Crystal Palace

[RachelEllen]

Today is the first day of our dining window and I can't find any breakfast other than 10:30am! Do they stagger the times reservations become free? Should I call? I don't remember that being such a difficult reservation

 

[maxiesmom]

I would go for the 10:30 ADR. That way you can hit the park at open and get a bunch of rides in before having breakfast. Or, if your family is exhausted you can sleep in a bit. I've made my ADRs for around that time the last few trips, and love it.

 

[Tink584]

Today is the first day of our dining window and I can't find any breakfast other than 10:30am! Do they stagger the times reservations become free? Should I call? I don't remember that being such a difficult reservation

I noticed the same! I checked CP out of curiosity and saw that same availability. No help but I agree, never saw such limited availability there.

 

[IndyJammer]

I was able to get an 8:00 am on Sun 10/9 - that was the only day that I tried though

 

[RachelEllen]

I can't even search past 10/7. How did you get 10/9?

We picked Friday at magic kingdom as its a 4 on the crowd calandar. I can't believe I had to book breakfast at midnight!

I'm going to call and hope it's a computer glitch

 

[maxiesmom]

I can't even search past 10/7. How did you get 10/9?

We picked Friday at magic kingdom as its a 4 on the crowd calandar. I can't believe I had to book breakfast at midnight!

I'm going to call and hope it's a computer glitch

Are you staying off-site? If so, you can only book one day at a time. On-site guests can book at their 180 days out + 10 more days.

ADRs don't become available at midnight. They open up at 6 am. Call. But if that doesn't get you anywhere, keep checking. It took me a few days to snag an ADR for Be Our Guest. Try and keep trying.

 

[IndyJammer]

I can't even search past 10/7. How did you get 10/9?
We picked Friday at magic kingdom as its a 4 on the crowd calandar. I can't believe I had to book breakfast at midnight!
I'm going to call and hope it's a computer glitch

First trip where I got to use the online/ 6:00 am Dining Reservation system - and it worked great! DW thought I was crazy for getting up on Sunday morning to go in to the office (Better internet)!

I was stressing bc we are 2 families - mostly with 10 people reservations - and with limited times with 4 MNSSHPs in our 8-day window. Everything popped up right at 6:00 am just like it was supposed to!

Good luck to you - if you are staying onsite then hopefully the CM on the phone can get you what you need!

 

[RachelEllen]

Are you staying off-site? If so, you can only book one day at a time. On-site guests can book at their 180 days out + 10 more days.

ADRs don't become available at midnight. They open up at 6 am. Call. But if that doesn't get you anywhere, keep checking. It took me a few days to snag an ADR for Be Our Guest. Try and keep trying.

Then I'm really confused! We are staying onsite and I'm using the app. When I logged in, oct 7th is the first day I could search. Maybe I should have called 10 days ago! I also got be our guest at 8:15. I guess I'll just keep trying. I'm actually the experiences Disney person in our party. I've done crystal palace a bunch of times and never had this much trouble. I'm afraid my family will revolt over $24 breakfasts at BoG. Somehow the buffet seems like a better value.

Oh, and cm no help. She could only see what I saw.

 

[maxiesmom]

Then I'm really confused! We are staying onsite and I'm using the app. When I logged in, oct 7th is the first day I could search. Maybe I should have called 10 days ago! I also got be our guest at 8:15. I guess I'll just keep trying. I'm actually the experiences Disney person in our party. I've done crystal palace a bunch of times and never had this much trouble. I'm afraid my family will revolt over $24 breakfasts at BoG. Somehow the buffet seems like a better value.

Oh, and cm no help. She could only see what I saw.

Maybe try a different browser? I use Chrome and have had no issues. Maybe log out and then back in?

 

[RachelEllen]

Ugh! Just tried with a web browser, and I can reserve through 10/10. However, with the app, even signed in, I can only reserve through 10/7. I think that's the answer.

 

[IndyJammer]

Ugh! Just tried with a web browser, and I can reserve through 10/10. However, with the app, even signed in, I can only reserve through 10/7. I think that's the answer.

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Yeah - I think you are correct. I just tried the App and it won't let me go past 10/7 (180 days from check-in). It shows that I have reservations past that day & it will let me modify them, but it won't let me make a new one past 10/7 on the app

Just keep checking - periodically through the day and then I'd even try again tomorrow at 6:00 am just in case they open a few more - sending Pixie Dust your way

 

[TiggerTrigger]

The pre-park opening slots at Crystal Palace are extremely popular. And if you're going during a time when free dining might be offered or crowds may be higher (i.e. fall breaks/F&W), it can be one of those things you have to snag immediately on your 180 mark. Case in point, we may be going this July and I was able to get an 8am for a party of 6 with no problem at about 128 days out....but when DH and I went back in November 2014, I couldn't get anything better than 9:30am at the 180 day mark. The difference, July has no free dining and I've always felt summer crowds aren't nearly as bad as people make them out to be.

If you think it's an online problem, you should call immediately...otherwise, you're just going to have to stalk the website. I'm usually pretty successful with stalking for ADRs, so hopefully you'll find something good over the next 6 months

 

[Roxyfire]

I had difficulty for 10/2 as well. Probably multiple factors working against me considering it's a Sunday at the tail end of a Free Dining bounceback. I took 10:30a hoping that we'd still get a good chance at breakfast.

 

[AshleeH]

Never use the app - it is notoriously bad with making ADRs. Log into your Disney account and then make sure to go through your Disney account tab to "Make Reservations" - it won't open up all 10 days if you are just logged in and check for reservations. You have to actually be within your itinerary - it took me a minute to figure out what the problem was, but that has worked every time I've gone that route.

Edit: And make sure it's the account with your actual hotel reservation or you're connected to that account via Friends and Family or it won't let you look at the full 10 days.

I was able to get a party of 9 on 10/2 before the parks open, but that was as soon as my window opened up and it was the first reservation I went for.

Disney doesn't stagger the reservations - if you put in a specific time, it checks within about a four hour window and gives you whatever is available.