I seem to recall for our trip last December tables did indeed release late, as did the Grinch breakfast. Highly recommend it though, the food was decent for a buffet and my boys had a blast meeting Wolverine, Spiderman and Captain America. They didn't know the other two X-men characters but since they never made it to our table anyway that worked out fine. It was nice to skip having to wait in long lines for those characters during their regular meet times.