Cindy's Breakfast advice & encouragement

[Madi100]

I called beforehand. When you have your numbers down, all you have to do is push all of them as soon as you hear the guys' voice. You don't have to wait to be promopted for the next question. We got right through. We didn't have to hold at all and this was at 7 in the morning.

 

[papagooch]

We used the tips at the beginning of this thread and it worked. I called at 2 minutes to 7:00 and got right through but had to go through several prompts to get a live operator. If you are making the reservation for your wife but you won't be going make sure that you have a credit card number that is in the others persons name. The operator said that they would have to have the credit card that the ressie was made on when they checked in for the ressie to be honored. I guessed at which card we shared and got lucky enough to get 8:50 AM. I'll be fishing with my brother and our boys if I can get that ressie too.

 

[QJ411]

Hi everyone,

Last year, for my honeymoon, I tried feverishly to call in and get ressies for a couple of days at percisely 7AM. There were no more PS left. I wanted to cry, I was so upset b/c everyone here at the DIS highly recommended it!

This year, we're going back at the same time and as I was making my PS at different rest. for lunch and dinners, I just decided to call for Cindy's Breakfast. At 3:30 in the afternoon, the CM was so sweet and she actually gave me THREE different PS to choose from for Dec. 16! (8:30AM, 8:45AM and 9AM) I had to ask her a few times to be sure we were talking the SAME rest! But she confirmed everything!

So please try to call back NO MATTER WHAT TIME it is. Last yr. the CM told me the PS were gone within 3 minutes past 7AM and to keep trying. Don't give up, just call and call, and call!

Hope this helps...Good luck! Enjoy!

 

[cathymailme]

Wooohooo! I got CRT reservations this morning! I am every excited! But i do have some questions now. I got reservations for Thursday January 29th at 8:05 am. I am wondering if I should try for a different day as this is an early entry day at the Magic Kingdom and I feel like I will miss the time when the park is empty (while we are having breakfast) and then the park will be busy that day due to the early entry? We don't like to do a lot of park hopping, so I am wondering if I should switch my date? Any and all advise would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Cathy

 

[Madi100]

I did the same thing. I made our reservations for 8:05, the earliest I could, and now I am wondering if I should have gone for later. We are also going on EMH. However, I decided to just leave it because there will be another EMH for Magic Kingdom during our stay.

 

[Jaime]

Just realize that they change the ps for Cindy's to 90days, Since we are leaving in about 70 days I was lucky to get a table for 8 but my time isn't until 10:10. It is alot later than I wanted. Will this take away to much time from the rest of the park? We a travelling with two toddlers and plan to focus on Fantsyland we know there will be lines but where hoping to tour most of it in the morning when lines were smaller. It is off season so maybe that will help. Thanks

 

[Madi100]

I think you have a good time, actually. You can get up, go to the park as soon as it opens and get your Fantasyland rides done. You can eat a small "snack" before going. We are doing a late breakfast one morning, and I plan on having granola bars and fruit before we go. Once you've a couple/few rides, it will be time for breakfast. Depending on how much you eat, you will be good to go until sometime in the afternoon. We always just snack when we eat a late lunch. Then we have a nice supper. If you have another day to spend at Magic Kingdom, that might even be a good day to sleep in

 

[catherines_mama]

I want CRT on the 3rd day we are there. But can I call for each day prior as well and get what is out there? Then call the next day ... etc until the day I really actually want? Then cancel the previous.

Is that bad. Can I do this under the same name each time or what?

Thanks!
Deedee

 

[Howie]

i want CRT on the 3rd day we are there. But can I call for each day prior as well and get what is out there? Then call the next day ... etc until the day I really actually want? Then cancel the previous.

yes you can

Is that bad. Can I do this under the same name each time or what?

no it is not bad but the standard; and yes under the same name each day is fine

Thanks!


you are welcome

 

[pjlla]

Of course you can do that.... just remember to cancel the reservations you don't need because you will be charged for them, and because other people are waiting for those reservations. I made one for each day of our vacation until I was able to get one for the actual day I WANTED it. If I hadn't been able to get the time/day that I wanted, I would have rearranged our vacation schedule to accomodate one of the other times/days I got the reservation for ('cause you can't miss seeing Cindy!). Just a last bit of information.... don't cancel the unwanted reservations right away... be sure of your schedule before you do. I had made reservations for the Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of our vacation week, when in actuality all I wanted was the Wed res. So I immediately cancelled all the others. Well.... when park hours came out two days ago, come to find out SpectroMagic is only playing Saturday night and Tuesday night during our visit... Sat. was to be our SeaWorld day and Tuesday was to be our "off" day (not in the parks). If I had held onto the Tuesday CRT reservation, I could have just rescheduled our day "off" to Wed. and had the CRT in the morning of Tuesday and the SpectoMagic at night and we would have been all set.... As it was I had to reschedule our "Dinner with Shamu" (fortunately I was able to do that!) from Saturday to Sunday and make Saturday our Animal Kingdom day and from there we will park-hop at the end of the day to the MK to see the parade (we don't usually park hop as we find it takes too much time out the day during the low season). Anyhow, sorry to take so long on my explanation! YES make all the CRT reservations you want, just be sure to cancel whatever you don't need!

 

[Wendaeh]

I just called this morning (8:45 EST) for Feb 5th (90 days from today)....they had at least 10 different times to choose from!!!

We're going for a "brunch" ay 10, but could have gotten in as early as 8:30 am.

Definately call at any time if you didn't have the chance at 7am!

My DD (6) is going to be thrilled!

Wendy

 

[crzy4mk]

Just this morning we were able to get our ressies for Sunday, February 15th at 8:25 a.m.!!! Party of 11 all at one table! I am pumped! Even though this is not our first choice of days (we'll be trying later in the week for a time that fits our schedule better) it's still great to have this as a "safety net".

If anyone is interested, I will be canceling this PS if we get a better one. Post back here if you might be interested, and we can PM so I can let you know when I will be canceling.

Good luck to all those trying to get in . . . if you follow all of the good advice on the DIS, you should have no trouble!

 

[Divamomto3]

Just tried to get PS for Cindy's. I overslept and didn't jump on the phone until 7:12am. The CM picked up at 7:16 and they were all sold out for Feb. 20th. It's actually OK, because that's the first morning of our trip and it's not the day I really want anyway. This is really hard! Tomorrow, I'm setting the alarm for 6:30 like I was supposed to today! The 21st is one of my choices.

 

[ear_poppin]

I completely forgot to phone and noticed it was 11.55am in England, 6.55am in Florida.

I couldn't find the number immediatley then found it, phoned through at 7.05am held on for a few minutes spoke to a CM spoke as fast as I could and got a ressie for 9.35am!!!

I was a little shell shocked that I got a ressie on the first time that I'd ever tried......WOW!!

I could feel the CM talking to me oddly in my strange dream like state at getting what I wanted ! In fact I keep waiting for the credit card debit to show to prove that it was not all a dream!

Denise

 

[sacandjac]

My husband called this morning at about 7:15, was put on hold for a little while but did get PS for CRT on 2/22/03 at 0935. DD was hopping up and down and so was her DM. Thanks for all the encouragement and advice....

 

[angc]

We may have just been super lucky, but I made ressies for 12/19 just last week. I didn't even realize what CRT was, just trying to find a resturant in the MK for the last day. I had spent nearly 2 hrs on hold, so I think the last min. avaliablity was just Karma.
Maybe waiting until the last minute allows for some cancellations to free up tables.

 

[Shells9]

Just returned from our second visit to CRT this year. First was in June, latest was December 7. Food was good (except the eggs were a tad bit under cooked for our liking), character interaction was better in June, but still really good. Characters this time were Aurora, Cindy, Snow White, Pocohontias, and Belle, with Fairy Godmother in the Lobby. The lobby was decorated for the holidays, but there were no decorations that I recall in the actual restaurant.

Bad pic od DD, but nice one of Pocohontias!

 

[mazzarafe]

angc,

We will be there on the 19th also!!!

Have 10:00am ps and DD's cannot wait to go back. We are also doing PSB on 22nd, our last full day.


I'm hoping this is a sign that the parks won't be as busy as usuall.

 

[sdamico71]

Call my family picky....but the food at PSB was nothing my kids would eat. The food is served in a family size skiddle with everything mixed together. In addition, it was SPICY hot. My kids ended up asking for bagels. So if you have picky kids, or don't like spices, make sure you ask for an alternate food.

 

[ayimapt]

If anyone is cancelling a CRT PS for anytime:

Jan 21-25

Please email me.....


We have a short notice trip scheduled.....and it is booked..no real surprise....but we would really LOVE to be lucky enough to get a cancellation!

Thank you!!!
Angela