Be Our Guest ADR at 180 +10 - impossible?

[cindy2875]

We are headed to WDW in mid October, and the one thing I definitely want is an ADR at Be Our Guest! We are at 225 days out so I have some time, but I'm getting nervous. Every morning I wake up and check the reservation website and the newest 180-day dinner schedule is always completely booked up for dinner! Will it be impossible for me to log in and get an ADR when my 180 day window opens up? Should I call old-school style instead of logging in online? (and if so, what is the phone number?) What do you guys think?

Ideally we would like the ADR for the night we will be in there anyway for MNSSHP but I know that schedule doesn't come out until May and my window opens in March, so I will just have to cross my fingers.... thanks!

 

[OnceUponATime15]

You won't have any problem getting your reservation at 180.. Mine was this past Monday, I had repeated problems with the online system right at 6am. I called at 7:15am & got my requested time & date down to the minute. The system that the CMs are accessing is quite different then what we can access online. Much more detailed. Added bonus, I was able to book the Wishes Fireworks Dessert Buffet for our prefered time & date as well!! I have tried for this booking for our last four trips without success... I'm excited to have it for this trip!

I'd try online right at 6am for your dates.. but be prepared to call should the glitches with the MDE system haven't been worked out.

Disney IT CMs told me on Monday that the glitches don't affect everyone, but didn't seem to be able to sort it out for me ( and many others from what I've read here on the forums)

 

[cindy2875]

oh good!! thank you, thank you! Huge relief to hear this from you!

 

[Zeppelin]

You won't have any problem getting your reservation at 180..

not always true....i was on the site at 180 days minus 30 seconds on Tuesday and they had one ressie left for the day I wanted; dinner at 9:20PM...

take a look at this thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3237427

 

[cindy2875]

oh no! Thanks Zeppelin Day 180 is a Sunday for me. If I have a problem online at 6am, do they still open the phone lines at 7am on the weekend?

 

[OnceUponATime15]

not always true....i was on the site at 180 days minus 30 seconds on Tuesday and they had one ressie left for the day I wanted; dinner at 9:20PM... take a look at this thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3237427

I was getting reservations for after 9 pm online & on the App right at 6am Monday...

When I phoned at 7:15am because the online system & app would not complete the final step in reserving without an error message, I was asked what day and what time I wanted to eat.. I said around 7:30 pm August 27th --- my reservation is for August 27th at 7:25pm

I asked why this time wasn't coming up online/app for Me & was told that the system the CMs have access to is different then what we can access - more refined & detailed.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

oh no! Thanks Zeppelin Day 180 is a Sunday for me. If I have a problem online at 6am, do they still open the phone lines at 7am on the weekend?

Yes. 7am to 10pm Eastern time 7 days a week.

If you have problems - call! I got 2 of the hardest reservations to get - Wishes Fireworks & BOG for the times/days I requested - when neither was coming up online at those times for me.
It was a 10 minute phone call, easy, thorough & "magical".

 

[libinatorsmom]

I got our BOG about 80 days out - I just kept staulking the page online multiple times a day and got one! its a 8:00pm time but I don't care I am so excited to have it

 

[tessiesevin]

If all else fails CALL! On my 180 online was showing nothing available. Called Disney and got BOG at the exact time I wanted.

 

[ElizabethG]

I booked my ADR for the day and time I wanted online. It is for 6:00 on day 6 of our stay.

Unless you can get an early time, I wouldn't eat there during MNSSHP. You would miss a lot of the festivities. We ate there last year with an ADR for 5:30. It took more than an hour before we were leaving (receipt is time stamped 6:40).