Definitely try for the reservation, it does get busy during the day down by the water. Hope it's a great birthday!
Some tables don't except reservations so you can try and be the first one - I just did that on Saturday for my sons fourth birthday and we got two tables by the bathrooms. A reservation would have been nice though.
You should try ( in my opinion), this is a busy, popular park.
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