Disney's Ohana's restaurant at the Polynesian Resort

Ohana's at Disney's Polynesian Resort is my favorite place now!
While we were waiting for our seats, there was a guy on guitar playing crowd favorites. Dinner at Ohana's is an interactive experience where you are treated like family and all the other guests are your "cousins". The show is hosted each evening by Auntie Wini, who has invited the whole neighborhood for a celebration. The Dinner Show features music and she gets the children and sometimes adults to dance in a line around the restaurant. Don't be surprised to see a coconut race going on!

The feast is inspired by the flavors of Polynesia.
Starters are pork fried dumplings, teriyaki chicken wings, and mixed greens with honey-lime dressing. Meals are prepared in a huge oak fired open-pit. The yummy offerings here include long skewers of fire roasted grilled meats with specialties like jumbo Cajun shrimp, mesquite beef tenderloin, Asian BBQ pork loin and turkey tenderloin. Accompaniments are broccoli and green peas and Pad Thai noodles. Sauces are peanut, chimichurri and sweet-and-sour. Dessert is Ohana bread pudding a la mode with Banana Foster sauce is to die for! Includes coffee, tea and soda. - $26.99

Tips and Tricks!
This restaurant is fully booked most of the time. Book in advance even if its on your maybe list. We like the 9:00 PM time at the end of the day on a night we know we are going to see the Magic kingdom fire works show. They also pipe in the music from the light show! Sit near the window if you can. You can walk in to this restaurant around 5:00PM and 9:00PM and usually get a seat. Don't be too forward or pushy, but have a good story prepared before hand. We did this on the dining plan, which I highly recommend.

Disney Dining Plan for 2008, Tips and Tricks

One of the best deals ever to come from Disney!
With this plan, you can save a substantial amount of money while enjoying some of the best table service restaurants Disney has on property. This plan will allow a savings of 40 percent off regular prices. Over 100 restaurants subscribe to the plan, so there are plenty of choices. However, the plan has several choices or levels.

Magic your way Plus Dining
This plan entitles one table service meal, one counter-service meal and one snack per person per day. Very similar to the plan before except the appetizer is no longer offered nor is the gratuity included. This plan is $39.99 per person 10 years old an up and $9.99 per child 3 years old to 9 years old. Dessert is included.

Magic your way Plus Deluxe dining
This plan entitles three-table service OR counter service meals, (any combination of the two) TWO snacks per person, a refillable resort mug (Non-Alcoholic) and this plan allows an appetizer with the meal plus dessert The cost is $69.99 per person 10 years and up and $19.99 per person 3 years old to 9 years.

There are also package deals!
You must call for special pricing on package deals. You can also add a bottle of wine to dinner every night, all for additional fees. You also receive vouchers for different things, which you have to spend more money to use.

Tips and Tricks!
All meals are tracked on your hotel room key, entitlements left are printed on your receipt. Keep an eye on your charges for mistakes, they do happen. Children must order from the child's menu where available. Gratuities and not included, but they calculate it on your bill and will charge it to your room. My wife and I have slightly different tastes, but one thing we found out was that you can eat chicken and ribs for your quick service meal at certain locations, as opposed to a hot dog or hamburger. You can use a snack entitlement to get a smoothie or ice cream instead of a water. Dinner table service meals can be at a restaurant with few mediocre choices or family style buffets which are out of this world. You have to seek them out or check the blogs for people who have ferreted them out.

Character Dining at Walt Disney World

Character Dining at Walt Disney World is always fun for the children. Today we went to Chef Mickey's Fun Time Buffet located on the fourth floor concourse of the Contemporary Resort. It had standard buffet fare with the prime rib and the main feature, but I must say it is on the lower end selection wise for adults. The kids can choose from pizza to M&Ms and a Minine, Mickey, Goofy, Pluto, Donald and sometimes others parade by every so often for Pictures and dancing.

The Disney dinning plan for Florida residents

Arrived on Monday April 28, 2008 at Disney All Star Movies at about 2:00PM, as Always I asked jokingly about any upgrades or pool side rooms. We are given a first floor away from pool, which turned out to be a blessing because some youth groups were in the hotel and really noisy. Armed with our new dinning plan we headed out to Disney's Animal kingdom and at the Flame Tree Barbecue. This day in the park went through Africa, the Gorrilla was out and the weather was nice, it made for a pleasant day.

Cape May's Cafe for dinner! This is one of my favorite places to eat. Its a clam bake all you can eat, they also have prime rib. My tips here are if the clams are a little sandy, rinse them some days they are great on others a little gritty. Order the prime rib how you like it, tell the carver rare or well, don"t just accept what they want to give you. After dinner we went to the movie on the beach and let the girls play on the sand.