Heads up: Walt Disney World has been releasing new batches of Beak & Barrel Bar Advance Dining Reservations. This covers the latest news, and how you can take advantage to score elusive ADRs for the new Pirates of the Caribbean tavern in Adventureland at Magic Kingdom.
Let’s start with quick Beak & Barrel Bar basics. At this tavern, guests are immersed in an adventure across the Seven Seas with nods to both the classic Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and fan-favorite films. As you join the pirate fun, you’ll enjoy thirst-quenching tropical beverages, delicious small bites, sing-alongs, storytelling, and enchanting surprises.
The Beak and Barrel Bar is now open in Adventureland at Magic Kingdom, right outside the exit to Pirates of the Caribbean. The tavern opens at 10 am during daily operations, and closes with the park (10 pm or 11 pm) on normal nights and 6:55 pm on party nights. For hard ticket event guests, it’s also open during both Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. Advance Dining Reservations are now bookable for all of the above, at least in theory.
In actuality, Beak & Barrel is almost impossibly difficult to book. Advance Dining Reservations sell out 60+ days ahead of time, and just perusing the availability calendar reveals a sea of sold out dates between now and mid-November. At present, there isn’t a single date with reservations available for any party size as far out as the calendar goes.
This is common, and a sharp contrast to 98% of restaurants at Walt Disney World, which are a sea of green on the availability calendars. Here’s a look at the current calendar for Beak & Barrel:
Friday afternoon, this calendar looked very different. Walt Disney World replenished ADR availability across the board, and almost every date had availability. I know this because I got an alert, indicating the dates I’ve been “stalking” so Sarah (and Megatron) can see the tavern for their first time, were now available. This is the second time in as many weeks that this has happened.
Unfortunately, by the time I had a chance to write a post with availability heads up, it was quickly disappearing. And I figured that by the time I hit “publish,” the post would already be obsolete. So here I am, still writing about it, but with more of a ‘teaching you how to fish’ angle so you can prepare and take advantage the next time this inevitably happens.
This will be good info to have, as Walt Disney World fans have been anxiously awaiting the Beak & Barrel Bar for a while, and we do not expect demand to die down in 2026. Beak & Barrel will be one of the very few Advance Dining Reservations at Walt Disney World that remains incredibly competitive, and practically requires booking 60+ days out for the next year-plus. Every morning ADRs go live for the foreseeable future will be a test of guests’ fast fingers and internet connection speeds.
Beak & Barrel ADR Competitiveness
Our expectation is that Beak & Barrel Bar ADRs will remain competitive, soon exceeding GEO-82 and even Oga’s Cantina when that Star Wars bar first opened. It’s a perfect storm of sky-high demand colliding with limited supply and a fun lounge that’s really well done.
This is likely to be the case because “tavern themed to Pirates of the Caribbean” is a more interesting and attractive concept to both Walt Disney World fans and casual audiences, and because this is a family-friendly lounge in Magic Kingdom.
On balance, it’s our expectation that Beak & Barrel is the #1 most difficult ADR for years to come. Demand for Oga’s Cantina has just started to cool, and that opened back in 2019. So if you want “easier” Beak & Barrel ADRs, check back in 2028.
Right now, there’s also the practical reality that Beak & Barrel Bar is still finding its footing. This is precisely why Walt Disney World is releasing batches of ADRs in the first place. They erred on the side of caution initially, offering a conservative number of reservations. From a guest satisfaction perspective, it’s better to have empty tables than to turn guests away with reservations because they offered too many.
(To quote the wise words of Seinfeld: “You know how to *take* the reservation, you just don’t know how to *hold* the reservation. And that’s really the most important part of the reservation: the holding. Anybody can just take them.”)
As the location gains more operational experience, Disney will be comfortable releasing more reservations. This actually already happens with all Walt Disney World restaurants. A conservative number of ADRs are offered 60+ days out, and then more are released as dates draw nearer as staff is scheduled and other logistics are set. (This is why it can seem like ADRs are still competitive ~60 days out, when in reality, they get a lot easier a couple of weeks out.) Most other restaurants also have Walk-Up Waitlist as a demand lever, which Beak & Barrel does not.
Tips & Tricks for Pillaging ADRs
For starters, if you can’t find anything for your desired dates, try refreshing or adjusting your parameters in the My Disney Experience app. If you’re not having success, try some techniques from our Top 10 Tips for Hard to Book Advance Dining Reservations at Walt Disney World.
Here are more specific recommendations for booking Beak & Barrel if you’re searching for availability at the 60+ day mark each morning, followed by the big one for finding ‘pop-up’ ADR availability:
Multiple Devices, Computer Priority
Before ADRs go live, my strong advice is to login to disneyworld.com on your computer and the My Disney Experience app. Sure, this all goes down at the crack of dawn, so there might be the strong temptation to do this all while lying in bed. But there are few better ways to cut your teeth on the Walt Disney World planning machine than by setting up a veritable command center, ready for every contingency.
If you’re really serious, go into private browsing, login, and open a new tab for Beak & Barrel. If something goes wrong–and let’s be real, this is Disney IT, so something probably will–switch over to the My Disney Experience app or a different device and keep rolling.
Book “Backwards”
If you have an on-site stay that’s over 60 days in advance, you should use this perk to your advantage to reduce the competition. The best approach is to put Beak & Barrel as far out beyond 60 days as possible, as you won’t have to compete with locals and off-site guests for those dates.
This is especially advantageous is you have a trip that’s a week or longer. With each day closer to the end of the +10 limit, the pool of eligible guests to book that date is reduced. As a result, booking for those dates should, in theory, be easier. Beak & Barrel is going to be incredibly competitive, so it may not feel easier, but it will be. (Note that this same strategy applies to Lightning Lane pre-arrival availability and, obviously, other ADRs.)
Use A Notification Service
If you strike out at the 60 day mark, all hope is not lost. There are several ADR finder services, some of which are free and some of which are paid. These dining reservation finders notify you when an ADR you want becomes available. It’s then up to you to act fast and get it reserved.
For the longest time, we resisted the temptation to use ADR notification services. We mentioned them in dining guides, saying it would be “a dereliction of duty to not at least mention their existence.” But we didn’t use them ourselves because they felt a bit unfair.
GEO-82 and Beak & Barrel finally broke me. These two spots have so difficult to book inside of 60 days (which is when we always do ADRs) to the point where it seems like everyone scoring the ADR drops is using notification services.
What can I say–it’s like the Steroid Era of the MLB; everyone is juicing. You’re at a disadvantage with these ADRs if you don’t use a notification service to level the playing field. Or so I tell myself.
I use MouseDining. They have several subscription options; I just use the free tier. I’ve found this is sufficient for my purposes since there are only 3-4 restaurants (pretty much the two mentioned here, plus Space 220 and another wildcard in case I’m forgetting something). You might prefer the paid option if you want text message alerts, as time is of the essence with Beak & Barrel ADRs.
With that in mind, our strong recommendation would be to not pay for a reservation finder far ahead of your trip or for a year-long subscription. Disney has shut other ADR finders down in the past, so don’t spend anything you wouldn’t be upset about losing if the service vanishes overnight. We’d also only recommend signing up if you strike out at the 60-day mark and “need” notifications. Hopefully, you won’t get to this point!
Failing All Else, Look Last Minute
With the big exception of newly-introduced dining, we seldom make ADRs far in advance. Prior to Beak & Barrel and GEO-82, it’s been a while since I made an ADR more than 3 days in advance at Walt Disney World. Possibly when 1900 Park Fare reopened. Fortunately, many restaurants are not dropping all of their ADR availability ~60 days ahead of time.
On top of everything else, many Walt Disney World visitors hoard ADRs, and cancel their unwanted ones the night before or even a couple of hours prior to their meals to avoid being penalized. As a result of both of these realities, there’s usually pop-up last-minute ADR availability even for the most popular restaurants.
The most common times that we check for Advance Dining Reservations are between 9 pm and 11 pm the night before, as well as around 10 am and 2 pm same-day. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen nothing for many restaurants ~30 days in advance, only to find numerous options for lunch and dinner released the morning of or one day in advance. This is my manual version of an ADR finder! It’s what I always did, to great success, before I decided to start juicing. For more on the new Pirates of the Caribbean tavern, see our Beak & Barrel Bar Photo Tour & First Impressions. I’ll have a review of the new Walt Disney World dining option soon.
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Your Thoughts
Have you tried to book a Beak & Barrel Bar ADR? Been successful or did you strike out? Do you think Beak & Barrel will still be the hot ticket ADR in 2026 and 2027? Do you use a reservation notification service, or are you anti-juicing? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment? Any questions? Hearing your feedback—even when you disagree with us—is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!