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

[HappyGamGam]

We got LL this morning for our Nov date.. they show a LL for party of 3 available 3:15=on Nov 22 if that helps

 

[crystal1313]

On two recent trips, I was able to get a LL 3 days out from our trip. Granted, I was stalking the app any free time I had at work. Lol. But it happened both times.

 

[CO2CA]

Ogas just opened for Nov 14

Really?! Dang it, none of my alerts went off for October or November...

 

[CO2CA]

Now I'm worried that because I missed Oga's, I'm missing others. Has BB opened for November? Or Minnie's Breakfast for the last week in October?

 

[HappyGamGam]

Now I'm worried that because I missed Oga's, I'm missing others. Has BB opened for November? Or Minnie's Breakfast for the last week in October?

I haven’t seen BB or Minnie’s yet for November. Waiting on those 2 as well.

 

[MinnieEars2021]

Me too!

 

[DizLin]

i just got LL for tomorrow 615pm! yay!

 

[TikiTikiFan]

So just to be sure I'm seeing the same as everyone else and sooth my paranoia that I didn't miss it- nothing is showing past Nov 11th except DCA and DTD restaurants? And apparently Ogas and Rivers Belle Terrace?

Looking for Cafe Orleans, Carnation Cafe, Plaza Inn and Blue Bayou for dates during 11/19-11/26.

Anyone else missing the good ole days of getting dining at Disneyland?

 

[cruisehopeful]

Anyone know if we can walk up at 9am and get on a waitlist for brunch at LL? Do they do that?

They will likely take a walk up waitlist that early. I saw them taking a list up until a little after 4pm the other day. Definitely keep checking online ahead of time, though.

 

[DLgal]

They will likely take a walk up waitlist that early. I saw them taking a list up until a little after 4pm the other day. Definitely keep checking online ahead of time, though.

Thanks for that! I'll be there tomorrow with my kids and I'm going to ask about this option at the podium in the morning. Not for tomorrow but for my future date with my hubby.

 

[tlcdoula]

So just to be sure I'm seeing the same as everyone else and sooth my paranoia that I didn't miss it- nothing is showing past Nov 11th except DCA and DTD restaurants? And apparently Ogas and Rivers Belle Terrace?

Looking for Cafe Orleans, Carnation Cafe, Plaza Inn and Blue Bayou for dates during 11/19-11/26.

Anyone else missing the good ole days of getting dining at Disneyland?

That is what I am seeing too. Disneyland used to be so easy to book anything you wanted. Now I feel like I’m trying to book a trip to Disneyworld lol

 

[Lillebelle]

So just to be sure I'm seeing the same as everyone else and sooth my paranoia that I didn't miss it- nothing is showing past Nov 11th except DCA and DTD restaurants? And apparently Ogas and Rivers Belle Terrace?

Looking for Cafe Orleans, Carnation Cafe, Plaza Inn and Blue Bayou for dates during 11/19-11/26.

Anyone else missing the good ole days of getting dining at Disneyland?

Yes - definitely missing the simpler times. I really hope things will go back to reasonable once they staff up fully but it's hard to picture right now...

I've been checking for BB like everyone else and haven't seen it, or any of the others you mentioned, so I think you're good.

For Trader Sam's, does that show up just like anything else? I haven't been to the parks since that became reservation-based.

 

[AggieJen05]

I have a Plaza Inn breakfast reservation for 4 at 8:50AM on 10/6 that we have decided to drop. I will be dropping this at 3:00PM Central Time today (9/24) if anyone wants to try to grab it!

 

[pharmama]

Yes - definitely missing the simpler times. I really hope things will go back to reasonable once they staff up fully but it's hard to picture right now...

I'm starting to wonder if this is going to be the new "norm". DLR has always been terrible about releasing dining reservations and schedules with any kind of standardized schedule but it was never a big deal because reservations didn't go quickly except for a few prime reservations like peak times at BB, WoC Dessert Party etc. Now they're all snapped up immediately.

I'm curious if people heard what a mess mobile ordering was earlier in the summer (I think overall it's better now but still some issues for sure) and now the "you have to have at least one dining reservation a day" mantra at that time has become the general advice people follow? Also curious if everyone having to do park reservations has also prompted trips in general to be more firmly scheduled so people are ready to plan and commit to dining earlier on.

 

[jordan13402]

so when we went to WDW this summer we got to book the whole trip starting 60 days out from our first day at the Poly...is that rule the same at DLR?

 

[tlcdoula]

so when we went to WDW this summer we got to book the whole trip starting 60 days out from our first day at the Poly...is that rule the same at DLR?

Afraid not it is day by day. But right now they are not releasing everything at 60 days so it is just a waiting game

 

[mcrowder1978]

so when we went to WDW this summer we got to book the whole trip starting 60 days out from our first day at the Poly...is that rule the same at DLR?

Unfortunately no. The WDW infrastructure is way better equipped for stuff like this. When I set up my park reservations I had to do them one day at a time as they opened up. Same for dining reservations...which aren't always available at the 60 day mark. The WDW system is way easier in that respect. Being able to plan the whole trip in one shot it stressful but also nicer because at least then it is done.

 

[jordan13402]

so crazy that they dont just use the same system

 

[mcrowder1978]

so crazy that they dont just use the same system

I couldn't agree more. The sites at least look the same but the backbones are substantially different. Even down to not being able to see hotel reservation and other reservations on the same screen like you can in the MyDisneyExperience portion of the WDW site. Even the apps have big differences. I would think it would make things easier if they were all the same. Hopefully once the Genie is released from the bottle they will both be the same.

 

[Lillebelle]

I'm starting to wonder if this is going to be the new "norm". DLR has always been terrible about releasing dining reservations and schedules with any kind of standardized schedule but it was never a big deal because reservations didn't go quickly except for a few prime reservations like peak times at BB, WoC Dessert Party etc. Now they're all snapped up immediately.

I'm curious if people heard what a mess mobile ordering was earlier in the summer (I think overall it's better now but still some issues for sure) and now the "you have to have at least one dining reservation a day" mantra at that time has become the general advice people follow? Also curious if everyone having to do park reservations has also prompted trips in general to be more firmly scheduled so people are ready to plan and commit to dining earlier on.

Yeah, I feel like in the old days maybe I would look at 60 days out but I definitely wasn't camping things at 3am and there was plenty of stuff available to book closer to the trip. Building on your point about the mobile ordering fiascos causing people to more aggressively book dining still, there was also the fact that so many places were closed still in the first couple months so food overall was harder to come by.

My one hope is that now that the annual passes are back and people are starting to go (I assume) more frequently, the pent-up demand from the parks being closed for a year and a half will slowly peter out and the food scarcity anxiety will die down, and people won't feel like they need to hyperplan their trips as much. I know personally, the first couple trips we did, I booked a lot of dining reservations, both out of fear from the early post-pandemic days and also because I hadn't eaten at these places in so long. For our next trip, I'm going more minimal - there are a lot of places I don't need to eat at every time, and now that I've eaten at them somewhat recently, I'm set for awhile. I'm hoping eventually others will feel the same and things will settle down. But we'll see...