Has anyone gotten a walk-up breakfast spot recently at any of the Character dining at Resorts? I haven’t been able to get a reservation for 5 for this Friday morning, and am hoping we might get lucky with walk up. It’s a non-park day so trying to see Mickey (and/or Friends) for our little travelers.
If you’ve had luck, can you let me know where? We are staying on property, and I have a plan to get us to any of the resorts needed. Plus, the kiddos love the bus ride to HS, the skyliner either to Rivera or Cape May. Our Friday is “Transportation Day” where we aim to use every method - bus, boat, monorail, & skyliner!
I think your best bet is to keep looking for an ADR in the app. I’d hate to take my kids to a restaurant and have them expecting to eat and see characters and then not be able to get in.
I found a ton of Cape May availability 48 hours before the day of the reservation. I was trying to move my ADR time, so was watching and then all.of a sudden there was a lot.
Its a great character experience, but no Mickey. Its also a high quality buffet.
They generally won’t allow an extra person. And if they do it’s because they have walk up availability. When we’ve been a party of 3 or 5 I’ve always checked for 4 and 6 respectively. It’s weird they way reservations worked. I’ve never found availability for 5 ppl over 6 ppl. But I have found stuff for 6 when nothing showed for 5. Silly. But I hope it works!! Also, try searching from scratch as well. Don’t ask me why but sometimes trying to modify works differently than a new reservation.
At character dining? Last December I watched a family get turned away (well told 1.5 hours wait to add them) at The Crystal Palace. I felt bad because I had a resi for 4 and only 3 people. Not that it matters. I just wished I could have offered my “chair”. It was VERY busy though.
ETA: I see that you ETA as well. Yes. Better to secure first if possible. Also, maybe checking in an hour early to see what can be worked out.
Not sure but I vaguely remember this discussion. I thought going up 1 table size could prove to be an issue if they were busy though (2 top to 4 top, 4 top to 6 top).
Updates - I did not intend to have a reservation for 4 and show up with 5. I was hoping the modification method would work.
I was not able to modify to find one for 6 people. But, searching for a new reservation for 6 made one pop up. So made the new one, canceled the old one.
Yes. Better to secure first if possible. Also, maybe checking in an hour early to see what can be worked out.