Free Dining -- Be prepared for backup choices to eat

stoudt6

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I booked an 8 day stay at the Dolphin the last week of September using internet $129 special. weren't not allowed to add any dining plan. I was lucky enough to be allowed to make all ADR's at one time(supposedly you have to do each exactly 180 days out because Swan/Dolphin but nice cm let me)anyways I was on phone at least 45 minutes becuase the choices of restraunts and times were very hard to come by becuase of a number of things. 1st is the 180 +10 rule, the 2nd is Food and wine begins at end of month and a lot of the Epcot dining places are already booked. We are going to eat at places like Le Cellier, Coral Reef, San Angel, and Japan.also eating at Boma,WCC, O'hana. all of these places are pretty much full between 11-1 and 5-8.when I called i was told "I got a 620 and a 640 left thats it, unless you want 9 o'clock. For lunch it was i got a 1220 or 1240 unless you want to come back after 2." What I'm trying to tell everyone is book early with dining plan and be ready with back-up plan to eat, becuase with Free Dining the slim-pickings(good ADR times) are going to go from slim to none at 1 of the slowest times during the year at WDW. 1 other advise might be avoid the last week of September- becuase that will be the fullest of them all during free dining. :hourglass
 
A couple of notes. First, you're right. ADRs are going to be hard to come by: During the heart of hurricane season because of free dining plan, and before and after that because people are just, in general, eating TS meals more often these days (as well as because of the regular dining plan). Second, restaurants may or may not make all their capacity available at the 180/180+10 day point. Some may reserve blocks of tables for reservations at earlier-in time periods, and some may even be held back for concierge level guest bookings on the week-of, and therefore will only become available if not used the day-of.
 
I called for sept. 6th-13th and got all the places and times I wanted. I just added Chef Mickey's and 1900 PF this morning!!
 




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