Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante fantasmic 1st show only available with lunch ?

[Thecouch]

Hi I've been looking at reservation on the app for Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante fantasmic package .my date isn't available for a few weeks but have been checking app to see how it works. When I look at Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante 1st show it only shows lunch time spots and 2nd show only shows dinner spots is this correct or am I missing something .I've tried about a dozen dates and get the same thing . I can see river belle has brunch and dinner option for each show you can select but not rancho

 

[Bad Pink Tink 2.0]

Thats correct.

Ive been doing Fantasmic dining packages for many years. Usually the first show is paired with the early dining times and the second show, with the later dining times.

Also lunch , dinner or brunch times depend on the the restaurant and when it opens. For Fantasmic its a set menu, so you will get the same food whether you book a lunch time or dinner time. The times are pre set for the restaurants opening times and normal menu, and they just add in the Fantasmic option.

 

[lifebybethany]

Any flexibility on this when you pick up the ticket? Say I book the lunch first show but really want to see the second show (but eat lunch for the food part), any chance they'd let me request the second show?

 

[Angrose]

Any flexibility on this when you pick up the ticket? Say I book the lunch first show but really want to see the second show (but eat lunch for the food part), any chance they'd let me request the second show?

That’s exactly what we want to do. We have lunch booked but prefer to do the 2nd show too. It would just work better with our plans. I know a few years ago when I did the Blue Bayou dining package we were offered our choice of shows but I don’t know if they would do it at RDZ. I feel like it would be easier to ask for the 2nd show since it’s usually less popular. I’ll be there in a few weeks and can report back what they say.

 

[TurtleGirl32]

Any flexibility on this when you pick up the ticket? Say I book the lunch first show but really want to see the second show (but eat lunch for the food part), any chance they'd let me request the second show?

I am wondering this too. Can anyone confirm if they will give 2nd show passes with the lunch timeslot? I'm going the week after Christmas so I'm nervous if they will be flexible on this or not.

 

[Kestryl]

I can’t confirm lunch reservations swapping to the second show, but we just did the RDZ package two weeks ago for dinner and were offered to switch to the first show.

 

[Dr. G]

I don't know of a way to change it when the reservation is made, but on the day of you can go to the check-in booth by the restaurant and see if they can make the change to the non-default show for you then. They may have flexibility for you that day depending on the number of reservations.

 

[LKing]

I can’t confirm lunch reservations swapping to the second show, but we just did the RDZ package two weeks ago for dinner and were offered to switch to the first show.

They offered it to you or did you need to request it at the cashier?

 

[twodogs]

We had a regular 11am lunch reservation at BB a week and a half ago. When they seated us, they offered the full menu and the Fantasmic package menu. And they said “we still have availability for both the first and second shows for Fantasmic if you do the package”. We just did the a la carte regular menu since we did the BB Fantasmic package this summer. But I was intrigued that they offered it to us since we just booked a regular BB reservation, not the package. And they offered our choice of first or second show. IIRC, when we actually had booked the BB Fantasmic package this summer, we were just given first show tickets (we did not ask to change).

 

[TurtleGirl32]

It sounds like they are very flexible, then. It might be a gamble for me to assume that will carry over to Christmas week/crowds, but I think I will take a shot at it and keep my fingers crossed. If I end up having to do the first show because I booked lunch, so be it. Thanks everyone.

 

[Dr. G]

Personally I prefer the 1st show because you can just be there by the River already and watch the fireworks without moving. You miss the castle view but you get projections on the water screens and don't have to fight any crowds.

 

[Kestryl]

They offered it to you or did you need to request it at the cashier?

They just offered it to us. They said they still had openings for the first show if we wanted to switch. We declined, as we actually wanted the second show.

 

[julesann]

I have reservations for lunch at RDZ for the first F! show next week. I'm wondering when I get charged for the meal--when I pick it up? or ahead of time?

 

[LKing]

I have reservations for lunch at RDZ for the first F! show next week. I'm wondering when I get charged for the meal--when I pick it up? or ahead of time?

When you pick up the meal at the cashier.