Skipper Canteen ADR Watch

[XForeverYoursX]

watching for December...

you're going to just have to go in

 

[XForeverYoursX]

The same aplies to me. Since I am from abroad (Europe) and I am not willing to buy a US-SIM-Card for my cell phone for a week of stay.... And there are more than just one international group at WDW. I really hope they have some kind of pager or other methods of notification.

they also have the regular devices that buzz if you're staying in the area.

 

[tikisunset77]

Just wanted to let everyone know I spoke with ADR yesterday (about our June rezzies)
She checked their list for me and it hadn't even been
added yet.
She recommended checking back in the new year. That is when they will update the system
and will hopefully have added it by then. So that is some hope at least that there will be ADRs available.
Just as a side note for those of us who want to walk up to a restaurant and get a table. I have
done this at very popular restaurants with a fairly big group (8) at busy times and while surprised at my request
they have been able to accommodate us. You never know and it is worth trying
even at the last minute.
People cancel all the time I know I have
Thanks for everyone who contributes to these threads. Planning can be so stressful.

 

[TeresaWen]

There will be NO ADR just so you know. JSC is the first of it's kind disney has (BRG isn't disney) that will only take walk-ups. they're testing this out for future restaurants but as a CM, i can tell you this isn't going to work. So don't fret, just plan one day without reservations and go in and try to get a seat. the new text feature is pretty awesome because even if they tell you it's a 2 hour wait, you can at least go ride a few rides then come back!

I may be alone but this would be awesome. I loved the text feature. We were told 50 minutes - more than enough time to do something & come back. Great option for spontaneous trips.

I don't really exact this to last though

 

[xipetotec]

There will be NO ADR just so you know. JSC is the first of it's kind disney has (BRG isn't disney) that will only take walk-ups. they're testing this out for future restaurants but as a CM, i can tell you this isn't going to work. So don't fret, just plan one day without reservations and go in and try to get a seat. the new text feature is pretty awesome because even if they tell you it's a 2 hour wait, you can at least go ride a few rides then come back!

We are going to be 18 people... I don't see this working out very well...

 

[XForeverYoursX]

Just wanted to let everyone know I spoke with ADR yesterday (about our June rezzies)
She checked their list for me and it hadn't even been
added yet.
She recommended checking back in the new year. That is when they will update the system
and will hopefully have added it by then. So that is some hope at least that there will be ADRs available.
Just as a side note for those of us who want to walk up to a restaurant and get a table. I have
done this at very popular restaurants with a fairly big group (8) at busy times and while surprised at my request
they have been able to accommodate us. You never know and it is worth trying
even at the last minute.
People cancel all the time I know I have
Thanks for everyone who contributes to these threads. Planning can be so stressful.

I actually work at this restaurant and we are NOT going to have ADRS. we're a test restaurant to see how it pans out

 

[XForeverYoursX]

We are going to be 18 people... I don't see this working out very well...

you never know actually!! we haven't been as busy as i thought we would be and would definitely take big parties! when are you going?

 

[tikisunset77]

Wow! You would think they would let the hundreds of Dining Reservation Cast Members
in on the news that this restaurant won't ever have ADRs...or perhaps in the new year
they will consider adding this restaurant to the ADR list. That is money in pocket for Disney
to have all these people who are calling in asking about it (my ADR cast member said
every person she had talked to that day had asked about the Skipper) and sign up to dine there.
Just because a restaurant takes ADRs doesn't mean that you can't walk up and get a table
on the fly. Maybe not every time we get in but most times we have tried. What would be the advantage
to not making ADRs available? I have to plan all of our Fast Passes out months in advance
so that follows that my dining has to be planned out too unfortunately.
I am still going to wait and see what solidifies but it is so good to have someone who works there
giving us the scoop!

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

I find it very intresting that disney would need to run a TEST on a restaurant without ADR.
After all there was reason they started doing ADR in the 1st place..

When disney started ADR they saw a up swing is people eating at TS..
When the DDP appeared ADR became a MUST as ADR for most places in the parks became VERY hard to get.
This works is disney favor! More people then ever are staying in the parks and eating at TS.

Why would disney go back to something they have worked so hard to the past to improve?

 

[mom2rtk]

you never know actually!! we haven't been as busy as i thought we would be and would definitely take big parties! when are you going?

Maybe that's because they aren't doing ADRs.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

So many of us were waiting for the chance to make this ADR, and now it looks like it just won't happen.

Thanks to XForeverYoursX for the info. It's nice to have someone here who works there.

I'm glad the menu is different from standard American food, but there are many ways to do "exotic", and so far the menu doesn't look as good as I'd hoped. Maybe they will improve it.

Long before 180-day ADRs became the norm, there was once a time when you could show up in Epcot with no reservations, and talk with a CM on a video screen to make same-day dining reservations. That was fun.

 

[Anal Annie]

I actually work at this restaurant and we are NOT going to have ADRS. we're a test restaurant to see how it pans out

Hopefully that doesn't mean ever, ever, never. I have never been a fan of making ADR's BUT with this new cluster of a FP+ system it makes it even more important to try to plan meals in advance too as they have taken the spontaneity out of Disney trips. Hoping that by our June trip they will do the ADR's…that way if we like it we can make a plan to come back…. If we have to make advance FP reservations then we can't eat TS meals on the fly any more….

Can I ask how late the restaurant is open? We normally eat on the later side and have a 9:15 pm res at O'Hana on our Jan. trip that we're likely going to drop bcuz recent reviews aren't very good for it. Thought we might try to just stay at MK and do a walk-up at SC instead….but not looking to eat super EARLY….our last FP+ for the evening is 7:25 - 8:25 so would likely be looking to eat 8:00-8:30ish if we can get that FP done on the early end of the time frame.

 

[tikisunset77]

Long before 180-day ADRs became the norm, there was once a time when you could show up in Epcot with no reservations, and talk with a CM on a video screen to make same-day dining reservations. That was fun

I remember those when we were little...we felt so futuristic doing that!

I likewise don't want to have to make an ADR but Disney has kind of made that the norm...and now they are throwing this
in the loop - ehh not cool. Making ADRs available doesn't take away walk ups but for a new restaurant to not have ADRs seems crazy
when guests have planned the whole rest of their day out based on other ADRs and fastpasses. Disney
created this system and they need to stick to it or make some announcement for guests

 

[Anal Annie]

I remember those when we were little...we felt so futuristic doing that!

I likewise don't want to have to make an ADR but Disney has kind of made that the norm...and now they are throwing this
in the loop - ehh not cool. Making ADRs available doesn't take away walk ups but for a new restaurant to not have ADRs seems crazy
when guests have planned the whole rest of their day out based on other ADRs and fastpasses. Disney
created this system and they need to stick to it or make some announcement for guests

Agree - they need to pick one-way or the other. (For me, going back in the time machine to the old FP system would be JUST FINE.)

 

[piccolopat]

I'm not sure I understand why having this as a walk up is a problem with FP+. I would plan my FP+ early in the day and then have all afternoon and evening to try SC. I personally don't like the ADR system, though I do make use of it. I think it would be nice if it went to a 30 day window and they reserved a portion of the tables for walk ups. I also wish they allowed you to change one reservation for another same day without a cancellation penalty, even if it had to be for the same restaurant but a different time.

 

[Anal Annie]

I'm not sure I understand why having this as a walk up is a problem with FP+. I would plan my FP+ early in the day and then have all afternoon and evening to try SC. I personally don't like the ADR system, though I do make use of it. I think it would be nice if it went to a 30 day window and they reserved a portion of the tables for walk ups. I also wish they allowed you to change one reservation for another same day without a cancellation penalty, even if it had to be for the same restaurant but a different time.

Personally, we usually plan our FP's for our 2nd or 3rd park of the day, late, because we know the lines will be long and that we've missed the early morning rope drop opportunities. We also don't use them at Epcot because they're just a waste over there - we can do Soarin' at rope drop then hit the single rider line at Test Track and standby on Mission Space bcuz the line there is never very long. Bam. We're done with Epcot.

With the new system we're very similar at AK as we are at EP - going in at rope drop on EMH mornings & hitting EE severel times stand-by before moving over the the safari when it opens at 9:00. Then we bounce around between other stuff and are usually done by lunch. We eat then leave. Again, better to save our FP's for later in the day. This way of touring means we need to leave gaps in the evening between FP's for any TS meals - walk-ups are unpredictable for time…easier now to have an ADR.

 

[piccolopat]

Personally, we usually plan our FP's for our 2nd or 3rd park of the day, late, because we know the lines will be long and that we've missed the early morning rope drop opportunities. We also don't use them at Epcot because they're just a waste over there - we can do Soarin' at rope drop then hit the single rider line at Test Track and standby on Mission Space bcuz the line there is never very long. Bam. We're done with Epcot.

With the new system we're very similar at AK as we are at EP - going in at rope drop on EMH mornings & hitting EE severel times stand-by before moving over the the safari when it opens at 9:00. Then we bounce around between other stuff and are usually done by lunch. We eat then leave. Again, better to save our FP's for later in the day. This way of touring means we need to leave gaps in the evening between FP's for any TS meals - walk-ups are unpredictable for time…easier now to have an ADR.

So with your strategy of booking FP+ late in the day, couldn't you do a walk up for an early lunch at SC? With only three FP+ to book in advance, we try to do them back to back so the time before and after is clear for any dining we want to do. I don't like squeezing ADRs in between FP+ because then the meals feel rushed. I guess everyone has their own touring strategy and needs to find a way to make the SC walk up work for them.

 

[piccolopat]

Personally, we usually plan our FP's for our 2nd or 3rd park of the day, late, because we know the lines will be long and that we've missed the early morning rope drop opportunities. We also don't use them at Epcot because they're just a waste over there - we can do Soarin' at rope drop then hit the single rider line at Test Track and standby on Mission Space bcuz the line there is never very long. Bam. We're done with Epcot.

With the new system we're very similar at AK as we are at EP - going in at rope drop on EMH mornings & hitting EE severel times stand-by before moving over the the safari when it opens at 9:00. Then we bounce around between other stuff and are usually done by lunch. We eat then leave. Again, better to save our FP's for later in the day. This way of touring means we need to leave gaps in the evening between FP's for any TS meals - walk-ups are unpredictable for time…easier now to have an ADR.

So with your strategy of booking FP+ late in the day, couldn't you do a walk up for an early lunch at SC? With only three FP+ to book in advance, we try to do them back to back so the time before and after is clear for any dining we want to do. I don't like squeezing ADRs in between FP+ because then the meals feel rushed. I guess everyone has their own touring strategy and needs to find a way to make the SC walk up work for them.

 

[Anal Annie]

So with your strategy of booking FP+ late in the day, couldn't you do a walk up for an early lunch at SC? With only three FP+ to book in advance, we try to do them back to back so the time before and after is clear for any dining we want to do. I don't like squeezing ADRs in between FP+ because then the meals feel rushed. I guess everyone has their own touring strategy and needs to find a way to make the SC walk up work for them.

We don't typically do our "big" meal of the day at lunch. Sometimes. But not usually. Typically MK is a CS park for us unless we're doing a late dinner at BOG or LTT or the Plaza….although we have done Tony's for lunch before - on our way OUT of the park in the afternoon...

 

[suspit]

How long do you have to get back to SC once you receive the text? What if you are in the standby line for an attraction in Tomorrowland when you get the text?