Received BOG Invitation 24 days out!

[ConnieB]

We got an email right before we left home. Didn't make sense to me. Disney wants you to use one of your very limited FP for lunch? Seems a bit cruel! 3 FP and 'hey, use one for lunch.' No Thanks! We had lunch there during the soft opening last year; it was good. We had dinner there two weeks ago, and I was very disappointed in the very limited offerings. The cupcake was good!

No, the BOG lunch does NOT count towards your 3 FP+.

 

[Mrs Green]

I'm not bitter either. I'm just not lucky. Spouse says I used all my luck up when I found him. Maybe he is right!

Oh my gosh, that is adorable!

 

[KelleyK75]

Where did you see that?

There have been threads on here for awhile with a link to the site to make the reservation, without getting the email. It's been mentioned this is not part of your 3 FP+ for the day.

I just re-checked my email I received, and it doesn't mention it being part of FP+ at all. It just says "You are invited to participate in an exclusive test for lunch at one of our newest restaurants, Be Our Guest. As part of this test you have the ablity to select an arrival window and pre-order meals for your entire party before arriving at the Be Our Guest Restaurant."

Then it gives you the log in info, tells you to enter your resort reservation number, and select arrival window and preorder the meal.

 

[PinkBudgie]

I received an invite 24 hours before I was going to be in Magic Kingdom. I was in Disney at the time, and my email comes to my iPhone. Unfortunately it didn't fit into our schedule, so I couldn't use it. I could be wrong, but with MDE and FP+, they know you are going to be in Magic Kingdom, and if you don't have any ADR's set up for lunch, I think that may be when they are sending them out, to try to get you to eat in the park. I hadn't signed up for anything, but I did search Be Our Guest for dinner MANY times before arriving at WDW, but couldn't ever get a dinner ADR. That could be another reason they sent it for lunch.

I hope your theory is true. I purposely made no ADRs for one of the days that we are at MK because I want to go to BOG for lunch. I think we will just wait in line if no FP+ appears.
Of course, the other another day we have a tour(which includes lunch) in the morning but for some reason they don't think tours should be linked to your schedule so they may think I have nothing on that day also.

 

[michsig]

Cool! Have fun

 

[KelleyK75]

I hope your theory is true. I purposely made no ADRs for one of the days that we are at MK because I want to go to BOG for lunch. I think we will just wait in line if no FP+ appears.
Of course, the other another day we have a tour(which includes lunch) in the morning but for some reason they don't think tours should be linked to your schedule so they may think I have nothing on that day also.

I hope you get one! Maybe try searching BOG for dinner a few times for the day you really want lunch there. Do it when you are logged into MDE, so they know you are looking to eat there. I know I searched it a ton of times to try to get one so my nephews could meet the Beast. But I couldn't ever get a dinner ADR to come up.

 

[LMN]

Is the Beast at BOG for lunch? Or just for dinner?

Thanks-

 

[KelleyK75]

Is the Beast at BOG for lunch? Or just for dinner?

Thanks-

Only dinner

 

[GoofyBaseballMom26]

Don't get too excited if you get the invite. I have tried everyday since I received mine... none are available. Don't really understand the point of the invite if you can't use it.

 

[ajwolfe]

I got the email over the weekend, I think about 28 days out or so..I had already made my reservation a few weeks back using the link anyways though.

 

[JenniBugInPink]

Well, I guess I won't be looking for one, since I have NEVER in 23 trips, gotten a PIN.... But I'm not bitter.

I believe it's random. I'm an AP holder and it's the first 'special' thing - if you can call it that- I got!

I'm a Premium Annual Passholder And have been going regularly, ( from out of State) since 1973 and NEVER ONCE have I gotten a PIN number or any other special perks! I'm not bitter either. I'm just not lucky. Spouse says I used all my luck up when I found him. Maybe he is right!

I'm just relieved that I'm not the only one who never receives anything from Disney (PINs, offers, etc.). Around here, it can sometimes feel like you're the only one, ya' know? My trip's too far away still to hear anything about this. They'll have stopped doing it by the time we go, cause that's how stuff works for me..

 

[Dan Murphy]

Has anybody NOT been able to make a BOR FP+ for April 30th? I can for the 29th, but not the 30th. Was wondering if it maybe had something to do with the pending media event for the Mine Train.