Please help with restaurant choices

[Tink-aholic]

Hi all -

I am a Disney veteran planning a trip and I am struggling making the restaurant choices. I can book on June 1 for our 7-day trip, and I have been trying to figure out which restaurants are open, which are partially open, and which are not open at all. For example, Kona seems to be open, but only for lunch and dinner. But the only reason I assume that is because I checked multiple times for reservations on MDE. Is there a list of which ones are open?

We will have 6 people, three of which are teens who have never been. I have places I would like to take them (Boma, Ohana), but we don't know when they will open. Should I just try each restaurant on MDE I want and grab what I can, and try to replace with other restaurants as they open? What would you do? What time do you usually log on to get them? Is it now better to call in? Any advice would be welcome.

Finally, does anyone have a guess when dessert parties will be back?

Thanks in advance for any tips or ideas.

 

[Dug720]

Unless they have changed it since February, Kona IS open for breakfast. With 'Ohana closed it may be making Kona breakfast harder to get (though the Tonga Toast has a big following).

Disney's site lists open restaurants.

I always do a general search by date and time rather than each restaurant's page. And no, you cannot make reservations for restaurants that aren't open yet, so checking their page will do no good. I'd make what you can from what is available and keep a watch on here for when/if others will open. The only one I'm aware of that is supposed to be opening but we don't have a date for is Tusker House. There has been no confirmation of the 'Ohana rumor and Boma has not even been whispered about.

Online opens at 6am eastern, phone at 7. So you're an hour behind everyone if you wait until the phones open.

There will be no dessert parties AT LEAST until fireworks are back, and we don't have any information on those. (There is some suspicion Fantasmic may be on the way back as the dining package is showing up on the reservations page BEFORE the "Restaurants with no availability" section. But it says "Temporarily unavailable.

 

[PPFlight75]

Hi all -

I am a Disney veteran planning a trip and I am struggling making the restaurant choices. I can book on June 1 for our 7-day trip, and I have been trying to figure out which restaurants are open, which are partially open, and which are not open at all. For example, Kona seems to be open, but only for lunch and dinner. But the only reason I assume that is because I checked multiple times for reservations on MDE. Is there a list of which ones are open?

We will have 6 people, three of which are teens who have never been. I have places I would like to take them (Boma, Ohana), but we don't know when they will open. Should I just try each restaurant on MDE I want and grab what I can, and try to replace with other restaurants as they open? What would you do? What time do you usually log on to get them? Is it now better to call in? Any advice would be welcome.

Finally, does anyone have a guess when dessert parties will be back?

Thanks in advance for any tips or ideas.

Kona is open for BF but was very limited when I booked.

I would definitely be ready to book the 6am mark on your 60 days.

I selected my places based on what was opened and figured I could replace them with newly opened restaurants when/if they become available. I'm just not counting on them.

Good luck with your ADRs We have 5 in our party so I was worried about what we would get. I was pleasantly surprised to get everything but Beaches and Cream.

 

[Tink-aholic]

Thank you both so much! I am putting together my list now. Is it still best to book from the farthest to the soonest? As in last days first?

 

[PPFlight75]

Thank you both so much! I am putting together my list now. Is it still best to book from the farthest to the soonest? As in last days first?

I did my most important or hard to get first but farthest to soonest is a good strategy too.

 

[Dug720]

I did my most important or hard to get first but farthest to soonest is a good strategy too.

This is what I did. Like I said, Tiffins on my birthday was most important, so I did that first. Then worked my way backwards.

 

[B-Ride]

Book what you can planning to changes as things open up. With the trajectories of vaccinations and reduced cases I think many more places will open up within the next few months.

 

[LovesTimone]

I did my most important or hard to get first but farthest to soonest is a good strategy too.

This for sure! This is how I book ADR's... Special birthdays or celebrations go first, then followed by somewhere new we have been wanting to try, lastly old favorites.