Priority Seating in mid September

[gottagetback]

Is is really necessary like in WDW or can we just wing it?

 

[hikingblondie]

I was wondering the same...bump

 

[cheshiregirl]

Compared to WDW there really aren't too many sit down restaurants that even take PS. If you want to dine at Blue Bayou you definitely need a PS, and I would also make one if you want Minnie & Friends breakfast at the Plaza Inn. In DL, for Carnation Cafe and Cafe Orleans you might be able to just wing it being mid-September. But, if you want to be sure, it doesn't hurt to make your PS ahead of time.

DCA is now down to only 2 sit down restaurants. Due to the lack of choices, and the popularity of Ariel's (despite the consistently mixed reviews) I would also plan ahead here.

We are making our first foray into the world of the hotel restaurants during our upcoming trip. I made my PS 60 days out for both Storyteller's dinner and PCH Grill Lilo & Stitch breakfast. However, I needed to change the breakfast time a week or so ago and had no problem.

Personally, I am kind of a control freak and I want to know that I have the PS I want, when I want them. We hit a situation a few trips back where the Carnation Cafe got closed due to weather and thus they cancelled our ADR on a Saturday night during the holiday season. We had a VERY hard time getting something else set up in either park, the hotels or DTD. Luckily the staff of Cafe Orleans took pity on us and found us a table for our small little party of 2. If your group is larger, it may be even more difficult to find something on the fly.

That being said, there is some decent CS--Plaza Inn, Red Rocket's, and Pacific Wharf to name a few that serve much better than the standard CS fare of hot dogs and hamburgers that seemingly have totally overpopulated WDW!

 

[hikingblondie]

Can you eat at Minnies any week day - and how early can you eat there...like park hours?

 

[mikayla73]

I know that you can make a PS for before the park opens, but I am not sure what the earliest PS is.

 

[ScooterL]

Other than Blue Bayou (and Ariel's, which I haven't actually tried), I've had good luck walking up to any of the table service restaurants and getting seated - this works better if you go first thing in the morning, or right as they open for dinner, or at other off times, of course. But for any of the restaurants (even Blue Bayou) you should be able to make PS a couple of days in advance, or even a day in advance with no problems. For whatever reason most Disneyland visitors don't seem to make PS in advance.