GETTING A RESERVATION AT BE OUR GUEST
Among this site’s more than 4 million visitors are a lot of Disney insiders, who sometimes send helpful notes about various items.
One of the best is DisneyDiningAgent, who posted an important comment yesterday covering a lot of topics.
One of his (or her!) topics was why it’s so hard to get a table service reservation at Be Our Guest.
BE OUR GUEST IS BOOKING UP AS FAR OUT AS 190 DAYS OUT
Dining reservations at Disney World open at 180 days out, except for Walt Disney World resort hotel guests. For these guests, bookings open at 180 days, but the window for booking extends from their arrival date through the next ten days.
This means they can book Be Our Guest up to 190 days out. And, according to DisneyDiningAgent, they are.
Now obviously not everyone is staying for ten days.
But what happens is that the people staying 5 days book it 185 days out, those staying 6, 186 days out, etc. So when people call 180 days ahead and try to book Be Our Guest for the date 180 days in advance, the capacity 180 days out is often gone, so, if they are a WDW resort hotel guest, they then book it for later in their visit…and then people calling the next day have the same problem, and respond the same way.
There’s no great answer to this.
If you really want to do dinner at Be Our Guest (right now, until Fastpass+ emerges, the only reservable meal), your odds will be best if you stay at a Disney resort, aim to do Be Our Guest on the last day of your visit, and be on-line at 6a eastern the first day you can book. If the on-line system isn’t working (all too common–more on that later), then start dialing the phone just before 7a.
What’s your Be Our Guest story? Were you able to book 180 days out, or, if you stayed in a WDW resort, did you pick–or get stuck with–a date later in the reservations window?
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117 Comments on "Why You Can’t Get Be Our Guest Reservations, Even at 180 Days…"
I’m going with my mother in June. She sort of took over all of the planning, but we didn’t even know that we would be going to Disney until about 100 days before we’re planned to leave. She found some sort of special option for a lunch reservation or something along those lines. Not the counter service lunch that the they have, but a sit down lunch where you order all of your food before you even get to Orlando. I’m pretty hazy about what it is, but it might be something to look into?
Hi Gina! What a cute wedding idea! Is he really a beast? You can only book 180 days ahead (or closer). If you have booked a Disney hotel, then once the 180 day rolls around, you can then book ten days after–which puts you nine days ahead of the line.
My husband and I had a “Beauty and the Beast ” themed wedding and I would really love to book BOG for October 26th of 2015. I don’t think they allow anyone to book that far out? Any suggestions? Do i book a hotel stay beforehand? It would make our trip just so special and I am afraid we won’t get a reservation for dinner.
Kate, BOG can serve perhaps a 50th of the guests at the park on any given day…
Today is day 180 of my 6 day trip. NOT one dinner reservation the entire trip! I am not even going at a peak time and I still can’t get a table . Doesn’t make sense as the restaurant is rather large. The rep told me that they do not release add’l tables on day 180 but I am going to give it a shot anyway. Quite disappointing! Doesn’t make sense that the place is already full.