Downtown Disney Question.

All four parks, waterparks, and other magic in Central Florida

Moderator: Moderators

MetalRage
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Posts: 1246
Joined: Apr Tue 29, 2008 10:12 pm
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Contact:

Re: Downtown Disney Question.

Post by MetalRage » May Fri 01, 2009 12:04 am

cinderella75 wrote:
MetalRage wrote:My family is going to WDW in 2 weeks and are planning on eating at Downtown Disney. I was wonder what are good but not expensive places to eat? We always eat at the Earl Of Sandwich.We noticed that most of the places to eat are expensive such as the Crab House. We wanna try another restaurant but don't wanna blow all the money on one lunch lol.
If your getting on the meal plan? You should check out all the restaurants that accept it at downtown disney. That would save you some money :ccat:
I didnt think about the meal plan. I'm gonna check that out.
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage." - Walt Disney :mickey3:

[url=http://www.userbars.com][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9147/userbar721338ez4.gif[/img][/url]

"We wants the redhead!"

MadEye
Haunted Mansion Butler
Haunted Mansion Butler
Posts: 3685
Joined: Jun Sat 07, 2008 5:18 pm

Post by MadEye » May Fri 01, 2009 7:14 am

If you don't mind driving a mile or two and don't want to pay Disney prices, you have the Crossroads with a slew of places to eat: Perkins, Uno Chicago Grill, Friday's, a new place (at least to the area) called Sweet Tomatoes (make your own salad buffet, but not just salads), Fudruckers, Buffalo Wild Wings, Red Lobster, Chevy's ("fresh" Mex), and of course McDonalds (which you have right there at DTD) and Taco Bell.
We are all a little weird
And life's a little weird,
And when we find someone whose
Weirdness is compatible with ours,
We join up with them and fall in
Mutual weirdness and call it Love.”
― Dr. Seuss

Eames: Listen, if you're gonna perform INCEPTION, you need IMAGINATION.

DaRkNeSs
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Usher
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln Usher
Posts: 247
Joined: Feb Fri 20, 2009 5:01 pm
Location: Maryland

Dining

Post by DaRkNeSs » May Fri 01, 2009 9:29 am

T-Rex is a definite no way to pricey!
Rainforest is cool and food is good!
I would suggest Raglin road!
Great atmosphere!
:donald:
Look for the Bear necessities!!! Trust in me, just in me Shut your eyes and trust in me You can sleep safe and sound Knowing I am around!!
Image
Image

secondstar
Peter Pan's Flight Pixie Duster
Peter Pan's Flight Pixie Duster
Posts: 481
Joined: Mar Sat 17, 2007 5:08 pm

Post by secondstar » May Mon 04, 2009 11:16 pm

spodie wrote:Wolfgang Puck Express is REALLY good. They have pizza, pasta, sandwiches, etc.
I second spodie's suggestion. Their food is really good for the money.
[i]"Herbie, I just want it to look like nothing else in the world. And it should be surrounded by a train"[/i]

-- Walt Disney

Len90
Submarine Voyage Captain
Submarine Voyage Captain
Posts: 6740
Joined: Mar Sat 29, 2008 8:04 pm
Location: New Jersey
Contact:

Post by Len90 » May Tue 05, 2009 1:03 am

For a quick lunch I would assume you are ordering pretty much a hamburger or equivalent. Unfortunately, all of the places are going to be pricey since they are tourist traps for their scenary (PH, Rainforest, T-Rex). I guess you could try them all, but keep in mind you are eating at chain restaurants that you can eat at in many other places outside of Disney.
- Len90
"If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse."
"Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy"

MetalRage
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Posts: 1246
Joined: Apr Tue 29, 2008 10:12 pm
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Contact:

Post by MetalRage » May Wed 06, 2009 11:18 am

i didnt know that the meal plan worked at downtown disney also, thats cool! i should check that out.
MadEye wrote:If you don't mind driving a mile or two and don't want to pay Disney prices, you have the Crossroads with a slew of places to eat: Perkins, Uno Chicago Grill, Friday's, a new place (at least to the area) called Sweet Tomatoes (make your own salad buffet, but not just salads), Fudruckers, Buffalo Wild Wings, Red Lobster, Chevy's ("fresh" Mex), and of course McDonalds (which you have right there at DTD) and Taco Bell.
Yeah, we've been to Crossroads alot. We are staying at a hotel this time right near there. Uhh i forgot which it was. Ill post it when i remember. We always eat in there though and i think we are gonna try something new this time. We have gone to WDW like soooooo many times that we ended up doing the same thing (same restaurants and stuff). So we wanna try other restaurants this time.
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage." - Walt Disney :mickey3:

[url=http://www.userbars.com][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9147/userbar721338ez4.gif[/img][/url]

"We wants the redhead!"

JPG
Main Street Cinema Projectionist
Main Street Cinema Projectionist
Posts: 68
Joined: Feb Thu 14, 2008 11:47 pm
Location: Lower Alabama

Post by JPG » May Wed 06, 2009 12:27 pm

Or............You could just go to Ghirardelli's and eat a bunch of CHOCOLATE!!!!!!! I mean.....That's what I do....It's OK isn't it?!?!?!?!?! :wink:
Image
Image
Image
Image

Image

MetalRage
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Posts: 1246
Joined: Apr Tue 29, 2008 10:12 pm
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Contact:

Post by MetalRage » May Wed 06, 2009 2:27 pm

JPG wrote:Or............You could just go to Ghirardelli's and eat a bunch of CHOCOLATE!!!!!!! I mean.....That's what I do....It's OK isn't it?!?!?!?!?! :wink:
lol thats not a bad idea haha
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage." - Walt Disney :mickey3:

[url=http://www.userbars.com][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9147/userbar721338ez4.gif[/img][/url]

"We wants the redhead!"

JPG
Main Street Cinema Projectionist
Main Street Cinema Projectionist
Posts: 68
Joined: Feb Thu 14, 2008 11:47 pm
Location: Lower Alabama

Post by JPG » May Wed 06, 2009 4:14 pm

MetalRage wrote:
JPG wrote:Or............You could just go to Ghirardelli's and eat a bunch of CHOCOLATE!!!!!!! I mean.....That's what I do....It's OK isn't it?!?!?!?!?! :wink:
lol thats not a bad idea haha
Just say to yourself over and over...."I am on vacation, it's OK"....
Image
Image
Image
Image

Image

sandi
Fantasyland Theater Projectionist
Fantasyland Theater Projectionist
Posts: 155
Joined: Apr Mon 28, 2008 6:46 pm
Location: Frederick,Md.

Post by sandi » May Wed 06, 2009 6:52 pm

On our last trip, we decided to have dinner at Ghirardelli's----chocolate sundaes!!! Since we were walking back to Saratoga Springs, we figured we'd walk off some of those calories!

napastoy
Dumbo Flying Elephants Tamer
Dumbo Flying Elephants Tamer
Posts: 135
Joined: Mar Thu 19, 2009 1:13 am
Location: Canon City, Co

Post by napastoy » May Wed 06, 2009 7:09 pm

I will give a vote out for Raglan Road in DD....good food and atmosphere! However about Ghirardelli's.....


The way I look at it...someone has to maintain quality control at Ghirardelli's....I mean, we can't have these guys foisting bad chocolates on people, especially visitors from other countries. Someone has to eat there to make sure everything's okay.(My daughter lives in San Francisco, she makes sure they adhere to standards in their homeport)

So I guess we could also look at it as a cultural liaison responsibility...United Nation type stuff!

If we chocolate lovers do not uphold quality control measures who knows what might happen. It might cause an international incident!

P.S.
This is also what my husband and I tell ourselves every time we are "required" to taste something new in the Showcase....quality must be maintained! :mickey:
"“Por favor, mantengase alejado de las puertas."

cousininmiami
Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes Guide
Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes Guide
Posts: 1038
Joined: Sep Thu 25, 2008 8:44 am

Re: Downtown Disney Question.

Post by cousininmiami » Jul Tue 21, 2009 8:27 am

MetalRage wrote:My family is going to WDW in 2 weeks and are planning on eating at Downtown Disney. I was wonder what are good but not expensive places to eat? We always eat at the Earl Of Sandwich.We noticed that most of the places to eat are expensive such as the Crab House. We wanna try another restaurant but don't wanna blow all the money on one lunch lol.
So how was your trip??? Did you do anything different or find a new place you liked at the World?
°o° "...it's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day" °o°

Image

MetalRage
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Flight to the Moon Flight Director
Posts: 1246
Joined: Apr Tue 29, 2008 10:12 pm
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Contact:

Re: Downtown Disney Question.

Post by MetalRage » Jul Sun 26, 2009 7:00 pm

cousininmiami wrote:
MetalRage wrote:My family is going to WDW in 2 weeks and are planning on eating at Downtown Disney. I was wonder what are good but not expensive places to eat? We always eat at the Earl Of Sandwich.We noticed that most of the places to eat are expensive such as the Crab House. We wanna try another restaurant but don't wanna blow all the money on one lunch lol.
So how was your trip??? Did you do anything different or find a new place you liked at the World?
It was one of my favorite trips. We tried "Wolfgang Pucks Express". I liked the food there. We usually skip the little shows in the World Show Case at EPCOT but we tried them this time. We stayed at the New Orleans Riverside for the first time. I loved that hotel with the fishing area and that you can take the boat to downtown disney and back. I will defiantly stay there again in the future. We split EPCOT up into two days. We did future world one day and the World Showcase the other day. This was better (atleast for us) so we could have time to take it slow and see everything. This was best for the world showcase. We saw all the shows and looked through all the shops and i tired food from every country. I even drank the world hehehehe :lol:
"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage." - Walt Disney :mickey3:

[url=http://www.userbars.com][img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9147/userbar721338ez4.gif[/img][/url]

"We wants the redhead!"

cousininmiami
Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes Guide
Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes Guide
Posts: 1038
Joined: Sep Thu 25, 2008 8:44 am

Post by cousininmiami » Jul Sun 26, 2009 9:06 pm

Wow, sounds like you really had fun. We plan on two days in EPCOT as well. It is our favorite!
°o° "...it's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day" °o°

Image

Mark86
Mad Tea Party Host
Mad Tea Party Host
Posts: 275
Joined: Feb Thu 05, 2009 4:59 pm
Location: New Jersey
Contact:

Post by Mark86 » Jul Sun 26, 2009 9:26 pm

JPG wrote:
MetalRage wrote:
JPG wrote:Or............You could just go to Ghirardelli's and eat a bunch of CHOCOLATE!!!!!!! I mean.....That's what I do....It's OK isn't it?!?!?!?!?! :wink:
lol thats not a bad idea haha
Just say to yourself over and over...."I am on vacation, it's OK"....
Sometimes they give out free samples so you can keep going back for more every few minutes. This past time, I decided to have a banana split one night for a snack. That was amazing!
Mark86

Post Reply