180 Days is not enough for Ohana!

[Aubsmama]

We can make our ADR's this week so I've been playing around on the website just to see how booked everything is because we will be on the tail end of Free Dining in September/October. I have not been able to find 1 ressie for O'Hana before 8pm on ANY NIGHT!!

I am so bummed because I have really been looking forward to going to O'Hana and now I'm afraid we won't be able to find a reservation!! We have kids and I'm not sure an 8pm dinner is such a good idea!!

 

[MinniesYooHoo]

I wonder why. When I booked our upcoming trip just three months prior, I had many options to choose from the whole week we're there. I sure do hope you get in, it's soooo yummy! Good luck!

 

[canopynut66]

We can make our ADR's this week so I've been playing around on the website just to see how booked everything is because we will be on the tail end of Free Dining in September/October. I have not been able to find 1 ressie for O'Hana before 8pm on ANY NIGHT!!

I am so bummed because I have really been looking forward to going to O'Hana and now I'm afraid we won't be able to find a reservation!! We have kids and I'm not sure an 8pm dinner is such a good idea!!

Was able to do mine this week and did get O'Hana's for breakfast and then had couple of dinners that had to end up calling in for as system kept saying no table? not sure why and the CM that I spoke with did not understand it either. so might try calling...

 

[1girln3boys]

Trying putting in a time and not just dinner. When I just choose dinner it gives me late times but then I put in 7PM and I get times for 5-9.

 

[Cinderella1980]

Trust me, a LOT of things can change in 180 days! I'm 45 days away, and couldn't get a ressie. I checked every day, and finally, something really great opened up. People cancel all the time!

 

[Disney DieHard]

I am REALLY sorry to hear that Aubsmama! Ohana is my FAVORITE place to eat! You not being able to get a reservation at 180 days out is another example of how the Disney Dining Plan has made dining reservations harder for everyone to get.

In my personal opinion Ohana is worth the time so I'd recommend taking a few minutes every day and calling 1-407-W-DISNEY and asking for a reservation. Maybe you'll get lucky and hit on a cancellation if it comes up.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!! PLEASE make sure to let us know if you hit!!!

Take Care & Be Safe!

Frank
Disney DieHard

 

[ElizabethG]

Wow, that's crazy. I just tried it. My 180 day mark is a couple of weeks away. Ohana is going to be the first reservation I make. This is what makes me really happy about the 180 + 10 because it is not where I want to go on our check-in day anyway.

 

[fi46re129]

I would keep calling and keep trying online as well.. when we went last Oct I had made a bunch of reservations and so had my SIL about 3 months out we made final decisions on what we would use and then cancelled all the others... Ohana is awesome I hope you get it! Im 6 hours away from our 180 day mark and work overnights... hoping come midnight I can make my reservations (we are going last week of free dining as well) I heard that you may have to wait till 6am.. Guess Ill see come 12a! lol

 

[sahmoffour]

I wouldn't worry too much, I was playing around for dates right before our trip as well to gauge how booked places were and I got worried too since nothing was coming up!

The morning of, our ADR (last Fri) I had trouble with the site and couldn't get it to work on FF and had to open it up on IE. Needless to say I wasted a half hour in total and couldn't get on until 6:30 ET. Figured there was no way I would get Le Cellier or Ohana. I ended up getting every single thing I wanted though, at the exact times I wanted it! Snagged Ohana no prob at 5:00 pm! So even though it's looking really booked, I'm sure when your ADR day comes up, if you're on there right at 6 ET you should be able to get it! Or maybe try pushing it towards the end of your trip to give you a bit of an advantage with the 180+10 rule. Oh, and also be sure to put in the specific time you want, not breakfast/lunch/ or dinner. It made a huge difference for me with what times the system displayed were available.

Good luck!

 

[juliebug1997]

If this is one you really want, then I would call. They can check multiple nights whereas we can only check one day at a time online.

 

[cuppycake]

I'm with sahmoffour...I was worried, as well, but when our reservation window opened this am, my mom and I were online (for what it's worth, she used IE, I had trouble with IE and used Safari)....

We have 18 people in our entire group, who ALL wanted to eat at Ohana together! COLOR ME FREAKED OUT....however, I am happy to report, that we split the group into a party of 12, and a party of 6, and got a 5:00 dinner reservation on only the third day of our trip (a Monday). I was fully prepared to have to try to move it more toward the end, but didn't need to!!

So, don't stress....if you're doing things right away, you still have a great chance!!!

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

We'll be eating there tonight for the first time. I hope its as good as everyone says it is.

Good luck on the reservation

 

[OThopeful35]

Just keep trying. I couldn't get an early time for none of my week, finally a 5:10pm ressie opened up

 

[eangel12]

I was in a panic after reading this post. Made my reservations this morning...I was at 180 at 6am this morning and got dinner reservations. Actually almost each night was open for the week of 9/24!!

 

[amym2]

I also booked this morning and was able to get Ohana at 7:05pm on 9/28. There were lots of other times open also, including many earlier.

 

[yayasue]

I was in a panic after reading this post. Made my reservations this morning...I was at 180 at 6am this morning and got dinner reservations. Actually almost each night was open for the week of 9/24!!

I couldn't get a decent time on the 9/24, 8:10pm was the only available time that evening for me at 6ham this morning. Too late for us. I had to book it on the 9/29 at 5h00 pm instead

 

[mcd2745]

I made my ADRs at the 180-day mark and we wanted 'Ohana for day 5 of our trip, so at 180+5...the earliest dinner time available was 7:10pm. I was hoping for 5:00-5:30. Best thing to do is to try to make your 'Ohana reservations for the latest day possible of your stay (same goes for the F! package and LeCellier).

 

[Aubsmama]

I was in a panic after reading this post. Made my reservations this morning...I was at 180 at 6am this morning and got dinner reservations. Actually almost each night was open for the week of 9/24!!

I am so glad to hear this!!!

 

[threvester]

I also booked this morning and was able to get a 6:35 reservation for 9/25..our second day

 

[annacali]

I must just be lucky I booked this evening and got a 5:05 dinner for our arrival night 7/22! We've never tried it so I am excited.