Disney has announced a significant upgrade to the Walt Disney World dining reservation system that will make finding availability much easier.
Soon, with a single search, you can view available dining reservations for any restaurant for up to 10 days at a time.
Disney recently rolled out another upgrade to let guests view all available reservation time slots for each restaurant on a given date. The system previously only showed a few open slots based on a specified timeframe.
According to WDWMAGIC sources familiar with the upgrades, a so-far unannounced feature will include availability notifications for fully booked restaurants.
Currently, guests have to manually keep checking for an opening or rely on a third-party service to do the work for them. The new notification system will send you an alert via My Disney Experience when a reservation opens up, and you will then be able to book it through the usual methods. However, the reservation will not be made automatically, so you may be competing with other guests who have set up availability alerts for the same restaurant and date.
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