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Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
We are going to have a family vacation for a week at WDW, but I was thinking of getting a babysitter one evening so dh and I can do something together. Out of all the things to do at WDW, what would you suggest we take this opportunity to do/see? Victoria & Alberts is out - not our cup of tea. I loved the idea of doing the Rehitchin' Ceremony (it will be our 15th anniversary and would completely surprise him) but they don't do that anymore. We were thinking Pleasure Island, but I wanted to ask and see if anyone had some other ideas. Or is Pleasure Island the thing to do when you get a respite from the kids?
Re: Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
A night out at Pleasure Island can be a lot of fun, particularly the Comedy Warehouse and the Adventurers Club. I could happily spend most of the night wandering around the Adventurers Club and enjoying the wonderful atmosphere and all the crazy antics that go on there. Plus there are several different shows in the library there during the course of the evening. You could always go out somewhere special for dinner first. If you feel like splurging, there's always Fulton's Crab House or if you don't care to spend quite that much money on one meal, dinner for two in the Voodoo garden at the back of the House of Blues is a lovely, romantic experience.
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Re: Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
We did Pleasure Island one trip when we left the kids at the Neverland Club. For us it was just OK. We visited the Comedy Warehouse and Adventurers Club which were both pretty fun. Most of our time was spent getting there and back via the bus, itseemed. We had three hours out, nearly 1 1/2 hours was travel time or waiting for a bus time. If you have a car, it might work better for you.
In retrospect, we probably would have been happier having a meal at Kona Cafe and then doing some rides at the park together. But this might not be what you were looking for in a night out together.
Also, touring World Showcase at Epcot after a meal at one of the restaurants might also be a fun time together.
Re: Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
Just FYI - the Garden Grille is behind schedule and is not scheduled to reopen for a bit. Possibly as late as mid-June. Keep checking http://www.allearsnet.com for updates.
Also, they are now doing a modified "rehitching" ceremony. Apparently, the public displays of affection were upsetting some guests (go figure!!) and they had to drop the kissing part.
I'd recommend Pleasure Island too. What about La Nouba?
Re: Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
For us, a night out would be dinner and maybe Disneyquest, or dinner and a fireworks cruise, or dinner and riding rides together without kiddos. I'm not too terribly into the "party scene" at Pleasure Island.
We're taking our "grownup time" in the morning and one day doing the Richard Petty Driving Experience and then another morning going parasailing,Mouseboats,out to lunch and for a couples massage. We have them evenly spaced thru our trip so the girls can sleep in late and rest a few times.
Re: Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
Pleasure Island is fun, but I'd also plan on having a nice meal - perhaps somewhere that your children wouldn't want to go. We love the California Grill - you could have an excellent romantic meal there.
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Me and the dh ate at O'hana on our last trip when the ilaws watched our kids. It is not the most "romantic" place to eat as a couple....it is more of a family place to eat but the food was good and we did see wishes from the main dining room and that was nice. After dinner we hopped the monorail and went to Epcot to watch Illuminations!!!! It was wonderful although I was soooooooooooooooooo exhausted!!!
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My DH and I had a kids-free night on our last trip while my DSIL watched the kids. We were staying at the Poly and took the monorail over to the GF (we had stayed there on our honeymoon). We just walked around the grounds a bit, then got back on the monorail and went to the Contemporary and had dinner at the California Grill, where we were able to watch Wishes. We had a wonderful meal, and it was very romantic.
Re: Ideas for adult evening during a family adventure?
Pleasure Island would be my vote. I felt guilty when my Dad and Stepmom watched our big guy (when we was 2 1/2) for a night and DW and I went to MGM to ride some rides. It just seems wrong to be on vacation with the kids and going somewhere that they would be allowed to go without them. At least going to Pleasure Island makes me feel less guilty, since there are some places that they aren't allowed to go in.
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