Surprisingly hard to get ADR?

[CaroM8]

We all know the big ones to get as soon as your 60 days hit - CRT, Ohana, Topolino's breakfast etc...

What are some ADR's one might not think of making thinking they would be easy to get closer to the date or even as a walk up? But you end up being disappointed.

I'm going in September with my 7yr old daughter - we are not doing lots of TS this time, maybe one. But not making any ADR's we will see day off what we can get and what we feel like eating.

 

[Pyxie]

I underestimated how difficult Yak & Yeti can be to get, but you can use a Landry's card so it's not a big deal really.

 

[BigOnDis]

I was surprised of all the ADR's I made for my last trip that Steakhouse 71 was the hardest to get, even harder than Chef Mickey's. Had to pick a later time than we wanted, but we still got it.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

Scifi is consistently my hardest to get ADR. This most recent trip I didn’t have as much of an issue but usually it’s very hard to get.

 

[NYCgrrl]

We frequently eat at Disney Springs to avoid the whole ADR craziness by booking via OpenTable but this Memorial Day visit have booked 2 Disney eateries successfully : Flying Fish for me and Ohana for DGD. Will wait until we are on-site to book other places except maybe the Cake Bake Shop. Might be wise to book in advance.


ETA: May have been sheer luck getting Ohana but got it I did and on the first try.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

I had no problem getting Ohana this most recent trip either (January 2025) and it’s usually hard to get. I dont know what was going on but ADRs for normally hard to get places were fairly easy this trip. The only one that I had a little difficulty with this trip was Raglan Road, and I tried open table and Disney but could only get a 9pm ADR. Maybe less people are eating sit down due to prices?