Hi Taryn,
I often plan my family’s trips to Walt Disney World Resort well after the 180-day reservation window. This has made it more difficult for us to dine at places like
Be Our Guest Restaurant and
Cinderella’s Royal Table… but difficult doesn’t mean impossible!
My first recommendation would be to keep checking to see whether another Guest has cancelled a
dining reservation that you can snap up. I’ve found that logging on first thing in the morning is when I have the most luck with some harder-to-get reservations, but I’ve also seen some pop up in the middle of the day too.
My biggest and best recommendation, however, would be to check availability 24-48 hours before the day that you’d like to dine in a given Walt Disney World restaurant. That’s when LOTS of dining reservations get cancelled in order to ensure that Guests aren’t charged a no-show fee pursuant to each individual restaurant’s
cancellation policy. I’ve found from experience that reservations often start popping up a week beforehand, so that’s definitely when I would start checking in earnest if you have your heart set on dining at a certain location.
I hope my tips help you plan your upcoming vacation and that you’ll be able to dine like (and maybe even with!) royalty during your visit to Magic Kingdom Park! Should you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to come back and visit us.
Have a Magical Day,
Lynne