Has anyone else noticed dining booked up?

[DisneyDreams4me]

I booked a vacation and upgraded my dining to get the sit down meals instead of all counter service. I was concerned because I booked 178 days out and thought a few of my favorite places for dinner might be unavailable. To my surprise, There is not a single sit down meal open at the Magic Kingdom the entire week we are there. (lunch or dinner) There are a few days that there are also no sit down meals at the Studios also. The garden Grill at epcot, which often sits half full, completely booked the entire week. I book every year with the free dining and have never run into such a thing. Last year, I even booked at 68 days in advance and still got nearly every ressie I wanted. This year (178 days out) I have ended up having to book 1130am-200pm almost every day for dinner because there are no park reservations available (only resorts). Has anyone else run into this?!? We are booked Nov 10-16.

 

[EmmieSue]

Same here, hit 180 today was trying to use phone ap to book a few places my daughter wanted to try. Ap kept crashing with no search available, got back to office and used the website, no luck on any. Did get a BoG for lunch but no dinner, even on non-event nights. Castle was available pretty much our entire trip for b'fast/lunch and dinner.

Anyone know the website that checks days/time for you with a small charge? Remember seeing a post on it before.

https://disneydiningbuddy.com/ This one?

 

[WDI 1998]

So I have read the thread as to why we think there are no reservations. I am going the same week Nov. 8th to 14th and taking our Granddaughter for her first trip. Both she and my wife want to eat at CRT. What would the best way to be to land those reservations?

 

[KTM1799]

https://disneydiningbuddy.com/ This one?

Thank you EmmieSue, I have never had a need for this service in the past but I am thinking about trying it out for this trip. The past 2 trips the ap has worked great, but after that last update it hasn't worked at all.

 

[deeevo]

I have noticed it. And it is very frustrating. I am a Florida resident and a Pass Holder and we go over monthly but we only go during the week when the crowd level is 5 or below. Don't get me wrong we do go over on a weekend when it is busier. My point is when we go we usually check for ADR's for that day or day we are staying and it is pretty easy to snag a ADR for the popular character meals on short notice. Now we just made reservation for Poly for September 14th through the 19th because it is the slowest week of the year or one of. I went online to load up on ADR's thinking it should be pretty easy to find something. Nope! Big fat Nope! Empty... I am not really concerned because I know as we get closer things will open up but what is the point you know?

 

[OvertheHorizon]

I tried to book online for lunch at The Boathouse or Raglan Road on Monday, November 2nd. I was told no times were available. I then called and Disney Dining confirmed those restaurants were booked. I was shocked for a Monday lunch, and speculated that there must be a large convention group in town (perhaps gathering in the Cirque Theater).

 

[JasonDeyoung]

I released a Chef Mickey brunch reservation for November 9 (2ppl) little bit ago if anyone's looking