180 days +10 question

[mommy2paisley]

Okay, just want to be sure I understand. If I'm checking in on 11-22, I can make reservations 180 days before 11-22 for my entire trip as long as it's not longer than 10 days, right? Am I understanding that right? Or is it 190 days before 11-22 that I can make reservations? I'm confused! LOL

 

[aubriee]

Okay, just want to be sure I understand. If I'm checking in on 11-22, I can make reservations 180 days before 11-22 for my entire trip as long as it's not longer than 10 days, right? Am I understanding that right? Or is it 190 days before 11-22 that I can make reservations? I'm confused! LOL

You can call (or go online) at 180 days from your check in date and make reservations for the next 10 days. Here's a calculator to use. Just plug in your arrival date and it will show you the date you can make ADRs.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/pscalc/dispscalc.html

If you are checking in 11/22/12, it looks like you can call to make ADRs on 5/26/12 and then make them for your entire trip (as long as the trip isn't over ten days). If the trip is longer than ten days then you'd have to go back online (or call) 180 days days from that eleventh day to make reservations for the next ten days.

The 180+10 is a nice perk for onsite guests because it allows us to go online/call and make ADRs for the entire ten days all at one time, unlike offsite guests who must call every day 180 days out for the particular day they want. It used to be that way for onsite guests too. We'd have to get up early like ten days in a row to make ADRs for a ten day trip, now we can do ten days worth of ADRs in one sitting at the 180 day mark of our check in day. It also gives us a slight advantage over off site guests, in that if you want Le Cellier for the ninth day of your trip, you can book it at 180 days from your check in date, whereas an offsite guest wouldn't be able to try for that ADR until their 189th day out from their check in date (exactly 180 days from when they actually want the ADR).