Do reservations ever open up for BOG???

[jenny-d]

I've been pretty good about checking several times a day for a March reservation for 2 for dinner but no avail. Does anyone ever have success getting in after the 6 month booking window? We booked late this year so I missed out on that! Suggestions/tips/tricks??

 

[izzylovesmickey]

If you have a subscription to Touring Plans you can use the reservation finder. It will send an email if one is available for the date/approx time you want. You then go to the Disney site and hopefully it is still available. I used it to book a V&A reservation and got a date/time I wanted. Unfortunately for us, Hurricane Matthew hit and the restaurant was closed so we never got to go! But TP worked great!

 

[Vijoge]

I've had very good luck using the reservation finder at touringplans

 

[ErinsMommy]

I've found BOG ressies very last minute so there's definitely hope! Keep checking even day prior

 

[Dis703]

Yes, we have only booked at 6 months once but we've still been able to get in just about every trip. Usually for both lunch and dinner. I did not have any luck with touring plans on our most recent trip but others seem to. It was always gone by the time I got the notification. Just check often and especially around the 30 day mark and about a week out when people change plans and cancel packages and room only bookings.

 

[Araminta18]

I'm trying to do the same thing--it certainly seems like the reservations are few and far between lately. But I definitely echo the touring plans reservation finder--just make sure you put in an email address and a phone number so you can get the text and pounce on it. I don't even think you need to pay for touring plans to use the reservation finder, you just have to have an account, which you can do for free.

This is prob a long shot, but when are you looking for dinner? I've got a 4:30 dinner reservation on 3/17 that I need to cancel. It's early, but if that's a date you want, we can coordinate.

 

[allsaintsatx]

Agree with PP's about Touring Plans Reservation Finder. That alone is worth the subscription cost. You enter BOG, date and time you want on their website, and then wait. When something opens up close to the time you requested, they send you a text message with a clickable link to take you right to the WDW reservation page. Sometimes it takes a day or two, sometimes a week or two, but your request stays open until they find you something. I got an O'Hana dinner (twice! I got one and then tried for a better time and got it!) for our last trip and for this upcoming trip I got a lunch at BOG. It's kinda super magical? Like, doesn't seem real magical?

Also, if you wanna go 100% cost free, you can check a few days before you want to get the reservation and see what opens up. Some people will make multiple reservations and cancel the one they won't need closer to the date. Or, as was our case, we were eating so much food that by our second to last day we cancelled all of our sit down meals (1900 Park Faire breakfast) for the final day cause we just couldn't take it anymore!! Haha! And that 1900 was booked solid for months beforehand. The only problem with this way is there is the chance nothing opens and you're stuck eating at whatever is left, or QS.

Good luck! You'll definitely get one!!

 

[DISNEY1975]

Yes! I got a breakfast and dinner pretty late for my last trip. Just keep checking!

With that said, dont be disappointed if you dont get it. While its gret to se the castle and the different rooms, the food is mehhh at best. And the gray stuff...its not quite delicious. You can go to your local gas station and purchase a brownie at the counter and top it with cool whip (add grey food coloring to the cool whip for the full effect).

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

Just wanted to echo what others have said. Touring plans reservation finder works well for this.

Just wanted to add that you should choose to be notified via text message. I only check my emails a few times a day. This would most likely not work for a BOG reservation because it would already be gone by the time I read the email. Text message worked best for me.

 

[melanielll]

I do not recommend this over having reservations....but...we were there in December, and they were taking walkups at lunch. So, if you can't get a reservation, it doesn't hurt to walk over there and ask.

And I just searched reservations times there for the week of March 20th on the Disney site. A couple of breakfasts came up and so did a lunch. It happens, but it is one of the hardest reservations to get. Good luck.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Touring plans all the way.
Also for just 2 people, you can look for 2 1 person reservations, especially for breakfast, and just have the castmembers combine them at the check-in podium.

 

[David Brent]

Went to MK last week, and did walk up for both breakfast and lunch with no problems.

 

[Ensusieasm]

I've been pretty good about checking several times a day for a March reservation for 2 for dinner but no avail. Does anyone ever have success getting in after the 6 month booking window? We booked late this year so I missed out on that! Suggestions/tips/tricks??

Folks get an email reminder two days before a reservation, and many decide to cancel then, so check a couple days out and again the evening before and first thing in the morning on the day you are hoping for.

 

[Missyrose]

Went to MK last week, and did walk up for both breakfast and lunch with no problems.

The QS meals are far easier to get a walk-up for than dinner.

 

[meghanb133]

I'm trying to do the same thing--it certainly seems like the reservations are few and far between lately. But I definitely echo the touring plans reservation finder--just make sure you put in an email address and a phone number so you can get the text and pounce on it. I don't even think you need to pay for touring plans to use the reservation finder, you just have to have an account, which you can do for free.

This is prob a long shot, but when are you looking for dinner? I've got a 4:30 dinner reservation on 3/17 that I need to cancel. It's early, but if that's a date you want, we can coordinate.

I would love love love that reservation. We will be there for a short trip the 17th-19th and I can't find anything.

 

[NCVA]

Just FYI...I used touring plans and got a dinner reservation for 4 today on 3/19. Getting the text is key because usually they are gone within 5 minutes of the notification.

 

[peeperino]

Another vote for Touring Plans. I managed to get a reservation within a couple of days of setting it up. That's after I had been searching on my own for awhile.

 

[jenny-d]

I would love love love that reservation. We will be there for a short trip the 17th-19th and I can't find anything.

Our date is march 30th so feel free to arrange with op.

 

[Jessiemendez1]

I've been pretty good about checking several times a day for a March reservation for 2 for dinner but no avail. Does anyone ever have success getting in after the 6 month booking window? We booked late this year so I missed out on that! Suggestions/tips/tricks??

Use the touring plans reservation finder. I have gotten ressies twice using it

 

[jenny-d]

I'm trying to do the same thing--it certainly seems like the reservations are few and far between lately. But I definitely echo the touring plans reservation finder--just make sure you put in an email address and a phone number so you can get the text and pounce on it. I don't even think you need to pay for touring plans to use the reservation finder, you just have to have an account, which you can do for free.

This is prob a long shot, but when are you looking for dinner? I've got a 4:30 dinner reservation on 3/17 that I need to cancel. It's early, but if that's a date you want, we can coordinate.

Thanks so much but our date is march 30