Candlelight Processional Dinner Reservations

[amandadaddy]

Can anyone tell me how the Dinning Reservations for the Candlelight Processional work these days? We did this in 2004. Our dinning reservations were for 8:00, but we made the CP before dinner by giving our reservation #.

I thought I heard that Disney had changed their policy on this program and that tickets for the CP now have to be picked up at your restraunt and must be for the same day as the dinner reservation. Is this true?

If so and you've done it this way, what tips do you have? We prefer to make our reservations for dinner (not lunch) and usually shoot for the R&C with outside seating late enough to catch Illuminations over hot chocolate and desert. Any tips you might have would be great.

Thanks

 

[Bete]

We went last year. There are set times for dinner depending on when your show is. The earlier your show, the earlier your dinner is. I think they did this to spread out dinner ressies between all three shows at the restaurants. It makes for better crowd control. They want you to have dinner before the show. You pick up your reserved seating passes at the restaurant for the show.

Whether you can change the rules and go to the show first, I can't say. I rather doubt it the way it's set up, now. I know in the past you could do pretty much what you wanted, but I don't think you can do that anymore.

You can call dining ressies and ask about it. I have a feeling there won't be too many people that can answer this outright. I think the only way you are going to get the Rose and Crown for Illuminations is to have non package ressies for it. Good luck. Maybe, someone can answer this definitively.

 

[neffernie]

This is what I found from last year. Candlelight Processional Dining Packages

The resturants give you sticker that you have to present to be seated(or even get in line for) the processional. You don't get it until after you pay.

When it gets closer, you can always just call and ask.