Originally Posted By AuroraRose if you are someone who is used to structure, and have a bunch of adr's already, its definately for you. If your a fly by the seat of your pants kind of a girl bobbe, i probably wouldn't recommend it.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose if you are someone who is used to structure, and have a bunch of adr's already, its definately for you. If your a fly by the seat of your pants kind of a girl bobbe, i probably wouldn't recommend it.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Structured we're not. We spent 10 nights at Dixie Landings one year, and what ever bus showed up first in the morning, that's the park we went to. We usually only pre-book dinner at the Castle, Hoop de Doo and Luau at Poly. Other than Coral Reef, we've never had a problem getting into the restaurant we wanted to eat. How far in advance do meals have to be booked? Same day I'm good with. I'd hate to be worring about being special place, special time while on vacation.
Originally Posted By danyoung bobbelee, there's been a definite and overwhelming shift in the past 18 months or so on how restaurants are booked. With the popularity of the dining plan, you're really going to be hard pressed to find a place to eat if you wait for same day booking. I used to book my ADR's about 6 weeks out, and even that isn't working very well any more. Disney has extended the front time for booking up to 180 days in advance, and some restaurants book up within days of that time. I'd be safe and book as far out as you can. Otherwise you risk an evening in Epcot with nothing available but the burgers and fries from the American Pavilion.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Thanks danyoung, that's very helpful to know. Have to rethink my thinking. It's really only 1 meal a day to book, so I guess we'll survive a somewhat structured schedule. When is Yak & Yehti opening? I just love the name and must eat there, forget me riding EE.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Have to rethink my thinking.< I find at 50 years old that I have to do more and more of this, usually to my benefit!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Only 50?!?! But you look like 65 in your pics. Oh well. Maybe you're eating too much at WDW.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Only 50?!?! But you look like 65 in your pics.< I only pic those pics so you & TDLFAN won't be jealous of my well aged beauty. . .
Originally Posted By danyoung I repeat - well aged. My completely accurate self image will accept no abuse from you, TDLFAN, or any woman I've met in the past 20 years or so.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp Booking ADRs is also dependent on how many people are in your group. We are "two", and can usually get same day ADRs at most places - in fact, we typically call from the car on the drive to the park. But last weekend, we tried to make ADR at SciFi for May 5 for 4 people, and couldn't get one until 1:45. But......the reservation person could get us 2 two-person ADRs (which we took), and recommended seeing if the desk could do something for us when we arrived.
Originally Posted By danyoung LadyandtheTramp, I would submit that you've been lucky. I'm a party of ONE, and it's just about impossible to get same day ADR's anymore, unless I want to eat at the most unpopular spots at an odd time. Forget about Le Cellier or the Coral Reef at 7pm - it's usually been booked solid for weeks.
Originally Posted By hightp Our trip isn't until the end of August, and I booked our ADRs today. I booked either a breakfast or dinner almost every day and got the times I requested. Granted, I don't know if they are extremely popular places, but I managed Ohana's on a Saturday night, Chef Mickey's for dinner, Crystal Palace and Resturantasaurus for breakfast. They even take reservations for Planet Hollywood, if you want.
Originally Posted By danyoung Those are all great choices, hightp. Most of them have a pretty large dining area, so there are lots of tables available. It's places like Le Cellier, the Coral Reef, and the California Grill that book up totally and early.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose <<<you've been lucky. I'm a party of ONE, and it's just about impossible to get same day ADR's anymore, unless I want to eat at the most unpopular spots at an odd time. Forget about Le Cellier or the Coral Reef at 7pm - it's usually been booked solid for weeks.>>> yup what he said--I'm a party of two also and can NEVER get a seating at any of the popular restaurants. I have to say, we were EXTREMELY lucky last year, we actually got a seating at coral reef same day, but it was a long wait. Other than that one time, its been a bust. I do have a funny story: on our last trip to Le Cellier, a gentleman offered me $100 bucks for my reservation slot. I declined however, it was our anniversary dinner, if not, I would have took the money and run!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "...and Resturantasaurus for breakfast." I must be missing something, but the last time I was in DAK, I swear we ate at Resturantasaurus, and it was basically a glorified McDonald's. It was counter service with burgers, McD's fries, and similar items. You then go hunt for a seat and call it a day. They might do something different for Breakfast than that, but I don't remember anything that would imply anything even close to needing a reservation.
Originally Posted By danyoung Nope - Restaurantosaurus is a character breakfast buffet. It's been a couple years since I had breakfast there, but as I recall it was pretty good. And I like the idea of getting into the restaurant before the park is even open - very cool!
