Hi friends,
We've come up on a bit of a dilemma for our November trip.
Benn is spending one night at WDW in November at the end of my "friends" trip before we leave for Port Canaveral to do a short cruise. I made a reservation for 'Ohana that night at 6:30 because that's Benn's favorite restaurant and I think that my friends will really like it, too. Benn also loves the Osbourne Lights, so I'm trying to make that happen also since this will be his only opportunity to see them before they go away.
Because of other trips that we have planned for next year, we would be buying Benn an AP and activating it in March anyway. After the 2016 meet-up, we will most likely let our AP's expire and do some other Disney vacationing in 2017. So activating Benn's AP early and "wasting" a park day is basically a non-issue.
Benn's flight will land at 4:50pm. I've checked with Magical Express and they've informed me that he will have no trouble getting on the Poly bus instead of the SSR bus so that he can make our 6:30 'Ohana reservation.
If we eat at 'Ohana at 6:30, I see no realistic way that we can make it to DHS for an 8:00pm close--even though we will have access to a car. The only possibility would be if we were seated early and I feel like that's not a thing that will happen.
I'm trying to move the 'Ohana reservation, but we all know the chance of success on that front and I'm not about to feed into the 'dining reservation finder' business that hoards all of the most popular ADR's. I figure if Benn takes ME to Boardwalk and walks to DHS, he should be at the park entrance around 6:15-6:30. If we have a 7:30 or later reservation and we drive, we can see the lights first and then continue on to dinner at 'Ohana. That's what I'm trying to do, but...
If you had to choose between dinner at your favorite restaurant (and a meal that others in your party have never experienced and are looking forward to) and seeing a show or attraction that you loved that was likely going away forever, which would you choose?
Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table because that will make you more welcome. --Randy Pausch
Trip Reports:
December 2013: 10th Anniversary, 1st DVC Stay | April 2014: Birthday on the Boardwalk | May 2014: Star Wars Weekend, Navigating WDW with a wheelchair | August 2014: Villains Unleashed | September/October 2014: MNSSHP, F&W, Tower of Terror 10-miler | March/April 2015: Disneyland and California Coastal Cruise | November 2015: Wine & Dine Half, Food & Wine, 1st Disney Cruise | February 2016: Presidential Classic Gymnastics Meet | March 2016: "Work" Trip, Tours, F&G Festival | April 2016: Conference at Disneyland | Fall 2016: Festive Fall Fun | January 2017: Festival of the Arts | May 2017: AbD Backstage Magic | July 2017: AbD San Francisco | Sorry I had to give up doing trip reports. Too many time commitments right now.
Hoping and continuing to try!!