Be Our Guest Restaurant reservations and alerts

What makes Be Our Guest special

Be Our Guest sits at the foot of the Beast's castle in Fantasyland, and it's one of the most immersive restaurants at Magic Kingdom.

For Beauty and the Beast fans, eating in the Beast's castle is a destination in itself rather than a convenient lunch stop.

Lunch and dinner are both a French-inspired, three-course prix-fixe meal. Disney doesn't serve breakfast here.

Disney doesn't list Be Our Guest as character dining or mention the Beast greeting guests, so treat any visit from him as a bonus.

Because it's inside the park, you need valid admission for the day, plus a theme park reservation if your ticket type calls for one.

Inside Be Our Guest's three dining rooms

You eat in one of three rooms: the Grand Ballroom under its domed ceiling and chandeliers, the Beast's West Wing study with the enchanted rose, or the Rose Gallery, where larger-than-life figures of Belle and Beast dance.

They feel completely different, and you can't request a room when booking. Cast members seat by availability rather than preference, so it's worth asking politely at check-in rather than assuming.

Be Our Guest lunch vs dinner

Disney publishes separate lunch and dinner menus, so check both if a particular dish matters to you.

On the Disney Dining Plan, either one uses two table-service credits per person, and children 9 and under get a three-course menu of their own.

The real difference is your day. Lunch leaves the evening free for the park, while dinner suits a day that starts late.

When Be Our Guest reservations open

Like other Disney World dining reservations, each date becomes bookable 60 days before it arrives, at around 6:00 AM Eastern.

Disney Resort hotel guests can book every night of their stay, up to 10, on the morning that falls 60 days before they check in. So if your date lands near the end of someone's hotel stay, they may have reserved it days before it reached your 60-day mark.

See When do Disney World dining reservations open?

Can Be Our Guest reservations become available later?

Yes. Missing Be Our Guest on day 60 doesn't mean you've missed it.

Across 10,000+ Disney World dining openings we analyzed, 73% appeared in the final three days, and 48% on the reservation day itself.

Plans change as a trip gets closer, and Be Our Guest charges a per-person fee for late cancellations or no-shows, which gives guests a reason to release tables they can no longer use.

See When do sold-out Disney World dining reservations open up?

How to get Be Our Guest reservations

Give yourself more chances to find a table.

See How to get Disney World dining reservations.

Be ready at around 6:00 AM Eastern when your date opens

It's your first chance at the date, unless a hotel guest's stay reached it first.

Settle your party size the night before, and know whether lunch or dinner fits your Magic Kingdom day.

If your trip spans several park days, start with the one you're surest will be your Magic Kingdom day.

Treat lunch as a real option

Lunch uses the same three-course format in the same themed rooms, so you still get the full Be Our Guest experience.

Plan around your Magic Kingdom day

Unlike a resort restaurant, Be Our Guest only works on a day you plan to be inside Magic Kingdom. If your park days aren't fixed yet, stay open to every date you could spend there, then build the day around whichever table comes through.

Line up a Magic Kingdom backup

If Be Our Guest stays full, Skipper Canteen, Liberty Tree Tavern and Tony's Town Square Restaurant are sit-down meals inside Magic Kingdom.

The Diamond Horseshoe in Liberty Square is taking reservations as a limited-time offering.

How to catch a Be Our Guest cancellation

A canceled table can be re-booked within minutes, and many last-minute openings appear while you're traveling or already in the park.

You don't have to keep checking. Park Drop monitors Be Our Guest around the clock and sends Disney dining alerts by email and text the moment a matching table opens, with a direct link to book.

Set an alert above with every date you could do, and include lunch and dinner if either works. A single alert can cover up to seven days in a row.

Keep your alert running through your dining date, because tables keep appearing once your trip starts.

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