Hardest ADR's?

[UGAFan0829]

Obviously, CRT is the hardest ADR to get in all of Disney, but I was wondering what some of the others are? Is 'Ohana one of them?

 

[pumba]

depending on your trip date. We had a hard time getting any reservations last September. We were only able to get four of our reservations last April. So alot has to do with when you want to go to Disney. We booked our May trip reservations early enough to be able to get them. Not the exact times but we got in. We tried to add a person to our reservation last week and we were only able to do it for one of our times.
We were not able to get Le Cellier last April or in September.

 

[UGAFan0829]

Le Cellier was another one that I forgot about that I had read was hard to get, though we didn't have any problems getting one there this past September.

 

[SnowWtch]

O'Hana can be hard to get depending on the time of year. It's always busy. I've had times where it's easy to get a ADR the week before and others where I tried for more than a month and still didn't get one. However, that's pretty much the same for most places.

 

[Tricia1972]

Victoria & Albert's Chefs Table is very hard to get also

Chef Mickey can be a bear, especially for a larger Party

Crystal Palace's coveted 8:00 reservation can be difficult to get.

LeCellier was one that I called at exactly 180 days, 7:00am - all they had for our party was 8:45 pm (Party of 7). I split us three and four and we were able to get 5:40, but I thought it was crazy to be the first one at 180 days and still not get a decent time for the whole group.

Any of the MK TS restaurants can be difficult to get the night of a party (MNSSHP and MVMCP) I don't know how they are on P&P nights.

 

[dvcdisney]

The last time I made ressies at CRT was Oct 2006 and I didn't have any problems. But it may have changed now.

The only one I find that I need to make as soon as possible is Le Cellier dinner. The next difficult restaurant is Hollywood and Vine or Mama Melrose for the Fantasmic Package. Last time I had to change my ressies about 6 months out, I ended up with a 4:00pm dinner ressie for Hollywood and Vine.

 

[Tricia1972]

The last time I made ressies at CRT was Oct 2006 and I didn't have any problems. But it may have changed now.

The only one I find that I need to make as soon as possible is Le Cellier dinner. The next difficult restaurant is Hollywood and Vine or Mama Melrose for the Fantasmic Package. Last time I had to change my ressies about 6 months out, I ended up with a 4:00pm dinner ressie for Hollywood and Vine.

Part of the problem with those is that frequently they only have the early reservations available for the Fantasmic Dining Package. This is because of the times of Fantasmic and when you are supposed to meet at Oscar's to go up to your seating area. They make them so early so you have plenty of time to have a nice dinner, and still make it up in time for the show. (They also only hold those reserved seats so long before they let the masses sit in them)

 

[leahjade]

I missed the 180 day window, will I be able to get my reservations if I call tonight - our trip is 5 months away and we have a party of 5.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

I missed the 180 day window, will I be able to get my reservations if I call tonight - our trip is 5 months away and we have a party of 5.

Just be patient and be flexible. There are plenty of great, fun restaurants to add to your experience. Make a list of where you'd like to eat, on what days you'd like to go to each park, and go from there. Don't forget, if there is a restaurant you have your heart set on that you can't get ADR's for, you can always call the morning of to see if there are any cancellations that day.

We did this with CRT. For two years I couldn't get one reservation. On our last trip I called the morning we were going to MK. I got a reservation for lunch and one for a late dinner (two different experiences) because they just had cancellations that morning. Just a note, in my opinion, CRT was not worth the money. Glad I can say been there done that, but we'll go to Akershus to meet the princesses!

 

[3for Me]

I have to agree about Le Cellier. It is the only ADR that I have attempted to change on both of my last two trips and have been unable to.

Chef Mickey's seems to be difficult sometimes, as does CG depending on whether or not you want to see the fireworks.

 

[duffy]

When I got my reservation for Le Cellier on Feb. 5th, I was told that it IS the hardest one to get.

 

[ntsammy5]

LeCellier is the only one I consistently have a hard time getting.

 

[Blessedx3]

LeCelliar for us too. Although I have always been able to get in at a decent time usually on the day I want as well. But it takes alot of calling. I just got a lunch ressie 10 days out. Not too shabby. We also got CRT for BF and dinner about 15 days out. But last year couldn't get in at all on our own . Thank goodness for Don AKL CL.

 

[Cinderumbrella]

Granted, we usually travel in value season (early Dec and late August) and I ALWAYS call on day 180, but have never had an issue getting what I want (including CRT, Le Cellier and the 8:05am at CP). But I make sure I have those dates and times set in stone- I never change them, where the rest sometimes get flipped around a few times in the coming months...

 

[LSchrow]

LeCellier (aside from its popularity, it is also very small), coral reef, wolfgang puck cafe ~ in that order
sometimes raglan road, chefs de france.
tutto italia has the potential to become one of the more popular also

 

[soccerchick]

I don't know how accurate this is, but when we tried to book our ADRs last trip, it was an "off season" and a CM told me that early in the process, the hours will be shorter. As they see how full the resorts are, they can adjust the hours by expanding and offering more ADR times. Makes sense.

If CMs read here, maybe they can verify this.

 

[ZoZo]

Le Cellier, definitely.

We also ate at Kona and California Grill on our last trip, and changed our ADRs a couple of times without problems about two weeks out. But there was no changing Le Cellier. I think it might be even harder than Cindy's!

 

[airhead]

I missed the 180 day window, will I be able to get my reservations if I call tonight - our trip is 5 months away and we have a party of 5.

I just made all of my ADR's for 8 people going 6/27~7/7. I had no problem at all. I wouldn't wait too long!