The origin story, how the alerts work, and what we learn from every catch.
Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
If you're at Disney multiple times a year, the cost-per-use math on a dining alert subscription changes fast. Here's how Annual Pass holders should think about reservation monitoring.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
Ryan Stempski ran an open-source dining checker for 52 hours and caught a Cake Bake Shop reservation after 2,395 checks. That catch became SpotSitter.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
Booking Disney dining for a party of five or more is a different problem than booking for two. The 60-day window behaves differently, cancellations behave differently, and the monitoring strategy needs to match.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, Savi's Workshop, Droid Depot, La Cava del Tequila. The bookable Disney experiences that are hard to get and often ignored by dining alert tools.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
Before your trip starts, you can set up monitoring for every dining and Enchanting Extras reservation you actually want. Here's how I think about building that list.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
After 52 hours of automated checks for a Cake Bake Shop reservation, I came away with a clearer picture of how Disney availability actually behaves. Here's what the data showed.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
SpotSitter installs directly from Safari on iPhone without going through the App Store. Here's what that means, why we built it this way, and what to expect when you install.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
From two years of watching Disney dining availability: when last-minute slots tend to appear, why the 60-day window isn't the only window, and what patterns I've observed firsthand.
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Ryan Stempski · May 30, 2026
Stakeout is a real product that real people use. Here's what worked about it, what didn't work for me specifically, and why I ended up building something instead.
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