Today was my ADR day and I just finished making 9 reservations. I was successful with 8 of 9 on my list so thought I would share in case it helps others.
1 - California Grill
2 - Narcoosee’s
3 - Oga’s Cantina
4 - Hollywood Brown Derby
5 - Le Cellier
6 - Yak & Yeti
7 - La Hacienda San Angel was not available so reserved Tutto Italia
8 - The Wave
9 - Grand Floridian Cafe
I reserved these in order of how hard I thought they would be to confirm, not the order of the trip. I originally had La Hacienda at the 4 spot but moved down. Should have stayed at 4. I’ve set a reservation finder so hoping a time becomes available. Also, I was online at 6:00am and would have finished in 15 minutes except for exploring La Hacienda alternatives. Definitely have a 2nd choice ready for each day in case.
My ADR day was today. I was not able to get:
The Wave
HBD
H&V
Rose and Crown
Trattoria al Forno
The Plaza
These were all for 7 people.
I could not get Coral Reef for 4 people
I was able to get:
Chef Mickey’s
Be Our Guest
Tony’s
Biergarten
Spice Road Table
Ale and Compass for breakfast
50’s Prime Time
I was up at 3 a.m. Pacific time for 6ca.m. eastern.
I was also not able to get Rose and Crown today but that was the only one. I got:
Topolinos
Sanna
Whispering Canyon
Sci Fy Drive In
Jungle Skipper
The Wave
Brown Derby
Olgas
Kona Grill
Biergarten (replacement for Rose and Crown)
These were in order that I got them not the order of my trip. Right after I finished around 6:25am EST the system was down and I am not sure when it came back up.
I had 2 mornings that would have worked for breakfast. One morning had nothing, the other had times that were either earlier than we could get there if we were depending on a MK bus and then walking over or too late for us to get to EPCOT for rope drop.
I may try to book a group of 4 and then a group of 3, but I was going to keep trying for 7.
I just now got Trattoria for 3 on a day where the guys are going to HS. I booked the Wave for the 4 girls going to EPCOT that morning. Bus to MK, walk to Contemporary, then bus to EPCOT unless the monorail is running by then.
Sadly I haven’t been able to get any I wanted. I have a split stay between 4 resorts with 2 days at each so I am only getting a head start of one day.
Last year I did a split stay and it opened up the entire week on the first day, but the help line informed me that’s not the way it works. Must have been a fluke in my favor last year.