Rehearsal Dinner Stress

The rehearsal dinner: I'm picturing a nice dinner, a time for funny stories and memories with my immediate family, and my immediate family-to-be. I'm excited to have my new in-laws spend some time with my family, and get to know each other better.

So, I've been planning on holding a dinner for the wedding party (our nieces and nephews!), my siblings, mom, and Ryan's parents and brother. We like so many of the restaurants at Disney, and went through the list a number of times before narrowing down the choices. My sister helped me to research the menus of each Disney restaurant, and my first choice is the captain's Grill. Our runner up is the Cape May Cafe, if we can't get a reservation at the Captain's Grill- and that's the fear...

See, there's a problem. It's a bit hard to follow: Disney isn't currently taking dining reservations for any meals after February 22nd, diners need to wait to call Disney Dining for reservations until after November 21st. Confused? Basically, the normal dining reservations system for Disney World would allow me to make our Rehearsal Dinner reservations now, for our reservation on February 28th, but, now I need to wait until November 21st. But, this is making me very nervous. I fear everyone will be calling to make reservations on Nov. 21st, and, it will be that much more difficult to make a reservation for such a large group (18 people!).

Let the nail biting ensue...