o.k., have to disagree jusst a teeny bit here. We were there for a week of
free dining last year, starting on Labor Day weekend. Our first night was Sunday of Labor Day weekend, so MK had EMH until 2 a.m. We had ADRs for Liberty Tree at 5:15 or so. When we entered MK they had that sandwich-board sign out two different places on Main Street -- in front of the Town Hall, and all near the entrance to that bunch of stores that runs the length of Main Street. It said there was no availability at any of the Magic Kingdom restaurants, and listed them all...LTT, CP, The Plaza, etc. BUT when we went to check-in at LTT, it was about 5:05...and they were taking walk-ups. The people in front of us were walk-ups & so were the two parties behind us. All were told it would be 10-15 min. We were seated within a minute ortwo, and the walk-up parties were seated within 2 minutes after us. The restaurant was mostly empty at that time. There was no one waiting to be seated when we checked in. So I guess the moral of the story is if you have no ADRs, try going to the restaurant right when it opens, they may be able to get you in with a reasonable wait, even if the signs are out saying reservations only. Now I will say by the time we left LTT, around 6:15, the waiting area was mobbed, and there were a lot of people out on the street outside with pagers waiting for their tables. So it really was all booked up, just apparently the early bird was able to get a worm...and we saw the same thing happen at several other restaurants during the week, too. We tend to like the early dinner seatings, so often are at the restaurants around 5:30...almost always saw them take walk-ups at that point. Not after 6:00, though (and not at Le Cellier in Free Dining. But we did see them taking walk ups at Le Cellier in January when the parks were incredibly empty.)
