“Dining is a huge part of what makes our trips so much fun. On our last trip we had the Disney Dining Plan, which was awesome for us. I start planning (with my PassPorter in hand, of course!) which theme park we’re going to do aim for. Notice I said ‘aim for’—if things don’t go to plan I don’t sweat it. I then plan either a sit-down breakfast or a sit-down dinner on that day. The odd time we’ll do two sit-down meals, but usually for us one is enough. Whatever else we end up doing that day, we really aim for the restaurant we’ve chosen so we make sure we put in lots of space for a nap beforehand or have some healthy snacks on hand for the morning if it’s a late breakfast. I find this puts a nice anchor into our days even though I like to keep them laid back, and gives my husband and I something to look forward to each day. Since I’m the chief planner, he says to me, ‘Where are we eating today?’ and I tell him all about it. Sometimes the places we are eating are in the parks and that makes it a no-brainer as to which park we’ll do that day. It works really well for us!”

— Contributed by Beth N., a winner in our Reader Tip Contest