What is the earliest and latest you can show for an ADR?

[glitzybabes]

What is the earliest and latest you can show for an ADR without getting "yelled" at or losing the ADR?

 

[marivaid]

You can show up as early as you want but you're no guaranteed to be seated any earlier than you would have if you'd shown up 15mns before your ADR.

They keep ADRs 20mns after your time. We got turned away at 'Ohana 40mns after our ADR time - of course, 25 of these 40 were spent waiting in line while others were making reservations and taking their sweet time.

 

[TDC Nala]

Boma said, at the podium, that they would hold an ADR for 15 minutes past the ADR time. After that the party would have to go into the regular queue.

 

[bigbabyblues]

We tried to check in at 50's Prime Time about 35 minutes early and were told to come back no more than 10 minutes prior to our ADR. That's the only time we've had that happen, but they were busy and it was not a problem.

 

[gatorfreud]

We were an hour+ late for our ADR at Biergarten last November. It was late in our trip and the kids were zonked out for a nap and I couldn't bear to wake them. I called the dining line and couldn't get any other ressie anywhere, so we just hoped they would wake up and we would move it over there as fast as we could. We got there and I told the CM what time our ressie was, and I was SO looking forward to eating there, but knew that we had missed it and completely understood that we couldn't be seated, but thought I would ask anyway. Well thanks for the pixie dust, he got us right in!

Now I wouldn't make it a habit of showing up that late, b/c I fully expected to be turned away, I think we just got lucky.

Kim

 

[emmabemmainc]

We showed up about 30 minutes late last year for our reservation at Boma. I was so upset--transportations issues. However, the girl at the desk was so nice and she said, "No problem" and I think we waited 10 minutes for our table. I was so impressed!

 

[liz2d2]

On our last trip, we were at least 10 minutes late to every ADR, a couple as late as a half hour past our time and we managed to get in to every one of them. I don't know if it's the pixie dust or what but this year we're determined to be on time!!

ETA: we showed up 40 minutes early for our ADR at LTT once and had to wait until 15 minutes past our ADR time anyway. That did discourage us from showing up too early.