I was on at 6 AM Pacific today. Actually started a few minutes prior. And nothing.
Yup, we understand. It’s not you… it’s “them”.
Sending some pixie dust your way that your sought after ressies will appear soon, and you’ll be able to get ones that work for you.
Thanks for the response! Referring to the image below, if a particular day is, or has been, open for reservations, even if it is completely booked, choosing that day on the BB cover page will show lunch and dinner times (see Jan 6 example). However, what I'm seeing for January 7-10 is the message "No Times Available". Also, if you click on "Check Availability" and select a party size, I'm seeing that January 7-10 is not available for selection (all images were taken today, January 11). Puzzling what's going on, will keep trying.
BB underwent pretty major renovations not too long ago, so I’d be very surprised if they were already doing more. I mean the recent redo was the first time in forever (oops —wrong franchise) that the restaurant had anything major done. Mostly just freshening up before the refurb ~2 years ago.
Have you tried to book via the Disneyland app instead of the website? Disney as a whole does not seem to be able to correlate the info shown on the website to what is in the app & vice versa.
There’s a better than fair chance that BB just hasn’t opened the dates in their calendar yet. It’s a maddeningly inconsistent system.The restaurants seem to each get to play by their own rules, despite Disney’s “promise” of being able to snag your ressies at 60 days.
The only thing you an do is keep stalking both the app and the website, or sign up for a paid dining alert service and be ready to jump on any alerts.
True.
Don’t give up hope though…. On multiple trips, we’ve been able to get into BB same day by going straight to BB first thing in the morning and asking at the hostess desk.
Also, check your app shortly after midnight the night before you want to go. A lot of people end up cancelling the day before when they realize it either doesn’t work with their plans, or the decide that it’s not in their budget after all. Sometimes, they realize that they don’t actually like the menu (although the Monte Cristo sandwich is to die for.Lol.)
Check again as soon as you wake up in the morning.
We’ve only done Trader Sam’s once, but we got in as walk-ups. It was about 4 months after DL reopened after Covid, and we had a strange experience, because they weren’t back to regular operations yet. I was recently talking with some friends who say they’ve never done ressies ahead— they’ve always been able to do walk-up, although they’ve sometimes had a wait of well over an hour. They just use the time to explore the hotel and shops.
Great info, thank you!BB underwent pretty major renovations not too long ago, so I’d be very surprised if they were already doing more. I mean the recent redo was the first time in forever (oops —wrong franchise
Have you tried to book via the Disneyland app instead of the website? Disney as a whole does not seem to be able to correlate the info shown on the website to what is in the app & vice versa.
There’s a better than fair chance that BB just hasn’t opened the dates in their calendar yet. It’s a maddeningly inconsistent system.
The only thing you an do is keep stalking both the app and the website, or sign up for a paid dining alert service and be ready to jump on any alerts.
True.
Don’t give up hope though…. On multiple trips, we’ve been able to get into BB same day by going straight to BB first thing in the morning and asking at the hostess desk.
Also, check your app shortly after midnight the night before you want to go. A lot of people end up cancelling the day before when they realize it either doesn’t work with their plans, or the decide that it’s not in their budget after all. Sometimes, they realize that they don’t actually like the menu (although the Monte Cristo sandwich is to die for.
Check again as soon as you wake up in the morning.
We’ve only done Trader Sam’s once, but we got in as walk-ups. It was about 4 months after DL reopened after Covid, and we had a strange experience, because they weren’t back to regular operations yet. I was recently talking with some friends who say they’ve never done ressies ahead— they’ve always been able to do walk-up, although they’ve sometimes had a wait of well over an hour. They just use the time to explore the hotel and shops.
Yes, that's exactly what I'm seeing.
Other restaurants have opened for reservations on time.
When i go on the app and search blue bayou and try to reserve, no days are available to open past 1/6/2024. I woke up prior to 6 am each day to book it for 4 days in a row and nothing. All day at 6 am at any party size. So it is not going that fast. That is when i tried to go to the blue bayou page and book it that route and it did not allow for searches past the 6th. Guessing they are doing something to the restaurant or perhaps pirates starting on the 7th.
More likely they just haven’t opened their calendar yet past the 6th. Thing is, they don’t have to open their calendar on time, because they will still fill all the avail. spots. DLR restaurants are maddeningly inconsistent in how they drop their ressies. Often they will be days or even weeks late. Sometimes they might not open at 6 am either. Sometimes restaurants have been known to open at 12 am, occasionally at 2 am, and sometimes at various times throughout the day.
I just checked and on the website it shows not available Jan. 7th to the 12th. It says open on Jan. 13th but no availability
Temporary closure after the holidays for some kind of fix-up work?
It does have me wondering.
I could be because it is closed in the days leading up to that (assuming that it is anyway). But I still don't think those surrounding days have been loaded. They are clickable, but I don't think they have been loaded.
