A Halloween Adventure in Autism (11/12) New Thread Begun on TR Board!

[irish dancer]

Those dining choices look GREAT!! Would love all of them myself.

I've read that some people book their ADRs in order of difficulty rather than in chronological order. You may want to try that, book LeCellier first follwed by Ohana and then Chef Mickey's then CP breakfast, etc. I think for the harder to get ones it's always good to have a second choice on day/time.

Good luck! I'll be interested to hear how the online works for you.

 

[annnewjerz]

Hey Kathy! Your ADR wish list looks great! The good thing about the online system is, you can call at 6:00am to make your ADRs and if you decide it's not working for you or you just don't like it---go ahead and call up Disney at 7:00am to talk to a rep. You really can't go wrong!

Some words of advice for the online ADRs are:

1. Don't forget to pull up your reservation no. when you are going to make your ADRs. This should allow you to book your 90+10 rather than just 90.

2. I had read somewhere that if you don't "check-out" within a certain amount of time, your ADRs will go back into the pool for someone else to snatch up. Basically it's like online shopping. You had to add the ressie to your cart and then once you have what you like, you do a check-out to finalize them and get confirmation numbers. If you are having a slow-going time or are playing with ADR times and feel like you want to get the harder ones (Le Cellier & CP) checked out and done with----add those two to your cart first, check out and then go back and finish the rest.

Good luck! We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for ya!

 

[mrsksomeday]

I am leary of the online ADR system too, but I am going to try it.

Your list looks great, Bill and I are currently going over our list to see what are "must do's" and what can be done by just us. We a couple of the same restaurants .

 

[KathyRN137]

I've read that some people book their ADRs in order of difficulty rather than in chronological order. You may want to try that, book LeCellier first follwed by Ohana and then Chef Mickey's then CP breakfast, etc. I think for the harder to get ones it's always good to have a second choice on day/time.

Some words of advice for the online ADRs are:

1. Don't forget to pull up your reservation no. when you are going to make your ADRs. This should allow you to book your 90+10 rather than just 90.

2. I had read somewhere that if you don't "check-out" within a certain amount of time, your ADRs will go back into the pool for someone else to snatch up. Basically it's like online shopping. You had to add the ressie to your cart and then once you have what you like, you do a check-out to finalize them and get confirmation numbers. If you are having a slow-going time or are playing with ADR times and feel like you want to get the harder ones (Le Cellier & CP) checked out and done with----add those two to your cart first, check out and then go back and finish the rest.

Good luck! We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for ya!

Three great pieces of advice for this online rookie... thanks!!


Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

I am leary of the online ADR system too, but I am going to try it.

Your list looks great, Bill and I are currently going over our list to see what are "must do's" and what can be done by just us. We a couple of the same restaurants .

We certainly have 'Ohana in common!

Does Thursday 11/5 still look good for you guys?


Kathy

 

[mrsksomeday]

We certainly have 'Ohana in common!

Does Thursday 11/5 still look good for you guys?


Kathy

Yes, it looks good, is it ok if we bring Josh and the gang along?

 

[KathyRN137]

Yes, it looks good, is it ok if we bring Josh and the gang along?

Of course!

So... with my five and your six, that's a ressie for eleven, right?

(Oh, I'm so excited!!)


Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

Okay... so I'm not feeling so good about the online dining reservations right now!

I just visited the website to browse around and check it out a bit and was unpleasantly surprised to discover that they could not bring up our resort reservation! I'm not worried that we don't have a resort ressie... I made it through DVC Member Services... but I wasn't too happy that I couldn't retrieve the ressie.


I think I will call DVC Member Services tomorrow to ask for advice. I may just have to do this by phone after all!


Kathy

 

[annnewjerz]

Okay... so I'm not feeling so good about the online dining reservations right now!

I just visited the website to browse around and check it out a bit and was unpleasantly surprised to discover that they could not bring up our resort reservation! I'm not worried that we don't have a resort ressie... I made it through DVC Member Services... but I wasn't too happy that I couldn't retrieve the ressie.


I think I will call DVC Member Services tomorrow to ask for advice. I may just have to do this by phone after all!


Kathy

My thoughts are...

If you were signing onto the Disney Dining page to retrieve your resort reservation, it's possible that it didn't recognize it because your 90 days haven't come yet. I went to Dining, picked a restaurant and typed in our December reservation number and it didn't work for me either. If you want to poke around, you can still do it using your ressie number and then on the 90 day mark, plug it in to get your 90+10.

I'd call Member Services to confirm that that's the reason, but c'mon Kathy---you've got to give it a shot!! Here's my thought, you aren't missing out on anything by logging in at 6:00am to try, if anything you are missing out if you wait until 7:00am to call in without trying online first----because all of those people using the online system get a whole hour of dibs on your wonderful ADRs

 

[mrsksomeday]

Of course!

So... with my five and your six, that's a ressie for eleven, right?

(Oh, I'm so excited!!)


Kathy

We are excited too, we were just trying to find a way for the kids to see Wishes in front of the Castle before they saw it on the Poly beach so we are going to add a day to the tickets. Hopefully we can get some sleep on the plane and take a nap after we get there so we can go to Magic Kingdom the first night to see Wishes and maybe Spectro if they are running it. All contingent on the kids taking naps .

 

[KathyRN137]

My thoughts are...

If you were signing onto the Disney Dining page to retrieve your resort reservation, it's possible that it didn't recognize it because your 90 days haven't come yet. I went to Dining, picked a restaurant and typed in our December reservation number and it didn't work for me either. If you want to poke around, you can still do it using your ressie number and then on the 90 day mark, plug it in to get your 90+10.

Here's my thought, you aren't missing out on anything by logging in at 6:00am to try, if anything you are missing out if you wait until 7:00am to call in without trying online first----because all of those people using the online system get a whole hour of dibs on your wonderful ADRs

That's so true! How dare they try to steal my ADRs!

I wasn't on the Dining page, the "my vacation details" page... so that's why I was confuzzled. I'm definitely calling DVC tomorrow to check...


Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

We are excited too, we were just trying to find a way for the kids to see Wishes in front of the Castle before they saw it on the Poly beach so we are going to add a day to the tickets. Hopefully we can get some sleep on the plane and take a nap after we get there so we can go to Magic Kingdom the first night to see Wishes and maybe Spectro if they are running it. All contingent on the kids taking naps .

Oh that's right, I forgot it was your first day... yikes!

Sorry the Poly Beach isn't wheelchair accessible.

(*For those of you following along, I called the Poly today to see if the beach is wheelchair accessible and a cast member ran outside and all the way down to the beach just to find out!! Wasn't that awesome?!)

I told Ed that if Spectro is running that night that we must go back to the MK to see it because it will be our only MK night other than the MNSSHP... and I need my Spectro fix!!!

Wishes will most likely run at either 8:00 or 9:00 (remember that Daylight Savings is the weekend before, so it will be dark at 8:00.) Last year, because of the end-of-the-week-Jersey-crowds, they had one Spectro at 8:00, Wishes at 9:00, then a second Spectro at 10:00.

I think that we should shoot for an very early dinner... say, 5:00-5:15 ... so we have plenty of time for a relaxed meal and then sufficient time to get to Main Street by 7:00-7:30. We've never seen Wishes from Main Street, so that will be a new experience!

*Another advantage to an early dinner time is that we won't have to wait around too long to get seated... the kids will be antsy enough, I think!

What say you?

Kathy

 

[mrsksomeday]

I think that we should shoot for an very early dinner... say, 5:00-5:15 ... so we have plenty of time for a relaxed meal and then sufficient time to get to Main Street by 7:00-7:30. We've never seen Wishes from Main Street, so that will be a new experience!

Kathy

You have NEVER seen Wishes from Main Street? Where do you watch it from? Oh would that be over stimulation for Billy? I don't want to have him be upset or anything. Where do you get his earplugs too?


I think an early dinner would be great, that would mean our first day the 4th, can be at DTD where Josh can get his Planet Hollywood fix, Bill can try Characters in Flight if it isn't too windy, and we can get back to the room at a decent hour to rest. Then Magic Kingdom on our first full day .

 

[KathyRN137]

You have NEVER seen Wishes from Main Street? Where do you watch it from? Oh would that be over stimulation for Billy? I don't want to have him be upset or anything. Where do you get his earplugs too?


I think an early dinner would be great, that would mean our first day the 4th, can be at DTD where Josh can get his Planet Hollywood fix, Bill can try Characters in Flight if it isn't too windy, and we can get back to the room at a decent hour to rest. Then Magic Kingdom on our first full day .

Oh, DUH! I'm mixed up! Were probably going to Animal Kingdom that day, but would leave right after the parade to go to 'Ohana. We're getting park hoppers, though, so going from there to the MK for Wishes will be no problemo.

We've seen Wishes from TomorrowLand, FantasyLand, and Liberty Square and they all have their own advantages. Billy will be fine, he's doing so much better with fireworks these past few years!

The earplugs he uses are the blue squishy kind that you get at sporting goods stores... I think people wear them when shooting. They're more comfortable than the hard plastic ones. (I use them myself on Dinosaur! Boy, that ride is LOUD!)

Kathy

ETA: Ed just told me he got them at Walgreen's in the ear and eye drop aisle...
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[cjackearl]

Your finalized ADR list looks great. I'm so anxious to hear how your online booking experience goes, but it sounds like most are having positive experiences. Good luck Kathy!

 

[MRYPPNS]

, if anything you are missing out if you wait until 7:00am to call in without trying online first----because all of those people using the online system get a whole hour of dibs on your wonderful ADRs

I totally agree. You pretty much have to use online now. I mean I had a tough time getting an ADR for lunch at The Plaza! That was a 6:10am after I failed getting the Tusker House I wanted at 6am. And now that free dinning is being offered while you are there plus Jersey week. UGH.

My thoughts are that you will have an easier time getting ADR's the further out in your vacation that you go because of the 90 day +10 days rule. Because all the other guests that are arriving in the days prior to you have access to the beginning of your vacation week before you do. Does that make sense? Here's what happend to me. I arrive on a Wednesday, I tried for Tusker House on Friday...Nothing.....Nada.....Zip. But I got it for Sunday.

 

[KathyRN137]

Your finalized ADR list looks great. I'm so anxious to hear how your online booking experience goes, but it sounds like most are having positive experiences. Good luck Kathy!

Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

I totally agree. You pretty much have to use online now. I mean I had a tough time getting an ADR for lunch at The Plaza! That was a 6:10am after I failed getting the Tusker House I wanted at 6am. And now that free dinning is being offered while you are there plus Jersey week. UGH.

My thoughts are that you will have an easier time getting ADR's the further out in your vacation that you go because of the 90 day +10 days rule. Because all the other guests that are arriving in the days prior to you have access to the beginning of your vacation week before you do. Does that make sense? Here's what happend to me. I arrive on a Wednesday, I tried for Tusker House on Friday...Nothing.....Nada.....Zip. But I got it for Sunday.

You're right... Free Dining PLUS Jersey Week really is a double whammy! Our first day of vacation is a Saturday, so hopefully I'll just be competing with my fellow statespeople....

Glad you got your Tusker House ADR!!


Kathy

 

[DearDaisyinDurham]

Kathy, that's pretty exciting! One week 'til ADR's!! And your ADR choices look so good! We'd like to try Le Cellier too. Possibly for the Candlelight Processional, we've never seen the CP.

 

[jordanyosh]

good luck with the ADRs.