ADR times for dinner when wanting to catch evening events?

[BudgieMama]

We're two weeks away from being able to make our ADRs for our trip in August, and I'm wondering about times for dinner if we want to see Wishes/IllumiNations/Fantasmic... how long before the evening events would you book your ADRs for to give enough time to eat and get comfortably the the various events?

 

[figment_jii]

We're two weeks away from being able to make our ADRs for our trip in August, and I'm wondering about times for dinner if we want to see Wishes/IllumiNations/Fantasmic... how long before the evening events would you book your ADRs for to give enough time to eat and get comfortably the the various events?

It depends on where you're eating before the show, how many courses you order, etc....assuming you're already in the park where the show happens, I'd allow about 60-90 minutes for a two to three course in-park TS meal. Allow another 30 minutes just in case things are running behind in terms of being seated and to give yourself some cushion time. You'll probably want some time to get to your spot before the show starts, so I'd say, at a minimum about 2.5 to 3.0 hours before the start of the show.