Dining reservations question

[julianabixby]

We have decided to go to Disney the first weekend in December and do a long weekend (fri to wed) Since it's less than 180 days, BOG is already booked for the days we will be there. Any advice on how we might still be able to eat there? Also, if you were to do one character dining, where would you recommend going? Thanks!

[littlenoodie]

touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/reservation-finder#

This is the reservation finder through touring plans. Enter your info and they will send you an alert when a time opens. Also, I would just keep checking randomly as openings pop up all the time.

[curbsideprophet]

Just keep checking. What meal are you looking for at BOG?

Sometimes they hold back time. People will also drop after they book their FPs.

You can also follow the cancellation thread on Disboards.

As for character meals, what characters do you want? Mickey?princesses?

[ilikedonuts]

Just remember you can't book a reservation past 6:15 at BOG on a night there is the Christmas party unless you have tickets for it.

[julianabixby]

Aug 3, 2016 21:49:09 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Just keep checking. What meal are you looking for at BOG?

Sometimes they hold back time. People will also drop after they book their FPs.

You can also follow the cancellation thread on Disboards.

As for character meals, what characters do you want? Mickey?princesses?

Any meal works for us! I would just be happy to go 😊

For characters, I honestly think I would be happy with any of them if it was a fun place! Princesses might be nice since we will have two little girls with us, but I think any of the characters would be neat for them to be honest.

[curbsideprophet]

I have found BOG breakfast and lunch easier to get overall.

For princesses I will recommend Akershus if you can get it (my only experience is with breakfast).

[revolution]

For princesses, I second Akershus in Epcot. We've done lunch there and DD was in heaven.

I would do what others have suggested and set up an alert, watch the boards, and just keep trying.

[kittycatlove]

Just keep checking for openings. We scored a BOG dinner just a couple of days before our trip last December.
Good luck!

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Aug 3, 2016 19:46:55 GMT -5 julianabixby said:

We have decided to go to Disney the first weekend in December and do a long weekend (fri to wed) Since it's less than 180 days, BOG is already booked for the days we will be there. Any advice on how we might still be able to eat there? Also, if you were to do one character dining, where would you recommend going? Thanks!

Look the morning before. LOTS of cancellations happen at the 24-hour mark and things open up. 

[Deleted]

BOG has an 8:30am available for tomorrow pre-Rope Drop. All of the pre rope drop meals seem to have availability the day before.

[huskymom]

Ditto the touring plans app - worth the $10-$12 We booked 2.5 months out and got CRT, BOG, 'ohana, everything we wanted at good times.