Advanced Dining Reservations

[maelstrom]

We're heading to Disneyland next month for the start of Halloween season (we arrive on the evening of September 16th and will be staying for ten nights) and we'll be staying at the Grand Californian for the first time! There's a few places that we're interested in eating at but aren't sure if we'll need to make ADR's or not (I guess they don't call them ADR's in Disneyland, but we're used to Disney World).

We're interested in both brunch and dinner at Goofy's Kitchen (more for the character interaction than the food, as last year we found the food to be less than stellar), lunch at the Storyteller's Cafe, lunch or dinner at the PCH Grill, and lunch or dinner at Naples.

We're also interested in a meal or two at the Rainforest Cafe, but we are Safari Club members and never have a problem with getting a table there as a walk-up, even if we have to wait maybe 20 minutes.

We also want to do a World of Color picnic, but the Disneyland site is only allowing booking through September 13th, even though WoC is on the calendar past that date, so I don't know what's going on there.

So, do we need to make ADR's, or should we be fine as walk-ups (we're fine with waiting for 20 or 30 minutes if need be).

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[skiingfast]

It's not a particularily busy time of year. I wouldn't worry like at WDW about making ADRs ASAP. But if you want to eat at particular times I would makes reservations never the less. Better that than possibly having to wait 20 minutes each time you want to eat.

As far as the picnin meals for WoC it's a good question, nobody really knows. It seems they have been selling out this summer and Disney isn't realy sure if they need as many priority seating incentives as it goes into the off season.

 

[oc_tony]

We also want to do a World of Color picnic, but the Disneyland site is only allowing booking through September 13th, even though WoC is on the calendar past that date, so I don't know what's going on there.

WoC picnics reservations can be made 30 days in advance. Here's a link to my DIS blog about our experience with the picnic option.

 

[maelstrom]

I went ahead and made brunch and dinner reservations for Goofy's Kitchen and I think we'll just wing it with the others. We're going to be in Disneyland for ten days, so there's no rush.