Please Rate These ADRs in Terms of Priority

[Orangeman98]

We are nearing our 180 mark for ADRs, and I'm trying to prioritize the most difficult reservations first. Are there any Disney experts that could help me here?

Day 1: Crystal Palace (8:45am), Be Our Guest Lunch (1:30pm), Ohana (7pm)

Day 2: 50's Prime Time Cafe (2:45pm), Raglan Road (9:00pm)

Day 3: Epcot: no reservations as both meals will be counter service

Day 4: Wolfgang Puck Express (no ressie needed), Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show (5:15pm)

Day 5: Tusker House (12:30pm), Boma (5:30pm)

Day 6: Be Our Guest Dinner (7:30pm)

I'm assuming Be Our Guest Dinner will be the hardest, but it's the last day of our stay (giving me 187 days to make the reservation in advance).

I was also surprised to see few UPDATED topics on hardest to make ADRs.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Idreamofdisney15]

I personally would reserve them in this order:
1. Be Our Guest dinner
2. Be Our Guest lunch
3. Ohana
4. Crystal Palace
5. Tusker House
6. 50's
7. Raglan Road
8. Boma
9. Aloha show

Good luck!

 

[barbliny]

The number in your party might impact how hard an ADR is to get - a group of 8 is going to be harder than a table for 4

Boma is easy, Raglan Road is pretty easy and can also be done through Open Table vs. Disney - and has the added perk of not having a cancellation policy

I think BOG lunch is just about as hard to get as dinner - a lot of people paying out of pocket would prefer to spend $12 on a sandwich (I know I did)

The Hollywood Studios - Sci Fi and 50s, particularly - are hard to get - Sci Fi was by far the one I had to work the hardest for out of my ADRs

Crystal Palace pre-opening breakfasts are not easy, but your 8:45 time slot will help with that a little

Tusker House usually gets fully booked all day

I'm unfamiliar with getting O'hana or Spirit of Aloha

I would also start with the hard-to-gets that are earliest in your trip - anyone who has a trip starting earlier than yours has already had a go at getting ADRs. The later the day in your vacation, the less people that have had access.

Your first priority should be BOG lunch, then perhaps BOG dinner, 50s Prime Time lunch, Crystal Palace breakfast, Tusker House lunch

At the end of the list will be Boma dinner and Raglan Road dinner

Others will have to help you place the priority of Ohana and Spirit - and may have some tweaks to my order

And if something close comes up, grab it and move on, trying to get a better time in the following days - availability can change daily

 

[tinkerbella16]

BOG dinner
BOG lunch
Ohana
Tusker House
Crystal Palace
50's PT
Boma
Raglan Road
SOA dinner show

The good thing is you are trying for BOG dinner on your last day- always a good idea if you really want to eat there! Lunch of course is still hard to get, but I had a much easier time and noticed lots of times available for lunch in the beginning of our trip when doing adrs at our 180 day mark- dinner was only available from day 6 and later of our 10 day stay... So I hope you have no issue getting lunch times to show up for day 1. I put Ohana before Tusker House because dinner there is very hard to get, so that should be higher of a priority.

Oh and Wolfgang Puck Express is one of the best QS places in WDW! Love it there for dinner, and we feel its almost like a TS with really great food! Enjoy and good luck!

 

[Orangeman98]

Many thanks for the feedback. We are just a family of 3, so I think that will work in our favor. You opened my eyes to a couple of things: the popularity of the Tusker House and Crystal Palace -- I just need to decide which to put 4th on my priority list!