Getting Priority Seating for October/November

[KentB3]

I am currently in the process of planning a WDW trip, and probably will be going either in October or November. I was asking if it would be easier to get Priority Seating for a trip in October or November than for a businer time of the year like Summer. Here are some of the restaurants I was considering PS for:

Alfredo's of Rome (L'Originale Alfredo Di Roma Ristorante)
Chef Mickey's
Cinderella's Royal Table (breakfast)
Coral Reef Restaurant
Crystal Palace
Donald's Breakastosarus (at Restaurantosarus in Animal Kingdom)
Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano
1900 Park Faire
Rose & Crown Pub and Dining Room
Tony's Town Square Restaurant

 

[TravisMT81]

for some locations is easier but it seems that more people are planning like you and ps are more scarce.

Chef Mickey's
Cinderella's Royal Table (breakfast)
1900 Park Faire

those three will need to be done 90 days out at 7am.

 

[shari71]

Thanks for the heads up. I am in the process of getting ready to schedule our vacation for oct/nov and this really helps. My daughter absolutely loved Cinderella's Royal Castle on the last trip so I was planning to do that again. 90 days is marked on the calendar now.

 

[1000th_Guest]

Originally posted by shari71
Thanks for the heads up. I am in the process of getting ready to schedule our vacation for oct/nov and this really helps. My daughter absolutely loved Cinderella's Royal Castle on the last trip so I was planning to do that again. 90 days is marked on the calendar now.

Be sure to call for C'sRC @ 7:00 Eastern Time. As near as I can tell the castle breakfast runs out of PSs very early any time of year.

The need for early PSs for the other restaurants depends on exactly when you are going. You say "october or november". Early November (through the week before Thanksgiving) will be very light, and PSs will be easy. Late October crowds are a little more heavy (or so it seemed to me).

Of course, you can always wait for pre-Christmas (when we're going this year). Crowds are even lighter, and the decorations are up.

 

[TURKEY]

Probally won't even need to get one until you arrive:

Alfredo's
Coral Reef
Mama Melrose
Rose and Crown (unless at Illuminations time)
Tony's
Donald's

If you want to be safe, you can call about 2-4 weeks before you actually get there for these.


The others you will need to call at the 90 days out to get a chance, or at least a good time for 1900 Park Fare, Crystal Palace, Chef Mickeys, etc.

 

[HennieBogan1966]

Our last 2 trips, we've had to make our ps 90 days out at both Cinderella's Castle, and Coral Reef. With Cinderella's Castle, they didn't have many times available, as we tried to change times, but couldn't, on both occasions. So book as early as possible from 90 days to your date, then call by 7am eastern to help out.

Good luck and have a great trip!!!

Brian

 

[Nicole]

We went last November and I didn't have any trouble getting PS at any of the places I tried. I did make my reservations close to 60 days out. We were a group of seven too, which I thought might be difficult, but I was even able to make a PS for 12 on a Saturday morning at Chef Mickey's, about 50 days ahead. I didn't even try for Cinderella's - that one scares me!!

 

[shari71]

Last year was the first time I tried PS and since they had just changed the policy on the number of days to call in on, I was able to get what ever time I wanted. Don't think I will be that lucky this year. Hope to call on our plans this week and then mark the date on the calendar to call in. Royal Table is a must with two little girls and of course my husband loved the breakfast.