Longest wait for a Priority Seating?

[mic_key_mouse]

What is the longest you have ever had to wait for a PS?

At what restaurant?

What time was your orginal PS for?

What time of year did you go?

Just curious....

 

[LAWalz23]

We have been at WDW in May 2001, 2002 and 2003 and the most we have waited was about 20 minutes at Chef Mickeys for dinner, at about 5:30p. There was also a snafu at Breakfastasourus (PS 9:30a) when our party got mixed up with another one and that time we waited more than 30 minutes.
Other than those two time I can't recall waiting more than 10 or 15 minutes anywhere at any time. We are going this year in August and are wondering what we are going to encounter in regards to PS timing.

 

[Vavasmon]

55 minutes for a Narcooses (sp?) ps at 8 pm on Dec 29, 2001

 

[lucysdad]

Had to wait about 45 minutes at the Rainforest Cafe in Animal Kingdom last year. What a mess. Had to wait 25 minutes in line just to check in for PS. About 25 minutes at Prime Time Cafe at MGM. Other than that no more than 15 minutes or so anywhere else.

 

[marcyinPA]

We waited about 1/2 hour for a 6:30 p.s. at BOMA on May 10. The place was absolutely JAM PACKED....Love the restaurant, but they need more seating in the waiting area.

 

[Uncleromulus]

One hour at California Grill, Saturday nite, PS was for 8:00 PM. IN September.
Should add that we had to stand the entire time as there were no seats at the bar or lounge.

 

[JetMom]

We waited over an hour at Rose and Crown...with 4 kids all under 10! Our PS was for 7:30 - we got there at 7:20 - and were seated about 8:30!

We got an outside table, but it was on the side of the building and we had to leave our table to view Illuminations. Definitely a less than magical experience.

We are going to give R&C another chance when we go down next year -- but it is solely because my DH and DBiL want another go at the Beer Sampler!

 

[Kaycee]

45 minutes at Hollywood & Vine. It was June 2001, and the PS was for 9:30a.m. for the character breakfast. It was our first family trip to WDW, it was my son's 12th birthday, and it was the start of many mishaps at MGM that day. We almost didn't go to MGM our next trip because of the troubles we had that day, but luckily we tried it again the next trip and fell in love with the park (including the H&V breakfast, which went off without a hitch that next trip, and which we now miss terribly!)

Other than that one problem, we've never had to wait more than 10-15 minutes for a PS, even though we visit at busy times.

 

[tjmw2727]

Very long wait at R&C! We didn't care if we sat inside or outside and still waited over 45 mintues past our 6:30 PS. Had fun waiting outside however, kids played hopscotch and we listened to the beatles cover band.

Lunch at the Garden Grill - over an hour past our 1pm PS, alone with 2 dd's! It was really a tough wait with little place to sit and lots of confustion and people complaining (not us!). We almost gave up on this one but we were tired and very hungry and girls had been looking forward to meeting Mickey.

Most others have been withing 5-15 minutes but we try and do late lunches or off peak dining.

TJ

 

[n2mm]

Our longest waits have been 45 minutes at Le Cellier, Sci Fi and 50s Prime time. always had PS and never go during holiday/peak seasons. Le Cellier is probably the one we have waited for at least 3 times. After the Sci Fi wait, we swore never again (just wasn't worth it). We still often have up to 30 minute waits for 50s PT with PS (spring and fall).

 

[EeyoreJMH]

When we were at WDW last September (2003), my DH and I had ps for 8:30 at California Grille. When we checked in, we were told we'd have about an hour wait, even with ps. Needless to say we didn't stick around to wait and ended up having a fun dinner at Whispering Canyon.

 

[crisi]

45 minutes at the Ohana character breakfast. By the time we got seated, the characters were being rushed through for two last trips round the restaurant before they left - so for most of our breakfast it was a characterless meal. Reservation for 10:40. Seated around 11:30. We actually got there around 10:15! I'm not sure what happened, as many parties as large as ours arrived later and got seated first.

 

[tar heel]

We've waited 30-40 minutes three times, twice at Le Cellier and once at Prime Time. All three times were summer, and Le Cellier was dinner (7 or so) and Prime Time was late lunch (1 or so).

 

[diswedwish]

The longest we waited was about an hour at the CA Grill on a Sat. night the second week of January. I believe our PS was for 8:30. HTH!

 

[ugadog99]

It was the first night of CP in November 2001. Our PS was at Rose and Crown. We had done the CP at the 5:00 time and then went over to eat. I don't really remember the exact PS time. We waited 45 minutes for our table. I was NOT happy! Food was good and we ended up with a patio table, but the wait was ridiculous.

 

[grammagail]

You have to wait even with a PS? I thought that was the purpose of making the "priority seating" I would think 10 min. would be reasonable - but more than that is poor planning as far as I'm concerned.

We have 8:00am PS for Donald's Breakfastasourus and just "assumed" we'd be seated at 8:00a.m? Guess I'm kidding myself?

 

[Bashful2]

We waited about 45 minutes at Donald's Breakfastasaurus last week.

 

[grammagail]

What time were your PS's? Our's is 8:00 am. Any suggestion on what time we should actually arrive?

 

[Bashful2]

Our PS was for 10:00. They were pretty far behind by the time we got there. For an 8:00 seating, you may have better luck. They seat according to reverved times. In other words, in our case, they seated all the people there for a 9:50 PS before a 10:00 no matter what time you get there. We saw a lot of people come late for their 9:50 PS and they were still seated before us.