Disney World is continuing their phased reopening! While the theme parks have been reopen for a couple of months now, we’re STILL seeing more locations and experiences reopen for guests to enjoy with the new health and safety guidelines in place.
Magic Kingdom
As the phased reopening continues, two more table service restaurants are preparing to reopen in Disney World. And in preparation for welcoming guests back, you can now book those Advance Dining Reservations for these two locations!
Reservations are open NOW for both Cinderella’s Royal Table in Magic Kingdom and Hollywood and Vine at Disney’s Hollywood Studios via My Disney Experience. Cinderella’s Royal Table will reopen on September 24, and Hollywood and Vine will follow one day later, on September 25.
Cinderella’s Royal Table
One MAJOR change to note is that for now, Cinderella’s Royal Table will NOT be a character dining experience. Hollywood and Vine, however, will be (more on that in a sec!).
Table Set Up
Pre-closure, a dining reservation for Cinderella’s Royal Table was hard to come by, so we recommend you book ASAP if you know when you’ll be in the parks! Even with no princesses visiting your table for the time being, we suspect that dining inside Cinderella’s Castle may still be a hard-to-get reservation.
Foyer Fireplace
This is the first time guests can dine inside the castle (with its new pink look!) since the closures, so if you’re considering booking a reservation, definitely hop on the opportunity!
Vaulted Ceilings in Cinderella’s Royal Table
Hollywood and Vine has typically offered seasonal character dining experiences, and it looks like that trend will continue for the remainder of 2020! Minnie’s Seasonal Dine will take place beginning September 25th, and Minnie’s Holiday Dine will take place beginning November 6th. Character interactions will be modified however to keep guests and Cast Members safe!
Halloween Hollywood and Vine Coming This Year!
Hollywood and Vine is traditionally a buffet, but with Disney World’s new health and safety guidelines, the food will instead be served family style, similar to the modified buffet dining experiences we saw at Chef Mickey’s (only this time, you’ll actually get to wave to the characters!).
Santa Goofy at Minnie’s Holiday Dine
Remember that at this time, Disney World has shortened their Advance Dining Reservation window from 180 days to 60 days. Also in mind that a confirmed dining reservation will NOT count as park admission. You must have both valid theme park admission as well as a confirmed Park Pass Reservation in order to enter the theme park you wish to visit!
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Have you been able to make dinner reservations for Cinderella’s Royal Table? I’ve been trying all morning and you can’t even search for any times except lunch. I spoke to a few cast members via chat and they all had different answers for me and none of them really seemed to know they just provided guesses. Weird because everything points to it being open for both lunch and dinner?
Any news on what pricing will be for these two experiences with the modified offerings?
Miranda, new pricing for CRT was reported today! Read it here.
Have been trying to get in to Hollywood and Vine but but booked up so far! However I have seen several Cinderella’s castle openings, go figure..
Do you have an exact time when the 60 day window opens? 6 AM eastern time?
You can book for dinner, you need to go to the Disney World website in order to book it, it’s not on the Disney app. It took me five hours to find the dining hours. The price is $60 per adult
Travis, I believe it’s usually 7AM for phone reservations, but as far as I know, Disney hasn’t said anything official for opening online availability.