Garden Grill ADR 9.05 on a 9am opening

[mickeyheart]

I managed to get an ADR for garden grill on Monday 28th November, but it's not till 9.05am. I was wanting an 8am or 10.30 am so we could do Soarin at opening but there is non available for 6.

What would you do? Should I try for a later ADR at Cape May instead? How long will the queue be for Soarin by then?

TIA

 

[Meeko5]

Keep checking, watch the November ADR cancellation thread here and I bet you'll find a better time between now and November. I wouldn't want to waste that first hour of park time eating, but that's a personal preference.

 

[Nancyg56]

I think you keep checking. Also try breaking your party into two smaller groups. I would not want the 9 am slot unless I did not care about touring.

 

[ALittleWhistle]

I'm in the same boat for December. I don't think I would do a 9am Garden Grill; the sole reason I wanted it was to get a head start. I made ADR's yesterday and didn't get anything between 8 and 8:30. I've signed up for notifications from Touring Plans. They supposedly alert you if something opens up. I've never used it before, but it's worth a shot!

 

[mickeyheart]

Thnx, I have signed up to the touring plans ADR thing.

How long do u think the queue will be for Soarin by 10ish?

There will be one child who at 2 & half will probably be too small to ride. I really want to do Garden Grill but want to save our Fastpass for Frozen that we can all ride on.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

If you are wanting to use the ADR for access to Soarin', 9:05 is no good and you are far better off rope-dropping Soarin' than even pretending this ADR will be of aid. I would drop it straight up and look for a 10:30 at either Garden Grill or Cape May.

 

[mickeyheart]

I'm wanting to use the ADR as we want to eat there. There are no other times! I will keep trying though.

Anyone know how long standby queues are for Soarin & Living the Land at around 10ish when we will be finished?

 

[sharonabe]

I'm wanting to use the ADR as we want to eat there. There are no other times! I will keep trying though.

Anyone know how long standby queues are for Soarin & Living the Land at around 10ish when we will be finished?

Soarin' will probably be up to an hour or more wait when you finish eating. Living with the Land is anyone's guess. Before FP+, it would probably be walk on, but these days who knows? Not to mention all the people who come into The Land thinking they'll ride Soarin', look at the wait time, and decide to do The Land instead. If you don't have another day at EP and you want to do Soarin', you'll need to find another ADR. If Garden Grill is more important to you, then keep it and save Soarin' for another trip when that baby girl is old enough to ride with you all.

 

[mickeyheart]

I have got an 8.15!! What time can I get into Epcot? Will we be seated earlier?

TIA

 

[TheRustyScupper]

I have got an 8.15!! What time can I get into Epcot?
. . . you usually can enter 15-minutes prior to your PPO-ADR

Will we be seated earlier?
. . . it gets pretty busy at that hour for a PPO reservation
. . . you *might* get seated earlier, but would don't count on it
. . . especially with the new Soarin movie

NOTE: The only park eatery where you can get in far earlier than your ADR and be seated almost immediately is at AK-Tusker-House. With an ADR up to 9:20am, you can enter as early as 7:45am. You will be seated at the eatery almost as soon as you get to it, just like you had a 7:45am ADR. Sure, there might be a few folks in front of you. but not many. This means a wait-time at the podium of about 10-minutes or even less.

 

[Vicki Rickerd]

We are about 2 weeks out and decided last week to do the chip and dale breakfast at Garden Grill before soaring. Did the TP reservation finder and yesterday the text came through for an 8 am reservation. Course that was when MDE was down but thats a different story. So its plausible someone will cancel and you can get a reservation.