What is the longest...

[cinmell]

What is the longest time you have waited for a table even with a priority seating? Have you ever been seated right away if you arrive a little bit early?

 

[Goofyposter]

About 40 minutes...that was at O'Hana's....a very busy place...on average proably more like 15 minutes

 

[pinky]

45 mins at LTT for dinner in Feb. 2000.

Yes to your second question. For lunch & dinner (at the theme parks), we usually arrive for our PS about 20-30 minutes early. We've been lucky several times and been seated within 5 minutes. At RFC (AK) we were starving and went up an hour early but were told to come back at our PS time, which we did, and then we had the normal 10-15 min. wait in line.

We normally go President's Week so I make the "must do" PS's before leaving.

 

[n2mm]

About 45 for Sci Fi and for le Cellier. Not worth the wait for either IMHO. Yes we are sometimes seated earlier when arriving eariler. Just depends on the crowds and season.

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

I try to make our PS's about an hour before we actually want to eat. LOL That way I know my kids won't be in breakdown mode. LOL We'll check-in early also. Usually we get our table quickly since we're there early in the evening.

Anytime I've made a late dinner PS... like 7:00pm... it takes forever to get a table. I think some of the restaurants get farther and farther behind as the night goes on. Especially in Epcot.

 

[CamColt]

Mama Melrose w/ the Fantasmic Dinner Package to answer both your questions. In 10/00 we had 5:20 PS and didnt get in until almost 6:00. In 9/01 we arrived at 5:05 for a 5:30 PS and were seated within minutes.

 

[Eeyore2U]

About 45 minutes at Le Cellier.

 

[Debi]

Thankfully, not very long - my longest wait was 15 minutes for Chef Mickey's this past May. We usually get to the restaurant 5-10 minutes before the PS and are seated almost immediately.

 

[zurgswife]

We usually don't make PS's .....and the time of year we go haven't had a problem...if we have PS's our wait is usually about 10mins...

 

[TexasErin]

We have went to breakfast at Crystal Palace on our last couple of trips and had to wait almost half an hour both times. We make late breakfast PSs so that we can enjoy MK before it gets too crowded so they may get further behind the later it gets. Everybody else may be thinking the same thing. Still my favorite breakfast anywhere even with the long wait.

 

[JDY]

The longest was 15 minutes at Bistro de Paris...Usually we arrive early and get seated right away. There are just 2 of us so we are usually pretty lucky (knocking on wood) at getting a table.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Crystal Palace - had breakfast PS, got seated 1 or 1.25 hours late. It was raining hard and no one wanted to leave the shelter of the restaurant.

Le Cellier - had dinner PS (part of the Candlelight Processional Dinner Package), got seated after about 45 min wait. Missed Illuminations.

Only other long wait was RFC at DD - no PS (they don't take them) and we waited 1.5 hours. Never again.

We have been seated earlier when we showed up closer to 5 for dinner and our PS was closer to 6.

Having an earlier PS is better than a later one. As the meal backs up, you get seated later and later. People want to wait for the characters, so they don't leave right away.

 

[Doctor P]

We have waited as long as 30 minutes past our PS time, and we have been seated as much as 20 minutes prior to our PS time.

 

[Uncleromulus]

Q.#1--officially one hour. But actually 1 hour and 15 minutes. This was at California Grill on a saturday nite. PS were for 8:00. We got there at 7:45. We were seated at 9:00. Plus which we had to stand the entire time while we waited. No seats at the bar, no tablesavailable in the lounge.

Q.#2--we are often seated early. Our PS are almost always at 6:00--6:30 and we usually arrive 10-15 minutes early. Lots of times we're seated immediately.

 

[ellyn2000]

Waited nearly 45 minutes for H&V Thanksgiving Day 2001. They were only taking people with PS, too. We did have a great time, so it wasn't so bad.

 

[BCV23]

We usually dine around 6 and have often been seated immediately even if we arrive early.

Our longest wait was probably about 15 minutes at R&C for dinner on two occasions lately.