Early October Dining booking issues?

[lorijohnhill]

After 42years, my husband knows I'm the crazy one. He will be happy when Disney finally opens the schedule for booking and I can turn the alarm off.

See you there if I'm successful in booking!

Geemo

Here's to husbands who tolerate our cookyness! Gotta love 'em!

 

[ten6mom]

Not sure if any of you have visited the DL website over yesterday or today but the Parks Hours calendar is now completely empty! It previously had hours listed all the way up to September 26. So yeah something funky is definitely going on while they try to figure out park hours for the fall.

I'm going September 29-October 2 and it's definitely frustrating not having everything available yet!

Very frustrating! We are going similar time frame (September 28-October 3). Have made reservations at Plaza Inn for morning of the 10/2 at 9:10am (earliest could do - though says breakfast starts at 8:10am). So I assume park would be opening by 8 or 9. Earliest could make breakfast reservations at Carnation Cafe on 9/29 is at 10:10am, so perhaps the park doesn't open till 10am (says breakfast hours start at 10am)? But last year on the Tuesday it opened at 8am, with MM at 7am, so who knows....

Nothing to add other than we will be there September 28- October 2nd!

 

[ten6mom]

Thanks to all the updates here, I thought it would behoove me to go back and check to see if I could get into Plaza Inn any earlier on October 1. (Previous reservation was for 0910). They had an 0810! Yay! Thanks everyone!

 

[Canadian Harmony]

It appears there are a few of us trying for Fantasmic! booking on October 4th.
We can have a little DisBoard party while we wait for the show.

My first choice is Fantasmic! BB dinner for the first showing that evening. With the plan to watch the fireworks from there too.
Which date and package are others trying for?

Geemo

We're aiming for the 4th as well, but dinner at RBT as that menu's a better fit for our family. We're hoping for the first showing as we'll all be REALLY tired from having flown down that morning.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

I was able to book dinner/late lunch at BB for our MHP in mid October this afternoon online. So it looks like some of the inventory has opened up.

 

[Geemo]

I was able to book dinner/late lunch at BB for our MHP in mid October this afternoon online. So it looks like some of the inventory has opened up.

For general reservations at Blue Bayou, I was able to find Dinner options through Oct. 3rd.
After Oct 3rd, online only Lunch comes up. No Dinner times at all.

As for Fantasmic! Dinner packages, online nothing comes up for October.

This morning when I called the CM said they have been told October's schedule should be open by the end of the month.
So much for making dining reservations 60 days out.

Geemo

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Yesterday I wasn't even able to book anything for BB using the Dine Line, so having even a few times available online is a big improvement. For MHP dates, BB closes early anyway (last year I think the latest reservation time available was around 3:30-4pm to make sure that all guests would be done by the party start time), so the late lunch time (3:30pm) works well for us. The Parks Blog post today about Halloween Time was somewhat encouraging, since it indicates that the October schedule is finally set enough to start being published (even if the post itself was pretty generic). Hopefully the seating inventory will be released soon.

 

[seobaina]

I was able to book a normal meal at rbt back at the 60 day mark. It seems to be some breakfasts and dining events that are being affected. Although not sure why surf up breakfast should be affected as that's in a hotel anyway. X

 

[McNs]

It it there yet?
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nope still booking slots

 

[Geemo]

It it there yet?
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No! not today.... yet.....

Today's CM said they are hoping for any day now.

 

[VandVsmama]

I'm going to try calling today. Online still isn't showing anything available. This is getting frustrating.

 

[Priory]

Big Thunder BBQ is lunch only for most of October. That makes sense on party days - but it's every day. I know it will be going away soon so I wanted to eat there one last time. I guess lunch will have to do.

 

[MinMou]

I was told last week that the CM's can't see anything different that what we see online. If you do get a reservation by phone, PLEASE let us know!

 

[Blondie Mom]

I was told last week that the CM's can't see anything different that what we see online. If you do get a reservation by phone, PLEASE let us know!

They told me the same thing.

 

[VandVsmama]

I just called trying to book Plaza Inn for the character breakfast on 10/6. CM said that until the October park hours are released (in 4-5 days), they can't book any breakfasts or dinners.

 

[Metalliman98]

This delay is ridiculous. The longer they wait to figure out park hours, there more of a crush there's going to be to book those restaurants for the week of 10/4 as soon as they become available. As someone who generally books 59-60 days out, I'm getting more nervous by the day.

 

[Spyral]

Looks like times are slowly starting to fill in, at least that last week of Sept. They have DL (but not DCA) park hours up till Oct 1st now - https://disneyland.disney.go.com/calendars/five-day/2015-09-27/

 

[Canadian Harmony]

This delay is ridiculous. The longer they wait to figure out park hours, there more of a crush there's going to be to book those restaurants for the week of 10/4 as soon as they become available. As someone who generally books 59-60 days out, I'm getting more nervous by the day.

I'm getting nervous too.

 

[seobaina]

I'm getting nervous too.

Me too

 

[Chris9ty]

Looks like times are slowly starting to fill in, at least that last week of Sept. They have DL (but not DCA) park hours up till Oct 1st now - https://disneyland.disney.go.com/calendars/five-day/2015-09-27/

I just noticed that too! Yeah! Getting closer to October. I'm not in a rush for the reservations to open- we have to catch up with our travel agent to solidify our plans!