Wait Times after ADR Time?

[EmilyGahr]

Can anyone comment on how long you've been waiting to get seated after your ADR time?
Are you finding you're getting seated right away, or waiting 20-30 minutes for a table?

 

[Marthasor]

It really depends on the restaurant. I was there last week and we were seated on time at every restaurant except Liberty Tree where we waited about 40 minutes past our ADR time to be seated. San Angel, 50's, Tusker, Space 220 all seated on time.

 

[KristaZ]

Depends on the restaurant and the time of day - many times we've been able to be seated a few minutes before our reservation, but there have been times where it was 30 minutes past our reservation that that we were seated. Steakhouse 71 was the last one we were seated late at - around 25 minutes.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

We were there last week. Worst seating delay we had was only about 10 minutes at Tiffins. All others were pretty quick. We found the online check-in (on MDE/Genie) 20 minutes before the ADR time might have been helpful.

 

[Disney.Dreamin.Dee]

During my August and November trips I was seated within 2 minutes of checking in at each restaurant.
I think what they are better about at least right now is not overbooking. And while I personally liked the DDP (and I know it is returning in some form at some point) it did make for long waits even after you've checked in at the appropriate time.

 

[gharter]

As others have said, it depends.
Our last 2 trips, we had very little wait, usually under 5 -10 minutes. We generally checked in about 5 minutes before our ADR.

 

[Distriv]

When I was down in September I was seated on time or early everywhere except Skipper Canteen in MK. They were running 45 minutes behind on reservations, but it was also the day of the 50th Anniversary.

 

[CynBeth]

We were there Thanksgiving week and were taken very quickly after checking in at the podium only did mobile check in for LTT as they required it. Maybe the longest we waited anywhere was 5-10 minutes can’t remember which ones but usually as soon as we would go sit down would get the ready to seat you text or called out our last name and we arrived a little early.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Are you finding you're getting seated right away, or waiting 20-30 minutes for a table?

Yes. And yes. We did a lot of TS on a mid-Nov trip and it went both ways. Usually seated within 15 mins but sometimes it took longer.

Although the absolute worst was Beaches and Cream. 4 people seated 45 mins after our 12:30pm ADR, which translated to an hour for us as we got there about 15 mins early. Everyone was being seated like that, they were allowing WAY too many ADRs there.