12:30 might be too late for your 1st choice dinner ressies, but you should be fine getting there after photo op to book your high tea. When I went to tea on 9/23 Palo wasn't even half full.
jpinj1, there is another thread about High Tea floating around here, apparently there have been a few problems with ressies even though High Tea wasn't full
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