My ADR window opens on Friday 5/20, I am not sure in what order I should book. What do you think?
Here is my wish list:
11/16 Chef Mickey's 5:30pm
11/17 San Angel Inn 11:30am & Rose & Crown 7:45 for Illumnations
11/19 Akershus Breakfast @ 10:30am & Chef's de France 5:00pm
11/20 Hoop de doo Revue @ 7:00pm
11/21 Le Cellier 11:00am & La Hacienda 7:45pm
11/23 Chef Mickey's 5:00pm
11/24 Hollywood Brown Derby Fanstamic package
11/25 Crystal Place @ 4:30pm
So what do you think?
I don't know much about HDDR, so I'm not sure where to put that, but for the others, I would try:
11/23 Chef Mickey's 5:00pm
11/17 Rose & Crown 7:45
11/21 Le Cellier 11:00am
11/19 Akershus Breakfast @ 10:30am
11/25 Crystal Place @ 4:30pm
11/16 Chef Mickey's 5:30pm
And then the rest in any order.
The Fantasmic dining packages have been having trouble on the website lately, so I would not lose time trying to figure out what going on with the system initially. Here is a link to a current thread about the problems with the November Fantasmic dining packages:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2721489.
My general impression is the character meals (like Chef Mickey's, Akershus, Crystal Palace) are fairly popular and can be difficult to get at popular times. I put the second Chef Mickey's later because you have a "better" chance of getting your ADRs further into your trip (fewer people already have access to that date). However, you could try for both Chef Mickey's in order and it probably won't make much of a difference.
I also recommend trying to get Rose & Crown early in your search because getting a late (close to Illuminations) time is pretty popular and tends to go quickly. When I made my reservations for an October trip earlier this month, Le Cellier was suprisingly easy to get, but you're going pretty close to Thanksgiving, so things might be busier.
Overall, even if you don't get everything you want on your first try, keep trying. You have six months and things do tend to open up as others change plans and cancel ADRs. That's the great thing about the on-line system, you can check whenever it's convient to you and you never know when something will come open.
