Help with booking -- include infant?

[disneylaura55]

hi everyone i get to book my ADR'S tomorrow
we are a party of 5 but really a party of 4 in disney eyes...meaning we have one under 3. (he will be 2 1/2) do i include him in my reservation number? do i book a table for 4 or 5? thanks!

 

[smiths02]

hi everyone i get to book my ADR'S tomorrow
we are a party of 5 but really a party of 4 in disney eyes...meaning we have one under 3. (he will be 2 1/2) do i include him in my reservation number? do i book a table for 4 or 5? thanks!

Definitely include him!

(And if you are having trouble booking a table for 5, try bumping it up to 6 rather than down to 4-the Disney system can be weird about odd numbers)

 

[MagicalMeg]

Yep book a table for 5. He/she will still need a place to sit. Also, the number of people has something to do with fire codes. Even when our guy was 7 weeks old we booked a table for 3.

 

[TDC Nala]

You're a party of 5. Everyone counts for reservations regardless of age, whether they will be paying for a meal or not.

 

[wiigirl]

Definitely include him!

(And if you are having trouble booking a table for 5, try bumping it up to 6 rather than down to 4-the Disney system can be weird about odd numbers)

 

[disneylaura55]

thank you!!!!!
so if i cant find a 5 book for 6?? will i get in "trouble" if we show up and we are only 5???

 

[TDC Nala]

No, you won't get in "trouble."

Restaurants with no-show fees only charge when nobody shows up.

If you're looking at prepaid restaurants like CRT or dinner shows this could be different, because you pay for those when you book them (unless you're on the dining plan).

 

[Cafeen]

thank you!!!!!
so if i cant find a 5 book for 6?? will i get in "trouble" if we show up and we are only 5???

Beyond the prepaids as Nala mentions, it's pretty common. I know that several (many?) of the CMs that I've run into when solo dining and booking for 2 (there's a solo bug as well as an odd-number bug...) have known about one or both issues with booking.

In fact, this was recommended to me several years ago when attempting to book dining for my first (well, zeroth...because that trip got cancelled) solo trip.