***The Official May 2025 Thread!***

[hsmamainva]

Got every ADR I wanted at the times I wanted them!

May 7th - Crystal Palace Breakfast
May 8th - Garden Grill Breakfast
May 9th - Mama Melrose Dinner
May 10th - Rainforest Cafe Breakfast
May 11th - Tony’s Town Square Dinner
May 12th - Cape May Cafe Breakfast & Le Cellier Dinner
May 13th - Hollywood & Vine Breakfast
May 14th - Homecoming Lunch

We’ve never been to Le Cellier or Homecoming so I’m super excited! Glad to have plenty of character meals for my 1yo granddaughter who is obsessed with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

 

[kylenne]

Nice. We already grabbed Rosa Mexicano for arrival night dinner and Cake Bake Shop breakfast the day we swap resorts, both on OpenTable.

Out of our short list the only one I’m really concerned about is ‘Ohana which would only be 60+2 on our Poly stay. But I badly want it for my birthday dinner so we’ll see.

 

[Lsdolphin]

Nice. We already grabbed Rosa Mexicano for arrival night dinner and Cake Bake Shop breakfast the day we swap resorts, both on OpenTable.

Out of our short list the only one I’m really concerned about is ‘Ohana which would only be 60+2 on our Poly stay. But I badly want it for my birthday dinner so we’ll see.

I don’t know if you have tried Sebastien’s but it’s really good. Service is family style like Ohana’ and the pineapple bread pudding for dessert might be even better than OHana’s.

 

[kylenne]

I don’t know if you have tried Sebastien’s but it’s really good. Service is family style like Ohana’ and the pineapple bread pudding for dessert might be even better than OHana’s.

Sebastian’s is a hard pass for me lol. I have very excellent Caribbean food at home so I’m just not interested

 

[SheSingsAlong]

My 60 day advanced dining and event reservation date is tomorrow Not exactly excited to wake up at what will feel like 4:45 (actual 5:45) to be ready to go for 6am. Stupid time change.

 

[rlk]

My 60 day advanced dining and event reservation date is tomorrow Not exactly excited to wake up at what will feel like 4:45 (actual 5:45) to be ready to go for 6am. Stupid time change.

Good luck!

 

[SheSingsAlong]

Good luck!

Thanks! I'm setting 2 alarms

 

[Sarahh1027]

My 60 day advanced dining and event reservation date is tomorrow Not exactly excited to wake up at what will feel like 4:45 (actual 5:45) to be ready to go for 6am. Stupid time change.

Mines the day after!! I feel ya on this lol good luck!

 

[SheSingsAlong]

Got everything I wanted! My dining wasn't difficult (Boma and Crystal Palace), but I was a bit worried about securing the Caring For Giants tour at AK. And wouldn't you know that webpage refused to load for me? Thank goodness I'm familiar with Disney IT issues so I pulled it up on my phone's browser and it worked just fine! 60 days til Disney!!!

 

[Sarahh1027]

Got everything I wanted! My dining wasn't difficult (Boma and Crystal Palace), but I was a bit worried about securing the Caring For Giants tour at AK. And wouldn't you know that webpage refused to load for me? Thank goodness I'm familiar with Disney IT issues so I pulled it up on my phone's browser and it worked just fine! 60 days til Disney!!!

Yay!! I’m planning on trying for a first haircut for one of my kids and the Harmony Barber Shop won’t open on my phone (app or browser) but works on my Chromebook. So weird. Yay for 60 days!

 

[rlk]

Epcot will be closing at 5:30 on May 21.
https://mickeyblog.com/2025/03/11/epcot-will-be-closing-early-on-may-21-for-a-private-event/

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Epcot will be closing at 5:30 on May 21.
https://mickeyblog.com/2025/03/11/epcot-will-be-closing-early-on-may-21-for-a-private-event/

That’s the day we leave and we planned on going to a park before our 7:30 pm flight. Epcot was at the top of our list (AK close second since we’re at AKV) and I think we will stick with it. I bet crowds are going to be very low.

 

[rlk]

That’s the day we leave and we planned on going to a park before our 7:30 pm flight. Epcot was at the top of our list (AK close second since we’re at AKV) and I think we will stick with it. I bet crowds are going to be very low.

We will be going to Epcot that morning to hopefully take advantage of the lower crowd level.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I was able to get every ADR this morning very easily. Probably the easiest it's ever been in over 20 years!

I was able to get Topolino's breakfast for arrival day. We land at 8 am and have the ADR for 11:45 am. I know this is crazy and something I've never done but last trip we did this ADR on departure day and we were so bloated (lots of sodium over 10 days ), tired and swollen that our pics look horrendous. We are Ubering to AKL when we arrive so I think we will do fine if our flight isn't delayed. If it doesn't work out I will cancel it. Lots of these ADRs show up the day before so I'm not worried about getting it for another day if it doesn't work. When I checked for today at 6 am there had to be about 10 openings for it today.

We also got the MK dessert post party, Jiko, Narcoossee's and Boma breakfast and dinner.

We are super excited!

 

[Pyxie]

Officially hopping in here! We'll be staying at AKL Jambo House from May 20-23 before transitioning to Universal for Epic Universe! Also celebrating my birthday while we're there.

 

[Oneanne]

May 10 to 18 staying at my home-away-from-home POP Century. My 60 days opened up this week and I was able to get breakfast at Topolino's and book the Rhino tour, two things I've been wanting to do for several trips.

 

[pbauswell]

May 10 to 18 staying at my home-away-from-home POP Century. My 60 days opened up this week and I was able to get breakfast at Topolino's and book the Rhino tour, two things I've been wanting to do for several trips.

Just curious. Were you able to book the rhino tour for more than 2 people? We tried shortly after midnight and again at 6 AM this morning and we were not able to get reservations for a party of 3. We have a split stay and will try again when our next booking window opens. But it was a real disappointment that we couldn't get the tour. It was the only thing our daughter really requested for this trip. We've never done it. Thanks!

 

[SheSingsAlong]

I was able to get every ADR this morning very easily. Probably the easiest it's ever been in over 20 years!

I've wondered if the cost of LLMP and LLSP has eaten into people's budgets and made guests less likely to book a bunch of ADRs. I've never been a person to book more than a few ADRs for my trips, but if I needed to cut back somewhere it would definitely be in the food budget and not the Lightning Lane budget.

 

[Oneanne]

Just curious. Were you able to book the rhino tour for more than 2 people? We tried shortly after midnight and again at 6 AM this morning and we were not able to get reservations for a party of 3. We have a split stay and will try again when our next booking window opens. But it was a real disappointment that we couldn't get the tour. It was the only thing our daughter really requested for this trip. We've never done it. Thanks!

I just booked single for myself. I did have to go out to a day in the second half of the trip to get it.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I've wondered if the cost of LLMP and LLSP has eaten into people's budgets and made guests less likely to book a bunch of ADRs. I've never been a person to book more than a few ADRs for my trips, but if I needed to cut back somewhere it would definitely be in the food budget and not the Lightning Lane budget.

Definitely, I agree! I’ve cut back on ADRs too. We are only doing those 5 listed over 8 nights. We used to do 9-10 a trip. LLMP is our number one reason for cutting back. It’s more about the principle for me. Like Disney can take my money but you can’t have it all.

Our last trip was 2022 after G+ came out. It was easier to get our ADRs then but not this easy. I was browsing Topolino’s for the last month and I’ve found lots of openings at 60 days out. It used to be a 60+3 at minimum.