Biergarten Seated on time?

[hroyale]

Hi, We stopped booking the Biergarten in EPCOT after two very long waits to be seated. I think we may have been late one of those times so I chalked that up to our fault, but we were early the next time and still had to wait an hour.

We're traveling with my in-laws in Jan and they requested the Biergarten. However my FIL has to eat on a very strict schedule for his medication. What have the recent experiences been? Should I book a time an hour before he needs to eat or have things improved? We'll be a party of 6, 4 adults and 2 children.

Thanks,
Heather

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) If doing dinner, book 1/2-3/4 hrs earlier than his mandatory eat time.
2) With the entertainment, people tend to linger.

 

[JessicaKnits]

It's not just you, we were just there last week and waited 40 minutes past our ADR time, when we were there 15 minutes early. I wasn't pleased with that, but the food was great, just like Grandma used to make.

 

[LilyWDW]

I have always been seated on time.

That said, ANY restaurant could be running late for some reason. I would always take this into account and have your FIL carry something with him that can be (hopefully) used just in case.

 

[Mousemommy1]

We have never been seated beyond 20 minutes over our ADR time, and we've eaten there quite a bit.

 

[Hopefully]

It was the longest I have ever waited at WDW. We waited 30 minutes to get to the podium to check in and then 45 minutes after that to be seated. It was a very crowded Saturday night during Food & Wine, but still. 30 minutes in line to reach the CM to check in.
Wow

 

[Amanda999]

We (4 of us) waited about 25 minutes to be seated at a time the park was pretty empty: 5pm ADR, last Tuesday in August. The park was at a 2 level IIRC (per Touring Plans)!

And, the waiter was nice but horribly slow.

It took hours to eat - and it's a buffet.

 

[sephorachick]

We've never had to wait over 10 mins to be seated. Maybe we are just lucky?

 

[EasternShoreGal]

We had reservations this past Christmas Eve for the Candlelight Processional lunch package. Total wait time-checking and seating about 15 mins

 

[jenjersnap]

We have never had any extreme waits at Biergarten.

 

[magicaldisney]

We also have never waited. We have always been seated at our reservation time.

 

[sleepingbean]

We have been there about 6 times and we haven't waited longer than 10 minutes. Still, we tend to book early dinners. That probably makes us among the first in.