What time do you make for dinner ADR's

[kim35]

I made all my adr's this past weekend. DH wants to eat between 6:00-6:30 pm.

I think it's a bit early, but he disagrees.

Just curious about everyone else....

 

[sistertrip]

My sister and I (who tend to be WDW travellers together) like to have ADRs for 6:30 or later, but this trip we're going with an aunt who wanted everything closer to 5. Too early for our general liking, but we're going with the flow!

 

[The Sweetness]

I will likely ask for the first available seating, and not accept anything later than 5:15. I will be traveling with a 2y old

 

[lindakmonty]

it really depends on the times that are available...and what you want to do. If you want to eat at Rose and Crown to watch Illuminations, then you need to get a table at 7pm... if you want to watch Wishes from Ohana... then make your adr for an hour before Wishes starts...if you just want food and nothing special...then 6:30 would be good There is food everywhere, if you get hungry later on you can always grab a snack... a turkey leg, popcorn, ice cream... all kinds of good stuff!!

 

[BeckWhy]

Ours are between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

They are between 5pm and 6:20pm.

 

[stoudt6]

Our ADR'S Depend on 2 things. 1 is if we do a charecter breakfast, then we are hungry and want a 5pm ADR. on the other hand if we eat somewhere for lunch then we will do 6,630-7 ADR for dinner. The other factor is if we are going to Spectromagic or Fantasmic, then we would want an earlier ADR for dinner so that we have plenty of time to get there in case we're delayed eating.

 

[Evil Queen]

Dinners I have for around 6:30

Lunches I have about 1:30/1:45

Breakfast 9:00

 

[Laurajean1014]

I like 5:30-6:00pm, but DH likes 7:00-7:30

 

[Christine]

I generally take the earliest seatings (5:00 p.m.). I like to be at the restaurant and seated before the restaurant becomes swamped with people and too busy (this is especially true at a buffet). Usually that happens about the time I'm leaving.

I always make sure I have a nice snack later on!

 

[Lucy2005]

We make our ADR for 4:30-5. We skip lunch by snacking and then we eat an early dinner.
Lucy

 

[ukwildcat]

We have always done ADRs between 6:30 and 7:00. This is due to having our DS (9 months) with us. He goes to sleep between 8:30 and 9:30. Ideally, I would love to have dinner later to watch Wishes, or some other shows. But I wouldn't trade my family for all the Disney dollars in the world.

 

[tabrizia]

Our ADRs range in time from 6pm till 9pm. We tend to eat dinner late normally though. Only two of our 9 ADRs are around 6 (one at 6 one at 6:30). Most of our ADRs are around 8:30 with a couple of outliers at 8 and 9. Since it is just hubby and me we can eat later and hopefully not have to worry about quite as many kids around, plus we enjoy eating late. I am sure if we had kids we would be eating closer to 6/6:30.

 

[sameyeyam]

We make our ressie's around 8:30-9pm. We are from the West Coast, so to us that's about 5:30-6:00pm!

We hate eating between 4-7pm, the restaurant's are full, buffets are picked through, floors are messy, noise level is very high. If you go later in the evening, it is much nicer and more relaxing, buffets have been restocked, cm's are not as busy and seem more attentive, etc...

We have bfast at 7am (in room), snack around 11-12, lunch around 2pm (once again, light crowds at off times), back to hotel to rest & swim, another snack around 6pm, then head back to park around 7pm to enjoy dinner, fireworks and a few more rides.

 

[dizfam4]

We usually eat dinner around 5:00ish. We have 2 young children and we don't want them to get to the "we're starving" grumpy stage! We can all have ice cream snacks later in the evening before parades/shows .

 

[pozey]

We make most all of our ADRs for pretty much the same time frame as we normally eat dinner at home.

And our family is an "early dinner" kind of family. We usually eat a good breakfast, skip lunch, and eat an early dinner. Most all of our ADRs are usually between 5:00 and 6:00.

If anyone gets hungry between breakfast and dinner, we'll either get some snacks or split something like burgers and fries.

 

[vellamint]

My plan is to either have a quick breakfast in the room early....then have a counter service lunch around 10:30. (we should be good and hungry by then). All of our dinners are between 5 and 6:30.

 

[bigbabyblues]

We eat early, usually 5 or 5:30 at the latest, just like at home.

 

[Soccer Princess]

Ours are usually 5:30-6:30 pm.

 

[Redwitch]

Our ADRs are all over the place! Sometimes before the evening firework-type shows; other times after the park closes. We plan based on what park we are at, what shows or parades we want to do and whether the restaurant is in a park, resort or DTD.

For our trip this fall, our earliest is 4:50 and our latest is 9:00.