ADR arrival time

[KEVD]

The last time we went to WDW was in 2008. If I recall correct, we were supposed to arrive 15 min prior to the ADR time. According to WDW this is not (or no longer) the case. But I heard that WDW Dine does not always give accurate info.

From the DISers perspective, is it necessary/recommended to arrive 15 mins prior to your ADR.

 

[figment_jii]

In October they were still recommending arriving 15 minutes prior to your ADR. Even if the site doesn't say to, I would still arrive a little early.

 

[vicki_c]

I'm pretty sure the online booking confirmations still say to show up 15 minutes early.

In fact, I will look at one I have - nope, it doesn't say that. It just says allow 1.5 hours for transportation time.

Anyway, I would still do it - especially since a few people here have recently been charged the no-show fee for being a few minutes late (which presumably they managed to get reversed, but I haven't been following that thread).

We usually do 15-10 minutes early and are often seated right about our scheduled ADR time.

 

[Pikezh638]

I tried to arrive 30-45 minutes early ( I like to be "on time" [early] ) and when we arrived at 7:30 for our 8:25 Castle Dinner they said they could seat us then but we decided to wait.

 

[maxiesmom]

My ADR confirmations for this March state to show up 20 minutes before your scheduled ADR time. And those were made on-line thru the Disney web-site.