How long will dining take?

[123SA]

Obsessive planner here. Aug 26-Sept 10 trip

How much time should I allow for:

1. counter service lunch
2. table service dinner
3. buffet dinner
4. character meal

Thanks for your input!

 

[Hopefully]

Obsessive planner here. Aug 26-Sept 10 trip

How much time should I allow for:

1. counter service lunch
2. table service dinner
3. buffet dinner
4. character meal

Thanks for your input!

We go in October - so a more crowded time than September. Our experience
1. At a busy lunch time I plan 45 - 60 minutes for a QS lunch
2. Table service dinner I plan 90 minutes
3. Buffet you control yourself. You get your own food, you eat at your own speed etc. You can ask for the check as soon as you are seated and settle your bill quickly if you want
4. Character meals I don't know but I think most say 60 - 90 minutes
5. Signature restaurant 90 - 120 minutes

Have Fun

 

[addiln]

I plan an hour at each meal. Also I add time in for not being seated right away. Some place we were sat right on time and others we had close to a 45 minute wait. The signature restaurants always seemed to have the longest wait for us.

 

[bigbabyblues]

CS places get to get long lines at popular meal times. If you eat early or late (11:00/11:30, or 1:00/1:30), you won't wait in lines as long.

TS and buffet both we allow 90 minutes, but you may have to wait past your ADR time.

 

[cannmom]

Certainly plan on 90 mins for table service. CS just depends on how busy the restaurant is at that time.

 

[TristiK]

We were there 2 weeks ago (crowd levels between 7-10) and this is what we found:

1. 30 minutes
2. 1 hour
3. Didn't do
4. 60-90 minutes

ETA: we ate QS lunches early - around 11:00. Our dinner (TS) reservations were between 5:30 and 6:30. I planned 90 minutes for TS just in case, but never needed that long.