Booking today - 6/28

[Eeyore's Wife]

We are a group of 11 and have been on hold since 7:00 am
I can't make them online b/c they won't let you for groups of 10 or more

I was having kittens when I had to wait for 20 minutes, I would have progressed to birthing rhinoceros if I was on hold for 40 minutes.


I hope you get a little pixie dust soon!

 

[J&K'sPrincessMommy]

Thanks- I am up to almost 50 minutes now

 

[kevgraub]

Nothing available on 9/29 for Crystal Palace....all day!

Definitely try to get online at 6:00 on Wednesday (I think that is 90 days from 9/29). Yesterday, we tried to get CRT for 9/26 and there was nothing available for breakfast or lunch. Went back online this morning (90 days out) and requested 10:00 am for breakfast, was offered 9:45 and 10:15. If you check back, you might have some luck.

Also, 9/29 is a MNSSHP, so that is going to make it tougher to land a lunch or dinner reservation I would imagine. Not impossible, but tougher.

 

[candy0730]

Why such a long wait??? This is getting ridiculous. I only want to find out if any more Fantasmic packages are available.

 

[cmusschoot]

Up early, got CRT but NO Fantasmic Package...NOTHING available...YIKES!!!

 

[cmusschoot]

Why such a long wait??? This is getting ridiculous. I only want to find out if any more Fantasmic packages are available.

Hope you were able to get one, I wasn't...ICK!!! I was on hold for about 30 minutes...

 

[candy0730]

After holding for almost an hour I was told no Fantasmic packages available for Mama Melrose. Bummer - I will try calling again tomorrow.

I cannot believe how stressful it is trying to plan dining reservations. It doesn't help that I am not the most organized person.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

I just passed 1 hour. DW is around 30 minutes. I'm still getting the same 2 songs, while she's getting variety. Looks like waiting until all of 0705 was not a good idea...

 

[stephie1012]

called around 720 to get a BBB ressie since all my dining was done online wait time was supposed to be less then 7mins was on hold for about 45mins got the time i wanted tho

She asked if i wanted to Note DD's birthday on our ADR's i told her i did it online but the CM said it wasnt noted just a heads up for others on that

 

[rhodymom]

I wait almost 35 minutes...I did *ok*...No chef Mickey's on my dd bday but i got it for a different morning

I got
9/26 CP - 5:40pm on my dd bday
9/27 House of Blues 5:45 (not a problem since not on dining plan)
9/28 Toyko at 8:10 (hoping for a window seat!)
9/29 Whispering Canyon @ 6:10
9/30 Chef Mickey @ 8:10
10/1 CRT @ 8:40 (just my daughter and I)
Citrico @ 7:35 (just my husband and I)
10/2 no adr's

 

[Chevyscool]

Well, I was pretty successful...got all but one. I'll keep trying for that one, plus I'll need to keep checking for Fantasmic packages for October anyway!

Was pretty impressed with online dining, I made 15 ADR's in under an hour.

I hope everybody did as well, if not keep trying! I've heard several success stories from folks that eventually got what they wanted...don't give up (I'm not)!!!

 

[djp0630]

called around 720 to get a BBB ressie since all my dining was done online wait time was supposed to be less then 7mins was on hold for about 45mins got the time i wanted tho

She asked if i wanted to Note DD's birthday on our ADR's i told her i did it online but the CM said it wasnt noted just a heads up for others on that

I booked BBB around 7 and had a 5 minute wait. The CM was a talker so I hope that you didn't wait too long because of me. Was all done ADRs and BBB by 7:15.

 

[maddiesmom0116]

Hi-
Did anyone else have problems with the site this morning. I was up at entering everything in my cart at 6am and at 6:45 I went to check out and I got a error message stating the system is unavailable at this time. I have the same issue with My Disney Vacation too sometimes. I got almost everything I wanted except for 2 by having to wait for the phone at 7am. I am sure I will eventually get them by calling back daily that has always worked for me, but it is the hassle of it all. I am not at all impressed with the new online system at this point.

 

[mrmdisneyfl]

We are checking in at the WL on 9/26-9/28. On 9/28 we check in at the Beach Club and check out at Sunday 10/4.

I am tired, I roll out of bed at 6:50 am only to be on hold for 65 minutes and I called at exactly 7 am. While on hold, I booked reservations online, and I was surpised that I had trouble finding decent times to eat since I have a 2.5 year old. I booked the following before the rep came on the line, and I do not feel happy or excited about the below...not really the times or options I wanted. I wanted Ohana, but not so late, but I guess I should be happy given some of the posts here.

Sat 9/26: Whispering Canyon at 11:45 am & The Plaza at 5:50 pm
Sun 9/27: Ohana at 9:35 pm, this is late for us. May have to consider making a change here.
Mon 9/28: Chef Mickey's at 12:30 pm & Biergarten at 6:55 pm.

Then I logged on to the Dis and read the posts here, then the rep came on the line. I am not able to book ADR's for 9/29-10/4, since that is under another a reservation, she said I would have to call back at 7 am on 6/30. I said how can I prevent this when I book a split stay in the future, she said to have one reservation number...I said, I can book 2 resort stays under 1 reservation number, she said no. She said she was sorry, that she is not even able to enter an ADR for 9/29 into the system since my WL reservation ends on 9/28. She reassured me this goes for anyone calling in with the same scenario as myself.

To sum it up, I should have stayed in bed. I just want my ADR bookings to be over with, I do not want to think about them anymore. I guess I will wake up early on 9/30 at 6 am to log on and try booking online reseravtions before I head off to work and I can only hope for the best. If I have trouble booking decent dinner times due to my 2.5 year old, I guess I may have to consider CS's or walk up reservations, which stinks.

I probably will not consider a split stay in the future given the inability to book your ADR's at once.

 

[Tess]

I was on hold for 1.5 hours (called at 7:00) and still had no luck with Le Cellier. I couldn't get the website to work for me at all. The site couldn't pull up my reservation # and would not allow me to book anything beyond 9/26.

After my lengthy hold there was not one dining slot at Le Cellier available for our entire stay (9/26-10/3).

It really is a bummer because we are visiting with friends and wanted them to enjoy Le Cellier. I know this is a tough get, but we have always been able to get an ADR in the past. Guess the "free" dining has placed a premium on my favorite restaurant.

Since our focus is F&W, it isn't that big a deal--just kind of bums me out that we only wanted two ADRs and couldn't get one of them.

Glad to hear some of you had better luck!

 

[N&B'smom]

It just stinks so bad that they start the online system 1 hr earlier than the phones when certain people can't use it. I paid so much for DVC...at least start it at 7AM too so we all have a chance. Not to mention how long I'll be on the phones today. Im really discouraged...

I have DVC and was able to book online.

 

[Mommy2Jacob&Hannah]

Was up at 6 this morning, hopped online, and was done in 20 minutes. No problems at all, everything worked perfectly. Got everything we wanted, granted none of them are particularly hard to get ADRs I don't think. Here's what we got

9/26 Cape May Cafe Dinner
9/27 Tony's Town Square dinner
9/28 50's Prime Time Cafe lunch
9/29 1900 park fare dinner
9/30 Akershus Princess Breakfast
10/1 Tusker House Breakfast
10/2 Chef Mickey's dinner

 

[J&K'sPrincessMommy]

OK, I got everythong but a Fantasmic Dinner Package- which was the 1st thing I asked for. And I have a PSB lunch instead of breakfast- not horrible I guess.

I did get:
9/26 dinner at Boma
9/27 We already have a Grand Gathering AK celebration
9/28 PSB lunch at 12 noon, Germany dinner 6:20pm
9/29 Play and Dine breakfast at 9:10, Sci Fi lunch at 3pm (only Fantasmic this week is that night)
9/30 We aready had a Grand Gathering MK Breakfast, dinner at CP at 5pm
10/1 Lunch at CM's at 1:35
10/2 CRT dinner at 5:20 (MNSSHP that night)
10/3 Boma breakfast at 9:20pm

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

Done! Lots of chit-chat from our CM, but she was polite. Had to make some changes, and will try to post later, as I now must get ready for work.

0705- start of calling all circuits busy
0715- on hold
around 0830- picked up, and the games begin (right after I said to DW: this is almost not even worth it)
0900- done

Total call time by my phone timer: 1h 50m

 

[MarkinNM]

Got most of what I wanted,but now it seems to be stuck on a blank screen at check out.

That is why if I were booking many ADR's online I would book what we wanted 1st then check out, get your ADR confir# then go at it again, I had this happen to me when adjusting my ADR's and even got a blank email, luckly it was there I called back and had the CM look.

Does anyone know if phone ressies show up online as dining reservations???

Sure you can, you just need the phone number your gave them and the ADR#!

Up early, got CRT but NO Fantasmic Package...NOTHING available...YIKES!!!

That is what I was afraid of as when I called THAT was the 1st thing I asked for, even before LeCellier, luckly I got one!!

I cannot believe how stressful it is trying to plan dining reservations. It doesn't help that I am not the most organized person.

Oh my that is the KEY!!!

Being organized!!! I had a listing of everything we wanted, 3 places each on which day that helped as when the CM asked me ok lets start, if I didnt have that listing I would have drawn a blank!!!