iluvMainStMagic
Active Member
I'm so sorry you had to change some of your plans and cancel an ADR that you were looking forward to 
I hope the rest of your trip goes smoothly and is extra Magical 
& I hope you won't have any trouble making another ADR that you will enjoy just as much as the original one! My suggestion would be to talk with a dining CM, by phone or at any Guest Services location, if you have to do it once you get there - have several places in mind to ask about, you can always have them check what is available if those aren't. There are some great suggestions already posted here.
Something that worked well for us is- if you don't mind sitting at 2 tables, you might be able to get 2 reservations for 3-4 people each, within 5-15 min of each other. Then you can check in for both at the same time and let them know that you are together. They will usually try their best to seat you near each other. We did this for several ADR's a couple of years ago with a party of more than 8 (when there were no large tables available) and they did a great job of seating us at about the same time & close by - once or twice they even gave us a larger table so we could sit together even though our ADR's weren't made that way. The downside of this is that they have to ADR's available for 2 tables, but restaurants have many more tables for 4 than they do for 6 or more, so the odds aren't too bad.
I hope the rest of your trip goes smoothly and is extra Magical & I hope you won't have any trouble making another ADR that you will enjoy just as much as the original one! My suggestion would be to talk with a dining CM, by phone or at any Guest Services location, if you have to do it once you get there - have several places in mind to ask about, you can always have them check what is available if those aren't. There are some great suggestions already posted here.Something that worked well for us is- if you don't mind sitting at 2 tables, you might be able to get 2 reservations for 3-4 people each, within 5-15 min of each other. Then you can check in for both at the same time and let them know that you are together. They will usually try their best to seat you near each other. We did this for several ADR's a couple of years ago with a party of more than 8 (when there were no large tables available) and they did a great job of seating us at about the same time & close by - once or twice they even gave us a larger table so we could sit together even though our ADR's weren't made that way. The downside of this is that they have to ADR's available for 2 tables, but restaurants have many more tables for 4 than they do for 6 or more, so the odds aren't too bad.
