Plaza seating time?

[CarrieR]

I hope this is the right forum - this is more about a "lack of" reservations than reservations, but...

We would like to eat dinner at the Plaza on our arrival night in April - somewhere in the range of dinnertimeish, although we're not too picky. We're flying in that morning and can really be to MK anytime, although we'd prefer not rushing/arriving late afternoon.

Plaza, of course, does not offer dinner reservations in advance. Does anyone know how early we need to make a reservation for dinner on that day? Is it an advance reservation (I wander over at 11A and ask for 6:30P) or a wait time (I arrive at 5:30P and am told a one hour wait, here's a pager, see you at 6:30?)

I've eaten at Plaza plenty, but never without a reservation - and the one time we ate at Skippers under this system we were seated immediately. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[BriLovesDisney]

You used to be able to walk up to the Plaza and get seated without a reservation but I highly doubt that would happen now with its popularity.

I would keep checking closer to your arrival day at certain "milestones": 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 week, 2 days, 24 hours. Checking at off times of the day (when people won't be on the site) also helps. I once found a BOG reservation for a prime time when I went on the site at 11:00 p.m 3 days before my arrival.

 

[CarrieR]

Thanks for your response!

The issue is not that I'm unable to get a reservation - the issue is that Plaza no longer takes reservations (except for 11A to noon) and has moved to same-day seating only. The change happened maybe a year ago? Hoping to hear from someone who has experienced it to find out how quickly the slots book up.

 

[1437disney]

I hope this is the right forum - this is more about a "lack of" reservations than reservations, but...

We would like to eat dinner at the Plaza on our arrival night in April - somewhere in the range of dinnertimeish, although we're not too picky. We're flying in that morning and can really be to MK anytime, although we'd prefer not rushing/arriving late afternoon.

Plaza, of course, does not offer dinner reservations in advance. Does anyone know how early we need to make a reservation for dinner on that day? Is it an advance reservation (I wander over at 11A and ask for 6:30P) or a wait time (I arrive at 5:30P and am told a one hour wait, here's a pager, see you at 6:30?)

I've eaten at Plaza plenty, but never without a reservation - and the one time we ate at Skippers under this system we were seated immediately. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Did you try making a reservation? I have one booked for 4pm in early December. Good luck!!

 

[BriLovesDisney]

Thanks for your response!

The issue is not that I'm unable to get a reservation - the issue is that Plaza no longer takes reservations (except for 11A to noon) and has moved to same-day seating only. The change happened maybe a year ago? Hoping to hear from someone who has experienced it to find out how quickly the slots book up.

Hmm. I have a reservation at 1:30 for The Plaza in December.

 

[CarrieR]

Yes, I tried. None are available. I can get pretty much anything else on property - including high demand restaurants - but no Plaza.

I read something elsewhere that they may be available during high crowd times, but during my time period it seems to be the stated policy of 11 til noon.