The Garden View Lounge reservations and alerts

Afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian

Disney now books it as The Garden View Lounge – Tea Experience, but most guests still know it as the Garden View Tea Room, the name it carried for years.

The room is light and garden-themed, with a Victorian feel that suits the resort around it, and the service is a proper British afternoon tea.

What comes with tea

Pots of Twinings tea arrive with scones, small savory bites and pastries.

Adults choose the traditional service or a plant-based version, and children have an afternoon tea of their own.

The menu shifts with the seasons, so Disney’s site is the place to check what is on the stand and what it costs.

The Disney Dining Plan is not accepted here, so budget for tea separately if you are using one.

Why seats are scarce

It is a small lounge serving a single afternoon service, and tea is a slow, sit-and-talk occasion, so each table turns only a few times a day.

Interest has jumped too. Searches for Grand Floridian afternoon tea grew several times over in the past year, and weekend afternoons go first.

Full payment is taken when you book and the reservation cannot be changed afterward, so guests tend to commit only once their plans are firm.

Catching a cancellation

Canceling inside 24 hours forfeits the full price, so guests whose plans change usually release their table a day or more ahead rather than on the afternoon itself.

Set an alert above and Park Drop will email and text you when a matching seating opens. For characters in the same building, 1900 Park Fare is the one to watch.