Has anyone had success booking dining? I mean......for the love of churros!

[RJstanis]

So, beginner question here, if there are times associated with a restaurant, does that mean reservations are actually open? For example, Oga's just started listing times for October 7. I feel like I got in pretty quickly (this was a couple of days ago), but there was nothing available (for both "Lunch" and actual times of day). Does that mean all reservations are already taken or do they release 'reservations' separately from when they add times to the day? No idea if any of this makes sense... lol

More than likely they're not gone. I've been looking for Oct 2-4th and yesterday there wasn't an option for times and today there is. No way they're all gone that fast.

 

[gpjacobs]

Combing through the previous threads - to confirm, it looks like dining is only open for the first week of October, right? I can't see anything on the site or in the thread that indicated the week of Oct. 11 is currently loaded into the system.

 

[Ladyslug]

As others have surmised, I just saw this on the Trader Sam's page on the DL website, so nothing past Sept. 15...

From August 15 to September 15, 2021, Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar will be testing limited advance reservations.

Ah, nice catch! I too wish I had seen that tidbit earlier, like, yesterday...

 

[disneegrl4eva]

Combing through the previous threads - to confirm, it looks like dining is only open for the first week of October, right? I can't see anything on the site or in the thread that indicated the week of Oct. 11 is currently loaded into the system.

well I dont see anything going out that far yet...Ive only seen up to Sept 22

 

[disneegrl4eva]

More than likely they're not gone. I've been looking for Oct 2-4th and yesterday there wasn't an option for times and today there is. No way they're all gone that fast.

Ok so I just went back on...this is super weird but here goes.....for Plaza Inn breakfast they literally have availability for tomorrow only....everything else has not been released yet....

 

[got2travel]

Keep trying folks. Ever since the queue let us in I’ve been trying for Trader Sams. The site repeatedly told me no times were available. Every 10-15 minutes or so I would check again, clicking on every half hour time slot. Finally 2 options for Trader Sams on 9/11 popped up. I snagged a 6:55pm slot.

 

[got2travel]

Ok so I just went back on...this is super weird but here goes.....for Plaza Inn breakfast they literally have availability for tomorrow only....everything else has not been released yet....

I’ve noticed that even though Plaza Inn shows as no time’s available, it is included in the list of restaurants with time rather than down below where the ‘no times’ restaurants usually are. I’m wondering if the times are being released in phases.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

I was wondering about Plaza Inn, too, but a PP said they had a reservation. I keep checking for our Labor Day weekend and nothing. I was able to get Princess (special occasion). We've done the Princess breakfast before and LOVED it. I hope it hasn't changed too much.

 

[got2travel]

More Trader Sams times are popping up. As I’m still searching for Plaza Inn I’m now seeing TS on 9/12 and 9/13.

 

[DisSurfer878]

Keep trying folks. Ever since the queue let us in I’ve been trying for Trader Sams. The site repeatedly told me no times were available. Every 10-15 minutes or so I would check again, clicking on every half hour time slot. Finally 2 options for Trader Sams on 9/11 popped up. I snagged a 6:55pm slot.

Thank you!!! I followed your advice and got my reservation!

 

[Briarrose1306]

Has anyone snagged any BB for October yet? I grabbed CC today for the 8th, but wondering if BB has even been released yet for anything after 10/1.

I've got BB for 10/1 @ 11am

 

[AndrewC]

Disney, just get your act together. If you can't release 60 days out because of staffing, just toss a little note on the page saying currently dining is released at 45 days, or 30 days. Or heck, say "daily" but mention the system is updated at midnight pacific time, or 3am, or whatever. This game of "who knows!" it so frustrating when people are literally spending thousands of dollars to show up. It's also unfair because the East coast guys might have a much easier time just refreshing the page every few minutes while sitting at work at 8am (5am pacific time). (no offense to you East coast guys!)

Just some actual organization and clarity from Disney would be so great. Use the waiting room every morning if you're worried it'll crash the site, just give a fair chance to everyone!

 

[AndrewC]

I've got BB for 10/1 @ 11am

What time did you make the booking?

 

[dreynolds1982]

More Trader Sams times are popping up. As I’m still searching for Plaza Inn I’m now seeing TS on 9/12 and 9/13.

I noticed that too. I snagged one for 8/24 earlier, then checked again and it was showing zip. Now it's showing times again. Wonder if they are releasing them incrementally or something.

 

[kerreyn]

After A LOT of error messages and realizing I needed to change my settings from "Canada English" to "US English", I was finally able to reserve the OBB Dessert Party on September 16!

 

[Briarrose1306]

What time did you make the booking?

Last Wednesday evening. I had come across a FB post saying if you checked the actual hour instead of the meal time (ie 100pm vs lunch) more options were coming up. I tried it and it worked.

 

[Bunkie1979]

Can honestly say that after 12+ years of being our family's Disney planner and booking dining/activity reservations at Disneyland, Disney World, and Disneyland Paris, this recent experience has *hands down* been the most frustrating experience of all with no predictability or logic whatsoever.

I was awake with you for most of the wee morning hours tinkering to get reservations and did not have the benefit of a non-Apple smart phone for a sneaky IT workaround. I suffered too with the multi-hour waiting room experience and felt the taunting of that winking bull's skull in the Thunder Mountain animation.

For all of the newbies out there, know that this is far from normal! Hang in there, keep checking with fingers crossed, and maybe a little Disney magic will come your way!

 

[Bunkie1979]

After A LOT of error messages and realizing I needed to change my settings from "Canada English" to "US English", I was finally able to reserve the OBB Dessert Party on September 16!

Curses to the Canadian site setting! Good tip for others. I had to do this too repeatedly after every few minutes.

 

[kerreyn]

Curses to the Canadian site setting! Good tip for others. I had to do this too repeatedly after every few minutes.

I also had to change the settings to buy our OBB tickets. Luckily someone on the Disboards knew the 'hack' and posted it!

 

[DisSurfer878]

After A LOT of error messages and realizing I needed to change my settings from "Canada English" to "US English", I was finally able to reserve the OBB Dessert Party on September 16!

As a curious but clearly uneducated American... is there a huge difference between "Canadian English" and "American English"???