How bad did I screw up by missing Oga's reservation?

[Hayduke]

Ugh... main reason for hitting Disneyland in August is for Galaxies Edge, but in all the shuffle of getting things booked I totally forgot about booking Oga's and now there's no availability. What's the walk up experience like? I don't mind standing the whole time and don't need to be in there long but would I have a chance that way? I know otherwise I can keep checking for cancellations but that's a big time-suck.

 

[brightlined]

You shouldn't have an issue. At DLR, a reservation for Oga's is basically just a reservation for a table - everything else is walk-up - so it's usually not super-hard to get in on the walk-up list.

Broadly speaking, if you want to guarantee getting in, it might help to aim to go there earlier in the day. (For example, if you look right now - 9:30am - the walk up list has a 15-minute wait.)


(FYI - on the off-chance you're solo, they don't offer reservations for parties of 1 at Oga's at DLR - you have to book for a party of 2 and drop it to 1 on check-in. EDIT: But you can do walk-up with a party of 1.)

 

[Lisa24jks]

The walk-up list is very easy! Especially since you said you don't mind standing. (Reservations get tables, walk-ups generally stand at the bar or counters.)

When I've done walk-up, I go and get on the list and depending on the wait, will go exploring Batuu until it's time for me to get called in. (I've done single-rider for Smuggler's Run while I was waiting. Or just browse the shops for a bit.)

 

[Pluto468]

There were always way more people doing walk-up than waiting for reserved tables when I went. So I think that means it's pretty easy to get a spot on the day of your visit. Just do it early, because sometimes they stop taking walk-ups later in the day. And as other people mentioned, you will have stand instead of having a table.

 

[ktlm]

Set a dining alert through one of the 2 services. Oga's dropped at a random time for our trip last fall and I missed out. I set alerts after I wasn't having any success on my own-- wound up getting 2 Oga's reservations for times I wanted. Not only that, but the alerts were still on and as our trip got close and during our trip I got tons of alerts. Also, even if the app says the walk up list is full, physically go check. Both our reservations were in the evening- and both times they were talking walk ups even though the app was not showing walk ups-- so don't give up, just keep trying.

 

[Hayduke]

Set a dining alert through one of the 2 services.

Do you mean the one that touringplans has?

Thanks for the help everyone! We will be getting there in the morning so hopefully will just snag walk-up if we can't get a reservation between now and then.

 

[Pluto468]

Do you mean the one that touringplans has?

Thanks for the help everyone! We will be getting there in the morning so hopefully will just snag walk-up if we can't get a reservation between now and then.

I don't think Touringsplancs has alerts for Disneyland, only WDW. But if you search something like "Disney dining alerts," you will find 2 services. I used the free one for our trips and got some good reservations that way.

 

[ktlm]

Do you mean the one that touringplans has?

Thanks for the help everyone! We will be getting there in the morning so hopefully will just snag walk-up if we can't get a reservation between now and then.

Mouse dining and mouse watcher

 

[DLgal]

A reservation for Oga's doesn't guarantee you a table, by the way. It just gets you in faster than the walk up line. We have gone 3 times with a reservation and had a standing table twice and were stood at the bar the other time.

 

[braasch77]

I've been checking for both Oga's and Trader Sam's for my Sep 18-22 Trip and there's been 0 availability for either with 0 notices from *********** that there have been any openings. I'm hoping i can get a res before i go, but, as the other posters have shared, everything I've read is that you can get on walkup fairly easily as long as you don't wait too long in the day. So, if i don't end up getting a res, I hope that's true.

 

[MonocularVision]

A reservation for Oga's doesn't guarantee you a table, by the way. It just gets you in faster than the walk up line. We have gone 3 times with a reservation and had a standing table twice and were stood at the bar the other time.

I can second this. We have had standing tables/bar before with a reservation.

 

[Hayduke]

I've been checking for both Oga's and Trader Sam's for my Sep 18-22 Trip

Trader Sam's is the other I missed--is it the same case as with Oga's, that walk-ins are a possibility?

 

[braasch77]

Trader Sam's is the other I missed--is it the same case as with Oga's, that walk-ins are a possibility?

Maybe more experienced people will have a better answer, but I do know that on the Disneyland app they have a walk-up list you can join just like Oga's.

 

[DharmaLou]

I haven't had an ADR this year at all and have done standby and gotten in every time within 30 minutes.