If we show up early for 1900 PF, is it possible to get seated early?

[03badger]

Our ressie is for 8:20-I have tried a million times (& will probably try a million more) to get an earlier time. It's our DD's first time at WDW & I am psyched to have her meet Cinderella. However, it's late for a 2.5 year old little girl to be eating dinner/staying up.

If we show up say 7:30, is it possible to get seated earlier than your reservation time?

 

[tiger4me2]

Our ressie is for 8:20-I have tried a million times (& will probably try a million more) to get an earlier time. It's our DD's first time at WDW & I am psyched to have her meet Cinderella. However, it's late for a 2.5 year old little girl to be eating dinner/staying up.

If we show up say 7:30, is it possible to get seated earlier than your reservation time?

I If you show up as soon as they open up you MIGHT be able to get something. Might get lucky but really don't be disappointed if you can't at least you have a ressie. Keep on trying ! Good luck ! Maybe breakfast???

 

[byoung]

I If you show up as soon as they open up you MIGHT be able to get something. Might get lucky but really don't be disappointed if you can't at least you have a ressie. Keep on trying ! Good luck ! Maybe breakfast???

I agree here.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) I would doubt it.
2) They are evidently full with ADR's.
3) Why should they allow a walk-in or early arrival when the tables are full?

NOTE: Most character meals are not accepting walk-ins or early arrivals. They are just that busy any more due to DDP.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I've been trying to get an earlier ADR for 1900 PF as well. Ours isn't really late (6:45) but I was hoping to make it back to MK for SpectroMagic that night. When I was talking to the CM, she said if I showed up 15-20 minutes before, they would just put me in line for a table. If I showed up prior to that, it was at the restaurant's discretion. They might give me a table earlier, but they might not. Best course of action is to keep calling for cancellations.

 

[ROEDISNEY]

Anything is possible it don't hurt to try. Have a nice dinner. It great there.

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

Hey,I am going to 1900 Park Fare at 6:05pm and Spectro is at 9pm,will I make it in enough time?, one of the PP's said she had a ressie at 6:45 well Maybe Spectro is at 8 that night,anyway do you think I will make it at 9??? with my ressie at 6:05, I hope this place is magical!!!

 

[Sandy321]

1) I would doubt it.
2) They are evidently full with ADR's.
3) Why should they allow a walk-in or early arrival when the tables are full?

NOTE: Most character meals are not accepting walk-ins or early arrivals. They are just that busy any more due to DDP.

i doubt it, I know i've been to places that are filled with people arriving early for their adr's, and that creates a backup - so you are not put ahead of someone who shows up for their adr at thier adr time - just because you come an hour before your adr time -

I know at Le Cellier a mom was so angry that they had been waiting for over an hour and people that showed up after her were being seated before her - - but they had come closer to their adr times, whereas she didnt like her adr time (9 I think) It was very awkward listening to her yell, and her kids scream!

I hope that makes sense -

 

[RACHELSMOM1]

We have found that later dinners at Disney are not comparable to later dinners at home. If your DD has had her afternoon nap (a requirement in our family while at WDW, even for the adults) 8:20pm is not a problem. We actually prefer the later ADRs now. We accidentally learned this when we could only get a later ADR for CM during one trip. At first I was not happy, but we went anyway and ...we loved it... so much so, that now I request the later times when planning a trip. In the grand scheme of it all, 8:20 is a great time for a little girl to have dinner with Cinderella.

I like to think of it this way, the hustle and bustle of a busy day at the park is over, a nap has insured everyone in the party is well rested, there is nowhere else to go this particular evening except to bed fresh from a visit with a magical princess and her prince and off to special dreams sprinkled with laughter and pixie dust. It doesn't get any better than this!!

 

[Evan&Kimberly]

Loved how you put that Previous Poster, and a Queen to a princess would know. I second the naps for my little prince.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

I agree that you can easily make it work if she has a nap. Everyone's kids are different. The kids in our family tap into an amazing reserve when it comes to WDW, and somehow manage to go a lot further than normal. But most likely, with a child that young, a nap will greatly improve your odds of having a great dinner. .