First night dinner ?

[homeschool mom]

I will be able to make our ADRs on June 24. Trying to decide where to eat on our first night. We WON'T be going into a park that day and we're on the dining plan. We are a family of 7 - Mom, Dad, 3 young adult DDds and 2 teen DSs. We are not opposed to character meals. We usually do Hoop Dee Doo our first night, but DH wants to try something else. Suggestions please.

[TheDuckRocks]

We usually go to either Downtown Disney or a resort on our first night. Some of our choices have been:
Boatwrights at POR
Ohana
TRex
Paradiso 37
Captain's Grille at YC
Maya Grille at CBR
Ragland Road

[NickD100]

That would be sort of hard to pass up the Hoop for the first night. It's just a perfect "Welcome to Disney" opener. But I do understand wanting something different too. The Luau (Spirit of Aloha) might be a good switch. The atmosphere is nice and welcoming and very tropical and sorts. It's a good vacation welcoming opener too. It gets a bad rep sometimes but I still say it's fun, enjoyable, and good. There's always Ohana at the Polynesian as well. Whispering Canyon, Boma- Flavors of Africa, and TRex at DTD might be cool too. Oh, and I almost forgot, there's always the Hoop :-)

[MississippiDisneyFreak]

Since we usually arrive late afternoon we don't go the parks the first day either. We always go to DTD and eat at Wolfgang Puck express but I think we'll try Earl of Sandwich this time. That way we save a TS for either a character breakfast the day we check out or put it with another TS credit for a signature meal.

[VacationDisney]

This will be the first time, in like 20+ visits, that we are not going to a park on day of arrival.

We are heading to DTD and going to try the Earl of Sandwich for the very first time. I've heard nothing but great reviews on this place

[buzznwoodysmom]

We always do Ohana on our first night, ALWAYS!!!

It's a great "you are in Disney" first meal. Follow it up with a spin on the monorail, wishes from one of the monorail resort's, and you have a great first night to kick off your trip.