Originally Posted By joeysmommy Please check out my itinerary and tell me if I am crazy and trying to do too much. I figured if we want to eat elsewhere i could always cancel the ressies. But better to have them than wait 1 hour for seating, right? I called vacation planning today and booked all of our sit down dining reservations. Barbara was very patient with me, as I know I was driving her crazy. 6 adults and 5 kids will be going on this trip and I figured with a large group it's best to book ressies now. I was right, because it was difficult for her to find ressies at some of the restaurants for a large group. We arrive on Mon 9/25 at 10am. So, I booked a princess lunch at Ariel's Grotto and then a 4:15 Playhouse Disney so we can go see the Cars pre-pareade at 4:45. And then dinner where ever we end up after the 7pm parade at DL. Tuesday I booked BB at noon and then we have a 2pm Plaza Inn Birthday Party. Dinner at Ralph Brennan's for 8pm. Wednesday is not an EE day so we will do Goofy's Kitchen at 8:40 am and then Playhouse Disney at 3:15. So we can catch the last Cars preparade for the week. I figured we would be stuffed from breakfast, so a quick light lunch that day. Dinner at Rainforest Cafe? Thursday EE day- Carnation Cafe at 11am after running ragged for 3 hours. Dinner at Naples 8pm Friday we check out and do a 9am Build a Bear then 10:20am Lilo & Stitch breakfast/birthday.
Originally Posted By tink_26 ^^ With 5 kids you made need more time for Build-a-bear. Maybe breakfast, then bears. We haven't done Build-a-bear yet, but it looked like you could spend some time and $ in there! Whatever you do, sounds like you will have a great time! You might need a vacation from your vacation!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo This sounds fine with one exception. I think you might be too full from the Blue Bayou to enjoy the Birthday Party. If you can spread those too out, I would recommend it.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Tuesday I booked BB at noon and then we have a 2pm Plaza Inn Birthday Party. Dinner at Ralph Brennan's for 8pm.<< Sounds like you might be having 2 dinners that day. The BB lunch menu looks about the same as dinner.
Originally Posted By joeysmommy Thanks everyone- I realize the BB and Plaza Inn are close together, but my SIL will be there that day and really wanted to do both. Maybe we'll cancel Ralph Brennan's and just wing it that night. I didn't want to book too many late nite dinners as I'm pretty sure my 2 year old will be having a melt down by 7pm.
Originally Posted By ourmagicears Please never cancel BB. I was so disappointed when BB was closed on our 05/05 trip ! I do want you to know that you can make the Build a Bear work shop and the Lilo and Stitch Breakfast at the Pier. We walked the Downtown Disney district - the DL hotel for 8 days. The Build a Bear work shop is sooooo fun. We did it before the crowds and had a blast. No pushing No shoving. We where with 2 other families. Fabulous time! Good Luck!
Originally Posted By joeysmommy ourmagicears- thanks. I will keep the BB ressies and switch something else. Also, glad to hear Build a bear is worth doing. Anything with less crowds is worth doing. I think my 3 year old won't want to do Build a Bear for any more than 45 minutes anyway. Short attention span. Then we can head over to Lilo & Stitch for breakfast. At most restaurants we strive for a 1 hour exit as my kids are bouncing off the walls by then. Our flight on that day is at 1:55pm, so we will just need to leave DLR by 11:30a.m.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle It all sounds fine to me - I thought the Plaza Inn and BB might have been a little close together as well, but if it's the only way you can organise it then go for it. I don't get to Disneyland often and I like to cram in as many things as I can, even if it means eating more than I need to ina day!
