It's easy for me to see how I was overly ambitious with some of my original plans for things to do and places to eat in Disney World, and the time came a few weeks ago when I had to make a hard decision and sacrifice one of our dining reservations. They days were just getting to jam-packed full, and I found myself scheduling us for three sit-down meals on a couple of our off days. A few weeks ago, I finally came to my senses for a couple of reasons. First, after having a huge lunch one day, Girl Scout Fiancée and I ended up skipping dinner one night, reminding me that neither of us can eat like we once did. The second reason is one of energy levels; as the time drew closer to the trip, both of us started spending almost every evening working on wedding preparation, and I could tell that soon both of us would be running on fumes and might need some days by the pool to recharge our batteries.
It was with great sadness that I had to bid goodbye to Le Cellier. I just didn't think we'd be able to squeeze in Via Napoli for lunch on one of our days off, and so it came down to deciding whether or not we wanted a fifth signature restaurant dinner, or pizza. I have fond memories of Le Cellier from when I was younger, but I've never been to Via Napoli, so I decided it would be a good chance to experience a new restaurant with both Girl Scout Fiancée and I never having tried it. I canceled my Le Cellier reservation, and moved my Via Napoli reservation into its spot, so on our first day at Epcot we'll be having lunch at the Living Seas and dinner in Italy.
Another new development includes shifting some plans around to try and get a lunch at Be Our Guest, which has been getting excellent reviews. Unfortunately, lunch is first-come-first-serve counter service, and the line to get in sometimes extends to a half hour or even 45 minutes. The one saving grace is that it appears that many resort guests are invited to participate in a special Be Our Guest Lunch FastPass+, which does not count against your daily limit of FastPasses and lets you go to the front of the line. I'm hoping we'll get an invitation to participate, as I doubt we're going to want to spend valuable park time just waiting in line for lunch.
The big wrinkle in that plan, though, is the dedication ceremony for the new Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride on May 2nd...the very day we'll be going to the Magic Kingdom for the first time. I've already moved all of our FastPasses out of New Fantasyland, because I can almost guarantee you that it is going to be packed with people there for the dedication; I just hope we can get in and see the inside of Beast's castle, because it's something totally new to me.
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