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

[serendipityaey]

So can someone confirm what time and TIMEZONE these usually drop? 6am EST or PST?

I am such a DL newbie and have no idea what I am doing, lol! My 60 day mark is tomorrow.

There is no consistency at all right now. Different restaurants have dropped at all different times of the day on all different days for big chunks at a time. I signed up on mouse dining dot com for my dates of Oct 6 - 10 and got everything I wanted with the alerts and booking immediately after I got an alert. I got them all this way, LL, CC, BB and Oga’s. Oga’s only dropped two days ago in the middle of the afternoon.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

So as of now none of the Disneyland restaurants are showing up past Nov. 11th? All my dining starts tomorrow and I am so stressed about this! We'll be there Thanksgiving and I want BB for that day so lordie... Dining reservations never used to be this crazy! Waking up at 3AM everyday just to check sounds insane, very frustrating.

 

[tlcdoula]

So as of now none of the Disneyland restaurants are showing up past Nov. 11th? All my dining starts tomorrow and I am so stressed about this! We'll be there Thanksgiving and I want BB for that day so lordie... Dining reservations never used to be this crazy! Waking up at 3AM everyday just to check sounds insane, very frustrating.

Fingers crossed for you!!! I feel like I am planning a trip to DW not DL. It was a good thing my dog woke me up to go outside because I checked then for a reservation and got Carthay

 

[tlovesdis]

So as of now none of the Disneyland restaurants are showing up past Nov. 11th? All my dining starts tomorrow and I am so stressed about this! We'll be there Thanksgiving and I want BB for that day so lordie... Dining reservations never used to be this crazy! Waking up at 3AM everyday just to check sounds insane, very frustrating.

Nothing is up past Nov 11th. Lots of people are speculating that it is due to the holidays starting and DL doesn't have hours and things ready yet. But who knows? Reservations are definitley not being released right at 60 days anymore.

 

[LizzyS]

So the alert services mentioned in this thread are pretty reliable? I don't mind paying a small fee to secure something I really want, tbh.

 

[AndrewC]

So the alert services mentioned in this thread are pretty reliable? I don't mind paying a small fee to secure something I really want, tbh.

Most actually have a free option that lets you set up at least a couple alerts (like two or three) and will email you. Paying gets you more alerts (say you are in the parks for a week and are hoping to get somewhere every day of the week) and the ability to have them send a text message. There are two "major" sites out there and I signed up for both to cover my butt if one was delayed a bit.

Honestly I ignored the links they sent because I was never logged in still (I don't know why, Disney just always logs me out after awhile) so instead when I saw an alert I dashed to the Disneyland app and checked dining via that and made a reservation. Sometimes they're gone in minutes, other times they'll hang around for half an hour or so and even sometimes "bad" time slots will be there for half a day.

The alerts are enough to cue you into a location releasing a block of dates/times and that's usually enough to then get you out there checking for your specific times/days.

 

[CandyMouse]

I love Catal. Food and service is great. They don’t have their expanded menu at this time but everything is great. If you time it right, you can watch the fireworks from the balcony seating. And for my kids, the Mac and cheese is actually good and not the standard kids menu kind.
Trattoria is standard Italian fare. It’s fine but nothing special. (We normally just do steak and appetizer. Kids get pizza) Don’t sit inside. Loud, no ambience and stuck near the kitchen or large parties.

edited: you asked specifically about the steak. We’ve had steak at both places, much prefer Catal. The rib eye at the Trattoria is the only main dish we would order there. It’s been awhile. But we were at Catal just last week, and it still holds up to my memory of a great meal.

Thanks, sounds like Catal will be good for the steak eaters in my group of 6, me I'm more of a snacker and eat smaller meals.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

Nothing is up past Nov 11th. Lots of people are speculating that it is due to the holidays starting and DL doesn't have hours and things ready yet. But who knows? Reservations are definitley not being released right at 60 days anymore.

The type A planner in me is going to be a bit crazy during this process.

Do they usually announce Thanksgiving offerings by now? Be nice to know which restaurants will do any special menus...

 

[BayGirl22]

Honestly I ignored the links they sent because I was never logged in still (I don't know why, Disney just always logs me out after awhile) so instead when I saw an alert I dashed to the Disneyland app and checked dining via that and made a reservation. Sometimes they're gone in minutes, other times they'll hang around for half an hour or so and even sometimes "bad" time slots will be there for half a day.

I can't get there fast enough if I follow the email to the DLR site, Disney's sign in process is too slow. I pay so I can get the text messages and if I click the link there I can get into the app fast enough (with facial recognition) to book. Its worked for me for both DLR and WDW.

 

[taaren]

There is no consistency at all right now. Different restaurants have dropped at all different times of the day on all different days for big chunks at a time. I signed up on mouse dining dot com for my dates of Oct 6 - 10 and got everything I wanted with the alerts and booking immediately after I got an alert. I got them all this way, LL, CC, BB and Oga’s. Oga’s only dropped two days ago in the middle of the afternoon.

I'm there that same weekend, only trying to grab Carnation for 2 and can't seem to get in. Free 3rd party watcher has sent me a few alerts, but they're gone by the time I click (usually within a minute or two).

So the alert services mentioned in this thread are pretty reliable? I don't mind paying a small fee to secure something I really want, tbh.

M D free alerts got us most of the reservations we wanted for our Labor Day weekend trip, you do have to click pretty quickly after they send you the notification (the Lamplighter at sunset was tough, most of those reservations were gone within about 20 minutes of my getting the notification). I'm now contemplating signing up for Watcher subscription for my next couple of trips since a few people on this thread have said its faster.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

Not dining but relevant to these issues- anyone notice a same delay for Savi's? I'm looking and seeing absolutely no availability which wasn't usually the case in the before times...

 

[DiznyDiva]

Anyone else having trouble getting a dinning reservation? I was trying to get an available WCT and both App and web won't let me. Same with any other random reservation. Earlier today it was fine. On the last page it spins for a while, then says there was a problem and to try again.

 

[UnpokemonMom]

Anyone else having trouble getting a dinning reservation? I was trying to get an available WCT and both App and web won't let me. Same with any other random reservation. Earlier today it was fine. On the last page it spins for a while, then says there was a problem and to try again.

Reservations now available for some, not all, through Nov 20th.

 

[vacay77]

So the alert services mentioned in this thread are pretty reliable? I don't mind paying a small fee to secure something I really want, tbh.

I had success using the free alerts through Mouse Dining. I was able to secure reservations for Blue Bayou. But as others mentioned, you have to act very quickly.

 

[RJstanis]

Anyone want my 10/5 Trader Sam's 1135am or OBB planned Wine Country Trattoria 330p ADRs both for 4ppl? Changed my plans and not using them anymore, gonna drop them in the next week. PM me if so.

*Successful exchange of Trader Sam's - Gone

 

[2boysmommy]

So sad! Last night I found both a Blue Bayou and a Trader Sam’s reservation during our 4 day trip. Different days, single times. Neither would book - just got the spinning wheel of death and then the “this page needs to reload” message. (On the app) I was so excited thinking I could surprise my boys with each of their top requests. Alas…they were gone this AM of course. The search continues.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

So sad! Last night I found both a Blue Bayou and a Trader Sam’s reservation during our 4 day trip. Different days, single times. Neither would book - just got the spinning wheel of death and then the “this page needs to reload” message. (On the app) I was so excited thinking I could surprise my boys with each of their top requests. Alas…they were gone this AM of course. The search continues.

This happened to me a lot last week, it was really frustrating.

 

[ClaudiaKincaid]

Most actually have a free option that lets you set up at least a couple alerts (like two or three) and will email you. Paying gets you more alerts (say you are in the parks for a week and are hoping to get somewhere every day of the week) and the ability to have them send a text message. There are two "major" sites out there and I signed up for both to cover my butt if one was delayed a bit.

Honestly I ignored the links they sent because I was never logged in still (I don't know why, Disney just always logs me out after awhile) so instead when I saw an alert I dashed to the Disneyland app and checked dining via that and made a reservation. Sometimes they're gone in minutes, other times they'll hang around for half an hour or so and even sometimes "bad" time slots will be there for half a day.

The alerts are enough to cue you into a location releasing a block of dates/times and that's usually enough to then get you out there checking for your specific times/days.

My experience exactly!

 

[mcrowder1978]

Not dining but relevant to these issues- anyone notice a same delay for Savi's? I'm looking and seeing absolutely no availability which wasn't usually the case in the before times...

I just noticed this morning that Savi's has timeslots now, at least through the 13th of November. I was able to snag some for 11/10.

EDIT: I only looked through the 13th because we fly home in the 14th.

 

[DiznyDiva]

Blue Bayou has hours after November 10th. Anyone get any alerts or snag anything yet?