Eating My Words PTR: Two Foodies Cancel 2016 Trip (10/7/16) About This Page:

[Her Dotness]

Congrats to SuperDave!

Yanno, some of your misses may become changes at the rate we always go. Your guesses gave me ideas for places we haven't tried or haven't gone back to for a while.

Thanks to everyone who entered (or like Cattailmarsh, intended to enter but forgot )

[Cam22]

Hope the computer system comes back up so you can actually book all these great ADRs!

[SuperDave]

Glad I'm your winner and hope Disney gets smart one day and upgrades their ADR system as well as everything else on their website! But that would make sense! Hope you have some luck with the adrs and get what you want!

[cattailmarsh]

Wow If I would have remembered I would never have won bc I was way way off. Truly surprised you only have one new venue on the list. I would have put money on STK making the cut! We will see what gets changed bw now & your arrival since we know it will occur. Also am very surprised that there was no Tea Room on the list.

[Her Dotness]

Afternoon Tea just didn't work as well this year since we're neither staying in the GF nor doing MVMCP. It made a great light dinner when we were going to the party.

Also, we decided to book more WS places as well as those close to YC instead of as many in or near the GF as we would if staying there. It's a pain not being on the monorail but couldn't get CL anywhere we wanted but for YC.

Oh, well. It'll all work out eventually, I'm sure.

[Her Dotness]

...before the dining system went down AGAIN.

V&A may do a Thanksgiving dinner in the main dining room as that room showed the only availability on Thanksgiving. Not sure so will consult the IPO when possible to find out. It would make sense that's all they do so as to give some staff the evening off. Particularly since the restaurant has been listed in the past as a source of Thanksgiving dinner.

We went ahead and booked the QVR on Friday instead to be assured of getting that which is what we want more than just Thanksgiving dinner at V&A.

Were only able to secure CRT breakfast and 1900 PF dinner before the freakin' system went down. Those three were probably going to be the hardest to acquire, so it's a relief to have at least those.

But, what frustration to be able to get started securing ADR's only to be unable to finish! So VERY annoying.

[SuperDave]

The whole experience with the adrs can be very annoying as I've certainly had my problems in the past as well!

My Fall adrs are about 75% done but one I can only make two months out as offsite and thru Open Table and waiting for one DS eatery to announce it's opening to make my adr and of course ROL and a dining package for Tiffin's. Hope it all works out but as a planer like you it gets nerve wracking, no matter how many months out it is!

[Her Dotness]

Drew woke an hour early and put the time to good use by firing up his iPad and seeing what ADR's he could get.

HOOOOORAY! He got all the ones we wanted at good times, except of course Thanksgiving dinner.

Upon arriving at work, he checked MDE and found that the IPO had shifted Yachtsman from Friday to Turkey Day since we'd gotten V&A's QVR for Friday. Will leave that for the moment despite thinking we'd like someplace else this year. We ate there on Christmas last trip. While good enough, it feels like same-old for this year. Don't want "Pilgrim food." Too predictable.

Not at all certain what we want instead. I'd vote for Flying Fish if it will indeed be open by then, largely for the location and my love of exotic seafood. Drew would humor me despite not being a seafood fancier. However, is it actually reopening in late summer or November 12? I've seen speculation for either.

[cattailmarsh]

I would agree about not wanting to repeat Yachtsman again for a holiday meal since you have already done that - sounds like there will be some shifting of ADRS. Can't see you eliminating Yachtsman altogether either. Flying Fish and Coral Reef - will DH go for that? Sounds like a lot of seafood. Maybe the IPO will know which restaurants are planning holiday meals and that can help you narrow down some ideas. IMHO, I would probably avoid DS area on Thanksgiving bc many people may be visiting the area; same with holiday shoppers on Friday. What about Monsieur Paul on Thanksgiving for a non-traditional meal.

[SharonK0527]

Congrats on finally being able to secure your ADR's. Can't wait to see the final list

[Her Dotness]

Originally Posted by cattailmarsh

What about Monsieur Paul on Thanksgiving for a non-traditional meal.

You must be psychic. Guess what we decided would be easy to get to and non-traditional? Yup. M. Paul. Got it, too.

So, that meant another puzzle how to fill where it had been. Decided to give Cali Grill another go despite how awfully loud it usually is. It's a holiday week. Practically everywhere will be loud.

And checking for that one thrilled me no end when I saw that there was a 7:25. Early enough for us and late enough that app-entree-dessert-coffee will get us to time to see Wishes from one of the best vantage points at WDW.

:::: does happy, excited gonna see Wishes from CG dance ::::

Naturally, we've made about another half dozen switches so will let them all cool for a day or so before reposting the list.

Now, we need to decide if we want to add a breakfast or try for a non-park lunch on arrival day. Got a total of 2 creds. to do something with. I first thought of a Cape May breakfast on Wednesday, but Drew reminded me how loud that open-sided dining area gets. With 3 character meals already, seemed a bit much.

I checked on a "Disney-healthy" lunch ("We're at Disney. The magic makes everything you eat healthy! ) at Beaches & Cream but nothing at a reasonable time for arrival day.

This may be the year we get stuff at the Patisserie on Friday for lunch on the road Saturday. That would beat the fast food we usually grab midway so as to take less time into Atlanta. We're lunching at Coral Reef on Friday. A slight detour to the Patisserie on the way back to YC might just work. Hmmmmm...

[cattailmarsh]

That (Patisserie) would be my top plan or Earl of Sandwich. However with 2 credits you technically could stop by most places before departing and get a meal packed to go. What about your breakfast plans for that morning? CL or an ADR? Depending on what time you are planning on actually getting on the road maybe an earlier breakfast & then actually quick lunch then departure or maybe a more substantial breakfast/brunch would be a better use of the 2 credits.

Definitely not psychic but I wish I was (would help with the toddlers) - just like to pay attention to people.

[Her Dotness]

I know us well enough not to suggest we go to DS before leaving. We always talk about stopping off at EoS for road food but then are much too anxious to get selves gone to hang around.

We've a Captain's Grille ADR for departure day breakfast so suspect we may actually get road food from the Patisserie if we don't end up using those 2 spare creds some other way between now and then. Highly likely we will as you well know.

[Her Dotness]

Sunday, November 20

Dinner--Trattoria al Forno

Monday, November 21

Breakfast--Crystal Palace
Lunch--Morimoto Asia (Unusually, the only one new to us)
Dinner--Cali Grill CHANGE (Have eaten here twice before but never late enough to see Wishes which I've long wanted to do. This time, I'll get to!)

Tuesday, November 22

Breakfast--Cinderella's Royal Table
Lunch--Les Chefs de France
Dinner--Citricos

Wednesday, November 23

Breakfast--YC CL lounge
Lunch--Tutto Italia
Dinner--1900 Park Fare

THANKSGIVING DAY, November 24

Breakfast--YC CL lounge
Lunch--Via Napoli
Dinner-- Monsieur Paul CHANGE

Friday, November 25

Breakfast--YC CL lounge
Lunch--Coral Reef
Dinner-- Victoria and Albert's Queen Victoria's Room CHANGE

Saturday, November 26 Goodbye, WDW Day

Breakfast--Captain's Grille

Still can't decide just how to use two extra credits. May keep trying for Beaches & Cream lunch on arrival day although I'm not wild about having to rush again to get to an ADR when we've a 6-1/2 hour drive. Don't want to book later than 1:00 so as not to be too full for TAF at 7:15.

Perhaps a Wednesday or Thursday breakfast as we prefer not to hang around WDW much past checking out. When we're officially gone from there, we want to get going.

Might stock up at the Patisserie on the way from Friday's Coral Reef lunch back to YC since we've a cooler we could ice to keep things fresh for an on-the-road lunch far better than our usual Hardee's or MickeyD's. That sounds like the winner thus far, but who knows?

[cattailmarsh]

I think stocking up directly after the Coral Reef would be excellent as far as timing goes to get a good selection rather than later at night. Otherwise your choices look so yummy.