So it looks very much like I am going to WDW next year and my family is interested in going too. We've never stayed on site before and I personally think this was a factor in not getting a reservation for Chef Micheky's last trip, in 2007. My brother works at Radisson and can get some great hotel rates, so I am guessing that is what we will go with.

Assuming we stay off site, what is the earliest we would be able to try to make a reservation for a meal in Disney?