Orlando/Disneyworld Thread (Part 3)

vivatifosi

camelot1971 wrote: »

Am heading to Orlando in early June with my wife and 2 kids (9 and 13) and have heard mixed reviews about the non A list attractions such as Ripleys, Titanic, Wonderworks and the Medievel Castle dinner thingy!

I've spent over 15 months in total in Orlando and not bothered with most of those things. I went to the dinner show years ago and it was ok, not great. Wonderworks, I'd rather go to the Orlando Science Centre. Titanic has never appealed... There are far too many things to put in the queue in front of these. The main people I know who go to the things you've mentioned are those staying on I Drive who are stuck on a rainy afternoon for something to do.

blue_monkey_2

Message for Jonny Roper re:

jeanniebeanie wrote: »

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/reservations/dining/

You will be looking for Cinderella's Royal Table.

Just saw this while dipping in beore work tonight. You cannot book Cinderellas Royal Table online, you can only book by phone and they will take a deposit (or possibly even full payment and if on DP will refund you when you get there).

This restarurant is THE most sought after dining experience and is often sold out within the day of the 180 day window opening so make sure you call ASAP for September - it is so popular as you get photos too.

If you cannot get in or do not want to pay that much there is a restaurant in the Norway section of Epcot and I am pretty sure that Cinderella is there too, but I have never eaten at either so I cannot tell you what the food is like. Here is the info but it does not state specifically who is there so maybe have a google and see if you can find out: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/akershus/

My kids are not really interested in dining with Princesses so I've been lucky. The Princess Dining Experiences come at a premium, around $70 a head I believe but you can use 2 DP meals to pay for it. You do get some extras but it has never been worth it for us as the interest has not been there.

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Thanks for the comments, sounds like places to miss then unless theres nothing else to do!

blue_monkey_2

I know it's not the same but we are off to DLP in May. Hurrah!! A little Disney fix before we go again next year.

busymum1

HI

Can someone help me. We have booked for april in diesneyworld. Can anyone suggest do we need to take any special clothing for water parks or we just wear normal clothing???

Also i am still stuck with the hotels. Where to book any which one to book??? We have booked 3 weeks as we got our flight booked for texas and then we doing internal flight and hotel which we still not sure where to stay. Any suggestion well appreciated. Many Thanks.

vivatifosi

busymum1 wrote: »

Can anyone suggest do we need to take any special clothing for water parks or we just wear normal clothing???

Main thing is not to wear a skimpy bikini to a waterpark. Tops can come off, bottoms can come down.... All very embarrassing. All in ones or big tankinis are the way forward. Unless you want to make the lifeguard's day that is.

You should be ok in April, but flip flops are good too as concrete can get hot in the sun.

vivatifosi

blue_monkey wrote: »

I know it's not the same but we are off to DLP in May. Hurrah!! A little Disney fix before we go again next year.

Yay!! Where are you staying blue?

jeanniebeanie_2

You cannot book Cinderellas Royal Table online, you can only book by phone and they will take a deposit (or possibly even full payment and if on DP will refund you when you get there).

You can now. Not sure how much availability, but just made this dummy booking:

You Requested Cinderella's Royal Table Date & Time 6/15/2011 8:00 am Party Size 2 Guests Change Search Options
We searched from 6:00 am to 10:00 am. This restaurant has availability at the following times :
9:00 AM

vivatifosi

blue_monkey wrote: »

My kids are not really interested in dining with Princesses so I've been lucky. The Princess Dining Experiences come at a premium, around $70 a head I believe but you can use 2 DP meals to pay for it. You do get some extras but it has never been worth it for us as the interest has not been there.

I've been to the Princess breakfast but honestly didn't think it was as good as some of the other character meals. My favourite is at 1900 Park Fare at Grand Flo'. Its informal, a nice well laid out space, good choice of characters, you don't feel rushed and the buffet means you eat what you want not what they think you want.

blue_monkey_2

jeanniebeanie wrote: »

You can now. Not sure how much availability, but just made this dummy booking:

You Requested Cinderella's Royal Table Date & Time 6/15/2011 8:00 am Party Size 2 Guests Change Search Options
We searched from 6:00 am to 10:00 am. This restaurant has availability at the following times :
9:00 AM

It never used to let you actually book though, you get to the next page and it asks you to call (it might ask for a payment now though). It might have changed since we went but because it is so popular (and expensive) it was to stop people making bookings and cancelling. Over on the dibb there were people saying about it because although they were on full dining plan, they were having to pay for the booking when they booked it.

Here is a recent thread on a booking: http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=486815 They had to pay upfront. Although it gives you the times online, you cannot actually reserve it like you can the other meals and you have to pay.

I can understand why, we did not go to one of our meals as when the time arived we was just not hungry enough, they were fine about us cancelling it though and we went to Olivias at the hotel instead.