Help With My ADR Questions - Suggestions/Tips Welcome!

[HollyRB]

My husband and I haven't been to Disney since we were kids and are planning our first trip together with our kids (3 & 9). The kids can be unpredictably picky so I picked a bunch of buffets to make sure they can find something they like. 3yo (2.5 now) can be a handful at restaurants so hoping his manners can improve before the trip. We are on the DDP and will do a mix of QS/TS. ADR day was today and this is what I have so far:

Sunday - afternoon arrival, staying at Contemporary, dinner at The Wave (ok for kids? service too slow? will they be bored?)

Monday - Epcot - Lunch at Le Cellier (want to eat there and figured lunch would be quicker/easier than dinner - is this the case? ok for 3 yo?)

Tuesday - MK+Christmas Party at night - Lunch at Skipper Canteen (not thrilled with TS options at MK so might bag this one all together and just do all QS. Also don't know whether we will need a break in the afternoon before the party which could make reservations tricky. Any suggestions for other TS options? Dinner instead of lunch? All QS?)

Wednesday - HS - Chef Mickey's for a late breakfast (sleep in!), Minnie's Dinner/Fantasmic package at Hollywood & Vine (I don't love the time I got and am curious to know whether or not we need the Fantasmic package? Seems like it does save time which is a huge plus but are that seats that much better? Does it really fill up early each night?)

Thursday - AK - Lunch at Tusker House w/ ROL package (Again, don't love my time slot and curious to know how much the package helps with ROL? Do we need it?)

Friday - MK - BOG breakfast - We depart that night so was happy to score an ADR!


Any other TS suggestions? Anything that I am missing out on or should just skip? TIA!

 

[Hopefully]

The DDP credits are Per NIGHT, nor per day. You are staying 5 nights but you booked 7 TS Credit meals. Which are you planning on paying for?m

 

[DisneyWishes14]

My husband and I haven't been to Disney since we were kids and are planning our first trip together with our kids (3 & 9). The kids can be unpredictably picky so I picked a bunch of buffets to make sure they can find something they like. 3yo (2.5 now) can be a handful at restaurants so hoping his manners can improve before the trip. We are on the DDP and will do a mix of QS/TS. ADR day was today and this is what I have so far:

Sunday - afternoon arrival, staying at Contemporary, dinner at The Wave (ok for kids? service too slow? will they be bored?)

Monday - Epcot - Lunch at Le Cellier (want to eat there and figured lunch would be quicker/easier than dinner - is this the case? ok for 3 yo?)

Tuesday - MK+Christmas Party at night - Lunch at Skipper Canteen (not thrilled with TS options at MK so might bag this one all together and just do all QS. Also don't know whether we will need a break in the afternoon before the party which could make reservations tricky. Any suggestions for other TS options? Dinner instead of lunch? All QS?)

Wednesday - HS - Chef Mickey's for a late breakfast (sleep in!), Minnie's Dinner/Fantasmic package at Hollywood & Vine (I don't love the time I got and am curious to know whether or not we need the Fantasmic package? Seems like it does save time which is a huge plus but are that seats that much better? Does it really fill up early each night?)

Thursday - AK - Lunch at Tusker House w/ ROL package (Again, don't love my time slot and curious to know how much the package helps with ROL? Do we need it?)

Friday - MK - BOG breakfast - We depart that night so was happy to score an ADR!


Any other TS suggestions? Anything that I am missing out on or should just skip? TIA!

As Hopefully pointed out, based on the meals you have booked, you are using 7 TS credits when you will only have 5 TS credits on your DDP. Unless you want to pay out-of-pocket for a few of these, this is what I would do:

Sunday - go to Chef Mickey's instead of The Wave. If you are concerned your kids will be bored at the Wave (which they may be), I would put Chef Mickey's here

Monday - Le Cellier is good (it's 2 TS credits as an FYI), but it's a signature, so not necessarily the quickest meal in EP. There will be plenty of people there with younger children. Only you know how well your 3-year old might do there.

Tuesday - because you are doing a 2 TS at Le Cellier and aren't thrilled with the TS in MK, I would just do QS on this day and keep your day flexible.

Wednesday - H&V - keep the Fantasmic package.

Thursday - TH - keep the ROL package so you don't have to wait in the standby line.