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- Oct 10, 2014
My boyfriend and I will be going to WDW, for just the second time, October 23-27. We are staying at Port Orleans French Quarter, and will have a car, although I think we plan to take resort transit for most things—unless you think we shouldn't! We are LA-based Disneyland AP holders, and have only visited WDW once before, in December 2014. On that trip we stayed at All Star Movies, visited Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, and had a great time!
We hope to arrive early afternoon on Monday, take a boat over to Disney Springs for dinner, then relax around the resort. We're visiting Animal Kingdom on Tuesday and made a late reservation for dinner at Jiko after the park closes. We're visiting EPCOT on Wednesday (no post-park plans yet), then going to the Halloween party on Thursday. We have a reservation for dinner during the party at Be Our Guest—we loved the meal we had there in December 2014 when it had first opened—but after listening to the latest DIS dining review, and learning of the menu changes, I think we may cancel that.
First question: We will have most of the day before the Halloween party to explore the other resorts on property (we didn't do this at all during our first trip). What would be a good itinerary for this, assuming that we are starting at POFQ and need to be at Magic Kingdom by 4? How many resorts can we realistically check out? Which should be our top priorities? We'd like to be pretty leisurely about this—at Disneyland we really enjoy relaxing with food or drink in the lobby of the Grand Californian or at the outdoor fire at the Disneyland Hotel, and really like checking out the theming details. (For reference, my favorite themed spaces at Disneyland are the Grand Californian/Grizzly Peak, Carthay Circle/Buena Vista Street, and New Orleans Square.)
Second question: Where should we eat (especially CS)? The worst thing about our previous trip was, sadly, the food. My boyfriend is 100% vegetarian, and I also prefer to eat vegetarian 90% of the time (though I will sometimes eat meat if it seems like it will be exceptional), and I think we just made some ill-informed restaurant and meal choices. The one meal we really enjoyed was our dinner at the California Grill. I've read some blog posts about vegetarian food at WDW, but since menus change so often I wanted to ask for your most up-to-date advice. I'm also hoping there are some good vegetarian items at Food & Wine?
Third question: I know enough about the differences between the parks to have booked our FP+ reservations in advance, and to budget more time for travel, but if there are other tips you have for Disneylanders going to WDW I would appreciate them so much! (Also—how do I find a resort bus map??)
Thanks so much, everyone!!
We hope to arrive early afternoon on Monday, take a boat over to Disney Springs for dinner, then relax around the resort. We're visiting Animal Kingdom on Tuesday and made a late reservation for dinner at Jiko after the park closes. We're visiting EPCOT on Wednesday (no post-park plans yet), then going to the Halloween party on Thursday. We have a reservation for dinner during the party at Be Our Guest—we loved the meal we had there in December 2014 when it had first opened—but after listening to the latest DIS dining review, and learning of the menu changes, I think we may cancel that.
First question: We will have most of the day before the Halloween party to explore the other resorts on property (we didn't do this at all during our first trip). What would be a good itinerary for this, assuming that we are starting at POFQ and need to be at Magic Kingdom by 4? How many resorts can we realistically check out? Which should be our top priorities? We'd like to be pretty leisurely about this—at Disneyland we really enjoy relaxing with food or drink in the lobby of the Grand Californian or at the outdoor fire at the Disneyland Hotel, and really like checking out the theming details. (For reference, my favorite themed spaces at Disneyland are the Grand Californian/Grizzly Peak, Carthay Circle/Buena Vista Street, and New Orleans Square.)
Second question: Where should we eat (especially CS)? The worst thing about our previous trip was, sadly, the food. My boyfriend is 100% vegetarian, and I also prefer to eat vegetarian 90% of the time (though I will sometimes eat meat if it seems like it will be exceptional), and I think we just made some ill-informed restaurant and meal choices. The one meal we really enjoyed was our dinner at the California Grill. I've read some blog posts about vegetarian food at WDW, but since menus change so often I wanted to ask for your most up-to-date advice. I'm also hoping there are some good vegetarian items at Food & Wine?
Third question: I know enough about the differences between the parks to have booked our FP+ reservations in advance, and to budget more time for travel, but if there are other tips you have for Disneylanders going to WDW I would appreciate them so much! (Also—how do I find a resort bus map??)
Thanks so much, everyone!!
