stupid question re checking into restaurant

[eeyorefanuk]

If there is a huge queue waiting to be checked into a restaurant, are there signs so you know who is waiting and has a reservation, and who is waiting and does not have a reservation? Do not want to push to the front when the people in the queue have their reservation

 

[nemmie]

If there is a huge queue waiting to be checked into a restaurant, are there signs so you know who is waiting and has a reservation, and who is waiting and does not have a reservation? Do not want to push to the front when the people in the queue have their reservation

Usually not, you just line up with everyone else.

This can be frustating at extremley popular restaurants i.e. Ohana where at times I have been queued around to Samoa Snacks and missed my ADR time just waiting to check in

 

[disney_princess_85]

Just try to get there 15-20 minutes before your ADR time.

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

If you're eating at House of Blues they do have a check in inside the building for people with reservations. Everyone else lines up at the outside one!

 

[eeyorefanuk]

so even if there is a mile long queue (hopefully exagerrated ), you all queue in one q whether you have an ADR or not?

 

[nemmie]

so even if there is a mile long queue (hopefully exagerrated ), you all queue in one q whether you have an ADR or not?

In my experience, yes. I have not eaten at HOB so I am sure it is as Sonya says but at all the OP places (which is many) there has been no seperate queue for ADR holders.

 

[wayneg]

Longest line we had last August was 3 or 4 families in front of us at 1900 Park Fare, Cape May similar. Do they actuallly get any long lines? I know many people were milling around waiting for their names to be called or pages to buzz but actually lining up to check in I would have thought they could keep ontop of that easy enough.
Maybe we were just lucky.

 

[scojos]

we had some quite bad experiences with this..CP. Ohanas, worst was WCC about 15 familys, luckily kids played with logs whilst we checked in...

some restaurants take you in in waves, like ohanas, which can result in quite long waits..just be aware of this.
1 piece of advice is see how far the buzzer thing can be taken, we had a nice walk around AKL whilst waiting for our boma buzzer to go off...the gift shops in the hotels stock diff things in each so worth a moouch!!

 

[nemmie]

I think I have had about 3 or 4 occasions in the summer months where I have waited 20 to 30 mins to get to the Ohana check in desk. It is soley because we adore the food that we return there. If it was mediocre I would not endure such terrible organisation.

But most other places we often have 3 or 4 families in front of us, sometimes no wait at all. I agree with the PP WCC can be bad at busy times.

There's never a wait at Victoria and Alberts

 

[disney_princess_85]

We were waiting 30-45 minutes at Crystal Palace last year. Also, we waited around 15 minutes for 'Ohana and Hollywood & Vine. Interesting that all three are buffet/all-you-can-eat restaurants.

 

[2Tiggies]

We were waiting 30-45 minutes at Crystal Palace last year. Also, we waited around 15 minutes for 'Ohana and Hollywood & Vine. Interesting that all three are buffet/all-you-can-eat restaurants.

Maybe this has to do with guests eating/leaving completely at their own pace at these places. I am sure they assume that less time is needed to turn the tables and allocate tables anticipating a faster turnover. Trouble is, with characters, if you just miss the loop of one of the characters' rounds, you can be there a LONG time.

Like Wayne, we have never waited more than 10 minutes to get in. I think you also get to know where the podiums are and squeeze your way through.

 

[disney_princess_85]

Maybe this has to do with guests eating/leaving completely at their own pace at these places. I am sure they assume that less time is needed to turn the tables and allocate tables anticipating a faster turnover. Trouble is, with characters, if you just miss the loop of one of the characters' rounds, you can be there a LONG time.

Exactly. At normal TS restaurants, the staff have more control over how long you take to eat your meal.

 

[nemmie]

Not to get crossed wires - I am talking about the wait to give your name and get your pager/be told to wait ''over there'' not the wait once you have given your name to be seated.

 

[The Eighth Dwarf]

We were waiting 30-45 minutes at Crystal Palace last year. Also, we waited around 15 minutes for 'Ohana and Hollywood & Vine. Interesting that all three are buffet/all-you-can-eat restaurants.

Yeah we`d a really long wait at The Crystal palace last September, was bonkers the amount of people there so early in the morning. Disney must have changed the opening time or something but we were caught completely off guard with the crowds.

Our worst wait was at The Liberty Tree Tavern, for and evening ADR , we waited roughly an hour to get seated, was our last night too. Wasn`t Disneys fault though as there'd been some sort of security alert on the Disney busses and they were all pulled off the road, only we could go all the way from Belfast to get caught up in a bomb scare in Orlando.

 

[disney_princess_85]

Our worst wait was at The Liberty Tree Tavern, for and evening ADR , we waited roughly an hour to get seated, was our last night too. Wasn`t Disneys fault though as there'd been some sort of security alert on the Disney busses and they were all pulled off the road, only we could go all the way from Belfast to get caught up in a bomb scare in Orlando.

Ah yeah, I remember that! We'd been out shopping all day and saw it on the news when we got back to the hotel.

 

[2Tiggies]

Not to get crossed wires - I am talking about the wait to give your name and get your pager/be told to wait ''over there'' not the wait once you have given your name to be seated.

That depends on how many folk are in front of you. The reason the discussion swayed a bit to wait times is because it is all one big line, whether you are waiting to check in/give your name or waiting to be seated. If you haven't checked in the more successfully you navigate the bunch (I would hardly call it a line - more like a big bunch of folk) to get to the podium, the better.

 

[Dimplenose]

I usually just walk to the front of a line to check in for an ADR unless it's really obvious that the people in front are waiting to do the same.

 

[2Tiggies]

I usually just walk to the front of a line to check in for an ADR unless it's really obvious that the people in front are waiting to do the same.

And a quick question like "Are you folk all waiting to check in or are you waiting to be seated?" will quickly clear things up.

 

[2Tiggies]

Got an idea. Take a whole lot of small cadbury flakes and crunchies and move swiftly past the line, randomly handing one or two out here and there as you progress through the line. When you get to the podium, check in quickly and then find a safe place to wait for your name to be called in case anyone realises what you were up to.

 

[eeyorefanuk]

Got an idea. Take a whole lot of small cadbury flakes and crunchies and move swiftly past the line, randomly handing one or two out here and there as you progress through the line. When you get to the podium, check in quickly and then find a safe place to wait for your name to be called in case anyone realises what you were up to.