Candlelight Processional Dining Package and CP time

[ninafeliz]

How do the CP show times correlate with the dining package? I want the first or second show with an early dinner, but every one I have tried to book online is giving me the 8:15 PM show which is late for our kids. Do you have to get 8:15 if you are booking dinner, even if it is a 4:30 dinner and I will have to book lunch? If it matters, I was trying R&C which is my first choice, but also tried Biergarten and tried times from 4:20-5:30 or so. Can I call and get an earlier time? I just hate calling when I can sit and do it online. I guess I obviously can't get the first show with dinner now that I think about it, but what about the second?

 

[jvsims]

Yes, I do believe you can call...but online I just got a 12:30 Biergarten (1st CP show). After booking I tried booking the same thing (12:30 Biergarten)..the system prompted me to cancel the conflicting ADR...then the 2nd time I got the 2nd CP show...so maybe it is randomly cycling through show times?

 

[ninafeliz]

Yes, I do believe you can call...but online I just got a 12:30 Biergarten (1st CP show). After booking I tried booking the same thing (12:30 Biergarten)..the system prompted me to cancel the conflicting ADR...then the 2nd time I got the 2nd CP show...so maybe it is randomly cycling through show times?

I've tried a variety of lunch times and dinner times at a few different restaurants, and for all but one got the 8:15 show. I guess I will have to call, but now I can't decide where i want to eat! We always eat at R&C, but I thought we could try something different but can't decide. We tend to be creatures of habit, I don't want to pick something and have my DH and kids wish we had just eaten at the R&C.

 

[disneygolfer1985]

I got Tutto Italia online on Thursday for 1pm for the 5pm show. I honestly have no idea, but I made that after my parents made one for 1pm at San Angel Inn for the 5pm showing on the same day. Calling in they couldn't get Italy, but online I could.

 

[sharonabe]

even if it is a 4:30 dinner

A 4:30 dinner is too late even for the 6:45 show. If the restaurant is running late at all, you may not be finished eating in time to line up for the 6:45 show. You will want to be in that line no later than 6:15 and 6:00 is better. They open up the standby line around 30 min before show time, and if you're not in the pkg line, you risk not getting a seat. That's why the system won't let you do anything other than the 8:15.

If you want the 5:00 or 6:45 show, you need to eat lunch or mid-afternoon time frame.

 

[ninafeliz]

A 4:30 dinner is too late even for the 6:45 show. If the restaurant is running late at all, you may not be finished eating in time to line up for the 6:45 show. You will want to be in that line no later than 6:15 and 6:00 is better. They open up the standby line around 30 min before show time, and if you're not in the pkg line, you risk not getting a seat. That's why the system won't let you do anything other than the 8:15.

If you want the 5:00 or 6:45 show, you need to eat lunch or mid-afternoon time frame.

last year we ate at the GG at 4:15 for the 6:45 show, which I think was considered a lunch. I agree i don't want to cut it too close, but I was looking to do just about the same timing again. I know having it work out once doesn't guarantee the future, but we had tons of time to get there after eating last year, and we were down in future world.

 

[sharonabe]

last year we ate at the GG at 4:15 for the 6:45 show,

Then try for a 4:00 or 4:15. I just don't think the system will let a 4:30 do anything other than the 8:15. It may only be 15 min, but it could mean 30-45 min difference in when you finish eating.

 

[ninafeliz]

Then try for a 4:00 or 4:15. I just don't think the system will let a 4:30 do anything other than the 8:15. It may only be 15 min, but it could mean 30-45 min difference in when you finish eating.

I've tried Rose and Crown for lunch and dinner, and every time it gives me the 8:15 PM show. I guess I'm just going to have to call, I just thought there might be a method to their madness or a way to get a different time. I know last year I read on here that if you just keep choosing the time you want at the restaurant the CP times will change with each attempt, and it worked. But this year I can choose as many times as i want in a row and always hit cancel and start again and it's still 8:15. The joke is that I could have just called and tried to book it and even if I had had a decent wait time on the phone it would have taken a lot less time than my online attempts and posting to this thread took! Can you tell how much I prefer the impersonal computer booking rather than calling and talking to someone? I don't even know why, when I call I always end up having a perfectly fine experience I guess I'm antisocial

 

[Lisa F]

the rule of thumb is it has to be 2.5 hours before. I have a 4:15 la hacienda for a 6:45 show - that was the latest I could do. I plan to show up early for the ADR.