Hi Lucy!
Welcome to planDisney.
It's so nice to be able to assist a fellow Guest from the UK, so thank you for sending in such a great question. We love to be organised before our holidays and I'm always a little happier once I've got all my dining reservations in place!
Dining reservations open up at 60 days in advance. If you have linked your Disney Resort hotel reservation to your My Disney Experience account you will be able to make reservations for the first 10 days of your holiday. You can then go in each day after that and make one more reservation until the end of your trip. For the most popular restaurants, I suggest you make them towards the end of the extra 10-day window when they are more likely to be available.
Popular restaurants at Magic Kingdom Park are
Cinderella's Royal Table, Be Our Guest Restaurant and The Crystal Palace. Some of my other favourites that are always tricky to secure are
Storybook Dining at Artist Point with Snow White (Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort) and California Grill (Disney's Contemporary Resort).
Enchanted Extras Collection offers several lovely experiences that you can book in advance.
I enjoy the
Fantasmic! Dining Package which reserves you a seat in a VIP area of the theater and a pre-show dining reservation at a choice of 3 restaurants at Disney's Hollywood Studios; and Magic Kingdom FIreworks Dessert Parties (enjoy sweet treats in a reserved seated area, before or after the fireworks).
Appointments for our sparkling princesses and cool knights at the
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique are currently not available to be made in advance from the UK. As soon as you arrive in the US you can access online booking for this on your My Disney Experience app, but if it's fully booked already please remember that cancellations do occur so it's always worth visiting the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique as early as possible on your day at Magic Kingdom Park to see if there if any appointments have become available for that day.
Please come back and visit us if you have any further questions, and you can
send me a direct question for more details about these reservations or anything else if you wish. We will be happy to help you plan your magical holiday.
Sue