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Yeah right, I must have been crazy to suggest not going to Disney this year. I will blame a lack of Disney fun. The only cure for this craziness is planning another Disney Trip.
We have planned for January 5th to January 12th, we loved going in January. Our first trip back in 2010 and so we want a repeat of the great weather (cool enough for sweaters) and low crowds.
The biggest thing we learned from our 2011 vacation is we are dining people, we love sitting down in a fancy restaurant away from the busy touring of the park. We had to pay for two meals OOP because we missed everything about the dining. We love the deluxe dining plan and the fun of ADRs.
For this vacation we have the following plans...
Saturday:
We will arrive in the afternoon and grab some food at Pop Century (They have the best chicken strips on property ) We will settle in the room and hopefully I will have a great surprise for my DBf.
Sunday:
Our first day will be at Magic Kingdom, we will either be getting up super early to see the opening ceremony (I have spent years trying to see this) or we will be getting to the park by 10 or 11.
Lunch: Crystal Palace
Dinner: Be Our Guest (New)
Monday:
Today is an EPCOT day, we will be getting to the park by 10 or 11 and we plan on touring mostly Future World. It will be topped off by a Behind the Seeds Tour.
Lunch: Coral Reef
Dinner: The Garden Grill (New)
Tuesday:
This is our rest day, a chance to really experience the hotel and DownTown Disney. We will be staying in until later and then heading to DownTown Disney.
Lunch: T-Rex (New)
Dinner: Fulton's Crab House (New)
Wednesday:
Today is our Disney Hollywood Studios day. We don't love the dining at this park so we will be having lunch at the Contemporary. We plan on doing the Fantasmic Dining plan.
Lunch: Chef Mickey's (more of a late breakfast)
Dinner: Brown Derby
Thursday:
This is our second EPCOT day and it is World Showcase day, we love the World showcase so we will probably have done some of the countries.
Lunch: Askerhus
Dinner: San Angel Inn (New)
Friday:
This is our last full day and our second Magic Kingdom day. I love Magic Kingdom so it will be sad to leave.
Lunch: Liberty Tree Tavern (New)
Dinner: Narcosse's
Saturday:
This is where we say goodbye for now to Disney World. We may spend a half day at Magic Kingdom or just be around the hotel.
Lunch: Quick Service
If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them!
Last edited by Kobeychiev; 07-03-2012 at 02:29 PM..
Your plans sound great - and you sound like a kindred spirit. We go to Disney now primarily for the dining as well and love table service restaurants and signature dining.
You have Chef Mickey's listed for lunch on Wednesday, but Chef Mickey's doesn't do lunch (well, I've heard of them doing it during September free dining, but not during January.) Also, going to the Contemporary for lunch on your DHS day is going to take a lot of time; it would make a lot more sense to go to an Epcot resort if you don't want to eat in the park. Also, I noticed you don't have AK in your plans, and you've got pretty much an entire day devoted to DTD. I like going to DTD, but I don't see it as an all day thing.
Your plans sound great - and you sound like a kindred spirit. We go to Disney now primarily for the dining as well and love table service restaurants and signature dining.
Thanks! We love dining at Disney, it's such a treat to be so well taken care of. We want to do all the signature dining.
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Originally Posted by karen63
You have Chef Mickey's listed for lunch on Wednesday, but Chef Mickey's doesn't do lunch (well, I've heard of them doing it during September free dining, but not during January.) Also, going to the Contemporary for lunch on your DHS day is going to take a lot of time; it would make a lot more sense to go to an Epcot resort if you don't want to eat in the park. Also, I noticed you don't have AK in your plans, and you've got pretty much an entire day devoted to DTD. I like going to DTD, but I don't see it as an all day thing.
We were going to do a late breakfast (I have edited my post to reflect that) I hadn't thought about doing an Epcot resort instead of Chef Mickey's, that's a great idea!
No one throw anything but we don't like Animal Kingdom, we did one day on our first trip together and we both hated it. I have been three times and I have hated each time, so we skip that park. DTD is mostly a rest day, so we want to take it easy and just shop.
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Excellent choices. We're the opposite; we only do 1 TS a day (dinner) because we prefer spending the time in the parks rather than the restaurants
Thanks, we just love to eat. I tried to do more park touring last trip and it was close to a disaster.
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Maybe we shouldn't go to Disney this year...
) We will settle in the room and hopefully I will have a great surprise for my DBf.
and our second Magic Kingdom day. I love Magic Kingdom so it will be sad to leave.
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We go to Disney now primarily for the dining as well and love table service restaurants and signature dining. 
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