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Old Favorites or New Experiences
While planning my next trip I discovered an interesting dilemma. Each trip there are many table service restaurants I want to try after reading reports online. At the same time, we all have old favorites that carry special memories; some that are "must dos" every trip. But there are only so many nights available on a trip. I am finding that I must make a choice between old favorites and trying something new.
I was curious which way Intercotees find themselves leaning when faced with choosing between a "must do" and a "I've always wanted to try"?
If you skate around the answer by stating that you do some of both, how do you choose which "must dos" get dropped and become "didn't dos".
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Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. DLR - AP
Walt Disney World
May 1988, 2000, 2003, Oct 2006 - Offsite
May 1990 - Cruise/CBR
May 2006 - POR & Swan
May 2007 - Tokyo Disney Sea
Jan 2009, May 2010, Jan 2013, May 2015 - Swan
Sept 2016 - Wyndham Grand BC/Swan
Sept 2018 - Dolphin
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I like to try at least one new (to me) restaurant each visit. Since I do multi-day trips, I find that I can always squeeze in something new.
Yes, I have favorites that I would like to visit every trip, but if I don't try something new now and then I might miss out a a new "Must-Do."
-Bud
Walt Disney World:
9/03 - CBR
1/09 - BWV
9/05; 2/07; 12/07; 9/08; 9/09; 9/10; 9/11; 12/13; 12/17; 4/18; 10/18, 4/23 - PC
5/15 - POR
1/22 - ASMO
10/22 - ASMU
Disneyland: 12/15 - Paradise Pier Hotel
Next up: ???
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We try to do one new restaurant each visit. We go for a week so we can kinda squeeze one in.
Our upcoming trip will be the first time that my husband has eaten at California Cafe. I have eaten there in the past on my trips with my daughter but my husband has never eaten there before.
It's so difficult to give up our favorites, but we try. The only restaurant that we NEVER miss out on is Brown Derby. In the 20+ visits we never miss eating there.
Sometimes it years before we return to other places we like but all the dining experiences, over the years, have been wonderful
First WDW Trip 1984
30+ Trips since 1984
Disneyland 4 Visits
Disneyland Paris 2010
40th Wedding Anniversary December 2013
Disney Cruises 2: Magic 2005, Fantasy 2012
Last Trip November 2019
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Our one must do is Garden Grill - my kids remember this restaurant from our 2001 trip with my parents who have since passed on. It is the only restaurant they do remember, so it is a MUST do during our visit.
Other than that, it depends on who is going on what we eat. DH and I ate a lot of new places during our 20th ann. trip. DD and I ate different places than her father and I did during her graduation trip. And DS and I are going to different places yet again during his graduation trip in June. Some the same because there are only so many choices with his picky habits.
Katherine
6/2015 POP Celebrating Youngest Son's HS graduation and my birthday.
6/2012 POFQ Celebrating Daughter's HS graduation and my birthday
01/2009 ASMu 20th anniversary
12/2004 ASMu
12/2001 POR
12/1982 OffSite, 04/1987 OffSite
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We only have one absolute must do on each trip. That would be Ohana!
We have lots of other favorites that we like to do at least every other trip, but are not a must do for every trip. We try to rotate those favorites.
On a typical 7-9 night trip we do Ohana, then the remainder of our meals are an even mix of other favorites and new experiences.
Denise
Resorts we've stayed at in 20+ trips: ASMo, ASMu, ASSp, PC, CSR, CBR, POR, POFQ, WL, AKL Jambo, AKL Kidani, Poly, Contemporary, BC, YC, BWV, OKW, SSR, Swan, Shades of Green, Vero Beach, Disneyland Resort
Next Trip: ???
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Most our trips are at least a week. So DH and I each get to pick an old favorite and a new one. Then we debate the rest depending what else we will do that day. Some oldies have become tradition
DVC MEMBER since 2009
CS- Oct.2006 *Honeymoon*
ASM- Sept. 2009 BLT- Nov. 2010
WLV- Oct. 2012 SSR- July 2013
BLT- Jan. 2014 WLV- Nov. 2015
SSR- Mar. 2016 OKW- Oct. 2017
SSR- Apr. 2018 BC- May. 2018
BC- Aug. 2018 BLT Dec. 2018
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We have the same dilemma. We usually stay 8 nights and it looks like this...
Must dos:
T-Rex Café
Rainforest Café
Be Our Guest
O'hana
Coral Reef ( We always eat here our first night-Epcot is always 1st stop )
Somewhere is HS - The night we see Fantasmic. Next trip will be Mamma Melrose ( never been there )
So we have two meals left and we debate on new place or somewhere we haven't been in a while.
This is also a fun part of planning...
Scallywag
August 2004 - POR
May 2006 - POF (Honeymoon Trip)
September 2006 - Royal Pacific (Universal Studios)
April 2007 - POR
July 2009 - CBR
June 2013 - CBR
June 2014 - POF
June 2016 - POLY
June 2017 - AKL
June 2018 - BC
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We really only have one must have and that is Narcoossee at the Grand Floridian. When our daughters were younger that was date night for us while they played at the Neverland Club at the Poly. When they got older they would go off on their own adventure and now as adults it is a family favorite.
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Must do is Tokyo DIning, due to the service and location. must do Downtown is Raglan Rd or Paradiso..either or
another is Artist Pt...but i dont make it there every trip cause of its location.
otherwise i sometimes try diff places and sometimes give another chance to a place that wasnt as good .
San ANgel has been good last few times...
Via Napoli..had a great first time then a bad second time, but gave it another chance and it was good.
so i say visit a fav and try somewhere new
BC 2
WL CL 1
AKL 4
SOG 3
POFQ 3
POR 2
CSR 4
CBR 2
Asp 3
AS m 2
POP 7
12-13 WL CSR ASM
3-14 POR, AS s Dolphin
6-14 Us CSR
1-14 Unv
6-15 WL, SSR.
11- 15. AOA, OKw
7 16..CSR, FW, AKL, POR
7 17..ASM, CSR, WL AKL club POP
8 18 As sports, Pop
DL 9-19
DVC WL, CSR and idk 10-20
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Without going into lengthy lists of our must-do's, we try to hit at least one new restaurant each trip. The way we usually decide is that we first plan out which parks we're going to, based on the park schedules and Extra Magic Hours for those days. Then we narrow it down to the restaurants we want to try either in that park, or at a resort close to it.
This next trip, we're going to try something we've never done in our 15 years of going to WDW....Cinderella's Royal Table! We're going to have two little girls with us, and we think it'll be awesome.
Also, since we're staying at a new resort for us, Caribbean Beach, we'll try Shutters at Old Port Royale. So that's two new ones for us this next trip.
2002 - 2022: 20+ visits (POR, BW, All Stars, VWL, CSR, BLT, BC, SSR, CB, Dolphin, OKW, Poly, offsite x8)
DL - 1996, 2019
Next up - January 2023 short trip! We just want to try that 50th Anniversary chocolate monstrosity at Mexico!
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Our last trip, we ate at two old favorites, Ohana and Chef Mickey's, and also tried a couple of new places for us, Biergarten and Mama Melrose, and we really enjoyed them both. We'll be revisiting them on future trips.
1971 (age 15) MK was new!
1974 off-site (Senior Trip)
1982 off-site
1988 off-site
May 2002 AS-Sports, with DW & kids
May 2004 Pop Century
Feb 2005 Wilderness Lodge
Oct 2006 Pop Century
Oct 2008 Camped at Fort Wilderness
Feb 2010 Cruise on the Wonder
Dec 2014 POFQ for Christmas!
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For us the must "dos" are just that, something we must do, and we do it. We also like finding new places and try to incorporate at least one into the mix....if not two....
80 1st./04POR/05POR/06POR/07POR/08POR/09POR/10POR/
11PORJan/11PORApr/12ASPJun/12AKLJul/12POPNov/13AKL/
14FQJun/14POPJul/14PORNov/15POPFeb/15FQJun/15AoADec/16ASPNov/17AoAJun/ 17POPSep/18CBJun/19PORApr/
IN GOD WE TRUST !!
STEELERS, SIX TIME SUPERBOWL CHAMPS
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We don't have any must dos anymore. There are plenty of places that we've enjoyed more than once and know we'll have a good experience at. We usually mix those up with a few new choices.
Susanne
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SleepinB, I think many of us face the same dilemma. On one hand: there are so many great and varied options you hate to limit yourself. On the other hand: there are "traditions" you want to adhere to. Here's what we're doing on our upcoming trip:
On the day before our 180-day mark, we are going to have dinner and each of us will state a one "MUST-DO" dining event. We will be there for 11 nights, so I am going to mix in some new things, like Raglan Road, Kidani's, Be Our Guest (if we can get it,) and believe-it-or-not Ohana's for breakfast. (We've never eaten here.) Going to drop a Chef Mickey's breakfast for the first time in a while.
Crystal Palace had been a must-do on our first day at Magic Kingdom, but we haven't eaten there on our last two trips. May add that on this trip.
Good luck with whatever decisions you select.
WDW - 99 Off Site
WDW - 00 C.Springs, Wilderness
WDW - 01 POFQ, Boardwalk
WDW - 02 C.Beach, POFQ, AK Lodge
WDW - 04 Riverside
WDW - 05 C.Springs
WDW - 07 Riverside
WDW - 11 C.Beach
WDW - 12 POFQ
WDW - 14 Riverside
WDW - 15 POFQ
WDW - 19 Wilderness
WDW - 20 C.Beach
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