Hopefully someone will jump in here but I seem to remember when they added this button you had to be in close proximity to the restaurant, like in the same park, close to hotel ... not sure still the case.
Yes, you have to be within a certain proximity for it to activate. Geyser Point does the same thing and we had to actually be at WL before it would activate. It wouldn't come up when we were on the bus - only activated after we got to the bus stop and got off.
Hopefully someone will jump in here but I seem to remember when they added this button you had to be in close proximity to the restaurant, like in the same park, close to hotel ... not sure still the case.
Yes, I'm sure depending on the time of year. We were there 2 weeks ago, and a party of three walked up and were able to get in. It was a relatively slower time in the parks for which we were very happy about. Never got LL one time.
I was in the check in line with the three that got seated and they weren't asked where they were staying, also the times we have walked up the last few years we weren't asked either, and weren't staying at the Poly so don't think it matters. It only matters if they have availability.