Has anyone had success booking dining? I mean......for the love of churros!

[John HB]

You may have been too early. Mostly reservations open at 6 am Pacific, though some people have gotten access earlier.

(It’s 7:02 MDT, and I’m seeing availability for 11/24.)

Reservations opened for me at 3:00am PST. I'm in CA. There were 15 restaurants showing as taking reservations. Got Blue Bayou at 6 for Thanksgiving.

 

[John HB]

All reservations are open. Still no Carthay or Napa. So annoying.

Yeah, reservations opened for me at 3am. Carthay and Napa never appeared as available. Got a BB reservation.

 

[sophy1996]

Reservations opened for me at 3:00am PST. I'm in CA. There were 15 restaurants showing as taking reservations. Got Blue Bayou at 6 for Thanksgiving.

Yeah, based on reports here, some people seem to be able to access at 3 Pacific, and others not until 6 Pacific. It’s strange.

 

[John HB]

I was trying for Storyteller’s starting at 5:55 am PST. They weren’t open yet for reservations. I hit refresh on repeat and when 6 am came, nothing available. Is it possible they haven’t opened them

We're also trying for Thanksgiving reservations.
All the articles about Thanksgiving indicate Storytellers is usually open for brunch and dinner. However only brunch is listed for this year.
Additionally, Napa, Goofy's Kitchen, etc all say no times (times cannot even be selected to search - they're greyed out) for Thanksgiving, but all times are searchable for Nov 23. We've tried on our phones and computers.

Also, when do reservations for fantasmic-on-the-go open? Again, everything is greyed out for any dates beyond Nov 13.

ETA: I've gotten other reservations (incl Trader Sams) for the Nov 19-22 timeframe. The online reservations have always opened right at 6 am PST for me. Today, Blue Bayou and Carnation were already open when we searched around 5:10 am PST (but ONLY on my husbands account, which had our hotel reservation linked UNTIL we linked it on my account too and then I was also able to come up with times before 6 am PST).

It's currently 7:18 am PST and Goofy's, Napa, etc still aren't even searchable for me. When I select Nov 24, it says "there are no schedules available for the date selected."

Reservations opened at 3am for me. At least 4 restaurants, like Carthay, weren't searchable from the start. Got BB for Thanksgiving dinner. There were 15 restaurants to start with, now they are almost all gone, unless you like bowling or early/late at the GCH.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

Reservations opened at 3am for me. At least 4 restaurants, like Carthay, weren't searchable from the start. Got BB for Thanksgiving dinner. There were 15 restaurants to start with, now there almost all gone, unless you like bowling or early/late at the GCH.

We also got BB. I've never been so idk what to expect.

I guess I'm confused as to why several restaurants (all that have had Thanksgiving meals in the past) weren't even searchable.

 

[John HB]

We also got BB. I've never been so idk what to expect.

I guess I'm confused as to why several restaurants (all that have had Thanksgiving meals in the past) weren't even searchable.

The BB is nice, usually there is a short wait in the lobby. It is dark inside.

The last time we were there for Thanksgiving was 8 years ago. We had dinner at Storytellers. My wife didn't want to do buffet again this year.

This will be our first visit since 2019. We're staying at the GCH. I've been working on reservations for some days. Made sure to get ones for those we haven't tried before like Trader Sam's, River Bell breakfast, just one at the hotel (Craftsman Bar). Also got reservations for Carnation, Cafe Orleans, and Lamplight.

 

[Malcon10t]

Just as a note, Thanksgiving is always a late drop (usually 5-10 days). Most restaurants with Thanksgiving meals (Storytellers, Goofy's, Napa, nor Carthay primarily) have not dropped. If you search history, you will find Thanksgiving never drops at 60 days.

 

[Malcon10t]

Just as a heads up, I did a history search, and Thanksgiving reservations opened last year Oct 21st.(Remember all of us trying to find reservations!!!) In 2019, they opened Oct 1st.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

The BB is nice, usually there is a short wait in the lobby. It is dark inside.

The last time we were there for Thanksgiving was 8 years ago. We had dinner at Storytellers. My wife didn't want to do buffet again this year.

This will be our first visit since 2019. We're staying at the GCH. I've been working on reservations for some days. Made sure to get ones for those we haven't tried before like Trader Sam's, River Bell breakfast, just one at the hotel (Craftsman Bar). Also got reservations for Carnation, Cafe Orleans, and Lamplight.

We're also staying at GCH for the week. And we haven't been since 2019, when we did the Southern CA ABD (really the only sit-down restaurants that we've been to at DLR were the ones on that tour and Wine Country Trattoria).

 

[Talldewy]

Just as a heads up, I did a history search, and Thanksgiving reservations opened last year Oct 21st.(Remember all of us trying to find reservations!!!) In 2019, they opened Oct 1st.

Thank you for this heads up, do you know if Disney will still release these reservations at 0600 or are they liable to at any time of the day.

 

[disneyfoodie013]

They usually start allowing a new booking day at 6AM Pacific Time, but the last 2 days they started at 3 AM Pacific Time. I was able to check both mornings at 3 AM Pacific Time. Lots of availability except the only thing I was looking for: Carthway Circle Alfresco Dining. I'm starting to think that Carthway Circle keeps all the availability slots for walk-up lists and they don't release anything for the 60 day reservation system.

There has been nothing for Carthay in any capacity for a few weeks now. Assuming they’ll do a huge reservation dump in the near future

 

[Tomaso12]

Bunch of Carthay Circle just dropped

 

[disneyfoodie013]

Bunch of Carthay Circle just dropped

Just snagged ours! I’ve never eaten there before so I’m curious. The reservation is for 6:20, 5 people. However, on the app it says that the hours (at least right now) from 6:05-6:50 are an extended dinner/special ticketed event. Would that be applicable to the reservation I got or is that something different? Just want to make sure I didn’t screw myself lol

 

[Cal-Pie]

Just snagged ours! I’ve never eaten there before so I’m curious. The reservation is for 6:20, 5 people. However, on the app it says that the hours (at least right now) from 6:05-6:50 are an extended dinner/special ticketed event. Would that be applicable to the reservation I got or is that something different? Just want to make sure I didn’t screw myself lol

Is it on an OBB night?

 

[D2Pugs]

Bunch of Carthay Circle just dropped

Thanks for the heads up! Will be dropping our BB F! package for Carthay.

 

[disneyfoodie013]

Is it on an OBB night?

No, 11/17. I was referring to the hours currently listed for the restaurant - apologies for not making that clear. Would make sense if it’s listed as limited/special at the moment given OBB. I just assumed the hours were being shown for that specific date but I guess not

Edit: looked at it via my computer and it shows the proper times. The app seemed to keep today’s hours for whatever reason

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Did they drop the Carthay Alfresco Lounge or just the regular restaurant? I snagged a regular restaurant reservation but I would rather have a lounge reservation.

 

[kikismom]

So I am one of the people they are opening before 6 for. I also noticed something odd. Yesterday was my 60 days, on the calendar it shows the length of my trip with the blue dates you can click on. I can't make reservations for those dates more that 60 days out but I can click on them. It is only showing my length of stay. Like at DW. I wonder if they are going to start allowing on property to book reservations for the length of stay in the future. I am definitely not staying any of this as fact.

 

[PlutoIsHere]

I'm going to be making dining reservations last week and my test runs have been frustrating. Our part consists of 7 people, one of which is a 2 year old. It seems that making reservations for 7 people is difficult. Can you make a reservation for 6 and then add a high chair when we check in or will they kick the reservation?

 

[kikismom]

I'm going to be making dining reservations last week and my test runs have been frustrating. Our part consists of 7 people, one of which is a 2 year old. It seems that making reservations for 7 people is difficult. Can you make a reservation for 6 and then add a high chair when we check in or will they kick the reservation?

This was difficult, but not impossible, for our party of 9 last October. Here is what I did, it worked every time.

I logged in ony husbands account and my account each morning and booked a table for 4 on each account within 15-30 minutes on the reservation time. The day of our reservation at the park I went to the restaurant and let them know we had a party of 9 and two reservations. We had no issues at any restaurant. I was online at 6 each morning to get this done. Back last year I never found a table over 4 people even right at 6. There was a thread about it sometime last August (2021).

I feel like if this worked for our party of 9 it will work for your party of 7. Good luck!!