ADR for Christmas Week

[LittlePanda]

I’m unable to find any dining reservations for Christmas Day and days leading to it at MK and most hotels. There are options at other parks but since DIS is not allowing park hopping, it’s useless.
Might be a silly question but please suggest ways that helped you get reservations.
Thank you!!

 

[Pumbaa_]

How many people?
are you putting in a time or dinner? try the other way.
keep Checking.
make a backup qs plan or offsite option or delivery.

this year is unlike any other, that’s for sure.

 

[Deb & Bill]

I’m unable to find any dining reservations for Christmas Day and days leading to it at MK and most hotels. There are options at other parks but since DIS is not allowing park hopping, it’s useless.
Might be a silly question but please suggest ways that helped you get reservations.
Thank you!!

You might need to eat at a resort instead of the park.

 

[LittlePanda]

How many people?
are you putting in a time or dinner? try the other way.
keep Checking.
make a backup qs plan or offsite option or delivery.

this year is unlike any other, that’s for sure.

Thank you! Just 2 people. I tried both ways but just once or twice. I’ll keep checking and have a backup plan.

 

[LittlePanda]

You might need to eat at a resort instead of the park.

Most desirable restaurants in the resorts do not have reservations left either but I agree maybe their food courts will work. Thanks!

 

[Wendy98]

Keep checking. I am not convinced the entire reservation inventory is available. For example, I am going Thanksgiving week. I wasn't on the ball and didn't book right at 60 days. It was slim pickings. I would check regularly. Then, out of the blue last week, all the restaurants at MK had an abundance of reservations for all of Thanksgiving week. I snagged what I wanted and that caused a little movement for other places.

It is frustrating--the no park hopping. I would love to hop over to EPCOT just for dinner but not wasting an entire park day on it.

 

[Befferk]

Keep checking. I am not convinced the entire reservation inventory is available. For example, I am going Thanksgiving week. I wasn't on the ball and didn't book right at 60 days. It was slim pickings. I would check regularly. Then, out of the blue last week, all the restaurants at MK had an abundance of reservations for all of Thanksgiving week. I snagged what I wanted and that caused a little movement for other places.

It is frustrating--the no park hopping. I would love to hop over to EPCOT just for dinner but not wasting an entire park day on it.

Thanks for some encouragement. We're going the weekend/week after Christmas and I'm not having any luck for the ones we want. I was on the computer at 5 minutes to 6 this morning refreshing, looking for Hollywood & Vine for 12/27 and there was literally nothing as soon as it came available. We stay offsite, so I figure that we get locked out of the chance of ANY good reservations. So I'm glad to hear there's a chance. If not, we'll gladly take our money and spend it offsite somewhere.

 

[Befferk]

Sorry, double post.

 

[maltdizzy]

Thank you! Just 2 people. I tried both ways but just once or twice. I’ll keep checking and have a backup plan.

Look for tables for 4. MDE has a habit of not showing availability for groups smaller than 4 for some restaurants. Since they don't actually reserve specific table for you, Disney doesn't care if 4 or 2 or even just 1 person shows up for an ADR.

But, at this point, you are past the 60 days ADR and well past the 60+10 that resort guests can book, and with the reduced capciaty and closed locations, ADRs are much harder to find.

Good luck!

 

[Aela]

Thanks for some encouragement. We're going the weekend/week after Christmas and I'm not having any luck for the ones we want. I was on the computer at 5 minutes to 6 this morning refreshing, looking for Hollywood & Vine for 12/27 and there was literally nothing as soon as it came available. We stay offsite, so I figure that we get locked out of the chance of ANY good reservations. So I'm glad to hear there's a chance. If not, we'll gladly take our money and spend it offsite somewhere.

H&V is a tough pull this year. Holiday theming is rare, and the food has apparently improved. That said, Yak&Yeti has openings from 5-6pm as of this morning if you are going to AK during your trip. None of the other park restaurants for extended hours have posted yet.

 

[Befferk]

H&V is a tough pull this year. Holiday theming is rare, and the food has apparently improved. That said, Yak&Yeti has openings from 5-6pm as of this morning if you are going to AK during your trip. None of the other park restaurants for extended hours have posted yet.

Thank you so much for checking that. We're not looking to do TS on our AK day though, and yeah, I was just looking for the character experience. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a cancellation.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Low availability indeed. Parks have extended their hours for Christmas but have not opened up those ADR slots yet. Once they do there will be a lot more availability in the parks. Resorts are another beast though so keep checking. I was shocked there wasn’t anything at Narcoosee’s at 60 days out and nothing has opened up since. Try Touring Plans reservation finder.

 

[LittlePanda]

Keep checking. I am not convinced the entire reservation inventory is available. For example, I am going Thanksgiving week. I wasn't on the ball and didn't book right at 60 days. It was slim pickings. I would check regularly. Then, out of the blue last week, all the restaurants at MK had an abundance of reservations for all of Thanksgiving week. I snagged what I wanted and that caused a little movement for other places.

It is frustrating--the no park hopping. I would love to hop over to EPCOT just for dinner but not wasting an entire park day on it.

Omg same here! I missed the 60 day window since I’d been totally stressed at work. But I’m so glad you shared your experience. I’ll definitely make it a point to continue checking every day to see if I get lucky. Thank you!

 

[LittlePanda]

Look for tables for 4. MDE has a habit of not showing availability for groups smaller than 4 for some restaurants. Since they don't actually reserve specific table for you, Disney doesn't care if 4 or 2 or even just 1 person shows up for an ADR.

But, at this point, you are past the 60 days ADR and well past the 60+10 that resort guests can book, and with the reduced capciaty and closed locations, ADRs are much harder to find.

Good luck!

Oh! I didn’t know they didn’t care if the entire party didn’t show up. I also wasn’t aware of the +10 days for resort guests and I’ve always stayed at one of their resorts. I’ll tweak my party size and try that as well. Thank you!

 

[LittlePanda]

H&V is a tough pull this year. Holiday theming is rare, and the food has apparently improved. That said, Yak&Yeti has openings from 5-6pm as of this morning if you are going to AK during your trip. None of the other park restaurants for extended hours have posted yet.

I totally forgot that Holidays have extended hours and That restaurants haven’t posted those ADR yet. I’m definitely gonna keep checking. Thanks!

 

[LittlePanda]

Low availability indeed. Parks have extended their hours for Christmas but have not opened up those ADR slots yet. Once they do there will be a lot more availability in the parks. Resorts are another beast though so keep checking. I was shocked there wasn’t anything at Narcoosee’s at 60 days out and nothing has opened up since. Try Touring Plans reservation finder.

Yes! Just read someone else mentioned extended hours & ADR and I totally forgot about that. Definitely need to keep checking. Also Narcoosees is one of of fav and I didn’t realize they were accepting reservations!! I’ve been to Disney twice since they re-opened (for a week each time) and it wasn’t open. But that made me try Toppolinos and I was pretty impressed. Thanks again!!

 

[Aela]

Some are starting to open up. Garden Grill and Via Napoli have opened more reservations. GG was not accepting for the entire Christmas week until yesterday. (Edit week after Christmas)

Still a few that have not opened reservations yet for Christmas week, specifically Spice Road Table. A lot will open later hours too soon.

So far I have seen:

Y&Y added later dinner.
Via Napoli added later dinner
Garden Grill - opened reservations for a Christmas Eve-29th

 

[Sarahslay]

I just looked and spotted dinner for two at Whispering Canyon (boat ride away from MK) and The Wave (just a short walk from MK)

 

[Sarahslay]

Some are starting to open up. Garden Grill and Via Napoli have opened more reservations. GG was not accepting for the entire Christmas week until yesterday.

Still a few that have not opened reservations yet for Christmas week, specifically Spice Road Table. A lot will open later hours too soon.

So far I have seen:

Y&Y added later dinner.
Via Napoli added later dinner
Garden Grill - opened reservations for a Christmas Eve-29th

I booked GG for Christmas day on my 60 day mark last Tuesday, one thing that helped was that they extended park hours and have now caught up with reservations to fill those time periods.

 

[Aela]

I booked GG for Christmas day on my 60 day mark last Tuesday, one thing that helped was that they extended park hours and have now caught up with reservations to fill those time periods.

Yeah GG was locked out for the week after Christmas. I checked at 60+10 and it wasn’t available. It was bugged.