Welcome to planDisney, Tamara!
The
Walk-Up Wait Lists are such an amazing new feature on the
My Disney Experience Mobile App.
Now, the first thing that you should know is that these wait-lists operate on current restaurant availability, so you may not be able to join the waitlist for some locations, while other locations have pretty open availability. Location availability can change by the day, or even by the hour so you will want to keep checking throughout the day.
What you will want to do is to open your handy-dandy My Disney Experience Mobile App and click the "+" that is located in the bottom center of the screen and then select "Check Dining Availability." On the next screen, you can select your party size and click today's date. Under "Time" click "Now."
You will see a
list of locations that have the Walk-Up Wait List feature enabled. If the location is currently accepting walk-ups, there will be an estimated time listed and you will be advised to move closer to the restaurant entrance to join the waitlist.
I have heard that people have better luck joining these wait-lists closest to the opening time of the location, but you will not be able to join until the restaurant has opened for the day. Additionally, you should know that you can be called at any time! So you will not want to join until you are ready to eat. When your table is ready, you will be sent a push notification on your phone.
I hope that this gave you a bit of clarification, Tamara!
Please come back here if we can help answer any other questions for you!
See you real soon!
Sarah B.