candlelight processional

[ConnecticutNonna]

Hi! Not sure if this is in the correct thread... But I'm wondering if anyone has any idea when they will release the ADRs for CP in December??? Thanks so much!

 

[Janet-TX]

Based on past years, probably early to mid-July.

 

[kaymil]

According to the Candlelight Processional Dinner Package page on the WDW website, you can book them the same as any other reservation--180 days out. Is this not correct? Because tomorrow is our 180 day mark, and it would be nice to know if I should be frustrated or not if I can't get our candlelight processional reservation made!

 

[larryz]

According to the Candlelight Processional Dinner Package page on the WDW website, you can book them the same as any other reservation--180 days out. Is this not correct? Because tomorrow is our 180 day mark, and it would be nice to know if I should be frustrated or not if I can't get our candlelight processional reservation made!

Go ahead and get frustrated.

They don't start the CPD reservations until after the narrators have been announced. Yeah, it's not perfect, but... it's WDW.

So be watchful for the list of narrators, because the more popular presenters will draw huge crowds, and ADRs for those CPD packages will disappear in the first few hours!

 

[siskaren]

They don't start the CPD reservations until after the narrators have been announced. Yeah, it's not perfect, but... it's WDW.

I've never noticed any connection between release of narrators and release of CP dining packages, and besides, the list of narrators is never complete when it's first released.

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

My 180 days has come and gone. I spoke to a CM by phone who said exactly what @kamil said. They don't release the dates until narraters are announced. I just wondered if anybody knew from past years when to be on the alert... Thanks

 

[larryz]

I've never noticed any connection between release of narrators and release of CP dining packages, and besides, the list of narrators is never complete when it's first released.

You're right -- last year, they opened reservations in late June and then released the partial list of narrators a week or so later.

My bad. But it still has to be frustrating to wait inside the 180-day window...

 

[mchelle77]

Yeah, I had booked our CP package before knowing who the narrator was at the time (ended up having Neil Patrick Harris, who I was hoping for!) I think I found out the first Friday in July who it was. It came out in pieces though ... they had a few listed, then the rest trickled in as they got commitments from whoever was narrating.

 

[Figmentmommy]

Last year it was after 4th of July when the dining packages became available. July 8th or 9th is what I remember.

And yes - it is likely that the narrator list will not be complete at that time. Lots of TBDs last year and our narrator switched about a month before.

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

According to the Candlelight Processional Dinner Package page on the WDW website, you can book them the same as any other reservation--180 days out. Is this not correct? Because tomorrow is our 180 day mark, and it would be nice to know if I should be frustrated or not if I can't get our candlelight processional reservation made!

I just keep checking 3 times a day. God bless these smart phones. I am too old to stress, if I get exactly what I want, that's abfab, but if not, I still am having a great day at WDW! And sometimes not getting what I want at the time ends up working out so much better in the end!

 

[AmyB2006]

For the last several years, they are usually opened up around July 9th, give or take a week.

 

[jerseygal]

My 180 days has come and gone. I spoke to a CM by phone who said exactly what @kamil said. They don't release the dates until narraters are announced. I just wondered if anybody knew from past years when to be on the alert... Thanks

It is my recollection that the packages were released July 7th last yr. Good luck..Book early for best choice of restaurants.

 

[goofy4tink]

And the problem with them releasing the pkgs before the complete narrator list is that many people book multiple nights, waiting to see a more complete narrator listing...then they cancel the ones they don't want...so that takes away some spots until later in the booking window.

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

And the problem with them releasing the pkgs before the complete narrator list is that many people book multiple nights, waiting to see a more complete narrator listing...then they cancel the ones they don't want...so that takes away some spots until later in the booking window.

It really doesn't matter who the narrater is for me... I have only 1 date that I can be there. So fingers crossed I get an ADR!