180 days for ADRS!!!!!

[nicki.momof3]

I actually liked the 90 day mark.
The only problem I see with 180 is the park hours. As it stands, Disney is having problems releasing park hours at 90 days. They really need to make sure the hours are out at least 180 days in advance for this to work.

Park hours are not really a factor for us when making reservations. We eat where we want and park hop if needed. Nothing to stress out about. You can always make your ADR's tothe best of your ability and change them if needed.

Personally I like 180 day a ton better. When you are trying to get those hard ADR's (CRT, BBB, Pirate Cruise) it is nice to be at 180 days. So many people have not even booked yet so you are competing with less people - great for us over planners. I plan a vacation date - 1-2 years out. With the kids school schedule and my teaching schedule it is easy to plan ahead.

 

[brp]

I plan a vacation date - 1-2 years out.

Yikes! In 2 years we plan 25-30 trips, some shorter than others, of course. I can't even begin to imagine planning a single trip that far out

Cheers.

 

[nicki.momof3]

I totally agree. I booked our reservations at the 180 day mark last year. It was a struggle trying to get my husband to agree on where to eat 6 months in advance. I had to guess which nights we would be doing the Halloween activities. It was a pain. Plus I had shown my husband the menus and he saw what he wanted to eat, but 6 months later of course the menu has changed and those items were no longer available.

It's just unnecessary.

WOW - planning a meal is much more involved at your house than mine (not that it is bad to do it your way - no flame intended). My husband really does not get involved with planning where we eat. I know what he likes / dislikes and also what our 3 kids like and I make reservations accordingly. I would never ask him to review a menu - he is so easy going as long as the kids are feed and happy and he can sit down and relax for a few minutes he is happy.

I love 180 - less people to compete with for reservation. From my 3 trips to WDW the menus do not change that much - I actually wish they changed them a little. They always seem the same.

 

[nicki.momof3]

Yikes! In 2 years we plan 25-30 trips, some shorter than others, of course. I can't even begin to imagine planning a single trip that far out

Cheers.

For us - price is a huge factor - family of 5. In Jan. 2008 we booked a 7 night Disney cruise that leaves this Saturday .

If I would book the same cruise today - it would be well over $10,000. We are sailing for 7 nights on Disney Magic in two connecting cabins for $5000

For us it pays to plan ahead - The savings allowed us a second week long vacation this year.

 

[brp]

For us - price is a huge factor - family of 5. In Jan. 2008 we booked a 7 night Disney cruise that leaves this Saturday .

If I would book the same cruise today - it would be well over $10,000. We are sailing for 7 nights on Disney Magic in two connecting cabins for $5000

For us it pays to plan ahead - The savings allowed us a second week long vacation this year.

Yeah, I can see that in your situation. We are just two and take off on a whim, when a place looks interesting and a fare is good. Long weekends to Europe are common. We'll do about 12 trips (and 100,000 miles of flying) this year for only about $6000 each in airfare.

Different constraints

Cheers.

 

[PrincessTiffany]

Yeah! 180 day ADRS and Disney calendar are back!!!!

I am so happy! We always book 6 to 9 months in advance!

 

[rentayenta]

For us - price is a huge factor - family of 5. In Jan. 2008 we booked a 7 night Disney cruise that leaves this Saturday .

If I would book the same cruise today - it would be well over $10,000. We are sailing for 7 nights on Disney Magic in two connecting cabins for $5000

For us it pays to plan ahead - The savings allowed us a second week long vacation this year.

I am a far ahead planner too. Our next WDW trip will be in 423 days! Planning is fun for me and relaxes me. Plus this way I have plenty of time to search for airfare deals.

 

[pooh2001]

Our reservation starts March 27 thru April 10, 2010.
Our 180 ADR date for 3/27/10 is 9/30/09.
The 180 ADR date for 4/10/10 is 10/14/09.

So on 10/27/09 - it will be well past all our 180 ADR dates....I guess we can make all our ADR's for March 27th through April 10, 2010.

I hope the WDW dining system does not go down.

10/27/09 will open the ADR window for everyone staying for Easter 2010.
(like us)
I hope we can still get the HDD, Cindy's, Coral Reef, Chef Mickey's, Crystal Palace, LeCellier, Tony's, 50 Prime Time, Norway breakfast, Garden Grill, 'Ohana's, 1900 Park Fare, Liberty Tree Tavern, and the Plaza Restuarant.

For Easter Sunday we do Chef Mickey's after Mass and then onto EPCOT for the day and dinner at Coral Reef. Do you think we can get the ADR's on 10/27/09 ?

 

[nicki.momof3]

Our reservation starts March 27 thru April 10, 2010.
Our 180 ADR date for 3/27/10 is 9/30/09.
The 180 ADR date for 4/10/10 is 10/14/09.

So on 10/27/09 - it will be well past all our 180 ADR dates....I guess we can make all our ADR's for March 27th through April 10, 2010.

I hope the WDW dining system does not go down.

10/27/09 will open the ADR window for everyone staying for Easter 2010.
(like us)
I hope we can still get the HDD, Cindy's, Coral Reef, Chef Mickey's, Crystal Palace, LeCellier, Tony's, 50 Prime Time, Norway breakfast, Garden Grill, 'Ohana's, 1900 Park Fare, Liberty Tree Tavern, and the Plaza Restuarant.

For Easter Sunday we do Chef Mickey's after Mass and then onto EPCOT for the day and dinner at Coral Reef. Do you think we can get the ADR's on 10/27/09 ?

Not many people excepot us DIS obsessed people will even know about the change - so yea I think we willbe fine. I am also doing Easter week reservations on 10/27.

 

[Don Disney]

Yeah! 180 day ADRS and Disney calendar are back!!!!

I am so happy! We always book 6 to 9 months in advance!

What she said!!!

 

[dreamlinda]

I read this on another website - has anyone else heard this? "Effective October 27, 2009, you will again be able to make Disney dining reservations 180 days in advance."

 

[kxs401]

Do you have a link?

 

[dreamlinda]

Allears.net - address below:
http://allears.net/din/restnews.htm

 

[TDC Nala]

Yes, there is an informational link right here on the DIS

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining.htm

 

[Hopefully]

Park hours will also be released 180 days in advance.

 

[dreamlinda]

Thanks, I know not everyone likes this time frame for ADR's, but I LOVE it!

 

[MickeyEars]

I love it too!!! I'm so glad Disney changed it back.

Carla

 

[stacy347]

I have a question (and please, forgive me if it's already been asked ) ~ if we book the ADRs at 180 days using our reservation number but then switch our reservation at some point, do all of our ADRs get cancelled out?

My reasoning behind this is that we want to go next August and are hoping for a repeat of Free Dining. Ideally, I would like to wait to book the trip until April when the dates are released (although I can guess at them well enough).
Obviously, that puts me well past my 180 day window in February but even if we booked in February to secure our ADRs, the reservation number would change when I called to get Free Dining in April so I worry that we would risk losing all of our ADRs anyway.

I really do love the 180 window overall, but in this instance I'm not sure it's going to help me.

Anyone else thinking about this in regards to Free Dining?

 

[dreamlinda]

I do not know this absolutely - but I do not think you would lose your ADR's. Especially if you tell the castmember who is assisting with the change in your reservation.

Not everyone even has a room confirmation number to use with ADR's, like off-site guests and locals.

My logic may be flawed...

 

[Colleen27]

I have a question (and please, forgive me if it's already been asked ) ~ if we book the ADRs at 180 days using our reservation number but then switch our reservation at some point, do all of our ADRs get cancelled out?

My reasoning behind this is that we want to go next August and are hoping for a repeat of Free Dining. Ideally, I would like to wait to book the trip until April when the dates are released (although I can guess at them well enough).
Obviously, that puts me well past my 180 day window in February but even if we booked in February to secure our ADRs, the reservation number would change when I called to get Free Dining in April so I worry that we would risk losing all of our ADRs anyway.

I really do love the 180 window overall, but in this instance I'm not sure it's going to help me.

Anyone else thinking about this in regards to Free Dining?

It has been my experience that reservation numbers don't change when you apply a code (or drop people from your reservation, or change dates, or change resorts... Yeah, I've made a few changes to our upcoming trip. ). So even if they did start canceling ADRs if they're linked to an invalid reservation number, you still wouldn't have anything to worry about.