Adr when not staying on site

[ellis9905]

So I've read so much disney info over the last few days my head is about to spin!!

we've booked a villa for march, does this affect the booking of adr's at the 180 day mark?? As we have no Disney reference number?? We probably only want to make two reservations

Any advice gratefully received

 

[wilkeliza]

So I've read so much disney info over the last few days my head is about to spin!!

we've booked a villa for march, does this affect the booking of adr's at the 180 day mark?? As we have no Disney reference number?? We probably only want to make two reservations

Any advice gratefully received

Any guest can book reservations at 180 days you don't need to be on property or even have tickets to do that. Most resort guests get to book at 180 +10 days ( so 190) in order to give them a head start. Only restaurant that may be fully booked by the 180 mark is Be Our Guest.

 

[aubriee]

Any guest can book reservations at 180 days you don't need to be on property or even have tickets to do that. Most resort guests get to book at 180 +10 days ( so 190) in order to give them a head start. Only restaurant that may be fully booked by the 180 mark is Be Our Guest.

I think it was what you meant, but just to clarify: onsite guests can book 180 days out from their check in date and then book for the next ten days of their trip, so will just have to go to the website or make one phone call at 180 days out from their check in date. Offsite guests can book at 180 days out too, but must call (or go online) every day at the 180 day mark of the day they want to make ADRs for.

People staying onsite don't get to book 190 days out from their check in date, they just get to book all their ADRs for their trip at one time at the 180 day mark and don't have to call back every day (or go online every day) like people staying offsite would.

In other words if person A was staying onsite and checking in Sept 1st, then they could call 03/05 (180 days out from Sept 1st) and book ADRs for Sept 1st-10th and be done with it. If person B was staying offsite and also checking in Sept 1st, they could also call 03/05 (which is also 180 days out from their Sept 1st arrival date) and book an ADR for Sept 1st only, then they'd have to call back the next day to book an ADR for Sept 2nd, then call the next day to book an ADR for Sept 3rd, and so on.

For some reason some people think that if you stay onsite it gives you the benefit of being able to make ADRs 190 days out from your check in date. That's not true. It gives you the benefit of making all your ADRs 180 days out for days 1-10 of your trip. Offsite guests still get to make ADRs at 180 days out too, but only for the date is that is 180 days out. They must call or go online each day for subsequent days. The benefit for onsite guests is that they might be able to get an ADR at their 189 day mark for a restaurant that is very hard to get and that ADR might not be available nine days later when an offsite guest would be eligible to try for it. Neither onsite, nor offsite guests can book ADRs before the 180 day mark though.

 

[wilkeliza]

I think it was what you meant, but just to clarify: onsite guests can book 180 days out from their check in date and then book for the next ten days of their trip, so will just have to go to the website or make one phone call at 180 days out from their check in date. Offsite guests can book at 180 days out too, but must call (or go online) every day at the 180 day mark of the day they want to make ADRs for.

People staying onsite don't get to book 190 days out from their check in date, they just get to book all their ADRs for their trip at one time at the 180 day mark and don't have to call back every day (or go online every day) like people staying offsite would.

In other words if person A was staying onsite and checking in Sept 1st, then they could call 03/05 (180 days out from Sept 1st) and book ADRs for Sept 1st-10th and be done with it. If person B was staying offsite and also checking in Sept 1st, they could also call 03/05 (which is also 180 days out from their Sept 1st arrival date) and book an ADR for Sept 1st only, then they'd have to call back the next day to book an ADR for Sept 2nd, then call the next day to book an ADR for Sept 3rd, and so on.

For some reason some people think that if you stay onsite it gives you the benefit of being able to make ADRs 190 days out from your check in date. That's not true. It gives you the benefit of making all your ADRs 180 days out for days 1-10 of your trip. Offsite guests still get to make ADRs at 180 days out too, but only for the date is that is 180 days out. They must call or go online each day for subsequent days. The benefit for onsite guests is that they might be able to get an ADR at their 189 mark for a restaurant that is very hard to get and that ADR might not be available nine days later when an offsite guest would be eligible to try for it. Neither onsite, nor offsite guests can book ADRs before the 180 day mark though.

Thanks for the clarification I always was confused by that and has assumed it was 190. That way makes more sense.

 

[ellis9905]

I think it was what you meant, but just to clarify: onsite guests can book 180 days out from their check in date and then book for the next ten days of their trip, so will just have to go to the website or make one phone call at 180 days out from their check in date. Offsite guests can book at 180 days out too, but must call (or go online) every day at the 180 day mark of the day they want to make ADRs for.

People staying onsite don't get to book 190 days out from their check in date, they just get to book all their ADRs for their trip at one time at the 180 day mark and don't have to call back every day (or go online every day) like people staying offsite would.

In other words if person A was staying onsite and checking in Sept 1st, then they could call 03/05 (180 days out from Sept 1st) and book ADRs for Sept 1st-10th and be done with it. If person B was staying offsite and also checking in Sept 1st, they could also call 03/05 (which is also 180 days out from their Sept 1st arrival date) and book an ADR for Sept 1st only, then they'd have to call back the next day to book an ADR for Sept 2nd, then call the next day to book an ADR for Sept 3rd, and so on.

For some reason some people think that if you stay onsite it gives you the benefit of being able to make ADRs 190 days out from your check in date. That's not true. It gives you the benefit of making all your ADRs 180 days out for days 1-10 of your trip. Offsite guests still get to make ADRs at 180 days out too, but only for the date is that is 180 days out. They must call or go online each day for subsequent days. The benefit for onsite guests is that they might be able to get an ADR at their 189 mark for a restaurant that is very hard to get and that ADR might not be available nine days later when an offsite guest would be eligible to try for it. Neither onsite, nor offsite guests can book ADRs before the 180 day mark though.

ahhhh now I get it! thanks so much, I had miss understood and assumed at the 180day mark I could book all my adrs for the duration of my stay-

thank you for taking the time to clarify - without the disboard id be lost!! lol

 

[aubriee]

ahhhh now I get it! thanks so much, I had miss understood and assumed at the 180day mark I could book all my adrs for the duration of my stay-

thank you for taking the time to clarify - without the disboard id be lost!! lol

If you are staying onsite you can. If staying offsite you can either call for each day when that particular day is 180 days out or you can wait until 170 days out and make them all at one time, when all your days would fall within the 180 day rule, (but then you take a chance that some won't be avaialable since anyone can book at 180 days out for that particular day and would have gotten them before you).

 

[letsgoreds]

So I've read so much disney info over the last few days my head is about to spin!!

we've booked a villa for march, does this affect the booking of adr's at the 180 day mark?? As we have no Disney reference number?? We probably only want to make two reservations

Any advice gratefully received

Did you book a DVC villa? If so, that is considered 'onsite' regardless of whether you rent points or pay for a cash reservations directly from Disney 180+10.