How early does Disney reservations open?

At approximately 6:00 AM daily, new reservation booking windows become available for select Walt Disney World restaurants.



For the 2026 travel season, Disney World resort and package reservations typically open roughly a year in advance, specifically on April 22, 2025, for dates through October 2026. Regarding dining and experience reservations, the standard window is 60 days in advance of your visit. If you are staying at a Disney Resort hotel, you receive a significant advantage: you can book dining for your entire stay (up to 10 days) starting 60 days before your check-in date. This "60+10" rule is crucial for securing high-demand spots like Be Our Guest or Space 220. For those staying off-site, reservations must be made exactly 60 days before each individual day of the trip. The booking window typically opens at 6:00 AM ET online, though some activities like the Enchanting Extras Collection may open as early as 12:00 AM or 5:45 AM ET. It is highly recommended to have your "My Disney Experience" account ready and logged in precisely when the window opens to ensure the best availability for popular restaurants.

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The 2024 Walt Disney World vacation packages and hotel rooms became available for booking beginning on May 31, 2023, with arrival dates starting on January 1, 2024.

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Exactly 60 days from the day you check in, be ready to book your preferred dining locations online at 6:00 am ET at DisneyWorld.com/dining/ or using the MyDisneyExperience app. Booking online gives you a one hour jump over calling for reservations. Have a credit card ready.

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How far in advance can I make dining reservations? A: Reservations are offered up to 60 days in advance at select restaurants throughout the Disneyland Resort and, due to limited availability, they are highly recommended.

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Early Theme Park Entry allows Disney Resort Guests (as well as guests from other select hotels) the opportunity to enter any of the 4 theme parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios) 30 minutes before non-Disney Resort guests.

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At approximately 6:00 AM daily, new reservation booking windows become available for select Walt Disney World restaurants.

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Guests with 1-5 day tickets can make reservations 120 days in advance of their visit and guests with Disneyland Magic Key Annual Passes can make park reservations 90 days before the day they hope to visit. Disneyland opens up reservation blocks throughout the time leading up to the actual park day.

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How to get Disneyland reservations when sold out
  1. Choose an alternate reservation date. The simplest, but probably not the most ideal, option is choosing another date that's available for your visit. ...
  2. Regularly check for updated availability. ...
  3. Get a park hopper ticket.


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Back in 2023, Disney announced during Star Wars Celebration that there would be more stories and characters and all new adventures coming to Star Tours in 2024. And now we know at least one of those new stories and characters will be Ahsoka, as seen in the new Disney+ series bearing the same name.

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Your reservation confirmation will state your Park Reservation Date, Selected Park and Arrival Time. At this time, your arrival window is “All Day.” This means you may enter your first theme park at any time during the theme park operational hours. You are not required to arrive by a certain time.

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In 2021, when the parks reopened after being shut down due to the pandemic, the Register reported that the monthly average attraction wait times was 21 minutes. In 2022, the average wait time was consistently above the 25-minute mark.

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Stakeout notifies you when reservations at your favorite Disney park restaurants become available. Popular restaurants at Disney parks are booked fast. But when plans change, reservations open up. With Stakeout, set alerts for specific restaurants, dates, and times and we will notify you when we find availability.

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I recommend that you start making your advanced dining reservations around 5:45 am 60-days out. If you are staying in the Disney Resorts Collection, you will be able to make reservations for your entire stay 60-days in advance of your check-in date. Otherwise, you must log in 60-days before you wish to dine.

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Guests are allowed to bring outside food and nonalcoholic beverages into the parks for self-consumption, provided they are not in glass containers, do not require heating, reheating, processing or refrigeration and do not have pungent odors. Inform a Security Cast Member of any food items when you enter the park.

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Early Entry at Magic Kingdom is a good way for on-site guests of Walt Disney World hotels to get a head-start, accomplishing a few attractions with low waits.

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Early Entry at the Disneyland Resort Guests who are checked in and staying at one of the Disneyland Resort hotels can enter Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park 30 minutes before regular park opening to enjoy select attractions, dining and shopping locations.

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Rope drop is Disney terminology for the time when a theme park, or part of a theme park, opens for the day. Historically, when a Walt Disney World theme park is closed, Disney often used ropes stretched across the entrance to prevent guests from coming in; thus, when the park is opened the rope is dropped.

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Because the number of park reservations is limited, they can occasionally run out. If you have found that the date you wish to visit no longer has reservations available, it's still worth checking the theme park reservation availability calendar often. You never know when other Guests may need to change their plans.

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