Friendly Reminder: Christmas-week ADRs open this week!

[PlutoTheDog89]

We’re staying 27-31st dec. Will all the quick service restaurants be awful at this time with queues? Should I book table service for lunch and dinner in your experience or is quick service still an option?

No... i really think this is one of those legends that took on a life of its own the past few years. Will it be bad during peak lunch and dinner hours? Yes. But with all the new additions and restaurants, and with the new mobile ordering, you don't have to book ADRs for every lunch and dinner.

 

[snuggly duckling]

For those that have already booked the NYE dessert party, did you have a choice between plaza garden viewing and terrace viewing? My husband called but forgot to ask.

 

[Disneylover99]

We’re staying 27-31st dec. Will all the quick service restaurants be awful at this time with queues? Should I book table service for lunch and dinner in your experience or is quick service still an option?

I was wondering the same thing! We'll be there Dec 20-27, and I really prefer to only have one TS per day...especially at EP and MK, where there are actually a lot of counter service options that we really like. But I don't want to stand in line for an hour for food and then have nowhere to sit, so I went ahead and grudgingly booked lunch and dinner TS. Are there any parks that I could safely cancel one TS meal at...or will they all be so packed that I will be grateful to have the two TS meals?

We go for up to 2 weeks over Christmas and New Years. Sometimes we don’t do any TS restaurants. Lunch times can be particularly busy at counter service restaurants during this time. If a counter service opens at 10:30am or 11am, eat then. Don’t put it off and say, oh, we’re not that hungry, we’ll go at 11:30am, that should still be fine. Don’t underestimate the difference a half an hour can make and you should be fine. The MK can be particular bad during peak lunchtimes. Epcot is not as bad because there are so many counter service options.

 

[ShyMiss]

We go for up to 2 weeks over Christmas and New Years. Sometimes we don’t do any TS restaurants. Lunch times can be particularly busy at counter service restaurants during this time. If a counter service opens at 10:30am or 11am, eat then. Don’t put it off and say, oh, we’re not that hungry, we’ll go at 11:30am, that should still be fine. Don’t underestimate the difference a half an hour can make and you should be fine. The MK can be particular bad during peak lunchtimes. Epcot is not as bad because there are so many counter service options.

Makes sense! What would you say are the peak lunch and dinner times at QS? 11-1 and 5-7 ?

 

[Disneylover99]

Makes sense! What would you say are the peak lunch and dinner times at QS? 11-1 and 5-7 ?

Over Christmas/New Years I’d say more like 11-2pm and 4-7pm.