Dining at the Disney World Restaurants has grown in popularity over the last several years.  From the advent of the FREE Dining promotions to the growing popularity of the Disney Dining Plan, more people are now dining at the Disney World Table Service Restaurants.

This is not a bad thing, but it does mean that prior to arriving for your Disney World Vacation it is important to plan which Disney World Restaurants you would like to eat at and on which nights.  Then, starting up to 180 days prior to your vacation, you need to visit the on-line Disney World site to make reservations.

Many of the most popular Disney World Restaurants are filling up ahead of time to the point that they do not take "day of" reservations and rarely have space for walk-ups.  This leads to long lines at the few restaurants that do save space for walk-ups.  At the end of a long day in the Disney World Theme Parks, the last thing that your family is going to want to do is wait 1 to 2 hours for a table to eat.

In order to make the most of your Disney World Vacation, planning your Table Service Meals (aka sit down restaurants) ahead of time is required.  Although that may be against your nature to plan where you are going to eat weeks or months in advance, by making the FREE Reservations ahead of time you put yourself in control of where your family will eat.  You also reserve a time to eat and avoid excessive waits, which is definitely desired after a busy Disney World day.