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

[enchantedtikigoddess]

Thanks SOCALMouseMommy! I would have been stressing out over this for weeks, but now I know they won’t be open I can just focus on my other ressies!
I’ve lurked on these boards for years but rarely post but I’m so glad I did!

 

[FeistyDisneyMom]

Has anyone had success booking large parties at Plaza Inn for the character breakfast? I'm trying to decide if I want to try booking for all 7 of us, or if I should break it down into 4 and try grabbing two spots close to each other. That one seems to be the most likely to be gone within minutes out of all the ones I care about.

 

[Robro]

Blue Bayou is closing for an extended period. I think it's opening back up in "summer."

We have reservations for BB March 26 and was concerned the POTC closure would include the restaurant as well. I chatted with a CM and got this response:

The Blue Bayou Restaurant will close for refurbishment on April 21, 2022 and is scheduled to reopen in mid-May, and The Pirates of the Caribbean will be undergoing a scheduled refurbishment period from March 14 through June 30.

I hope this info helps others plan their trips. Cheers!

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

We have reservations for BB March 26 and was concerned the POTC closure would include the restaurant as well. I chatted with a CM and got this response:

The Blue Bayou Restaurant will close for refurbishment on April 21, 2022 and is scheduled to reopen in mid-May, and The Pirates of the Caribbean will be undergoing a scheduled refurbishment period from March 14 through June 30.

I hope this info helps others plan their trips. Cheers!

Mid-May, that’s not too bad! Though I’m sad Pirates will be down so long.

 

[xipotec]

6 PST

so 6 EST for the world? BUT 6PST for DL?

 

[smartlabelprint]

so 6 EST for the world? BUT 6PST for DL?

Yes. I’ve gotten several reservations at 6 am this week. They were close to running out within minutes for Oga’s.

 

[xipotec]

Yes. I’ve gotten several reservations at 6 am this week. They were close to running out within minutes for Oga’s.

nice job. always been able to get what I wanted at WDW. So plan on being ready for DL.

Which is nice, cause I wont have yo be up at 6am cause im on the east coast

 

[enchantedtikigoddess]

Reservations are dropping early today it seems…I started getting dining alerts just now and the system let me make a reservation for Carthay Circle. I had to keep hitting refresh on the app to get to the times but it let me through after 4-5 tries.

 

[disneyland_is_magic]

Has anyone had success booking large parties at Plaza Inn for the character breakfast? I'm trying to decide if I want to try booking for all 7 of us, or if I should break it down into 4 and try grabbing two spots close to each other. That one seems to be the most likely to be gone within minutes out of all the ones I care about.

I wish there was a resource of looking up the a realistic max reservation size for the some of these restaurants. I had no problem getting a party of 6 at Plaza, Ogas and LL but a couple other places it's clear to me that even doing the 7 AM dance, a party of 6 or more is non-existent because of because of table configurations in the restaurants or something. It would help people like myself to know which route they need to plan on going, getting it or splitting their group.

When I checked it briefly showed a party of 10 at the Plaza Inn available TODAY at 10:10 if that helps, so they do get that large. I also see one for May 10 (now 59 days out) for 7:30 AM for a party of 10 as well.

 

[Federalist45]

Has anyone had success booking large parties at Plaza Inn for the character breakfast? I'm trying to decide if I want to try booking for all 7 of us, or if I should break it down into 4 and try grabbing two spots close to each other. That one seems to be the most likely to be gone within minutes out of all the ones I care about.

I had no problem with a reservation for 6, fairly easily snagging the 10:20 a.m. spot I wanted. The best advice is to test the system ahead of your 60 day window.

 

[mdmost]

I saw some Trader Sam's reservations for the morning and late around 8:15 CST when I was taking a look around on the app. So it is possible to get one. The wife and I are planning a date night while D14 and Dwillthenbe12 have some teenage fun one afternoon on our upcoming trip.

 

[smartlabelprint]

Reservations are dropping early today it seems…I started getting dining alerts just now and the system let me make a reservation for Carthay Circle. I had to keep hitting refresh on the app to get to the times but it let me through after 4-5 tries.

I guess that could be what happened to me the other day. Because at 6:01 there was only 9 pm left.

 

[smartlabelprint]

They’re getting ready to drop fantasmic reservations very soon. The blue “check availability” button is highlighted now. River Belle and blue bayou show. The dates are populated to the current 60 days in May. There are no times available.

 

[Dizzy4DL]

I had Oga's on an alert for May 11th. I began getting email alerts at 3AM PST. By the time I woke up at 6, they were all gone.

 

[FeistyDisneyMom]

I really wish they would just be consistent with the time things drop :/ And like the previous commenter for large groups, would be fantastic if they actually hired people for the DINE line again, so large parties could make reservations over the phone to involve more than one table. We have a family of 7 meeting up with a family of 8. Somehow I'm going to try to get Plaza Inn breakfast, but I'm not sure how I'll manage it.

 

[shosh1530]

I really wish they would just be consistent with the time things drop :/ And like the previous commenter for large groups, would be fantastic if they actually hired people for the DINE line again, so large parties could make reservations over the phone to involve more than one table. We have a family of 7 meeting up with a family of 8. Somehow I'm going to try to get Plaza Inn breakfast, but I'm not sure how I'll manage it.

I was able to get reservations for 7 at Plaza Inn (booked 60-ish days out) for multiple days in January. If you have trouble, it will also let you book two reservations close to each other (it let us do for example: 10:10 and 10:20 when I was testing possibly splitting into two reservations).

Other places we were able to book for 7 (or at least saw in the options) included Lamplight Lounge, Cafe Orleans, River Belle Terrace, Wine Country Trattoria, Storytellers Cafe, and Goofy's Kitchen.

I really wanted to get a reservation for 7 or 8 at Blue Bayou, but was never able to do so. I had to book two separate reservations for 3 and 5 people at different times of day (we ended up using the 5 one). For some restaurants, you might try using two accounts so you can split your party and book at the same time of day.

 

[bethwc101]

So we CAN book trader sams online? It’s not just virtual queue?

also, how to we distinguish between lunch and brunch at lamplight when booking?

I tried to book at 60 days for a party of 6. Couldn't find ANYTHING! Then I changed it to 4 and had no problem getting one.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

They’re getting ready to drop fantasmic reservations very soon. The blue “check availability” button is highlighted now. River Belle and blue bayou show. The dates are populated to the current 60 days in May. There are no times available.

Really hope they include hungry bear too like before

 

[smartlabelprint]

Really hope they include hungry bear too like before

I thought hungry bear is in a separate link.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

I thought hungry bear is in a separate link.

Probably since you don’t need reservations to dine there. I just hope they have a Hungry Bear package like before. I’m not really interested in eating at Riverbelle and BB is $$$.