Large party dining

[vbalacek]

We usually do Disney with just our immediate family, but this April we're going to the Beach Club with our siblings and their children. Overall we'll be 6 adults and 7 children-- kinda a large party. I've been told I have to call a special number to get dinner reservations, and it might be hard to sit together at some places.

Since we may need to split up during the day (different kids have different ride tolerences....) we would like to try eating a nice meal together at the end of the day. Does anyone have any TS suggestions where large party seating isn't too troubling? We'll be looking to eat either in the parks, or in the Boardwalk area.

Thanks.

 

[DisneyMom5]

We were a party of 13 also, 4 adults and 9 kids.

We ate at Princess Storybook breakfast - one table, Le Cellier - 3 tables against the wall (benches against the wall), Liberty Tree Tavern character meal - 2 tables next to each other, Hollywood and Vine character lunch - 2 tables next to each other, Chef Mickey's - 2 tables next to each other, and Crystal Palace - 2 tables next to each other.

Use the Grand Gatherings number to make your ADRs. If you haven't registered as a Grand Gathering, do that first. They are very helpful, with everything from dining to hotel arrangements. They made sure our rooms were all together, and the 2 rooms that needed to be connecting were.

They suggest you make your ADRs for early seatings (dinner) or early or latest seatings (breakfast or lunch) if you want to be seated together.

I'm happy to answer any other question you have. We were on three separate Disney Dining plans, and they handled it just fine.

ETA: We also were a party of 10 at Chef Mickey's - 1 table, Biergarten - 1 table, and Rose and Crown - 1 table.