Anyone else having trouble booking ADRs?

[JenSop]

You guys, I'm going to lose my S**T!
I've been working on making my ADRs for January for over an HOUR!
Glitches, error messages, unavailable restaurants, the list goes on. I'm currently NOT able to book anything. (The site said there is a problem searching for reservations at this time.) Ugh.
I miss booking at 180 days. It took minutes. No one else was competing with me for my times. I hate this.

 

[SteveH]

Disney IT strikes again. Sorry, wish there was something else. Keep trying the phone app and via computer browser is about all I can suggest.

 

[JenSop]

Disney IT strikes again. Sorry, wish there was something else. Keep trying the phone app and via computer browser is about all I can suggest.

Yea, I figured. I mean, I thought Disney IT couldn't get worse.
And then Disney IT was like, "hold my beer."

 

[alecam]

Use a laptop or desktop and use private window. Book from Disney.com and not directly from app.

 

[pigletto]

Well I’m set to book at 6am tomorrow morning and dreading it now. Sorry OP that sucks

 

[pigletto]

You guys, I'm going to lose my S**T!
I've been working on making my ADRs for January for over an HOUR!
Glitches, error messages, unavailable restaurants, the list goes on. I'm currently NOT able to book anything. (The site said there is a problem searching for reservations at this time.) Ugh.
I miss booking at 180 days. It took minutes. No one else was competing with me for my times. I hate this.

There’s a work around mentioned in this thread , I’m not sure if you’ve tried it.
https://www.disboards.com/threads/i...for-my-stay-to-make-any-reservations.3858919/

 

[maryj11]

It seems that’s how it has gone for a lot of people. Took me a couple months to get everything I wanted. Lack of availability was my biggest problem. When it was my 60 day mark I only got 2 reservations that morning.

 

[kanerf]

I guess I am not that picky as I have no trouble doing my ADRs.

 

[pigletto]

I guess I am not that picky as I have no trouble doing my ADRs.

Glitches and error messages aren’t being “picky” they are technical issues.

 

[princesswahooey]

There's definitely something glitchy going on. For me, the MDE app has always been the easiest/quickest way to make reservations and usually opens to reservations before the website does at that 6AM mark, but I have noticed that the app has been messed up all day. If I try to do a general ADR search on the MDE app, it allows me to select the number in my party, then the date, but it never populates the "time" field, and it's just stuck. Super annoying!

 

[pigletto]

Well up at 5:30 am with my list in hand and it’s 6:28 now and I can’t book a single thing. It’s ridiculous to pay this much money for a vacation and do what it asked if you to get a reservation and get nothing but errors and technical issues.
I can’t call and sit on the phone for hours. I have obligations today and I can’t even imagine what that would cost from Canada. I’m so mad .

 

[loves to dive]

I just checked for my upcoming trip in Dec. The page is loading and while I didn't click to book anything, times are coming up. So, no tech. issues, I used Firefox. I did notice there wasn't a lot available in parks, a lot in DS and at resorts, but a few things in parks. I was searching for 2 people and used times of 5 pm and 7:30 pm, I found those times will populate for earlier in day and later at night so you can see a lot of times.

I would say just keep trying.

 

[pigletto]

Just a quick update to my earlier saga. I tried and tried on the app and on a desktop with no luck until about 6:50 and then I was able to book everything. So I agree, don’t give up but be prepared for some headaches .

 

[JenSop]

I eventually got almost everything I wanted, but not on the days I had planned for. I had to move a bunch of stuff around to get some of our favorites. (Narcoossee's, Yachtsman, Yak & Yeti.)

Of course I wanted to try Space 220, but that had no availability.

And I did do everything on my laptop. (I use chrome as my browser.)
The Disney site repeatedly logged me out in the middle of bookings, had all kinds of error messages, and eventually just stopped working. I had to book my final reservation several hours later.

When it was 180 days out, I didn't have to compete with newbies, last minute trip people, etc. I ALWAYS got everything I wanted on the dates I wanted at 180 days. And it literally took minutes!
Even if Disney doesn't go back to 180, they need to make it more than 60. This is just crazy.

 

[cruisin5]

My problem is when reservations aren't released at 60 days. Can't book Epcot FW dinner or even Citrico yet.

 

[Jennifer S]

Yep. If you are staying off property it's even worse. I'm getting nothing. I hear as it gets closer there will be a lot of cancelations. I need Oga's January 4th or 7th

 

[BrotherCraig]

Staying on property and did the reservations when the ADR opened for me plus 6 days. NOTHING! But it all worked out thanks to alerts using mouse dinnnning and Touring Plans. Got most of the ones I wanted other than Oga's and Toppolino's.

Been to Disney World 6 times and not once seen Mickey Mouse. Hope we do this time. lol