ADR after closing?

[devjam]

I'm checking online for dinner reservations at DHS. One of the ADR times that came up was 8:05 but the park is scheduled to close at 8:00 that night (no EMH). Could that be right?? Has anyone ever had a res that starts at or after park closing?

 

[kaytieeldr]

Yes, especially if Fantasmic! is showing that night and starts at park closing time. That happened to me a couple of years ago - DHS started at 8, and my 50's Prime Time reservation was at 8:20. I called a couple of times to confirm the time and was assured it was valid, and arrived to find it actually was

 

[devjam]

Yes, Fantasmic is that night! It's not at closing time, rather 1-1/2 hrs before closing. We have the FDP which gives us a less-than-ideal time to eat lunch. So grabbing dinner after Fantasmic is the thought. But first we want to see Osborne lights. So plan is: later lunch, Fantasmic, Osborne, dinner at closing. Opinions welcome.

 

[Huff]

What about catching a bus after such a late dinner? Buses are said to run for 1 hour past park closing. We may be well past an hour after closing by the time we are done with dinner.

 

[devjam]

Great point! Does anyone know if the busses run for longer than an hour past closing when the park restaurants are taking "after park closing" ressies??

 

[kaytieeldr]

Walt Disney World won't leave anyone stranded at a park. If there are only twenty Guests going back to resorts, odds are one or a few buses will take Guests to several resorts - but you won't get stranded

 

[Tricia1972]

Walt Disney World won't leave anyone stranded at a park. If there are only twenty Guests going back to resorts, odds are one or a few buses will take Guests to several resorts - but you won't get stranded

This is the complete truth.

Normal buses run for about two hours, and then straggler buses will pick up the strays.