Trying to get into a place that is booked for ADR's.

[kasynable]

We want to include 1900 Park Fare in our trip but it is completely booked. Does anyone have advice on how to score a reservation from a cancellation? Or would showing up in person be best?

Should we give it up and try next time?

 

[mfulk]

Keep checking. I wanted a reservation at Ohana and Cinderella's Royal Table and checked every day and eventually got both at the times I needed.

After spending soooo much time trying to get the CRT one, I was frustrated to see that when we checked in for ours they were taking walk ups! So I would definitely suggest that too if you don't get the ADR.

 

[DisneyFansInLINY]

Keep trying. I never stop until I get my ADR. People cancel all the time so you just have to keep checking and it will pop up. I would not suggest hoping to be seated without a reservation. In May, we had a reservation we had to cancel because we were at MK and our reservation was in Downtown Disney. My son who was just 13 months old got vey cranky and wanted to eat right away. We were on the deluxe ding plan so I figured I would cancel one reservation to replace with another. However, there was nothing available. We decided to go to a restaurant as a walk in. Well after going to 3 restaurants and being turned down by each one, my son was super cranky and that made us cranky as well. Finally, I walked up to one of the hostesses and stated how unhappy I was that we were on the deluxe dining plan and could not find a place to eat. She spoke to her manager and they seated us. You do not want to go through that kind of aggravation. Just keep trying and you will get your reservation. Good luck.

 

[goofyintoronto]

We want to include 1900 Park Fare in our trip but it is completely booked. Does anyone have advice on how to score a reservation from a cancellation? Or would showing up in person be best?

Should we give it up and try next time?

Ummmm that depends. Are you referring to breakfast or dinner? Theyre both very different experiences.

Definitely keep trying. Persistence pays off. I've snagged many great ADRs at the last minute by constantly checking.

If youre looking for dinner, i'd try and check in at the podium right when they open. You might be lucky. For breakfast you can also try a walkup. Never hurts to try as a last resort (if youve exhausted all other options: checking online daily, & asking concierge to check for you each day of your trip).

 

[peeputt]

I've been trying to get an earlier 'Ohana ressie for 3 months now!
I check probably 50+ times a day! Ugh.........
I really don't want to be stuck with this 9:30pm reservation time.

 

[cootiezoo]

Definitely keep checking!

It was already within the 180 days when I booked my trip. The earliest reservation I could get at 'Ohana was at 9:30, but I kept checking every day and one opened up for 7:55.

Good luck!

 

[kasynable]

Omg! I just called after being told yesterday that there was nothing in the entire week of our stay and we got the perfect reservation! There were 3 available. Must be a ton of cancellations.

 

[mickeynut1]

I agree to keep trying. I had a hard time getting an ADR for 1900 PF on our last trip. I tried several times a day every day for a few months with no luck. Finally one afternoon I went online expecting to see nothing available. Much to my surprise, the date and time I wanted popped up, so it does pay off to keep trying as people cancel all the time and you never know when something will become available. Good luck.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) Method-1: Keep calling and hope for a cancellation.
2) Method-2: Check with the concierge desk at GF.
. . . resort eateries do not use ADR for all the capacity
. . . they leave a certain amount available for THEIR OWN guests
. . . these can be walk-ups or concierge-calls
. . . if you check with the concierge, they might be able to fit you in
. . . usually resort concierge have some pull with their own eateries
3) Method-3: Find a concierge with an Override Code *
. . . the override cost can add people to completely sold out eateries
. . . any where, any time (even place like CRT, CP, etc)
. . . only exceptions are diner shows where there is a finite capacity

* Override codes are given to usually 1-2 concierge at each resort, and
only 1-2 people. And, it is not widely published who these folks are. They
are meant to be used for VIPs or others when the eateries are full. (If you
look at an ADR screen, vacant tables are listed in black type, when capacity
for those table sizes and time are gone, the listing is either a zero or dash.
When someone sees a RED number, that means the table and time has an
override. When they check-in at the podium, they get precedence over
another group of the same size for that table.)

 

[bdklein]

We want to include 1900 Park Fare in our trip but it is completely booked. Does anyone have advice on how to score a reservation from a cancellation? Or would showing up in person be best?

Should we give it up and try next time?

Glad you got what you wanted. What I did years ago (before all of the CC holds) was to just call and be connected to the specific restaurant in question, and then ask them if they had availability. I would do it a bit before (half hour or so) we wanted to be seated. Worked every time. but we were staying at the Poly so only did it for the monorail hotels.

 

[CanadianPaco]

I got an ADR at Sci Fi after accidentally putting "4" instead of "3" under guests. I'm not saying to try this .. just saying what happened to me.

 

[kddisney502]

1) Method-1: Keep calling and hope for a cancellation.
2) Method-2: Check with the concierge desk at GF.
. . . resort eateries do not use ADR for all the capacity
. . . they leave a certain amount available for THEIR OWN guests
. . . these can be walk-ups or concierge-calls
. . . if you check with the concierge, they might be able to fit you in
. . . usually resort concierge have some pull with their own eateries
3) Method-3: Find a concierge with an Override Code *
. . . the override cost can add people to completely sold out eateries
. . . any where, any time (even place like CRT, CP, etc)
. . . only exceptions are diner shows where there is a finite capacity

* Override codes are given to usually 1-2 concierge at each resort, and
only 1-2 people. And, it is not widely published who these folks are. They
are meant to be used for VIPs or others when the eateries are full. (If you
look at an ADR screen, vacant tables are listed in black type, when capacity
for those table sizes and time are gone, the listing is either a zero or dash.
When someone sees a RED number, that means the table and time has an
override. When they check-in at the podium, they get precedence over
another group of the same size for that table.)

This is great information. Thank you!