Can you get a table during free dining? Restaurant statistics

[Brygida]

Just returned from 1 week of free DDP and here are the stats as to how full the restaurants were (i.e. if they weren't packed there were obviously reservations left).

Raglan Road - lunch - about 5% full - food here is fantastic!

Raglan Road - dinner - about 50% full

Wolfgang Puck - lunch - about 15% full - wonderful food! child make-your-own-ice-cream-sundae-palette was a big hit!

Boma - dinner - 80% full - another great choice!

Chef Mickey's - lunch - 100% full - food was bad-to-average, but got great piccies! Next time will eat somewhere else and get piccies separately!

Akershus - dinner - 100% full - great food - great character piccies!

Chef's De France - lunch - about 30% full - loved the fact that the children's menu includes a choice of appetizer - this is probably the best children's menu for choices!

My point is that there was plenty of great food and great meal-with-kids options, even during the height of free dining! Just avoid the same few restaurants everyone is trying to get (CRT, Chef Mickey, Le Cellier, etc)

 

[beroh2253]

That is good to hear that the restaurants are not packed. Though we do have all of our ADR's there were many people last year that didn't and I did see people being turned away. We will be leaving for POP on Friday for 9 nights so I would hope it isn't too crowded.
What was the crowd level like in the parks?
For ME and DW less them 2 days.

 

[Luv2Roam]

Good to read! And also shows having a nice lunch can sometimes be better and more relaxing than dinner.