Akershus Reservation Slots Reopening at 3.3x Normal
Published October 14, 2026
Live now: Akershus Royal Banquet Hall availability
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, the table-service restaurant in EPCOT’s Norway pavilion, had 30 previously full future reservation slots flip back to available over a six-hour stretch overnight, according to SupaPark’s live data as of Wednesday, October 14 at 4:03 AM ET. That is 3.3x the restaurant’s trailing-14-day average of 9.0 reopenings in the same six-hour window.
The count comes from SupaPark’s own tracking of Disney’s dining reservation calendar, which watches booked-to-available transitions on real slots rather than inferring them. Each of the 30 is a distinct date and party-size combination, up to 60 days out — the full range of the Advance Dining Reservation window.
Because the slots are counted per date and party size, the 30 reopenings are spread across different trip dates and different group sizes, not stacked onto one evening.
What we know
- Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (EPCOT, Norway pavilion) — 30 future reservation slots reopened after being fully booked, measured over the six hours ending Wednesday, October 14 at 4:03 AM ET
- Trailing-14-day average for the same six-hour window — 9.0 reopenings, making the overnight figure 3.3x normal
- Scope of the slots — distinct date and party-size combinations, up to 60 days out
- Source of the count — SupaPark’s live tracking of real booked-to-available transitions on Disney’s dining calendar
What’s not confirmed
Disney has not announced anything about Akershus, and nothing in SupaPark’s tracking points to a cause — a cancellation wave, a party-size release, and a calendar adjustment all register the same way. The measurement also does not say which specific dates or party sizes reopened, and it does not mean those slots are still open now; popular EPCOT tables are frequently rebooked within minutes.
What it means for your trip
- If any day of your trip falls inside the 60-day Advance Dining Reservation window, search Akershus for that exact date in My Disney Experience — this is a restaurant that usually books up, so a night with triple the normal churn is the night to look.
- Search more than one party size. Availability is held per date and party size, so a table of 4 can show nothing while a 2 or a 5 shows an opening; splitting a large group across two reservations is often the only way in.
- Keep looking in the pre-dawn and early-morning hours. This burst landed overnight, and 6:00 AM ET is also when a fresh 60-day date is released, so two different kinds of availability surface at roughly the same time of day.
- Rather than refreshing manually, put a SupaPark dining Drop Watch on Akershus for your date and party size — it catches the moment a table frees up, then you book it in My Disney Experience.
- One practical reason to want it: Akershus is indoor, air-conditioned seating in the middle of World Showcase, which makes it a useful midday reset on a hot EPCOT day, and it participates in the dining plan if you’re on one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Akershus Royal Banquet Hall reservations available right now?
SupaPark’s tracking logged 30 slots reopening in the six hours ending at 4:03 AM ET on Wednesday, October 14, but those tables can be rebooked quickly, so availability has to be checked for your own date and party size.
How far in advance can you book Akershus Royal Banquet Hall?
Advance Dining Reservations open 60 days before arrival at 6:00 AM Eastern in My Disney Experience, which is also the outer edge of the window SupaPark’s tracking covers.
Why did so many Akershus slots open up at once?
No cause has been established — SupaPark’s data measures that booked slots became available, not the reason, and Disney has not commented.
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