TouringPlans Reservation Finder Alternatives

Mickey Alerts — the most complete replacement

Like the Reservation Finder, Mickey Alerts watches sold-out Disney restaurants and texts you when a table opens for your date, party size, and time window—at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Beyond that, it does three things the Reservation Finder never did:

• It can book for you. On The Club plan, auto-booking completes the reservation on your own Disney account the moment a matching table opens—so you’re not racing everyone else who got the same notification.
• It watches more than dining. Hotel rooms, discount offers (Florida Resident, Military Salute, Annual Passholder), and DVC villas.
• It shows its work. Every plan publishes exactly how often it checks—every 2 minutes on The Club, every 10 minutes on Lightning Lane, hourly on Magic Hour—and your dashboard shows what the most recent check found for every alert, in plain English. You never have to wonder whether your alert is really running.
• A real human answers, instantly. Every page has a support bubble where a person on the team—not an AI bot, not a ticket queue—answers questions on the spot.
• It plans the park days too. The Club includes a park planner that builds and optimizes your day with machine-learning wait-time and Lightning Lane predictions trained on three years of minute-by-minute park data.

Plans start with a free 3-day trial (no credit card, and SMS texts are included—on every plan, even the trial), then $7–$40/month.

Thrill Data — the best free replacement

Thrill Data offers free dining text alerts alongside its wait-time data. If what you loved about the Reservation Finder was the price (free), this is the closest match today. It sends alerts only—no auto-booking, no hotel or DVC coverage.

MouseDining — free email tier, affordable paid plans

MouseDining offers a free email-only tier and paid plans that add text alerts. It covers dining only and is upfront that it isn’t real-time (new data roughly every 5 minutes). See our full Mickey Alerts vs MouseDining comparison.

MouseWatcher — paid, with international park coverage

MouseWatcher sells one-time dining alerts (from about $5) and subscriptions from $19/month. No free tier and no auto-booking, but it uniquely covers Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disney Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Aulani. See our full Mickey Alerts vs MouseWatcher comparison.

Is the TouringPlans Reservation Finder still down?

Yes. As of July 2026, the TouringPlans Reservation Finder pages for both Walt Disney World and Disneyland say the service is "unavailable due to technical problems" and that TouringPlans does not know when or if it will be restored. It has been offline since Disney changed its dining booking flow around October 2023.

Is the Reservation Finder coming back?

TouringPlans has not announced a return date. Their own message says: "We do not know when or if the service will be restored," and the Reservation Finder is no longer listed as a feature on their subscription page.

What is the best replacement for the TouringPlans Reservation Finder?

It depends on what you want. For a free replacement, Thrill Data offers free dining text alerts and MouseDining has a free email tier. For the most complete replacement, Mickey Alerts monitors dining plus hotels, DVC villas, and discount offers, publishes exactly how often it checks (as often as every 2 minutes), and can automatically book the dining reservation on your own Disney account.

Can any service book the reservation automatically like a human assistant would?

Mickey Alerts can, on The Club plan: when a matching table opens, it completes the reservation on your own Disney account immediately. It is opt-in per alert, you confirm the card Disney has on file, and restaurants requiring prepayment stay alert-only. The Reservation Finder never did this—it only sent notifications.

Do these alternatives cover Disneyland too?

Yes—Mickey Alerts, MouseDining, and MouseWatcher all cover both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, which the Reservation Finder also did.