This is Craig Dennis how are doing this evening i watch your new videos all the time i in joy all of your videos all the time you have a nice safe evening 👍👍👍👍👍
Unpopular opinion - I’ve eaten there twice. The wait outside even with a reservation was insane. The food and drinks were okay. The service was okay. Really not sure what I’m missing about this place
Joseph Chan said the same thing in another comment, about the wait. Which is odd, because we didn't wait more than 10 minutes after checking in. And even when we did the walk-up wait list last year, we only waited maybe 10 minutes.
This makes me appreciate my sister more bc we ate there and I had no idea it was difficult to get a reservation. She’s the Disney adult in my family and plans everything from what we wear to where we eat
Thank you for all yourself Videos! They helped me massively planning our trip and after watching this video i tried for a reservation today and was successfull! Keep up the good work! Maybe we meet in SD or any of the Parks so I can thank you again personally. Greetings from 🇩🇪
I'm visiting from Texas in mid Dec. I'm going to try to get a ressie. We'll see. Most vloggers like the potato skins more than the nachos. I live in Texas and eat nachos all the time so wanted something different.
The potato skins were pretty good, too. Amy enjoyed them more than I did. She said they grew on her after awhile. So long as you mix them in with the sauce provided, they have decent flavoring.
Hi - love your videos and your family is the best. Thanks for sharing your meal with us! We eat at Lamplight every trip - usually brunch and dinner. For dinner, we enjoy the potato skins but we always order extra sauces. We prefer the chicken nachos (lobster was fishy for us the last several times). The Salmon PLT and Kung Pao Bao are our favorite dishes and the Salmon Poke is a close 3rd. Burger is really good too. The brunch is really special.
I’m trying to find any restaurants with 45 days out and it’s slim pickings. I hope something pops up - I’ve only been to WDW and usually ended up snagging something as trip got closer. As it stands now I may be doing just quick dining options ..
Hi Disney Dad! Hope you still remember me hahaha. So in a twisted fate of events, I think I'm going back to Disneyland for a second time this year! Our trip will be scheduled on the 25th of April. I'll be taking notes on what you said last time, but we're also planning of park hopping from Disneyland to California Adventure! As of now, I'm kind of puzzled with how our itinerary to California Adventure will pan out, so I'm currently in the middle of watching this video and your All 18 Disney California Adventure Rides 2023 video. So the question I'm about to mention is when's the best time to park hop to California Adventure. I'm not for certain if you have a video regarding the best time to park hop, but there are other stuff in Disneyland that I want to check out before coming to CalAdventure, like my aforementioned big three list haha. Huge thanks if you can reply, and always keep up with the high quality videos!
I’d hop once Disneyland gets too busy for you to handle. That’s generally around 1-2 PM or so. Then hop back over after DCA closes if you stay out till Midnight (provided Disneyland doesn’t have an after dark event that night)
@@notmalcolmm I went to Oogie Boogie Bash. It was entertaining and enjoyable. Got lots of candy on their Halloween trails. Tons of characters that aren’t generally out, and they completely overlayed the Redwoods as Villains Grove which was awesome. I’ve been interested in Star Wars Nite, but they’ve sold out and I always forget to sign up for these things when they first become available.
Hello there I have a question about dinning reservations. So I know that you can book dinning reservations 60 days in advance and before I make mine at lamplight lounge i want to know if I can book it if I am a teenager. I am going on a field trip with my school and so was wondering if I can or cannot get reservations at dinning places. I was wondering this because I used my own email and put my own date of birth and I wasn’t able to purchase genie plus because I was under the age limit so I’m wondering if it is the same for lamplight lounge. I only want to book a reservation at lamplight lounge. Thank you ❤❤❤
You have to use a credit card to reserve dining reservations so my guess is you would need to be over 18 to reserve. You can always try doing a walk-up at the upstairs portion of lamplight lounge though.
@@hildagarcia4555 I’ve done both. One isn’t faster than the other. It’s whatever your preference is. Of course, if you don’t want to take away from park time, you could just eat quick service. There’s a ton of good options around the park for delicious food.
Disclaimer: we visit regularly and always get every reservation we want. So perhaps we just have a good grasp on the algorithm. Having just gotten reservations for each day over the course of a week-long trip, gonna disagree with this being the most coveted. Blue Bayou, Oga's, brunch here, and Trader Sam's go MUCH faster and Blue Bayou is MUCH more desirable, especially for new guests. As an example, reservations for June 2nd have been opened up for 12 hours now and there are still a whole bunch of lunch reservations available for LLL. None for BB.
You might be able to request that. But I think it’s a separate restaurant. When we sat outside on the boardwalk we had to do walk-up waitlist via the app at 11 AM. When we booked a reservation, they took us downstairs.
When I have been to Disneyland and waiting for my wife or kids to shop or use the bathroom, I have heard some great background audio such as the Disney Dentist and Music Lesson off of Main Street and a VooDoo Shop and Mardi Gras party in New Orleans Square. Do those still exist and are there others? These were great things to listen to while waiting.
We had a great time. If you can't get one, do the Boardwalk sitting with the wait list. You still get the drinks and the best parts of the food menu. It only doesn't include the "Bigger Bites" which just seemed more like sandwiches and things.
If you navigate to the map, select Dining, then either go to the location on the map or select “Show List” in the top right corner, you can then scroll down to Lamplight and select it. Then you’ll see an option for “Reserve Dining”
I actually was able to get in there a week before my trip! I literally checked the app 3 to 5 times a day. Once someone cancels, the reservations open up. Also early morning somehow works better.
I used mouse dining to get a brunch reservation here last month and had a blast! I dream about the chilaquiles and cinnamon toast cocktail daily. So so good and worth it imo! 🤍
another amazing video!!! the lobster nachos and the burger were great last time my boyfriend and I went to lamplight lounge, also congrats on 11k subs!!! :)
Thank you for asking about the substitute for Lobster. I don't eat seafood. The steak nachos, yes. The potatoes looked good. And the view you guys got awesome. It did look cold. California weather has me a bit worried. My sister and niece went to Universal this weekend and had no rain. But it was 66. Wish I could've gone with them.
The outside temperature definitely has an impact on a good dining experience. We tried to eat outside at Hollywood Studios and even though the food was tasty, it was so hard to eat since it was so hot (it was over 86 degrees in November with minimal shade). And then on flip side, our last trip to Disneyland it was so cold we opted for bao buns and lumpia at the Tropical Hideaway because Dole Whip didn’t sound good at all 🤣. Thankfully we can get both Dole Whip and great lobster nachos locally, so we’re good. If we do opt to try the Lamplight Lounge someday, it will definitely have to be on a warmer day. Thanks for review!
I think I heard someone say that Goofy’s Kitchen might. But it’s the only place on property with even a rumor of birthday treats anymore. I haven’t gone to confirm. It’s a shame they stopped that.
They aren’t ALWAYS happy. 😂 On this particular day, they were quite pleased because this was the day we did the “no rides” video as well. So on top of it being a nice change, they didn’t have to wait in any lines and still had lots of fun. But the power of editing allows me to remove instances where they are being less than model children. This is not to make us seem “fake” in any way, but just that it would be unkind to keep that stuff in.
It’s about the same as Blue Bayou. Perhaps a little less difficult than Oga’s Cantina, but only due to Oga’s having significantly less space. It is, however, very easy to get into Oga’s Walk-up List, whereas Lamplight’s Wait List goes in about 5-10 minutes. If you aren’t there at 11 AM, you aren’t getting on the walk up list.
I've been watching reservations like a hawk for a few months getting ready for our next trip, and Blue Bayou definitely fills up faster that Lamplight. I can find Lamplight Lounge reservations fairly often even after the 6am rush 60 days out.
Just ate there 3 days ago. The lobster nacho was MEGA disappointing... zero lobster flavor and the freshness you expect from a good plate of nacho was barely there. The Poke was pretty good, but the portion was sooo small... and don't even get me started on the kids meals.. Tiny and cold. Which I was so sad about, given we woke up at 6am, 60 days prior and got a resv. And then got one of the best seats in the house (our group of 12 got the big bench beside your table), only be to disappointed. We also waited 45minutes for food... at 130pm with the lunch crowd gone... absolute letdown. Do. Not. Bother. With this restaurant
Other restaurants we tried: Blue Bayou Oscar Ribeye was the absolute best steak I had since Singapore's CUT restaurant, a 5star spot. Highly recommend We abandoned Carnation Cafe after 45+mins waiting WITH a reservation. Staff was robotic and repeated their mantra but did little to actually help. 5 staff chatting at the resv. table and not helping inside.. we left to eat at IHOP. Storyteller took 35 minutes to seat us with reservations and we nearly missed the World of Color because of it. Resv. for 7pm, and they took another 20 minutes JUST to get the bill. Wtf Disney...!! Alien Pizza Planet pasta was really good, worth the lunch break FloV8 Cafe chicken dinner and mash was fantastic, as were the fries. Give the burger a miss, very normal
It sounds like you had really odd experiences with several of the restaurants there. We've never waited more than 5-10 minutes after checking in to be seated. Our lobster nachos were perfect. The drinks were just okay, but we really enjoyed the food.
@@SoCalDisneyDad i dunno... I watched so much of your content to prepare for our 4 day, 2 parks trip and was absolutely let down by the food. I wouldn't even pay half price for the majority of the things we ate due to the poor quality and worse, how cold most of the food was when served. Even Blue Bayou took 20+ minutes to seat us. And the appetizers were not good (we got all 3 from the dining package), thankfully the entree and desserts were really good.
@@realJosephChan I haven’t eaten at Blue Bayou in awhile, like 10 years (looking to change that in the next few months), but from what I remember, you more or less go there for the ambience, not the food. Sometimes it’s down to food choice, like I loved the lobster Mac and cheese at Harbour Galley, but strongly disliked their Mushroom Soup. Either way, I’m sorry to hear you had a bad experience with the food. Hope the rest of your trip was good.
Serval years back, we did a princess breakfast there. Right where you are sitting too!
This is Craig Dennis how are doing this evening i watch your new videos all the time i in joy all of your videos all the time you have a nice safe evening 👍👍👍👍👍
Unpopular opinion - I’ve eaten there twice. The wait outside even with a reservation was insane. The food and drinks were okay. The service was okay. Really not sure what I’m missing about this place
Joseph Chan said the same thing in another comment, about the wait. Which is odd, because we didn't wait more than 10 minutes after checking in. And even when we did the walk-up wait list last year, we only waited maybe 10 minutes.
This makes me appreciate my sister more bc we ate there and I had no idea it was difficult to get a reservation. She’s the Disney adult in my family and plans everything from what we wear to where we eat
Thank you for all yourself Videos! They helped me massively planning our trip and after watching this video i tried for a reservation today and was successfull! Keep up the good work! Maybe we meet in SD or any of the Parks so I can thank you again personally. Greetings from 🇩🇪
I'm visiting from Texas in mid Dec. I'm going to try to get a ressie. We'll see. Most vloggers like the potato skins more than the nachos. I live in Texas and eat nachos all the time so wanted something different.
The potato skins were pretty good, too. Amy enjoyed them more than I did. She said they grew on her after awhile. So long as you mix them in with the sauce provided, they have decent flavoring.
We have a reservation for the 18th. Can’t wait
I hope you have a great time!
Same! Can’t wait for my lobster nachos 😂
Hi - love your videos and your family is the best. Thanks for sharing your meal with us! We eat at Lamplight every trip - usually brunch and dinner. For dinner, we enjoy the potato skins but we always order extra sauces. We prefer the chicken nachos (lobster was fishy for us the last several times). The Salmon PLT and Kung Pao Bao are our favorite dishes and the Salmon Poke is a close 3rd. Burger is really good too. The brunch is really special.
We will need to have another visit where we try some of the sandwiches. Thanks for sharing!
What do you get for brunch?
@@crayzieap Our favorites are French Toast, Chilaquiles, Potato Flautas and the mimosa flights
Got one easily
I’m trying to find any restaurants with 45 days out and it’s slim pickings. I hope something pops up - I’ve only been to WDW and usually ended up snagging something as trip got closer. As it stands now I may be doing just quick dining options ..
Sign up for Mouse Dining. It provides alerts when things become available.
It’s a life saver.
The caesar brussels sprouts are amazing! I was obsessed.
Hi Disney Dad! Hope you still remember me hahaha. So in a twisted fate of events, I think I'm going back to Disneyland for a second time this year! Our trip will be scheduled on the 25th of April. I'll be taking notes on what you said last time, but we're also planning of park hopping from Disneyland to California Adventure!
As of now, I'm kind of puzzled with how our itinerary to California Adventure will pan out, so I'm currently in the middle of watching this video and your All 18 Disney California Adventure Rides 2023 video. So the question I'm about to mention is when's the best time to park hop to California Adventure. I'm not for certain if you have a video regarding the best time to park hop, but there are other stuff in Disneyland that I want to check out before coming to CalAdventure, like my aforementioned big three list haha. Huge thanks if you can reply, and always keep up with the high quality videos!
I’d hop once Disneyland gets too busy for you to handle. That’s generally around 1-2 PM or so.
Then hop back over after DCA closes if you stay out till Midnight (provided Disneyland doesn’t have an after dark event that night)
@@SoCalDisneyDad I heard there's an after dark event coming this 18th, are they free of charge to attend?
@@notmalcolmm No, they are like $135/person or something around that price.
I’ve only been to one.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Oh crud I see, though how would you rate your after dark experience?
@@notmalcolmm I went to Oogie Boogie Bash. It was entertaining and enjoyable. Got lots of candy on their Halloween trails. Tons of characters that aren’t generally out, and they completely overlayed the Redwoods as Villains Grove which was awesome.
I’ve been interested in Star Wars Nite, but they’ve sold out and I always forget to sign up for these things when they first become available.
Hello there I have a question about dinning reservations. So I know that you can book dinning reservations 60 days in advance and before I make mine at lamplight lounge i want to know if I can book it if I am a teenager. I am going on a field trip with my school and so was wondering if I can or cannot get reservations at dinning places. I was wondering this because I used my own email and put my own date of birth and I wasn’t able to purchase genie plus because I was under the age limit so I’m wondering if it is the same for lamplight lounge. I only want to book a reservation at lamplight lounge. Thank you ❤❤❤
You have to use a credit card to reserve dining reservations so my guess is you would need to be over 18 to reserve. You can always try doing a walk-up at the upstairs portion of lamplight lounge though.
I got lucky and booked a reservation at 7:40 so hopefully we can stay and watch World of Color!
Yes I tried it it worked
You just go around 8 so u can watch the world of color
Do you recommend lunch versus dinner for a reservation? I worry a sit-down will that too much time from our park day.
@@hildagarcia4555 I’ve done both. One isn’t faster than the other. It’s whatever your preference is. Of course, if you don’t want to take away from park time, you could just eat quick service. There’s a ton of good options around the park for delicious food.
Disclaimer: we visit regularly and always get every reservation we want. So perhaps we just have a good grasp on the algorithm.
Having just gotten reservations for each day over the course of a week-long trip, gonna disagree with this being the most coveted. Blue Bayou, Oga's, brunch here, and Trader Sam's go MUCH faster and Blue Bayou is MUCH more desirable, especially for new guests. As an example, reservations for June 2nd have been opened up for 12 hours now and there are still a whole bunch of lunch reservations available for LLL. None for BB.
How do they go about seating? We plan to sit upper level outside
You might be able to request that. But I think it’s a separate restaurant.
When we sat outside on the boardwalk we had to do walk-up waitlist via the app at 11 AM. When we booked a reservation, they took us downstairs.
Nice family fun ,thanks for a great video of the food. I never have eaten a the lamplight lounge.
You’ll have to give it a try! If it had been a little warmer it would have been perfection!
Watching a year later, so glad the quality of your videos have improved. You're my Disney go to as of March this year.
When I have been to Disneyland and waiting for my wife or kids to shop or use the bathroom, I have heard some great background audio such as the Disney Dentist and Music Lesson off of Main Street and a VooDoo Shop and Mardi Gras party in New Orleans Square. Do those still exist and are there others? These were great things to listen to while waiting.
NEVER Ate there, thanks will put it on the bucket list.
We had a great time. If you can't get one, do the Boardwalk sitting with the wait list. You still get the drinks and the best parts of the food menu. It only doesn't include the "Bigger Bites" which just seemed more like sandwiches and things.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Awesome it is on my 2024 Disney list!
I just snagged a reservation this morning for 5/31. Can’t wait to try the nachos.
10/10 on the Lava song rendition! Disney dad at its finest! 🫶
If I'm booking Lamplight Lounge 60 days in advance, but haven't bought park tickets, can we still make a dining reservation?
Yes! The two systems aren’t linked.
I love your videos they make me so happy and have great tips 😊🤍
I’m a magic key holder and have the Disneyland app on my iPhone. How do I make reservations for the restaurant in the Disneyland app?
If you navigate to the map, select Dining, then either go to the location on the map or select “Show List” in the top right corner, you can then scroll down to Lamplight and select it. Then you’ll see an option for “Reserve Dining”
I actually was able to get in there a week before my trip! I literally checked the app 3 to 5 times a day. Once someone cancels, the reservations open up. Also early morning somehow works better.
Yes, you’ve got to be quick when someone cancels. Mouse Dining is wonderful for sending you alerts about new openings.
I used mouse dining to get a brunch reservation here last month and had a blast! I dream about the chilaquiles and cinnamon toast cocktail daily. So so good and worth it imo! 🤍
Mouse Dining is amazing for getting reservations when people cancel! I keep forgetting to mention them in videos.
another amazing video!!! the lobster nachos and the burger were great last time my boyfriend and I went to lamplight lounge, also congrats on 11k subs!!! :)
Thank you! I’ll have to try the burger on our next visit.
Thank you for asking about the substitute for Lobster. I don't eat seafood. The steak nachos, yes. The potatoes looked good. And the view you guys got awesome. It did look cold. California weather has me a bit worried. My sister and niece went to Universal this weekend and had no rain. But it was 66. Wish I could've gone with them.
I’m hoping it’ll warm up here soon. We are supposed to go again on April 10th and initially it was supposed to be 93 degrees. Now the weather says 81.
The outside temperature definitely has an impact on a good dining experience. We tried to eat outside at Hollywood Studios and even though the food was tasty, it was so hard to eat since it was so hot (it was over 86 degrees in November with minimal shade). And then on flip side, our last trip to Disneyland it was so cold we opted for bao buns and lumpia at the Tropical Hideaway because Dole Whip didn’t sound good at all 🤣. Thankfully we can get both Dole Whip and great lobster nachos locally, so we’re good. If we do opt to try the Lamplight Lounge someday, it will definitely have to be on a warmer day. Thanks for review!
It can NEVER be too cold for Dole Whip. 😂🤣
Your videos just make me happy because Disney is now to far away from me to actually go also to expensive
We are going for my birthday in August. Good to know that they don’t offer birthday treats 😢
I think I heard someone say that Goofy’s Kitchen might. But it’s the only place on property with even a rumor of birthday treats anymore. I haven’t gone to confirm.
It’s a shame they stopped that.
Sorry but I’m taking Napa rose every time over Lamplight.
I’ve never eaten there. A bit too fancy and expensive for me. But I wouldn’t ever NOT go there. Would just need to be the right occasion.
Going there next week. Can't wait ❤😊
Thanks Trevor enjoyed your video. Will try for July and I love how happy your children always look. 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇦🇺
They aren’t ALWAYS happy. 😂
On this particular day, they were quite pleased because this was the day we did the “no rides” video as well. So on top of it being a nice change, they didn’t have to wait in any lines and still had lots of fun.
But the power of editing allows me to remove instances where they are being less than model children. This is not to make us seem “fake” in any way, but just that it would be unkind to keep that stuff in.
@@SoCalDisneyDad so they are normal children then.
🤣🤗 Anyway, would have been my childhood dream to visit Disneyland. Keep up the great work. 🙏
I was there last Sunday. Got the lobster nachos. Not bad
It's one of our favorites. Second time getting them and they are so filling and easy to split.
Is this more popular and hard to get into than Blue Bayou? Also, can you get Lamplight food to go or dine-in only?
It’s about the same as Blue Bayou. Perhaps a little less difficult than Oga’s Cantina, but only due to Oga’s having significantly less space.
It is, however, very easy to get into Oga’s Walk-up List, whereas Lamplight’s Wait List goes in about 5-10 minutes. If you aren’t there at 11 AM, you aren’t getting on the walk up list.
To my knowledge, they do not have food To-Go.
I've been watching reservations like a hawk for a few months getting ready for our next trip, and Blue Bayou definitely fills up faster that Lamplight. I can find Lamplight Lounge reservations fairly often even after the 6am rush 60 days out.
@@gothngo2943 Good to know! Thanks for sharing.
@@SoCalDisneyDad Great info. Thanks! Would love to go to anyone of those but the food at Lamplight sounds the best.
Just ate there 3 days ago. The lobster nacho was MEGA disappointing... zero lobster flavor and the freshness you expect from a good plate of nacho was barely there. The Poke was pretty good, but the portion was sooo small... and don't even get me started on the kids meals.. Tiny and cold.
Which I was so sad about, given we woke up at 6am, 60 days prior and got a resv. And then got one of the best seats in the house (our group of 12 got the big bench beside your table), only be to disappointed. We also waited 45minutes for food... at 130pm with the lunch crowd gone... absolute letdown.
Do. Not. Bother. With this restaurant
Other restaurants we tried:
Blue Bayou Oscar Ribeye was the absolute best steak I had since Singapore's CUT restaurant, a 5star spot. Highly recommend
We abandoned Carnation Cafe after 45+mins waiting WITH a reservation. Staff was robotic and repeated their mantra but did little to actually help. 5 staff chatting at the resv. table and not helping inside.. we left to eat at IHOP.
Storyteller took 35 minutes to seat us with reservations and we nearly missed the World of Color because of it. Resv. for 7pm, and they took another 20 minutes JUST to get the bill. Wtf Disney...!!
Alien Pizza Planet pasta was really good, worth the lunch break
FloV8 Cafe chicken dinner and mash was fantastic, as were the fries. Give the burger a miss, very normal
It sounds like you had really odd experiences with several of the restaurants there. We've never waited more than 5-10 minutes after checking in to be seated. Our lobster nachos were perfect. The drinks were just okay, but we really enjoyed the food.
@@SoCalDisneyDad i dunno... I watched so much of your content to prepare for our 4 day, 2 parks trip and was absolutely let down by the food. I wouldn't even pay half price for the majority of the things we ate due to the poor quality and worse, how cold most of the food was when served. Even Blue Bayou took 20+ minutes to seat us. And the appetizers were not good (we got all 3 from the dining package), thankfully the entree and desserts were really good.
@@realJosephChan I haven’t eaten at Blue Bayou in awhile, like 10 years (looking to change that in the next few months), but from what I remember, you more or less go there for the ambience, not the food.
Sometimes it’s down to food choice, like I loved the lobster Mac and cheese at Harbour Galley, but strongly disliked their Mushroom Soup.
Either way, I’m sorry to hear you had a bad experience with the food. Hope the rest of your trip was good.
@@meezle1904 7am PST
Lol at that food wow