'ohana & Trails End re-opening

[BobnDot]

We will be celebrating my Grandson's 18th birthday in a couple of months and 'ohana & Trails End are his two favorite restaurants. Any ideas on when they might re-open?

 

[stranger706]

Not sure on trails end but I would expect Ohana to reopen after the construction is over for the resort refurbishment. I think it’s supposed to be complete this summer.

 

[MomOTwins]

Not sure on trails end but I would expect Ohana to reopen after the construction is over for the resort refurbishment. I think it’s supposed to be complete this summer.

I would not assume that to be the case. Many of the "fully open" hotels still have limited dining options open. Grand Floridian has been "fully open" for months and still only has GF Cafe and Narcoosees for TS--1900 PF, Citricos, and V&A are all still closed. Yacht club just has Ale & Compass: Yachtsman is closed.

O'hana was incredibly popular when it was open, and not just among Poly guests. I expect if it opened last July, it would have been consistently selling out at 60 days. I suspect its closed is less due to lack of demand due to the hotel side of Poly being closed, and more due to the fact that Disney does not want to cause transportation backlogs (boat/monorail), and crowding in indoor hotel lobbies, by opening incredibly popular restaurants near 10-K. Which is why I suspect Chef Mickeys is not open for dinner.

 

[hedberg1661]

I would not assume that to be the case. Many of the "fully open" hotels still have limited dining options open. Grand Floridian has been "fully open" for months and still only has GF Cafe and Narcoosees for TS--1900 PF, Citricos, and V&A are all still closed. Yacht club just has Ale & Compass: Yachtsman is closed.

O'hana was incredibly popular when it was open, and not just among Poly guests. I expect if it opened last July, it would have been consistently selling out at 60 days. I suspect its closed is less due to lack of demand due to the hotel side of Poly being closed, and more due to the fact that Disney does not want to cause transportation backlogs (boat/monorail), and crowding in indoor hotel lobbies, by opening incredibly popular restaurants near 10-K. Which is why I suspect Chef Mickeys is not open for dinner.

With the number of folks now slated to come to WDW I sure hope they start opening some of these locations. They need places for people to eat.

 

[MomOTwins]

With the number of folks now slated to come to WDW I sure hope they start opening some of these locations. They need places for people to eat.

It's really just a cost/benefit analysis for WDW. These reduced-capacity restaurants can't be big earners for them, and may even be operating at a loss in some cases.

 

[yaksack]

I use to love the Trails End as well. Hopefully it opens before we go in June.

 

[MomOTwins]

I use to love the Trails End as well. Hopefully it opens before we go in June.

Well, I think the issue there is the buffet, which isn’t pandemic friendly. They are selling some of the food to go though at the nearby P&J takeout place.