Can you Change Reservation time under 24 hours and not be penalized?

[mmbrad02]

I have my reservations made, but one of them is not a desired time and I plan to keep watching for a better one. It's a long shot but if I wake up the day of my reservation and just happen to see a better time, can I switch without penalty?

 

[supersnoop]

The cancellation timeframe is "the day before," so you have u till midnight to cancel the reservation. There's no "24 hour" rule.

 

[KT0191]

I'm pretty sure you can. When I was making my ADRs back in March for my September trip, I somehow made a same day breakfast reservation for BOG (seriously, like 3 hours out). I went in and changed it to a later date, cancelled it and I was fine. I called dining just to make sure and she said I wouldn't be charged if I was able to modify it and she was right-no charge ever made.

 

[jacrazy]

I just got back and did this a couple of times with no penalty. I did call and they said it was fine.

 

[TeresaWen]

I was able to change a 7:45 dinner to 8:15 last month when we were running late leaving Epcot and I needed to stop at guest relations on our way to catch the boat. Easy breezy.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

I have my reservations made, but one of them is not a desired time and I plan to keep watching for a better one. It's a long shot but if I wake up the day of my reservation and just happen to see a better time, can I switch without penalty?

1) This is SOLELY up to the individual eatery.
2) The Disney Policy says "No", but some eateries will allow it.
3) The eatery manager has full and total control over his profit margins.

 

[Grumpy247365]

I was able to change one time and not get charged, the next time I had to pay the penalty. I switched it at the front desk at the Poly because the app wouldn't let me.

 

[AngiTN]

Easiest method is use the Change Reservation feature on the app/web site.
I just did it several times on our trip.
It has always worked for me as long as you are within about 2 hours of the meal
I change the time to whenever I can find a time, as long as it's in the future.
Once I change it, I cancel the ADR.
The only time that didn't work was for a Dining Package, like Jungle Book or F!

 

[vinotinto]

Easiest method is use the Change Reservation feature on the app/web site.
I just did it several times on our trip.
It has always worked for me as long as you are within about 2 hours of the meal
I change the time to whenever I can find a time, as long as it's in the future.
Once I change it, I cancel the ADR.
The only time that didn't work was for a Dining Package, like Jungle Book or F!

So it doesn't work if you want to eat earlier, just later?
And after it's changed you have to go back and cancel the original time?

 

[AngiTN]

So it doesn't work if you want to eat earlier, just later?
And after it's changed you have to go back and cancel the original time?

No, you change the original time to a new time

You can change it to whatever you want, another time you want to eat or a future time you plan to cancel, whatever works for what your want to do