OK, just to give the other side, if I had to choose, I'd go with Palo dinner over brunch. But, if you can swing it, try both! I would not worry that much about missing a meal in an MDR, other than Animator's Palette (on a 7-day, you will have at least 2 chances at each MDR, so you'll still experience all of them). Depending on the seating time you choose, you won't have to miss the show (you just might need to go to the early show if you have a later Palo time, for instance). The food at Palo is far better than in the MDR. I slightly prefer the food options at dinner (especially the soufflés for dessert...) over brunch, though both are very good. And, the atmosphere is much more what we are going for at dinner - little less casual than at brunch. I'm normally not one for getting dressed up (at all... I partially wanted the job I have since I can wear jeans and tennis shoes every day...), but we never
As for other things we like (picking things we'd do if just us, although we usually do them with our kids):
- We tried the dessert tasting at Remy. It was really unique and we are glad we did it... once. But, we probably wouldn't do it again given the cost. Still, it was a (cheaper) way to visit Remy and try some of the dishes there.
- I know it might be weird, but we seem to rarely have time to watch movies at home. So, watching movies whether in the theater or on-demand in our cabin is actually a lot of fun for us (yes, we could do this if we had a "staycation" at home, but we actually do it on the ship).
- We go to all the "main" evening shows. This might seem obvious, but our table-mates on our last cruise actually never went to a single one!
- The activities around the ship have been hit-and-miss for us (and seem to depend a lot on the hosts and/or the other people there). But, we enjoy looking for and trying a couple of the events.
- Watching the diaper dash is just plain fun. Everyone gets into it, kids or no kids.
- We like the mini-golf, and make it a point to play. But, we actually prefer it when the ship is docked, and it's not so windy...
- We also are happy to give Disney more of our money for the ice cream/gelato at Sweet on You...