for all those honeymooning in disney...

i read sporadic posts about different dinners and such that you girls are planning there. we are spending 6 nights in disney for the second half of our honeymoon. we already have the 3 day hopper pass, 2 day universal, and sea world. i also booked dinner at cinderella's castle. i also want to book a few more meals... what are the best suggestions, in your opinion? romantic? what websites are good to check these things out or book things? TIA ladies!

We are doing Disney too. I hear that Victorias and Alberts at the Grand Floridian is to die for - if you like sophiscated menus. THe chef's table dinner there is also great (and expensive) - you dine at a table by the kitchen and have a multi course meal with wine tastings based on your preferences. They have one sitting at a time. Very Romantic, in fact many proposals happen there - they say one per week on a special I saw on the Food Network! We won't be doing this because FH is so picky. If the place has a hamburger or steak on the menu - it's OK. LOL. Narcossee's is also great at the GF I have heard. I have also heard thate The Brown Derby is great at MGM.

We have meals booked at The Royal Table, Le cellier, Chef Mickey's (breakfast), The Sci Fi at MGM, and the hoop de due revue. We are also going to Cirque de Soliel and I can't wait for this.

Fulton's crab house is also wonderful if you are into seafood.
The Disney website has a comprehensive listing of their resturaunts. Also - the DIS discussion borads have good references. Just Google - DIS Boards
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Posted by JenTim

Narcossee's is also great at the GF I have heard.

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I HIGHLY recommend Narcoossee's! We ate there a couple of weeks ago and the food is outstanding! It's located in the waterfront pavillion in the Grand Floridian. Check Disney's site for more info...

I also HIGHLY recommend getting the almond encrusted cheesecake for dessert! I'm considering calling them to see if they'll FedEx it up to me!

Buy Birnbaum's Guide to Disney World. They'll tell you what's going on while you're there... They MAY be doing the Wine and Food Festival while you're there,which I hear is GREAT!

We're staying at the Grand Floridian... just switched my reservation today!!! SOOO excited!!!

You can book Cinderella's Castle, but do it now because it goes fast!!! You can do breakfast, lunch or dinner. We're doing lunch because we have too many dinners and too few days!

We're eating at the Contemporary, which was highly recommended to us. They say it's a GREAT view of the fireworks.

Also, we're doing the 5:15 luau, and then a horse and carriage ride through Fort Wilderness afterwards.

Ya know what? Here's our itinerary!:

5:45 pm – arrive in Disney World!!!
7:30 – check into Grand Floridian!
8:30 – bus/taxi to Downtown Disney
9pm – Christmas Store (closes at 11) – have them delivered to hotel
9:50 pm - Fultons Crab House (courtesy hold… if possible, call to cancel)… allow half hour transportation time. (bus or taxi)
11pm - New Year’s Eve?

Tuesday 14th
Breakfast in Bed!!!
Morning - Animal Kingdom (buy PAL MICKEY!)
• Expedition Everest (FP) (PAL)
Afternoon/early evening - MGM Studios
• Aerosmiths Rockin’ Roller Coaster (FP) (PAL)
• Tower of Terror (FP) (PAL)
• Back to the Future??
• Indiana Jones (FP) (PAL)
7:30 pm (CC)… The California Grill … 2tables pp dining plan… 15th floor of Contemporary… nice jeans and collared shirt… MONORAIL…

Wednesday 15th
Massage at Grand Floridian spa
Morning… Magic Kingdom
Afternoon… Hotel Pool
5:15 – Polynesian luau
8:30pm – Fort Wilderness Horse and Carriage Ride

Thursday 16th –
EPCOT
Soarin’
9:45am – Dolphins in Depth (3hrs)
Bring bathing suit… change in locker room… need theme park tix to stay in park… or can go back to room
Norway
Boat Ride
Counter Service – Food Court: Norwegian Café
Mexico
Boat Ride
Margaritas/Lunch
Germany
Big Pretzel and Beer
Japan - Dinner: Sushi restaurant in Epcot (walk in only)
Italy

Friday –
MAGIC KINGDOM
Pirates of the Caribbean Ride
Very Merry Christmas Party (Wishes 6pm and Christmas FW)
Magic Kingdom open – 9am to 7pm (plus Very Merry Christmas)
1:10 pm – Cinderella's Castle … photo shoot with Cinderella in lobby… upstairs Royal Family
3pm – Share a Dream Come True Parade
6pm – Wishes Nightime Spectacular – Tinkerbell!!!
8pm – Christmas Fireworks (Frontierland best place for viewing parade!)

Saturday 18th – 8pm (TB)
WHATEVER WE MISSED
LAST NIGHT’S DINNER:
Epcot Fireworks at 9…
8:30: Alfredo di Roma (ITALY) Fireworks

Sunday – November 19th
9:30 Breakfast
11am – check out of Grand Floridian

I am a Disney World ADDICT! I was there three times last year, so I hope I can help out you guys with your questions!

To book dining, call 1-407-WDW-DINE. Cinderella meals you have to call at 7:00 a.m. exactly 90 days before the day you want to book the meal. No joke, it books up that fast.

Some great restaurants are 'Ohana at the Polynesian, Bistro de Paris in France in Epcot, Le Cellier steakhouse in Canada at Epcot. If you want something fun, FH and I LOVE 50's Prime Time Cafe and Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater at MGM. They're kind of cheesy in a fun way and have great comfort food! Bistro de Paris was beautiful and romantic.

A great website to check out is allearsnet.com. FULL of great info!!!

Feel free to FM me if you have questions! Hope this helps! Everyone enjoy their honeymoons!

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We're staying at the Grand Floridian... just switched my reservation today!!! SOOO excited!!!

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Hooray! You're gonna love it Sarah!!!

Where were you and FH originally staying?

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Posted by MichLiz213

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We're staying at the Grand Floridian... just switched my reservation today!!! SOOO excited!!!

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Hooray! You're gonna love it Sarah!!!

Where were you and FH originally staying?

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Disney's Beach Club Villas... but I realized I would rather have the ambiance of the GF than a kitchen and living room and whirlpool tub (which is small anyway at the villas). The Villas will be nice with a family in the future, but the GFis 'honeymoon special!'

(and hopefully they'll upgrade us! We just have to put those ears on!!!)

Thanks for all your help and advice!!!!!!!

We're going to Disney for FH's birthday in 2 weeks. I've made reservations at Narcoosee's for his birthday and was told that we can see fireworks from there.
We're staying at the Animal Kingdom, how close is that to everything? We can still take the monorail, right?
We booked a while ago and now I see there are some new tickets available. We got the Park Hopper tickets and the meal plan. Are there other options I should go with instead? Which parks CANT I go to with the park hopper?
I'm heading to our travel agent this week, but you girls seem pretty knowledgeable.

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Posted by AutmBride

We're going to Disney for FH's birthday in 2 weeks. I've made reservations at Narcoosee's for his birthday and was told that we can see fireworks from there.
We're staying at the Animal Kingdom, how close is that to everything? We can still take the monorail, right?
We booked a while ago and now I see there are some new tickets available. We got the Park Hopper tickets and the meal plan. Are there other options I should go with instead? Which parks CANT I go to with the park hopper?
I'm heading to our travel agent this week, but you girls seem pretty knowledgeable.

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The monorail only connects the Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary, the transportation & ticket center, the Polynesian, the Gradn Floridian, & Epcot. To get from the AK to anywhere, you'll need to take the bus, car, or taxi.

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Posted by ginny26

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Posted by AutmBride

We're going to Disney for FH's birthday in 2 weeks. I've made reservations at Narcoosee's for his birthday and was told that we can see fireworks from there.
We're staying at the Animal Kingdom, how close is that to everything? We can still take the monorail, right?
We booked a while ago and now I see there are some new tickets available. We got the Park Hopper tickets and the meal plan. Are there other options I should go with instead? Which parks CANT I go to with the park hopper?
I'm heading to our travel agent this week, but you girls seem pretty knowledgeable.

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The monorail only connects the Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary, the transportation & ticket center, the Polynesian, the Gradn Floridian, & Epcot. To get from the AK to anywhere, you'll need to take the bus, car, or taxi.

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Really??? I wish my TA woulda mentioned that.... I wonder if we should change hotels. Is it that much of an inconvenience?

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Posted by AutmBride

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Posted by ginny26

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Posted by AutmBride

We're going to Disney for FH's birthday in 2 weeks. I've made reservations at Narcoosee's for his birthday and was told that we can see fireworks from there.
We're staying at the Animal Kingdom, how close is that to everything? We can still take the monorail, right?
We booked a while ago and now I see there are some new tickets available. We got the Park Hopper tickets and the meal plan. Are there other options I should go with instead? Which parks CANT I go to with the park hopper?
I'm heading to our travel agent this week, but you girls seem pretty knowledgeable.

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The monorail only connects the Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary, the transportation & ticket center, the Polynesian, the Gradn Floridian, & Epcot. To get from the AK to anywhere, you'll need to take the bus, car, or taxi.

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Really??? I wish my TA woulda mentioned that.... I wonder if we should change hotels. Is it that much of an inconvenience?

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I changed hotels from the Beach Club Villas to the Grand Floridian... and one of the reasons is the convenience of the monorail.

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Posted by AutmBride

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Posted by ginny26

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Posted by AutmBride

We're going to Disney for FH's birthday in 2 weeks. I've made reservations at Narcoosee's for his birthday and was told that we can see fireworks from there.
We're staying at the Animal Kingdom, how close is that to everything? We can still take the monorail, right?
We booked a while ago and now I see there are some new tickets available. We got the Park Hopper tickets and the meal plan. Are there other options I should go with instead? Which parks CANT I go to with the park hopper?
I'm heading to our travel agent this week, but you girls seem pretty knowledgeable.

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The monorail only connects the Magic Kingdom, the Contemporary, the transportation & ticket center, the Polynesian, the Gradn Floridian, & Epcot. To get from the AK to anywhere, you'll need to take the bus, car, or taxi.

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Really??? I wish my TA woulda mentioned that.... I wonder if we should change hotels. Is it that much of an inconvenience?

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I wouldnt sweat it.. the buses are REALLY nice and run very frequently.... more frequently than the monorail sometimes! Plus, if you stay at one of the monorail resorts, you STILL need to take the buses to Animal Kingdom and MGM. So 6 of one, half a dozen of the other!

It's just my opinion, but I find the buses to be a pain...(maybe I'm just a lil impatient!! We always stay at either the Polynesian or the Boardwalk...even though it doesn't take a REALLY long time to get from one place to another from the AK, it's probably the most 'out of the way' on the Disney property. Personally, we like being on the beach (even if its a man made beach!) and/or having monorail or walking access to the parks (i.e. Polynesian is on the monorail line; you can walk to the MGM studios and Epcot from the Boardwalk and the Yacht & Beach Club & Swan/Dolphin hotels). Hope this helps!!

I've also been to Disney several times and love it! I agree with many of the suggestions already given. Narcoosees was awesome. You get a great view of the fireworks and some show in the lagoon that I forget the name of. I've never been to Victoria and Albert's but it is supposed to be the best restaurant in Disney! Ohana in the Polynesian was great too. Again, there is a great view of the fireworks. Ask for a table near the window. I've only eaten breakfast in Cinderella's castle. It is amazing and my favorite thing to do in Disney! YOu do have to call by 7:00 am exactly ninety days before you want to go because it really does book up in minutes. Believe me, it is worth getting up early to do. There is a restaurant on the top floor of the Contemporary that I've also never eaten at, but it is supposed to be amazing. I forget the name of it. We checked out the menu and it is mostly seafood and I don't eat seafood. I also recommend Chef Mickey's for a character breakfast. THere are tons of kids there, but adults too. It is fun. At MGM I also heard THe Brown Derby is good. I've eaten at Mama Melrose's twice and thought it was good. When you go to MGM you have to see Fantasmic. I am not really a show person, but this show is awesome. THey have some kind of deal that if you book dinner at either Mama Melroses, The Brown Derby, or another restaurant you can go into Fantasmik without waiting in line. THe Birnbaum book gives you details on this. IT is worth doing, bc people get to the show over an hour before.

Hope this helps!

okay girls, thank you for all your suggestions so far... i checked out a lot of this stuff and now have a few more questions...

fulton's crab house looks good; its in downtown disney, right? do you suggest doing the whole downtown disney thing at the beginning or at the end of the trip (to pick up souvenirs that we didn't already get at the parks)? also, are reservations needed for fulton's?
the brown derby and the 50's primetime cafe both look good in mgm... again, reservations?
does anyone else have the hopper pass? or has had it? if we have a 3 day hopper pass, does that mean 3 consecutive days? or is it just 3 days altogether?
i know i could call my TA, but you girls seem to know so much!
i'm trying to figure out our itinerary and it's tough because FH just wants me to take care of it all, but he's a REALLY picky eater (he would hate the food at hoop de due review which makes me ) so i am trying to pick restuarants that we'll both like. i already booked cindarella's royal table for the wed nite we are there.
there's just so much to do! it's overwhelming. also, i can't find when the fireworks shows are when we'll be there... anyone know?
TIA!!!