The Race Plan
Booking morning playbook
The 28 days of prep + the dawn-of-day race itself. ADRs disappear in seconds at 6 AM ET — this page is what you open at 5:55 AM with one hand on the refresh button.
Next dawn: Character Dining (ADRs) + BBB + Workshops
12:00 AM ET
BBB opens
6:00 AM ET
ADRs open
7:00 AM ET
Workshops open
Hit this FIRST at 6:00:00 AM ET
#1 · Cinderella's Royal Table
Mon, Aug 17 · 8:00 PM · 4 guests
The headline princess meal — inside the castle, full princess rotation
0/6
ADRs booked
0/17
Total targets
0/9
Preflight checklist
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Days until ADR dawn
Pre-flight checklist — do tonight
Knock these out the evening BEFORE your booking day. A 30-minute fail mid-race because your card declined is the worst-case scenario.
The dawn sequence
Booking windows fire in this order. Treat each timestamp as a hard deadline. Mark each pick as Booked or Missed in real-time.
12:00 AM ET
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
Child 1 · Castle Package
Tue, Aug 18 @ 3:00 PM · $250–300
💡 Pre-NSS party transformation — be done by 4 PM for the 4 PM party entry
Child 2 · Crown Package
Tue, Aug 18 @ 3:15 PM · $80–95
💡 Same Tuesday appointment 15 min apart — try to book back-to-back
6:00 AM ET
Character Dining (ADRs) — book in priority order
#1 · Cinderella's Royal Table
Mon, Aug 17 @ 8:00 PM · 4 guests
→ The headline princess meal — inside the castle, full princess rotation
#2 · 1900 Park Fare
Sun, Aug 16 @ 6:00 PM · 4 guests
→ Only spot for Tiana + Mirabel + Cinderella + Aladdin in one meal — arrival-night welcome
💡 GF is one monorail stop from Contemporary
#3 · 'Ohana
Tue, Aug 18 @ 4:00 PM · 4 guests
→ Birthday Tuesday pre-NSS dinner — Stitch is here, kid-friendly, fast
#4 · California Grill
Fri, Aug 21 @ 8:00 PM · 4 guests
→ Last fireworks dinner from Contemporary — 15th floor + Happily Ever After soundtrack
#5 · Chef Mickey's
Sun, Aug 16 @ 8:30 AM · 4 guests
→ Arrival-day breakfast — literally in the Contemporary lobby
#6 · Trattoria al Forno
Sat, Aug 22 @ 8:30 AM · 4 guests
→ Departure-morning breakfast — 1-min walk from Boardwalk room
💡 Character breakfast suspended — regular Italian only
#7 · Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (backup)
Mon, Aug 17 @ 12:00 PM · 4 guests
→ BACKUP — princess rotation if CRT or 1900 fails. Norway pavilion lunch.
#8 · Storybook Dining at Artist Point (backup)
Thu, Aug 20 @ 7:00 PM · 4 guests
→ BACKUP — Snow White + Evil Queen. Unique theming.
7:00 AM ET
Galaxy's Edge Workshops (pre-paid)
Savi's Workshop — Build a Lightsaber
Wed, Aug 19 @ 11:00 AM · One kid (or adult) · $249.99 + tax
💡 Pre-paid at booking — non-refundable inside 24h
Droid Depot — Build a Droid
Wed, Aug 19 @ 1:00 PM · Both kids · $119.99 + tax each
💡 Add accessories ($15-30) at checkout
Lightning Lane Single Pass dawn
Different dawn — same race
· 7:00 AM ET
Single Pass selections sell out within minutes at peak season. Buy in this priority order — cheapest first if budgeting.
#1 · Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Sun, Aug 16 · MK · Late afternoon · $11–15/person
#2 · Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Mon, Aug 17 · EPCOT · Mid-morning · $23–25/person
#3 · Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
Wed, Aug 19 · HS · Rope drop or first hour · $25–30/person
#4 · Avatar Flight of Passage
Thu, Aug 20 · AK · Rope drop · $25–30/person
#5 · TRON Lightcycle / Run
Fri, Aug 21 · MK · Morning · $19–23/person
💡 48" height — Rider Switch for any kid under
Dawn-of-day wisdom
🎯Book in priority order — don't browse, don't second-guess. Hit your first target then move on.
⏰BBB books at midnight ET (NOT 6 AM). Common mistake — set a midnight alarm separately.
🔄If a slot fails, immediately try the next priority. Don't hit back — you lose your spot in the queue.
📞MDE app glitching at 6 AM is normal — switch to disneyworld.disney.go.com in a browser as a backup.
💳Have your CCV memorized. Some hold-card prompts ask for it mid-flow.
🤝Multi-device race: have your spouse hit different targets in parallel from another device. Don't double-book the same slot.
💾Save confirmation #s into this page as you book — auto-backed up to localStorage.
All progress saves automatically to this device. Print the page tonight for paper backup.