Advanced Dining Reservations

So Disney does this crazy thing where they open up dining reservations 180 days in advance. 180. 6 months, give or take. My answer to "What do you want for dinner tonight?" Is nearly always "I don't know". 6 months from now? Are you freaking serious? Alas, I have a pretty solid plan of what we want to eat and when. How did I do this, you ask? Well, here ya go. I'm including dining plan details as well, we'll have the standard Disney Ding Plan, which includes one Quick Service (QS) meal, one Table Service (TS), and one snack per day, for 7 days:

Sunday May 4th, our first park day: We plan on starting out the day at Magic Kingdom (rope drop, duh), because of course we want the castle to be the first thing the littles see. Whenever B watches a Disney movie and the logo comes up she's all "That's Cinderella's castle! Isn't it beautiful? I'd love to go there someday!" Gah! Did I mention how exciting this is for me? I'll be a blubbering mess the whole day, no doubt. But anyway, we'll get there at rope drop with no exact plans, hit Dumbo, Small World, Peter Pan, etc, and then eat lunch at Be Our Guest (QS). No reservation needed there. After lunch we intend to hop on over to Hollywood Studios. Hopefully FastPass+ will be in full swing by then and I'll be able to snag an oh-so-coveted time slot for Toy Story Midway Mania. Mama ain't got time for no 2 hour lines. But yeah, we'll be at Hollywood studios, so we need a reservation at Mama Melrose's (TS). Probably around 6 since we want to catch Fantasmic! afterward.
Total for the day: 1 QS, 1 TS

Monday May 5th: We'll spend the whole day at Animal Kingdom. It has early Extra Magic Hours that day, so my original plan of snagging the earliest breakfast is a no go. Bummer. Ah well, the show must go on. We'll arrive early, catch the Safari, and aim for a late breakfast reservation at Tusker House (TS), hosted by Safari Donald. We'll have lunch at Flame Tree BBQ (QS), and then head over to Animal Kingdom Lodge to do some exploring. Dinner will be either at AKL or back at our home resort, AoA (QS).
Total for the day: 2 QS, 1 TS

Tuesday, May 6th: This is a Magic Kingdom day. As in, all Magic Kingdom, all day. I don't know where we'll eat lunch. It depends on where we end up. It'll be quick service. We're aiming for the earlier dinner reservation at 'Ohana (TS).
Total for the day: 1 QS, 1 TS

Wednesday, May 7th: We'll start our day off in Hollywood Studios. I'm pretty excited about the Hollywood & Vine reservation I'll try to snag (TS). It's a lunch buffet with the Disney Junior characters. Right up my kiddo's ally. I'm aiming for the earlier lunch reservation. We'll hop to Epcot later and have dinner at Sunshine Seasons (QS)
Total for the day: 1 QS, 1 TS

Thursday, May 8th: Epcot day. We want the earliest lunch reservation for Coral Reef (TS) so we can request a table by the tank. This is the one David's most excited about, I think. There's steak on the menu, and the you can see inside the aquarium from anywhere in the restaurant. SO David. For dinner that night we'll eat at Via Napoli, which is generally a table service credit, but I don't think it's a good use of our credits, so we'll pay out of pocket.
Total for the day: 1 TS

Friday, May 9th: All Magic Kingdom, All day. This is the day. THE. DAY. I'm so excited, you guys. We'll be having lunch at who cares where (QS) and dinner at Cinderella's Royal Table (TS x 2). In the castle. So excited! CRT is a 2 credit meal. Fancy Pants. I also need to make a reservation for Bella to get her hair did by a Fairy Godmother in training at the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique. And when it comes closer to our dates, I also need to make reservations for the Dessert Party during Wishes. We're doing it up.
Total for the day: 1 QS, 2 TS

Grand Total: 6 QS, 7 TS

We'll use the extra QS for either dinner on our arrival day, or lunch before we leave. It doesn't matter. And snacks, well, we'll see.

So there is is, a painfully long, detailed description of the ADRs that I'm aiming for and why I want them. And for my reference, a list:

Sunday 5/4: Mama Melrose’s dinner 5:00-10:00 (Choose around 6:00ish)

Monday 5/5: Tusker House Breakfast 8:00-10:55 (Choose late breakfast, because EMH)

Tuesday 5/6: Dinner at O’hana: 5:00-10:00 (Choose EARLIEST available)

Wednesday 5/7: Hollywood and VIne lunch: 11:00-2:00 (Choose EARLIEST)

Thursday 5/8: Coral Reef lunch: 11:00-2:00 (Choose EARLIEST)

         Via Napoli dinner: aim for 6ish

Friday 5/9: Cinderella’s Royal Table: 5:00-10:00 (Choose 5:00ish)
Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique: 1-2ish?

I'll be up and at my computer at 6:15am on Monday, ready to make all of our reservations. Yep, pretty early. I have class at 8, so it's just about perfect. I'm ready!

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Hi there!

I should probably introduce myself, just in case someone ever stumbles upon this blog without knowing who I am (as if anyone wants to read my word vomit :P). Anyway, I'm Brittney. I'm a 23 year old mama and nursing student. I've been married to my awesome husband, David for 5 years, and, let's be real. We love Disney. It may be a giant, evil, mindsucking corporation, but it's our giant, evil, mindsucking corporation, you know? We both have fond memories of watching Disney movies as kids, and now that we have our own, we're reliving our childhoods all over again. Every. Freaking. Day. "Mommy! I wanna watch Belle!"Cool story, kid. That would be my little princess, by the way. Bella. She's 4, and she's the bomb. Fierce and fabulous, and very much going to lose her shit when we hit The World. She has no idea, and it's going to stay that way until we get there. Surprise, kiddo. The baby princess won't be quite as excited, but she'll still have a blast, I'm sure. Penny is 8 months old and will be just over a year when we go. 184 days! I can make my dining reservations on Monday! I need to give them one more quick glance, but I'm pretty sure I know exactly what we want, so until next time!

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