dining reservations

cruella101 · 10-27-2005

We will be at WDW in December with the dining plan and my 2 year old granddaughter is it absolutely necessary to make advance reservations to dine at certain resturaunts before our arrival?

**DisneyTeacher** · 10-27-2005

If there are restaurants that you really want to eat at you shoud make ARDs for those places. The dining plan is really filling the restaurants up. I don't like to waste park time waiting for a table or walking around looking for a place we can get in to eat.

Prezcatz · 10-27-2005

It's not vital for you to make reservations before you get there. Unless you know NOW you want to do one of the more popular dinners (like Hoop-De-Doo Musical Revue), you can take care of it when you get there. Each WDW resort should be able to assist you Priority Seating reservations for any of the park restaurants. Also, there are customer service areas that cast members will make PS for you for that day or any future day on your trip, as well as a free phone number to call from you WDW room. We found this very flexible on our last trip. My wife called and got PS to a few of the most popular ones we wanted to commit to, but the rest we made w/ our hotel during our trip as plans changed. Realize other than the shows, PS is just a time you will get seating priority, you may still have to wait 15-20 minutes from that time to get seated and start your meal. my daughter was 23 months when we went, and our personal favorites were the Pooh dining in the Magic Kingdom and Chef Mickeys in the Contemporary Resort. We did the meal plan, and loved that the Character Dinings counted as a Table Service meal--made it very convenient and saved us some $$$! If you have any other questions about dining at Disney, let me know and I'd be happy pass some more lessons we learned.

Andrea · 10-27-2005

Prezcatz, welcome to DC.

Please take this in the nicest possible way... your font size is really difficult to read. It'll be a lot easier to interact with you if I can read what you've written!

PrincessPooh · 10-27-2005

Having the ADR's makes life so much easier. Especially with a 2 yr old. I don't know about your granddaughter, but my DD was 20 months and she is not very interested in waiting for anything...particularly bkfst/lunch/dinner. I recommend making your ADR's for the character meals, as I know the wait time without the ADR when we were there in September could be obnoxious (I heard the wait time was over 2 hrs at Liberty Tree Tavern) and that was during the slow season!

missy H · 10-28-2005

When in December are you going? We are going on the 16th and have all our ADR's made, we couldn't get some of the times that we wanted and that was at 90 days out! I would try and plan where and when you wanted to eat and see what you can book!

cruella101 · 10-28-2005

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Originally Posted by missy H

When in December are you going? We are going on the 16th and have all our ADR's made, we couldn't get some of the times that we wanted and that was at 90 days out! I would try and plan where and when you wanted to eat and see what you can book!

We will be there 12/10-12/17.

queensmama · 10-28-2005

I say research and book the meals that you want. December can be very busy!

lovemysons · 10-28-2005

I think when you have a little one with you, you are better off to have some reservations ahead of time. You never know what wait times will be like, especially if you leave it to chance. Once we're there, if we can't make it, we cancel them. But we feel better having them lined up before we get there. I know people have had luck with calling the day of, and just walking up, but we never seem to.

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cruella101 Mouseketeer Intern Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12	dining reservations We will be at WDW in December with the dining plan and my 2 year old granddaughter is it absolutely necessary to make advance reservations to dine at certain resturaunts before our arrival?

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DisneyTeacher Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 18,310	Re: dining reservations If there are restaurants that you really want to eat at you shoud make ARDs for those places. The dining plan is really filling the restaurants up. I don't like to waste park time waiting for a table or walking around looking for a place we can get in to eat. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Hilton Head Island~ 2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Beach Club here we come 239 days 4 hours 43 minutes

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Prezcatz Big Cheese Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abilene, Texas Posts: 776	Re: dining reservations It's not vital for you to make reservations before you get there. Unless you know NOW you want to do one of the more popular dinners (like Hoop-De-Doo Musical Revue), you can take care of it when you get there. Each WDW resort should be able to assist you Priority Seating reservations for any of the park restaurants. Also, there are customer service areas that cast members will make PS for you for that day or any future day on your trip, as well as a free phone number to call from you WDW room. We found this very flexible on our last trip. My wife called and got PS to a few of the most popular ones we wanted to commit to, but the rest we made w/ our hotel during our trip as plans changed. Realize other than the shows, PS is just a time you will get seating priority, you may still have to wait 15-20 minutes from that time to get seated and start your meal. my daughter was 23 months when we went, and our personal favorites were the Pooh dining in the Magic Kingdom and Chef Mickeys in the Contemporary Resort. We did the meal plan, and loved that the Character Dinings counted as a Table Service meal--made it very convenient and saved us some $$$! If you have any other questions about dining at Disney, let me know and I'd be happy pass some more lessons we learned. __________________ PREZCATZ PAUL ~ THE THREAD-KILLER!! 2000 - DISNEYLAND in October * 2005 - WDW ALL STAR MUSIC in April 2006 - WDW SHADES OF GREEN, MVMCP, and MOUSEFEST in December * 2008 - WDW CARRIBEAN BEACH in August 2008 - WDW OLD KEY WEST and MNSSHP in October 2009 - WDW BOARDWALK VILLAS/SARATOGA SPRINGS TREEHOUSE VILLAS in June DVC Member since 04/08

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Andrea Dole Whip Apostate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shasta in my heart Posts: 2,815	Re: dining reservations Prezcatz, welcome to DC. Please take this in the nicest possible way... your font size is really difficult to read. It'll be a lot easier to interact with you if I can read what you've written! __________________ x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨"...make sure you don't grow up stupid.¸.•´¨) (¸.•´xxxxxxxxxxxxIt's bad for the world."xxxxxxxxxxx ¸.•´ xxxxxxxxxxxxx--Tami Taylor, Friday Night Lightsxxxxxxxxxx(¸.•`* My Disney Countdown Counting down to: I have absolutely nothing to look forward too. :-(

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PrincessPooh Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,365	Re: dining reservations Having the ADR's makes life so much easier. Especially with a 2 yr old. I don't know about your granddaughter, but my DD was 20 months and she is not very interested in waiting for anything...particularly bkfst/lunch/dinner. I recommend making your ADR's for the character meals, as I know the wait time without the ADR when we were there in September could be obnoxious (I heard the wait time was over 2 hrs at Liberty Tree Tavern) and that was during the slow season! __________________ ~~PrincessPooh~~ "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy" ...9/05 POR~12/06 WL~9/07 POFQ~9/08 POLY~1/09 SSR~5/09 SSR~8/09 SSR... Your friendly DVC neighbor at Kidani Village, AKL!

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missy H MB's British Belle Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,663	Re: dining reservations When in December are you going? We are going on the 16th and have all our ADR's made, we couldn't get some of the times that we wanted and that was at 90 days out! I would try and plan where and when you wanted to eat and see what you can book! __________________ Missy H Avatar He married me again!! Next Trips Jun 09 28 days Oct 09 7days Dec 09 14 Days June 1998 offsite April 1999 ALL STAR SPORTS Dec 1999 and April 2000 offsite March 2003 offsite June/July 2004 POP Christmas/New year 2005/06 POP CENTURY then AKL July 2006 POFQ Dec 2006 POP June 2008 POP My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 1st of 3 trips to WDW in 2009!!! playing at WDW trip number 1! two to go!!!

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queensmama VMK Know-it-all Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuck with the Children of the Corn Posts: 1,821	Re: dining reservations I say research and book the meals that you want. December can be very busy! __________________ Did you ever know that you are my hero!

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lovemysons Single digits!! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In my house Posts: 7,715	Re: dining reservations I think when you have a little one with you, you are better off to have some reservations ahead of time. You never know what wait times will be like, especially if you leave it to chance. Once we're there, if we can't make it, we cancel them. But we feel better having them lined up before we get there. I know people have had luck with calling the day of, and just walking up, but we never seem to. __________________ Dopey is the boss of us. Missing the madness. Peppy is still my partner in crime. Is that you, Pu? Fabulous avatar, courtesy of the fabulous Mr. R2Go! ´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´xxxxxx(¸.•`xxx´¨)Make just one person happy. ´¨) My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Holidays full of magic 7 days 11 hours 13 minutes

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