Now, you might remember from another thread that Rachel had requested two things for her birthday - a birthday breakfast and to spend the day at Magic Kingdom. Because of the free dining promotion which had been offered at this time, character dining was impossible to get. And MNSSHP was held at MK that night when meant we wouldn't be able to spend the evening there.
I played the ADR game, checking everyday, and character breakfasts eventually opened up. I was holding a 7 AM ADR for Chef Mickey's and a 10 AM ADR for 'Ohana which Rachel had to choose between. She chose 'Ohana, so I canceled Chef Mickey's, and a few minutes later, she changed her mind! Of course, Chef Mickey's was long gone.
On Sunday, I was making our FP+ reservations for the next day and decided to check out ADRs just for kicks - and what do you know! Availability for 8:45 AM at Crystal Palace! I immediately booked and canceled 'Ohana.
Our ADR was technically before the park opened, but the buses to MK were running behind that morning (assuming, considering two MK buses showed up back-to-back and there were a lot of people waiting), so we didn't get to MK until after it opened.
