Making ADR & Back up plan

[roxazul]

When you say that we should always have a back up plan whan calling for ADR, what does that mean ?

is it other times or other restaurants if what you want is not available ?

because without park hopper it is not easy to juggle around
& what if only some restaurants appeals to us

 

[MickeyNicki]

My back up plan means switching my park days around...for June I wanted to go to Cali Grill and out of 4 nights only one opening for dinner was available so I had to move all my other dinners to other nights.

Also if you want Le Cellier for dinner and it is booked have another World Showcase restaurant on deck.....

 

[rodeo65]

My back up plan included being willing to switch times or even meals - lunch instead of dinner, as well as days. We do have park hopper, but really plan to eat in the parks we figure we'll be in on that day. I don't want to have to hop just for a meal - to go to a different park if the one we're in is too crowded, yes, just to eat - not really. I also had a second restaurant we would take if we couldn't get any time at my first choice.

The only second choice I had to take was Tutto Italia over Le Cellier. We could get Le Cellier for dinner, but a little too late for our kids to manage. I was also able to get most of the times we wanted, I think no more than 15 minutes out, but had to call in twice for a F! package and accept a really early dinner that day. Which is fine we still have snack credits to use.