Do we need to plan ?

[kk20]

Agreed. Look at the time slots now online and i bet some have already been filled.

Inventions was already booked at some slots we wanted and we were booking at 60 days!

[Elodie]

Yes, as above, I’d book restaurants and leave everything else to decide on when you get there. It does depend on where you want to eat. We’ve always gone in school holidays and been able to change reservations for standard / plus level restaurants at the last minute. For premium restaurants, it was very different - we booked at 60-65 days out, and they only had one time slot available for ADC on our last day (nothing at all on our first four days). Inventions had more availability, but we still didn’t get the times / days we wanted. I’d always book restaurants in advance, just to be sure of having somewhere to eat, then you can see if there is availability to make changes while you’re there. If there is, then you’re not tied to your original reservations.

Beyond that, you can pretty much go with the flow. On our first trip, we didn’t know anything (although luckily I’d booked restaurants) so our first day was just wandering around both parks, taking it all in and jumping on any rides that looked good and had a short queue, then highlighting any we missed on our park map. The next three days, we worked our way around the shows, rides and character meets that we’d marked on the map, and by the end of day 4 we’d done everything on our wish lists. That meant we could just spend day 5 being chilled and wandering around revisiting our favourite rides, etc.

[CRUELLA]

My sister is there now with standard half board .she didn’t book any restaurant s and she has found it very difficult to get a slot anywhere .

[Gill H]

You can’t book sittings at breakfast. They used to give you a time slot when you checked in, but I think they have stopped that now (perhaps they still do at busy times). However, even if you are given a time sl9t, you don’t have to go then. It just means there are two queues, and the ones with the slots get priority.

In practice we would always arrive at just before 7am when they open, to avoid the rush. By 7.15 it was a zoo.

[kenzzi]

Originally Posted by Gill H

You can’t book sittings at breakfast. They used to give you a time slot when you checked in, but I think they have stopped that now (perhaps they still do at busy times). However, even if you are given a time sl9t, you don’t have to go then. It just means there are two queues, and the ones with the slots get priority.

In practice we would always arrive at just before 7am when they open, to avoid the rush. By 7.15 it was a zoo.

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Ohh thank you ,this is good to know, i have been worrying that we would get the later time slot for breakfast, meaning we would miss EMH.

Think we will do this then what ever time slot they give (if they still do)

[sammykitten]

Originally Posted by CRUELLA

My sister is there now with standard half board .she didn’t book any restaurant s and she has found it very difficult to get a slot anywhere .

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City hall in the main park or the concierge desk at her hotel should be able to help with all availability, and if your sisters group can go for an early dinner time they might find better availability.