I should have too! I was just playing around about 2 weeks AFTER making most of my ressies at 180 days and had no intentions on dining there for dinner but low and behold an 8:20pm slot was available on a SATURDAY at that 10/24!!! If we miss the fireworks or something no buggy because we will be watching them on the previous Saturday and possibly another night as well. So I snagged it fast quick and in a hurry and I'll ask questions later!!! Hahaha We already had our lunch booked there the week before as we do love eating lunch me and DH, there but now after not even trying at all by pure luck we will be eating there for dinner also. Worked ot perfectly because we did not even make a reservation that might prior to that yet.
. So a tip...maybe not want the reservation and it might just pop up! Lol 
Lunch is generally easier to come by than the dinner. We have had no problems getting lunch every trip before and to include our upcoming trip in Oct. we got 2 different days for lunch.
Aloha!!!Aloha to all!
I visit the Magic Kingdom once or twice a year annually. Ever since the new Fantasyland opened and the Be Our Guest restaurant began serving. I haven't had ANY luck being able to dine at the restaurant. They're usually booked. I have tried going for lunch several times and usually by the time I entered the park there was already a line all the way down about 50 heads. The other time I went they told me they were completely booked.
I've gotten an opportunity to walk through some parts of it during the early morning hours (before they offered the breakfast option) but I haven't been really able to enter the West Wing, Ballroom or the Castle Gallery.
Any tips on how to get to have lunch at Be Our Guest for my next visit?
Thank you
Thank you! I guess that is just what I will have to do on my next visit as well. Since I don't stay on property nor book too far in advanced!
The plus side is that at least some of us will get to see it, and it will be easier to find a reservation for the rest of our party later. It's kinda crazy to be splitting up to be able to see a counter service restaurant, but it's definitely better than not doing it at all, and not that much different than splitting up to ride different rides that not everyone wants to do.
Unfortunately, I was under the impression that BoG reservations were only 30 or 60 days out, so I missed our 180 day window. I was, however, able to just now make a reservation for 3 for a day during our trip in Nov. The only problem is that there's five of us!
Used Disney Dining Buddy thanks to a suggestion here, got a 12pm lunch reservation for 5 for July 4th week when there hadn't been anything available for a while. Definitely keep checking, or use DDB if you want the checking done for you
