No luck in getting Be Our Guest reservations

[TroyH]

Hey folks,

I've booked a trip to WDW May 10 - 15th. I've been trying 90+ days in advance to get dinner reservations for 2 for any date during that timeframe for Be Our Guest. I called the hotline and they essentially told me to keep checking. I wanted to see if the DISers had any suggestions? I know it's a popular restaurant, been checking for weeks and nothing has opened. Any suggestions?

 

[disneyAndi14]

Have you checked the ADR cancellation thread for May, I would watch that thread and also at the 45 day mark reservations open up some, we got a BOG dinner the week before our April trip it just opened up and I grabbed it so keep looking.

 

[HopperFan]

In addition to 45 day, check around the 60 day marks. As folks finally have their FP+ set, they will drop the reservations they were holding since they know what park they will be in. Then keep trying. I've cancelled BOG dinner the week of at least 5 times.

 

[TroyH]

All very good suggestions! Thank you so much

 

[Minnie222]

My trip is March 15.
I have been checking BOG also.
Tonight, there are suddenly some openings for Breakfast and late dinner for March Break days.

So, my advice is keep on checking. People will cancel very close to the actual dates.

 

[xApril]

I've gotten reservations day of. Just be persistent and hopefully the work will pay off! Good luck.

 

[mrsjoannh13]

Don't give up hope. When we went in November last year it was during free dining and ADR's were crazy impossible to get. I was amazed at the things I saw the day prior while checking the app on my phone periodically. I never saw anything at the 60 day or 45 day windows as people suggested to me, but one and two days prior I say ADRs pop up for almost everything - including the hard to get restaurants. I think people either over booked dining, got too tired and just cancelled things, or had multiple ADRs and when things got closer in decided what time they wanted to keep and ditched the other.

Might also be worth searching for breakfast and lunch. Not as nice as dinner and you don't get to see the Beast but you still get to see inside.

 

[tmcgraw]

Hey folks,

I've booked a trip to WDW May 10 - 15th. I've been trying 90+ days in advance to get dinner reservations for 2 for any date during that timeframe for Be Our Guest. I called the hotline and they essentially told me to keep checking. I wanted to see if the DISers had any suggestions? I know it's a popular restaurant, been checking for weeks and nothing has opened. Any suggestions?

Check daily, multiple times a day. I was lucky to get a breakfast reservation but really wanted a lunch reservation. I checked up to 10 times a day for three weeks. Finally, this past Saturday one came up!! The perfect time for my family too. And, I'd checked at 7am and there was nothing, checked again at 10 and there it was. I'm going in mid April. I think the closer to your trip the better your chances are. Just keep,checking and one will,come up.

 

[mrsjoannh13]

I'm guessing you're aware of this but there are multiple breakfast times available for 2 on the days you're interested in.

 

[bluezy]

Keep checking right up until the day you want to eat there. When we were at Disney this past June didn't make any dinner reservations ahead of time. We'd just look at what was available that day. We could have eaten at BOG a few nights that week (at odd times, though) and we were a party of 5. We didn't end up eating dinner there because it just didn't work out for the days we were in MK, but that was fine -- we weren't really planning to eat dinner there (we had a lunch ADR for that week, though).

 

[TroyH]

I appreciate you checking that - mine would have to be for dinner (wife and I's anniversary). Sounds like i'll have to be doing a lot of checking on the app!

 

[dachsie]

Last year I snagged a dinner ADR in the middle of the afternoon about 4 weeks before my trip. I just checked every chance I got and lucked out. THis time I snagged a lunch one the first time I checked for May 17

 

[Jfsag123]

I had a BOG ADR, but wanted a different time. After checking religiously for a while, one popped up for the exact time I wanted and I was able to grab it. As others have said, don't give up! People cancel all the time.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Just got back and snagged an early dinner ADR for BOG a couple of days out. I know it's difficult if you need to plan but I'm always amazed at how things suddenly open up in the preceding hours and days around the date if you can be a little flexible. I wasn't checking religiously but I'd check my known MK days occasionally, ended up paying off.

 

[brinkley07]

I was relentless in checking last fall and was able to get a ressie for a MNSSHP night, so we could eat there before the party. They do come up for all restaurants, so I would say just be diligent in checking online and the cancel thread on here. We just returned from another trip which was last minute and I was able to get a couple of ressies while in the car driving down. Good luck and have a great trip!

 

[UncleMike101]

Just keep trying!
I've tried 8-10 times a day since the first week of Feb when we booked our May trip.
This afternoon I scored a dinner reservation for the day that we wanted.
Last year and the year before I managed to get BOG Dinner reservations the week before we were to check in.
People are constantly changing their plans and with persistence, and luck, you stand a good chance of getting those reservations if you check often.

 

[DisMommyTX]

I have had the best luck getting reservations in the last couple weeks before the trip, especially as the cancellation deadline gets closer. You also might want to follow the May Cancelled ADR thread under the Reservations link above. I was able to coordinate for a couple hard to get reservations last December. I also stumbled into a Narcoossee's dinner overlooking Holiday Wishes which I never would have considered but turned out to be our best meal ever at Disney.

 

[BigAlsGal]

Just obsess. Seriously. Every time you pick up your phone check the app real quick. You will get a reservation. I always get the reservations I'm looking for. You just have to keep on it!

 

[TroyH]

Sounds like persistence pays! lol

 

[Nancyg56]

I appreciate you checking that - mine would have to be for dinner (wife and I's anniversary). Sounds like i'll have to be doing a lot of checking on the app!

Look at 30 days out. People have until 30 days before the trip to pay their package off, so thee may be cancelations around that time for you. ALso, a CM told me that 3 days out there are openings as well, and I have gotten ADR's that I was not able to secure then as well. Be persistant! I bet you will get the time and date you need.