How flexible are dining reservations

[erinnn77]

I have a dining reservation at Yak and Yeti for 6:30pm and a fast pass for FOP 6:15-7:15pm. My husband wants to ride flight of passage before we eat cause he gets a little motion sick on that ride. Does anyone know how flexible they are with reservations? How long do they hold your spot? I’ve been checking everyday for later reservation or earlier FP but no luck. Thank you!

 

[Hcalvert]

I have a dining reservation at Yak and Yeti for 6:30pm and a fast pass for FOP 6:15-7:15pm. My husband wants to ride flight of passage before we eat cause he gets a little motion sick on that ride. Does anyone know how flexible they are with reservations? How long do they hold your spot? I’ve been checking everyday for later reservation or earlier FP but no luck. Thank you!

How many more days until your trip? You are more than likely going to find a later reservation than earlier FOP FP. I have been trying to find an earlier FP for 7DMT since I booked it and I am running out of time (less than 3 weeks) until my trip. It will not affect any reservations, just what time I hop to another park.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

You can enter the FP+ line at 6:10pm.

Personally I never recommend being at all late to an ADR.
The CM's working that day will determine your fate since there is no standard grace period for ADR's.
I'd really try to get there no later than 10 minutes past your ADR.

 

[drizgirl]

If nothing will budge in your schedule, I'd swing by the restaurant earlier in the day and tell them you could be a few minutes late. Hopefully they will put your mind at ease.

 

[Chi84]

Yak and Yeti is a Landry's restaurant. You can get a Landry's card for $25 (I believe they then credit your meal $25), and you will not need an ADR. You can just show up with the card and you'll be seated usually before those with ADRs. We've done this several times.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Yak and Yeti is a Landry's restaurant. You can get a Landry's card for $25 (I believe they then credit your meal $25), and you will not need an ADR. You can just show up with the card and you'll be seated usually before those with ADRs. We've done this several times.

I have the card as well - the link to sign up is: https://www.landrysselect.com/ - Rainforest Cafe and TRex are also Landry restaurants. You also get a $25 credit on your birthday month.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Yak and Yeti is a Landry's restaurant. You can get a Landry's card for $25 (I believe they then credit your meal $25), and you will not need an ADR. You can just show up with the card and you'll be seated usually before those with ADRs. We've done this several times.

I wanted to "second" this excellent advice! I got a Landry's Select Club card a couple of years ago, just to see how it would work at Yak & Yeti and T-Rex. (Rainforest Cafe at AK and DS is also a Landry's property, but we didn't eat there.) Even though both places were busy when we showed up without any ADR and nervously flashed our Landry's card, we were seated in minutes with great fanfare* (and at T-Rex, they even radioed in from the receptionist's podium outside to ask that the next available table in our desired section be reserved for us!), and the manager visited our table during each meal to ask how everything was and personally thank us for being members. They really made us feel like total V.I.P.s! As others already mentioned, it costs $25 for the card. However, we used the $25 "welcome reward" credit on our first meal, and a $25 "birthday reward" credit on our second meal, since it fell during my birth month, so we netted a $25 savings. Not to mention the inestimable intrinsic value of knowing you can show up to eat whenever it works best for you, instead of having to stick to a time that was set 6 months before...

*Note: Per the Landry's website, the "priority seating" benefit for Landry's Select Club applies to parties of 6 or less.

You can purchase the card online and expect it to arrive within 10 business days.

Landry's Select Club