Hi Louis,
Welcome to planDisney!
Without knowing what dates you were searching, I am not exactly sure what happened with those dining reservations. When I have checked for certain dates for popular dining experiences, I can say that some experiences do get booked very quickly. I was online to book
Space 220 Restaurant on the day reservations opened and availability vanished in minutes.
Do keep searching. Cancelations happen. We also occasionally use an online dining reservation finder to help us secure last-minute or hard-to-get reservations. Normally, however, I just pick a night to search for a few hours and have had great luck with that strategy.
Also know that Guests with resort hotel reservations can book advanced dining reservations and other experiences 60-days in advance for the length of their stay up to 10 days. So, when we have a shorter trip, I sometimes find it harder to get dining reservations. Scenario - you have a three day trip and someone else has a 10 day trip that starts before your trip, you are both trying to make dining reservations for the same day, the person with the 10-day trip that starts a few days before yours would have a
dining reservation window that opened earlier than yours, so they could book before you.
Louis, I know how disappointing it can be to not get the dining reservations that you wish. I also know that a reservation time might open up, so do keep checking! And, in the meantime, make sure to review features of the
My Disney Experience Mobile App. We love to use
Mobile Dine Check-in and
Mobile Food & Beverage Ordering!
Sending a little dining reservation pixie dust your way!
Magic and memories,
Donyell