ADRs Have Been Made! 
I decided last night that it would probably just be better to phone in my ADR requests. ... I know... I know. I did say that I'd give the online system a chance, but I decided that I would accept Joy's assessment that the computer would not be able to "see" the linked ressies and decided it would not be worth the aggravation.
I know the drill (as do most of you), so at 6:45 this morning I was all ready. Last night I had written down all our ADR wishes in order of importance, noted any "plan B" restaurants, and of course, had our resort confirmation number(s) handy. No need for a credit card this time, but I had one with me JIC.
With fresh tea steaming in my Minnie Mouse mug, I sat with my cell phone and land phone at the kitchen table and waited. I'm so glad my call day landed on Saturday and I didn't have to worry about getting the kids off to school/camp or myself off to work!!
At a couple of minutes to seven, I used both phones to call Disney Dining (the number was pre-programmed on speed dial.) Both got messages that DD was closed, so I hung up and hit both the recall buttons twice before getting through and put on hold. The wait time was estimated at four minutes for the one phone (the other did not give me an estimate.)
Kind of funny to be sitting there with two different Disney songs playing on two speaker phones, but as soon as the first phone connected with the operator I hung up the other.
This reservationist seemed "new" to me or perhaps she was unfamiliar with the computer, because it was ten minutes until we got down to making the first ressie. Ten. Minutes.
The problem was two-fold. First, the computer "wouldn't let her" make ressies for the second of the two linked resort confirmation numbers. I explained that I had done this before, as had many others, and that she should be able to link the dining.
That's when the second problem arose. Remember the dingleberry CM who originally told me that the online system would be able to "see" the linked resort ressies? (This later proved to be untrue.) Well, I had asked dingleberry CM to add the regular
DDP to our ressie, which he did cheerfully.
Problem was... he only added it to our first night stay! The second linked resort ressie was not linked to the DDP and somehow this was causing Dining Ressie CM much difficulty with her computer.
"Gee, I'm glad I'm not calling for Cinderella's Royal Table," I quipped.
Silence on the other end as she tapped away at her keyboard.
Oy.
Meanwhile, under the table, I flipped open my cell phone and secretly hit the speed dial for DD again. I figured as soon as I got connected, I would dump this CM ASAP!
I told her not to worry about the Dining Plan, I could call DVC Member Services later and take care of it... all I wanted now was to continue making my reservations.... as precious time was ticking away....
Sometime about now, Ed came home from work. He put his things down and sat at the table with me while I pointed to my list of ADRs and made rude faces at the phone and the motions of shooting a pistol at my head.
Ed laughed.
Finally,
Finally! ADR CM got to the point where she said, "Okay, it will let me make the reservations, but they won't be linked to the Dining Plan..."
Yes, I explained, that was fine...
I would take care of that later....
Could we please continue with making the reservations???
After that, things went smoothly.
Time Check = 7:20 AM
Somehow, thankfully, I was able to get everything I wanted!!
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Le Cellier Asked for:
5:30 PM Received:
5:35 PM
Originally asked for one night and only
4:00 PM or
7:30 PM was available, so I asked for a different night later in the week and got the time I wanted.
'Ohana Asked for:
5:00 PM Received:
5:00 PM
* DIS-Meet, Tracy & Bill!!
Crystal Palace Asked for:
8:00 AM received:
8:05 AM
50's PTC Asked for:
5:30 PM Received:
5:05 PM
* Took the earlier time slot rather than a later one because we plan to see
Fantasmic that night.
Biergarten Asked for:
5:30 PM Received:
5:30 PM
* Steve Soares' site shows that the oompah band begins it's set at
5:55. This gives us time to get seated and hopefully get our food from the buffet before the entertainment begins.
Boma Asked for:
9:30 AM Received:
9:35 AM
* We're checking in very late the night before and since this is the day of the
MNSSHP, we're just going to relax and swim at the resort (Kidani Village) all day until it's time to get ready for the party.
Play and Dine at H & V Asked for:
11:30 AM Received:
11:05 AM
* This is the morning
after the
MNSSHP, so my plan is to let everyone sleep in and to begin our day at DHS with Play and Dine.
Chef Mickey's Asked for:
6:00 PM Received:
6:25 PM
* Pre-park Breakfast at the CP that day, so after a full day at the MK, we'll have dinner and then go back to the resort.... we're planning to catch Wishes another day!
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So, there you have it. It was somewhat stressful dealing with a CM who apparantly did not know how to use her computer, but all's well that end's well.
I'm very pleased with what we got... now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and waiting for November park hours and entertainment schedules to be released.
Hopefully we'll be lucky, and I won't need to call back and change anything!!
Kathy
Hope you get the ADR's you want
So glad you decided to do a PTR!I can't believe we never came across each other here before but I'm glad we did!!!
Glad you enjoyed the video, too!
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If you need something to read while you are on hold come check out my Trip Report. I'm getting kind of lonely over there. . .
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