and Crystal Palace and use the 2 credits each for the CRT and CG - makes sense, no? Dinner no later than 5 sounds good - I am especially stressing about Fantasmic because everything that I have read says that people get seating almost 2 hours before it starts We will probably do breakfast in the room - we are planning on doing a Garden Grocer order - and then an early lunch and early dinner - sound OK????

[chezp]

I would try for the Crystal Palace for about 5.00 as well, so you're done in plenty of time for the party. I would plan dinner before Wishes at least two hours, beforehand. That will give you time to eat (usually we find most meals take just over an hour) and then get a spot for Wishes. With Fantasmic, I would allow a little more time than that, as you need to find a seat for the show.

[GinaButtrfly]

Your plans look terrific. I have a 4 and a 5 yr old. We eat early dinners - I try to get them as close to 5pm as possible. That's what works for our family with the young ones. I was told that for fanstasmic - which we're trying this dec for the 1st time - we should aim for a late lunch to get seated on time. I'm sure if you tell the CM when booking that you want the fantasmic package, he/she will help you with a good time. I think paying OOP for the 2 you mentioned will work out just fine.

[WDWJAMBA]

Your plans look great! I hope you enjoy all of your meals!

[tcuplvr]

Thank you soooo much for your input everyone - I REALLY appreciate it

So I am thinking to do Wishes on Sunday evening after an early dinner at O'Hana or Wednesday after 1900 Park Faire. I would like to see it on Sunday because due to MNSSHP it is only offered on Sun, Mon, and Wed. I don't want to leave it to Wed and then have something unexpected come up and miss it. On Monday, after CRT, (fingers crossed) spend the morning at MK then head back to the hotel for some rest and a late lunch. Hopeully this will give us enough time to head over to DS for Fantasmic.

[AULilBeth]

Since it looks like you'll be in the MK area for several evenings, you might want to catch Wishes from the park one night, and then from a restaurant another night.

When we made our ADR for Ohana, the cast member told me which time I should make it for so I could watch Wishes from the restaurant. They actually pipe the music into the restaurant as it's going on and allow all guests to gather near the windows if their tables are not in view of them. I'm not positive, but I believe the California Grill does the same thing.

The only downside to this is that you'd be having a late dinner. Our Ohana ADR is at 9:30, so we'll definitely be having a snack that afternoon to hold us over. We're going in the summer, though, so it may not be so late when you go. If your girls can handle waiting for a late dinner, it might be a cool experience.

[RobDVC]

Those are great meals!