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

[avalon451]

Dang Ogas filled up fast!! Wonder if they’ll drop more.

Yeah, I just wandered on this morning not really expecting anything for 12/2 and 12/3, and jumped when I saw a bunch of stuff. But no Oga’s - already gone. I’m solo for this quick 2-day trip, I’m betting it shouldn’t be too hard to get on the walk up list if I get there early. I prefer standing at the bar anyway.
I did snag a Lamplight Lounge for 5 pm on the 3rd!

 

[CandyMouse]

I got Carnation Cafe for lunch our 1st DL day--Yay!! I don't have anything booked for our last 2 days- DL and DCA on Nov. 22nd and 23rd for 6 of us, I'll just keep checking. I did get LL earlier for dinner and Catal for dinner for our 1st two days!

 

[ishbit92]

Well in the middle of the night I missed out on Oga's for the 5th. Got my alert texts from Mouse Watcher at like 1:15am. I was able to get Lamplight Lounge for the 6th when I woke up though. So now I have us booked for dinner 3 nights in a row! Going to hope and pray that more Oga's dates will drop when I'm awake (or turn my notifications up louder, it is a blessing and a curse being able to sleep through noises..more of a curse in this case).

 

[ishbit92]

What is this Mouse Dining alert?

One of the dining alert websites is called Mouse Watcher. I believe there's another alert site but I don't know what it's called. You pay a monthly subscription and they text/email you the moment a reservation becomes available. I would have probably missed out on getting Trader Sam's, Blue Bayou, and Lamplight Lounge if it wasn't for Mouse Watcher.

 

[Gypsybear]

Not sure what happened last night, but around 10pm CST, we got notifications of several openings for Carnation Cafe, and even for Blue Bayou. So, I booked a 2nd Carnation Cafe, and a Blue Bayou dinner for our last night of the trip. It'll be a nice way to end our vacation. BTW, this was for the first week of November....if that helps anyone.

 

[Lisa24jks]

I'm cancelling a Carnation breakfest reservation for 12/5 at 9:00 am right now if anyone needs to pick one up.

 

[tankgirl!]

I noticed that Storytellers shows as "Closed" on Thanksgiving. Is that really the case or will the be doing some sort of special event? Does anyone have any info? Thanks!

 

[2tinkerbell]

I noticed that Storytellers shows as "Closed" on Thanksgiving. Is that really the case or will the be doing some sort of special event? Does anyone have any info? Thanks!

I noticed the same thing yesterday when they added time slots to their reservations. It hadn’t shown up before then.

 

[underminer]

Do you guys think they will release more Trader Sam times for after 11/10? I only noticed dinner times and no afternoon times. Do you think those are coming?

I was able to get 11:30am reservations on 11/12

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Good to know, thank you!

We're all set- got every dining reservation we wanted so now I can finally relax!

It feels so good, doesn’t it?!

I noticed that Storytellers shows as "Closed" on Thanksgiving. Is that really the case or will the be doing some sort of special event? Does anyone have any info? Thanks!

My guess is that they will be doing some sort of Thanksgiving dinner there and that will change when they finally announce those plans.

 

[Mulan's Ma]

One of the dining alert websites is called Mouse Watcher. I believe there's another alert site but I don't know what it's called. You pay a monthly subscription and they text/email you the moment a reservation becomes available. I would have probably missed out on getting Trader Sam's, Blue Bayou, and Lamplight Lounge if it wasn't for Mouse Watcher.

I signed up fro both of them besides obsessively checking the Disneyland site directly. I 100% agree that I wouldn't have gotten my BB reservation without my alerts. Mouse Watcher (paid) alerts came via text and Mouse Dining (free) cam via eMail. I would still sign up for both in the future but it was interesting to see that the BB alert I was able to book came in a full 2 minutes earlier with Mouse Dining.

 

[rihardxl200]

Plaza Inn only does reservations for breakfast, not lunch or dinner.

Wait a second! Is Plaza Inn really currently open for dinner? I wonder why the website doesn’t list operating times past breakfast. This is a game changer for our plans if this is true. I need that fried chicken for our trip!!!

 

[GBRforWDW]

Wait a second! Is Plaza Inn really currently open for dinner? I wonder why the website doesn’t list operating times past breakfast. This is a game changer for our plans if this is true. I need that fried chicken for our trip!!!

Yes, they have lunch and dinner as a quick service option between 12pm and 9pm

 

[rihardxl200]

Thank you!

 

[rihardxl200]

One more question on the subject of dinning. Does anyone know if any sort of entertainment has returned to the stage at French Market Restaurant?

 

[V & S]

Just got everything I wanted for 12/7! Whoo hoo! Carthay, BB, Carnation.

 

[GrizzlyGirl]

So it seems like for the last few days reservations have started to drop at 60 days out. Time for cautious optimism?

 

[roxy72]

My husbands birthday is on 12/7, and we arrive to start our honeymoon trip same day. Today is 60 days out so he woke up at 3am to snag Blue Bayou. The times went SO QUICK! He tried to choose 4pm and later, but then it would go away while he tried to confirm. He snagged 2pm but we will likely cancel since that's when we usually make it into Anaheim, so we'll try again for another day. Gosh, this is competitive, even at 3am!

 

[mkm1998]

Does anyone know why Oga's Cantina says it's closing at 3p on Tuesday 12/7? Missed out last night on the reservations opening, but confused why it's not listed as being open later

 

[Gypsybear]

I can definitely vouch for the usefulness of Mouse Dining.....I was able to snag 4 reservations through their alerts...at less than 30 days out from our trip, no less....

Still holding out hope for Carthay, but my point is don't give up...I'm hoping everyone gets the ressies they're looking for.