Your trip
Every booking window, at a glance
| Where | What opens | When | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disney World | Dining (off-site guests) | 60 days before each meal date | about 6:00 AM ET | planDisney ↗ |
| Disney World | Dining (eligible Disney Resort hotel guests) | 60 days before check-in, for your stay up to 10 nights | about 6:00 AM ET | planDisney ↗ |
| Disney World | Lightning Lane (Disney Resort & select hotels) | 7 days before check-in, every park day of the stay (up to 14 days) | 7:00 AM ET | Disney World ↗ · planDisney ↗ |
| Disney World | Lightning Lane (date-based tickets) | 3 days before the ticket's first day, for all its days | 7:00 AM ET | Disney World ↗ |
| Disney World | Lightning Lane (Annual Passholders, other tickets) | 3 days before each park day | 7:00 AM ET | Disney World ↗ |
| Disney World | Lightning Lane prices visible in the app | Up to 21 days ahead | — | Disney World ↗ |
| Disneyland | Dining (all guests, incl. hotel guests) | 60 days before each day | about 6:00 AM PT | planDisney ↗ |
| Disneyland | Lightning Lane Premier Pass | 7 days before each park day (very limited) | 7:00 AM PT | Disneyland ↗ |
| Disneyland | Lightning Lane Multi Pass / Single Pass | Multi Pass: add to tickets any time, or buy after entering. Single Pass: same day, after entering | — | Disneyland ↗ |
| Disney Cruise Line | Final payment | 90 days before (5 nights or less), 120 days (6+ nights) | — | planDisney ↗ |
| Disney Cruise Line | Activities: Palo, port adventures, spa, nursery (paid in full) | First cruise 75 · Silver 90 · Gold 105 · Platinum 120 · Pearl 123 · Concierge 130 days before | Not published | Disney Cruise Line ↗ · planDisney ↗ |
| Disney Cruise Line | Online Check-In (port arrival time) | First cruise 30 · Silver 33 · Gold 35 · Platinum 38 · Pearl 40 · Concierge 40 days before | Not published | planDisney ↗ |
| Royal Caribbean | Final payment | 75 days (1–4 nights), 90 days (5–14), 120 days (15+) | — | Royal Caribbean ↗ |
| Royal Caribbean | Best Price Guarantee price match | Until final payment (or within 24 hours of booking) | — | Royal Caribbean ↗ |
| Royal Caribbean | App check-in (terminal arrival time) | 45 days before sailing | Around midnight, home-port time (reported) | Royal Caribbean ↗ · Royal Caribbean Blog ↗ |
| Royal Caribbean | Web check-in closes | 48 hours before sailing (app until 8:00 AM on sailing day) | — | Royal Caribbean ↗ |
| Universal Orlando | Dining | No single published window we could verify; book per restaurant | — | Universal Orlando ↗ |
Questions
When do Disney World dining reservations open?
60 days before each meal date, at about 6:00 AM Eastern. If you're staying at an eligible Disney Resort hotel and your reservation is linked in My Disney Experience, you can book your whole stay (up to 10 nights) starting 60 days before check-in.
When can I buy Lightning Lane passes at Disney World?
Guests of Disney Resort hotels, the Swan, Dolphin, Swan Reserve and Shades of Green can buy 7 days before check-in for their whole stay (up to 14 days). Everyone else can buy 3 days ahead: date-based tickets for every ticket day at once, Annual Passholders and other tickets one park day at a time. Sales start at 7:00 AM Eastern.
When do Disneyland dining reservations open?
60 days before each day at about 6:00 AM Pacific, one day at a time. Disneyland Resort hotel guests don't get a length-of-stay window. Lightning Lane Premier Pass goes on sale 7 days before each park day at 7:00 AM Pacific; Multi Pass can be added to tickets ahead of time or bought in the app after you enter.
When can I book Palo, port adventures and the spa on a Disney cruise?
Once you're paid in full and your Castaway Club window opens: 75 days before sailing for first-time guests, 90 for Silver, 105 for Gold, 120 for Platinum, 123 for Pearl and 130 for Concierge. Online Check-In opens 30, 33, 35, 38, 40 and 40 days before sailing for the same levels.
When is final payment due for Disney Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean?
Disney Cruise Line: 90 days before sailing for cruises of 5 nights or less, 120 days for 6 nights or more. Royal Caribbean (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico individual bookings): 75 days for 1 to 4 nights, 90 days for 5 to 14 nights and 120 days for 15 nights or longer. Before that date is when a lower fare can still help you.
When does Royal Caribbean online check-in open?
45 days before sailing in the Royal Caribbean app, which is when you pick your terminal arrival time. Web check-in closes 48 hours before sailing; app check-in stays open until 8:00 AM on sailing day.
Does the calculator save or send my trip?
Your answers are saved only in this browser so they're there next time. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you choose to send your booking days to Danny with the form.
Where do these rules come from?
Disney World and Disneyland Lightning Lane pages, the Disney Cruise Line Castaway Club FAQ and Royal Caribbean's own FAQ pages, plus answers from planDisney, Disney's official planning panel, where Disney's pages don't spell out the detail. One detail, the time Royal Caribbean check-in opens, comes from the independent Royal Caribbean Blog and is labeled that way. Each result shows its source.
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