Wait time after ADR at 'Ohana?

[hnthomps]

I see a lot of people discussing long waits at Ohana. My (little) kids love love love Stitch, so I stalked the reservations pretty heavily, and was happy to get an 815am breakfast reservation for our Epcot day. Are wait times as bad in the morning as they are at dinner? My kids usually eat breakfast at 630, so waiting until 815 will be hard enough, if it's really 9am we may as well cancel.

What about other restaurants? How long do you wait with an ADR? We have Crystal Palace lunch, liberty tree dinner, chef mickeys brunch, via napoli dinner, homecoming dinner (some of these may get cancelled)

Editing to add: we are going in February, around presidents day weekend (when it will be crowded-ish)

 

[TwinkleKS]

It depends. You will hear different responses from different people. During busier times of the year, you may wait for an ADR for 30 minutes or so ... but I don't think we have found that to be the norm. I'd say our normal wait is 5-10 minutes. But it depends on the restaurant, your party size, etc. For O'hana I remember a few trips where we maybe waited 20 minutes, but normally it was probably more in the 5-10 range. Earlier in the morning when you are among the first to be seated it shouldn't be too long. With Crystal Palace our waits have been longer, but I think part of that is we seem to hit it right when they switch from breakfast to lunch and that tends to add a little time IMO.

 

[Micca]

Sounds like the kids would really enjoy it, would it be possible to give them a small amount of something to eat so they could manage the wait? I'm thinking of some dry cereal or maybe split a donut?

 

[Hopefully]

An ADR is not a typical reservation. It places you in line for the next table for your party size after you check in. We have waited 10 minutes to over an hour

 

[senadler]

Like others have said, it can vary quite a bit. We eat there just about every trip and our waits have been anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes plus. I think you are at a good time, since those those with earlier reservations, the first is 7:30, will be finishing up to head to a park. I think the waits are longer later in the morning.

 

[Mom2Kids2003]

I would suggest bringing a snack in your purse just in case. We've only done breakfast there once because we waiting over 50 minutes past our ADR time for breakfast. I don't know what normal is, but a little snack to help in case you have a bit of a wait might appease your kiddos for awhile.

 

[Nancyg56]

'Ohana for breakfast has a wait, but not like dinner, If your youngster likes Stitch, I think it is a good meal to book. As others have suggested, give him something to tide him over so that he is not cranky. This is one of my favorite character meals.

 

[LovesTimone]

From what I have experienced and seen, it doesn't seem like that breakfast has that waiting game, like in the evening during the dinner hour. At breakfast we waited about maybe 10 minutes for our table.

I will second the suggestions to make sure they have a little something to eat, before you head out... breakfast bar, apple slices, banana, dry cereal... plus with the character the kiddos really don't eat that much...

 

[DisneyHardin]

I would say you will be fine for an 8:15. The restaurant doesn't open until 730, so they are most likely not going to be already WAY behind in just 45 minutes.

 

[sponica]

I think our ADR was around that time, and we waited about 5 to 10 minutes tops. I feel like they gave us a pager and by the time we parked the stroller it went off and we got in line which was processed pretty quickly.

 

[hnthomps]

Super helpful everyone, thanks!

 

[FSU Girl]

I've never had to wait long for a table, maybe 10 minutes at the max. I've been at both when they first open and then at 6:30pm during the prime time dining.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

We had an 8:00 ADR and were seated immediately. When we left a little before 9:00 there were some people waiting in line to check in but it did not look like many were waiting to be seated.