We rarely do TS breakfast because of this. Sometimes we do an in park TS breakfast, but it's usually late into the breakfast window..One reason we won't be doing any TS breakfast is the fact that they don't open early enough to get to EE into the parks. Others may feel the same way?
Count yourself lucky because I had the toughest time I’ve ever had booking adrs for the first week of December. I have a dining finder subscription and haven’t had a single opening come up in the past couple weeks, other than when the candlelight processional dining dropped.
The fact the Dining Plans are returning would seem to indicate a slowing of Dining Reservations noted by Disney already ... we should enjoy this little window of opportunity. But I agree with others, so many expenses with the WDW trip have escalated, a pricey sit-down meal seems less of a nice addition, and more like the $traw that broke the camels back ...This has been our experience all year. We were there in Jan, May and and going back in Dec. We've found tons of ADR's available with a wide variety of times. Our May trip and part of the Jan trip were very last minute (as in a week ahead of time) and we had no problem getting reservations at restaurants we love. I'm not sure of the reason, but it has been awfully nice. I'm afraid that it's about to change, though. Once the dining plan returns I expect reservations will be much harder to come by.