Do Entire Restaurants Close for Private Events?

[DISR]

Just curious...I tried booking Jiko for Aug 23rd the morning the booking window opened. There was no availability then. and that has not changed since. There is availability on days before and after that date. Jiko is one of my go-to restaurants and that is the only evening it works into the schedule for this trip. Not a huge deal, but it seems strange. This isn't usually a really tough reservation to get.

 

[DisneyJoe]

Just curious...I tried booking Jiko for Aug 23rd the morning the booking window opened. There was no availability then. and that has not changed since. There is availability on days before and after that date. Jiko is one of my go-to restaurants and that is the only evening it works into the schedule for this trip. Not a huge deal, but it seems strange. This isn't usually a really tough reservation to get.

It is possible

 

[Hockey89]

It is possible

I'm sure it is... If you have the money, they have the space.

 

[Jon81uk]

Just curious...I tried booking Jiko for Aug 23rd the morning the booking window opened. There was no availability then. and that has not changed since. There is availability on days before and after that date. Jiko is one of my go-to restaurants and that is the only evening it works into the schedule for this trip. Not a huge deal, but it seems strange. This isn't usually a really tough reservation to get.

There has been other threads about other restaurants not having availability at 180 days.

Try calling instead or try again later as they may just not have loaded all the availability to the system yet.

 

[JohnD]

Sure. Entire parks have closed for private events.

 

[dgauthier]

Try using open table they sometimes have seating available

 

[dgauthier]

just checked open table and it said Jiko only allows a 90 day advanced reservation, not sure if this restriction is only for open table

 

[DISR]

I will keep looking at the Disney App and open table. Just thought is was curious for one night to be unavailable so far in advance when nights before and after are available. The only theory I could come up with is a private event. Significant maintenance and/or renovations would be longer than one night and probably wouldn't happen on a Friday.

 

[arielrose]

They do. Morimoto called about a week before my reservation to reschedule because the restaurant would be closed for an event.

 

[nickys]

And I remember the kerfuffle a couple of years ago, maybe, when CRT closed one evening. There were a lot of very unhappy people who had reservations cancelled. They were offered alternatives, but it was only a month or so ahead of time.

 

[slappy magoo]

 

[HouCuseChickie]

I've also experienced Disney failing to load ADRs for all restaurants right at the 180 day mark. It's been a few years, but I had to wait nearly 2 weeks past my 180 one time to book one of my ADRs because the were just ridiculously slow to load everything.