Planning Dinner ADRs for April

[julesann]

I have no idea how to plan given the park hours all ending at 5, 6 or 7 at the end of April. I've read that I could (perhaps) expect park hours to go later. My question is: when do the extensions tend be added? I realize I'll have to go with what is posted for my dinner ADR and then keep checking to see if hours are extended--is that right? I'm finding my first WDW trip to be a bit confusing in these unusual times.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

They have been extending park hours about 2-3 weeks in advance.

 

[gharter]

Did our ADRs this am.
Did most of the evening meals outside of parks so we could maximize our park time, such as it is with everything closing so early.

 

[TexanInTheMidwest]

Note that if they extend the park hours for your trip, the dining windows will eventually catch up. I am going the 1st week in March. They extended the hours on the 5th. But it was yesterday morning (the 16th) before new availability opened for the 6 PM to 7 PM time frame.

Yes, this mean readjusting some things I had in place, but I was able to also get restaurants that had been previously booked up (every single table service restaurant including BOG and CRT had new openings - CRT even had some 7:15 PM times). I also saw other times opening up earlier in the day, likely as people moved a reservation to a later time slot which opened them up.