We are going to Disney in Sept for 4 nights/5 days, staying at the Wilderness Lodge. This will be our 2nd and last Disney trip for a few years. When I originally planned it I decided to do a dining plan b/c wanted to do lots of character meals. Now as the planning gets more serious I am rethinking whether I want to be so tied down with sit down meals at specific times.
Here is our proposed itinerary:
Monday: arrival, evening at Epcot with late lunch at Akershus
Tuesday: AK, lunch at Tusker House; Halloween Party at MK
Wed: MK; breakfast at BOG @ 8:35, lunch at CRT at 2:20
Thu: Epcot; dinner at Marrakesh
Fri: morning at the hotel; depart
I have been waiting to see if any discounts would pop up for our room, but it did not fall into the free dining category nor into the late summer discount. We can upgrade to a club level for $50 more a night right now. I am thinking of cancelling the dining plan and just upgrading. Dining plan for the 3 of us is $580 vs. upgrade of $200 that would include some breakfast, snacks and a beer or a glass of wine in the evening. I am also not sure if we need all the sit down meals. DD might not cooperate for all the sit down meals all the time. I’d rather have an option to go back to the hotel and rest, grabbing some snacks offered at club level.
Do you think we need the Akershus meal upon arrival or leave that time free to browse through Epcot and get what strikes out fancy? That way if our flights are delayed, whatnot, I am not stressing about making our reservation. She’ll see some of the princesses at CRT, right?
We did Tusker House on our last trio 2 years ago and it was nice, however, DD is a lot more into rides not, so I’d rather spend the extra hour on those and head back to the hotel to rest/eat/snack before the Halloween party at MK. So I think I might cancel this particular reservation
Disney veterans, what do you recommend? Upgrade and ditch the dining plan and pay for the couple of sit down meals out of pocket? Good idea to cancel the Tusker House and Akershus? Other recommendations? Thank you!