FP or dining pkg seating better for ROL...

[FastPasser]

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[Robo]

We're talking just a few days.

Sounds right.
If the demand is there, why not?
Make as many guests happy to be in DAK at night as they can.

Happy guests spend more money.
Money can pay for overtime and/or training.

 

[AquaDame]

Our window opens up on Saturday but I guess we won't be able to make reservations for this in September since they've barely loaded May... looks like we will have to plan on using a FP and be pleasantly surprised if I'm lucky enough to be online whenever they load more into the system. Little did I know when we were disappointed last July...

 

[TnTWalter]

does anyone know the cancellation policy if I decide not to do it? I know it requires credit card guarantee. Thanks.

 

[mouserrificmom]

does anyone know the cancellation policy if I decide not to do it? I know it requires credit card guarantee. Thanks.

Dining reservations require 24 hours cancellation notice to not charge your card.

 

[cmarsh31]

Agreeing with PP - friends were there last night with reserved dining seats. Arrived around 6:20 and it was mostly full. We were there last Tuesday & by 6:40 it was obviously full on the dining/standby side, a little later for the FP side. Looks like a minimum of 30 min in FP side and 45+ for dining. There wasn't a line (we went to Nemo and had one group standing waiting for the line to start from about 5:30 on - when we realized no line was forming and they were just letting people in continuously, we went in). Yes to food, at least last week. The family in front of us was enjoying their dinner

 

[subtchr]

I absolutely agree that this show should be every night as soon as possible. The crowds will build throughout the month with spring breaks around the country. And other than manning (which I realize is not insignificant), it is not as if they are firing tens of thousands of dollars worth of pyro each show.

It is a stunning show in a beautiful setting, and fits in so well with the park overall. I was also extremely impressed with the logistics of entry and exit for the crowd. I was able to leave from the middle of the fastpass section at 7:31 last night and check in at the Express Transportation kiosk next to the safari at 7:37. That would certainly never happen from Fantasmic!

 

[mouserrificmom]

So I have a question then about the "standby/dining package" side. . . .are there sections blocked off and "protected" for the dining package folks, or is it a free for all in the area for both standby and dining package folks once they open the gates so to speak.....are the "dining package" plans allowed entrance before they open it up to Standby? If it is all a common area shared by standby and dining package, I can easily see how it would fill up before all of the dining package people had entered which would be a major disappointment for those paying the extra money for the package assuming it "guaranteed" them a seat! I do have a ROL dining package, but was planning on arriving early so I am not necessarily worried about it but we do have a party of 6 and I was planning on being the designated person to sit and hold the other 5 seats so I can see it may be a potential issue.

 

[maryj11]

Sounds right.
If the demand is there, why not?
Make as many guests happy to be in DAK at night as they can.

Happy guests spend more money.
Money can pay for overtime and/or training.

I would say there were quite a few people who were not happy because they were turned away and did not get a seat to watch the show.

 

[donnajz]

ROL is totally new to me ... I've actually never been at AK later than 2:00pm.
I'm thinking it might be worth getting a dining reservation. Which restaurant(s)
have ROL dining plan? (I'm assuming you get priority seating with this.)

 

[Robo]

ROL is totally new to me ... I've actually never been at AK later than 2:00pm.
I'm thinking it might be worth getting a dining reservation.
1. Which restaurant(s) have ROL dining plan?

2. (I'm assuming you get priority seating with this.)

1. CLICK.
2. Not "priority" seating.
You get "reserved" seating.

 

[donnajz]

Does the seating ever fill up? We'll be going the middle of May.

 

[Robo]

Does the seating ever fill up? We'll be going the middle of May.

Yes. For SURE.

That's what the main thrust of this entire thread has been about.
The thread is full of much information. Take a read-thru of some of the posts.

 

[ThistleMae]

Is there a start date for Pandora yet? And....where will it be located?

 

[ThistleMae]

Which of the two restaurants do folks like best?

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

You all convinced me! I am going over Easter Week and staying off site so can only make FP selections at the 30 day mark. I just booked a ROL Tusker House breakfast package at 10:40 AM on my AK day. I really wanted 10:50, but it was already gone. I checked again after I booked and I think I got the very last breakfast slot for April 11th!

Thanks everyone!

 

[Robo]

1. Is there a start date for Pandora yet?
2. And....where will it be located?

(If you are not kidding, or even if you are...)


1. Yes. Opens May 27 of this year.

2.

 

[Robo]

Which of the two restaurants do folks like best?

The first one, although many are partial to the second one.

 

[ThistleMae]

(If you are not kidding, or even if you are...)


1. Yes. Opens May 27 of this year.

2.

Sorry, not kidding. This is the first I'm looking for it. Thank you.

 

[ThistleMae]

Wow, Pandora is a huge section, can't wait!