A ? When Calling ADR's...Give your Favorite Place 1st or Go by 1st Day

[JLC5266]

The question I have is...when calling your ADR's do you give your favorite place that you want to absolutely want to get in no matter what day it is on your vacation stay...say the 4th day....OR do you go in order of your 1st day stay and that TS dinner? Because I know that the ADR's go quickly...so by the time you get to your 4th day TS ADR...it could be 10 minutes or more into your conversation...so which do you do?

Do you make ressies in order from your 1st day TS meal or do you make ressier in the order of trying to get your favorite TS meal first then after that...in descending order of favorite to next favorite..etc.

Help! I have two days until I make mine!!!!!

 

[griergirl2]

Go with the hardest to get first! It makes no difference what day order you go in...but like you said, if you go in day order, you may end up missing out on that one you really want!

 

[fottafamily05]

I would def make your top priority ones FIRST! By the time you get to those days they could be GONE....This is how I do it everytime!!!

Good Luck, I hope you get every ADR you are hoping to get

 

[JLC5266]

That's what I thought...I'm going to make mine from my highest priority TS meal and then 2nd highest priority TS meal and so on...Thanks for the input.

We went 4 yrs ago and I got everything that I wanted but I couldn't remember if I made my ressies in date order or by priority order...

 

[Cinderella94]

I agree, go in order of priority!

 

[creativeamanda]

I'd go with priorty/hard to gets first. When I call, I'm going to do:

1900 Park Fare (only because it's for dd's birthday and we really want it)

Then, Le Cellier and Chef Mickeys, followed by our other 6 reservations in date order. The last one I will probably ask for is the Grand Floridian Cafe, as that one is usually easy to get even in the last week. Also, if we have 2 days in a park (say, 2 days in Epcot), I'll try for Le Cellier on that 2nd park date, as fewer people would have called for it because their 90th day may not have come up.

HTH and that I make sense. (I sometimes have difficulties making myself clear)

 

[cajunprincess]

I'd start with what's most important to you first, and also with what's hardest to get. I know when my dad was making our ressies, I was sitting on the couch telling him which one to do next and which day we wanted it on

My poor dad, but hey, that's what he gets when he let's me plan everything out!

 

[JLC5266]

I'd go with priorty/hard to gets first. When I call, I'm going to do:

1900 Park Fare (only because it's for dd's birthday and we really want it)

Then, Le Cellier and Chef Mickeys, followed by our other 6 reservations in date order. The last one I will probably ask for is the Grand Floridian Cafe, as that one is usually easy to get even in the last week. Also, if we have 2 days in a park (say, 2 days in Epcot), I'll try for Le Cellier on that 2nd park date, as fewer people would have called for it because their 90th day may not have come up.

HTH and that I make sense. (I sometimes have difficulties making myself clear)

No...it makes perfect sense...I have the PS calculater sheet that I printed with all the TS Meals...I just have to put them in Priority Order when I call in a couple of days...I think I will mark down the left column...numbers #1 - #7 and when I call I can just give my ressies in that order...I now have to see whether my favorites are towards the end of our stay as this would also mean that not as many people would be making their ressies the same day for that day since it's towards the end of our stay and it wouldn't yet be time for their 90 day ressies! Hope I get everything...I wonder if some of the CM's are quicker at making the ressies and if it's just luck you get a CM that makes them quickly and moves on the your next ressie?

 

[MickeyNicki]

I always give them my first choices or the hardest to get into first....the easier stuff I give at the end....we booked a June trip and we were 87 days (less than the 90) and I told the CM just get me Cali Grill....dont care what day or time because I can work around the other stuff....good thing I was flexible because there was only one day and time open for 2 adults during our 4 day trip

 

[Brer Shay]

ITA with other posters. Go in the order of what is priority for you.

 

[cmesq61]

My retired military BF (22 years) is in chargeof our ADRs--meal planning is his mission. I'm only kidding a little! He always goes in order. So far, we have not had any problems.