We had the ipad, computer, laptop, cell phones. Signed in at 5:30 am; had the credit card info added, dining plan, tickets, everything at the ready. The online reservations did not work at all. Nothing we did got it to work. We tried google, google chrome, firefox, IE, apple mac, nothing.
If this happens to you DO NOT DESPAIR!
At exactly 7:00 am we were on the phone, held for around 15 minutes and got everything we wanted. Once we learned the online reservations wouldn't work, we prioritized. CRT first, BOG next, and so on. One thing I did do was to look at the restaurants that were booking (days before our reservation window opened) and noted which restaurants were fully booked, and which ones had plenty of available times.
Go for the hard to get ones first, start booking from the end of your vacation forward. Remember, everyone who has been booking for the several days before your 180 opened up have been possibly booking the early days of your vacation. My vacation starts November 28 and I didn't even try for reservations on the 28th or 29th. We have our
MVMCP booked for the 2nd and I went straight for that one for CRT. The 3rd is the only day later in our stay with no Christmas Party/early close, so I went for BOG that day. It works, and someone said that they possibly hold back some reservations for the phone in and it may be a fact because we were able to get BOG (on the phone at 7:20) while some people who booked online at 6 am weren't able to get it just minutes into the window opening. I also had the pleasure of watching all the BOG times disappear while we frantically tried to get the online system working and they do go quickly! At the same time, since I had figured to get the dining reservations at 6 am and the phone reservations at 7 am, it didn't go as planned so while I was on one phone making dining reservations, my son was on another phone securing the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at the MK and the Pirates League reservations.
