Disney Recommendations

My Disney Recommendations

By: Rebecca Farrell (Follow me on Twitter @RMZFarrell)

Whenever people ask me for advice about Disney (and this happens often), I have a list of favorites that I offer them.  And since I love to offer up my advice, I thought I’d share those favorites with you, dear readers. Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below.

Note: Anywhere there’s an “N/A”, I have no personal frame of reference because I haven’t experienced anything in the category.

Resorts

 My husband outside of the Polynesian

Category	Gold Medal	Honorable Mention
Deluxe Resort	Polynesian	Boardwalk
Moderate Resort	Port Orleans French Quarter	N/A
Value Resort	N/A	N/A

Table Service Restaurants

Location	Gold Medal	Honorable Mention
Magic Kingdom	Cinderella’s Royal Table	Plaza Restaurant
EPCOT	Biergarten (Germany)	San Angel Inn (Mexico)
Animal Kingdom	Tusker House	Yaki and Yeti
Disney’s Hollywood Studios	Mama Melrose’s	Hollywood Brown Derby
Downtown Disney	Raglan Road	N/A
Deluxe Resort – Breakfast	Ohana (Polynesian)	Grand Floridian Café (Grand Floridian)
Deluxe Resort – Lunch	Kona Café	N/A
Deluxe Resort – Dinner	California Grill	Tie: The Wave (Contemporary) and Whispering Canyon Café (Wilderness Lodge)

Character Meals (Table Service)

Location	Gold Medal	Honorable Mention
Magic Kingdom	Cinderella’s Royal Table	Crystal Palace
EPCOT	N/A	N/A
Animal Kingdom	Tusker House	N/A
Disney’s Hollywood Studios	N/A	N/A
Downtown Disney	N/A	N/A
Deluxe Resort	Ohana (Polynesian)	N/A

Quick Service Restaurants

Pita combo platter at Tangerine Cafe (EPCOT)

Location	Gold Medal	Honorable Mention
Magic Kingdom	Columbia Harbor House	Pecos Bill’s (Special shout out to the Dole Whips at Aloha Isle)
EPCOT	Liberty Inn	Tangerine Café
Animal Kingdom	Flame Tree BBQ	Pizzafari
Disney’s Hollywood Studios	Backlot Express	Starring Rolls Café
Downtown Disney	N/A	N/A
Deluxe Resort	Captain Cooks (Polynesian)	Boardwalk Bakery (Boardwalk)
Moderate Resort	Sassagoula Float Works (Port Orleans French Quarter)	N/A
Value Resort	N/A	N/A

Theme Park Rides

Location	Gold Medal	Honorable Mention
Magic Kingdom	Pirates of the Caribbean	Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
EPCOT	Spaceship Earth	Living with the Land
Animal Kingdom	Kilimanjaro Safaris	Expedition Everest
Disney’s Hollywood Studios	Star Tours	Toy Story Midway Mania

Theme Park Attractions/Fireworks

Location	Gold Medal	Honorable Mention
Magic Kingdom	Wishes	Dapper Dans
EPCOT	IllumiNations	Tie: Off Kilter and The British Revolution (live entertainment)
Animal Kingdom	Finding Nemo: The Musical	Flights of Wonder
Disney’s Hollywood Studios	Mulch, Sweat and Shears	N/A