DDP Help

[shepley26]

We're coming up to our 180+10 date for our dining reservations (staying at OKW from the 6th November for two weeks). I know I can make my reservations on the 10th May but can anyone please tell me what time (British time) can I start to book, and is it easier booking via internet or phone? (I can use a computer but im not a wizz). Anything else I might need to know would be greatly appreciated as I am new to the DDP.

Thanks...

 

[wilma-bride]

You can book at 6am EST (11am UK time) on the internet or app and 7am EST (12 noon UK time) by phone.

I have had no luck booking online at my 180-day date recently so would recommend phoning if you have ADRs which are harder to book. The number is 001 407 939 3463.

 

[Tony Bush]

As Wilma said - 11am. If MDE is working well then its a very simple breeze to do on-line. It took me about 5 minutes to do our first 10 ressies.

Tony

 

[shepley26]

Cheers for the replies...

 

[ch1975]

we did ours online at 11am on our +180 days, book the best first, BoG i had it all set, time and date and just kept refreshing from bang on 11am, but no need as we got the time and day we wanted for everything and we have added on to our reservations since and got times close to what we want.

 

[shepley26]

Thanks.
Also, am I right in thinking that I can only book the Fantasmic Dinner Package by phone? This is the one we really want as we've never seen it before...

 

[Elise79]

I believe it can be booked online but we haven't done the package for a few years as we usually see a second show standby.

 

[scoobydooby]

You can book on line now. You didn't used to be able to.

 

[chmurf]

Thanks.
Also, am I right in thinking that I can only book the Fantasmic Dinner Package by phone? This is the one we really want as we've never seen it before...

as far as I remember, I've always been able to book it online but you have to use select "Dining Events" as a filter.
(or select "Disney's Hollywood Studio" in the dropdown menu on the left, or use that link https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/hollywood-studios/fantasmic-dining-package/ )

 

[shepley26]

Cheers for all the replies.

My 180 +10 day mark is tomoz (Sat 10th), ive done all the maths and used online ps calculators to make sure,

BUT

i've just been doing a dummy run so I get familiar with it all (Fri 9th) and I can only go upto the 4th Nov, so tomoz when I go on for real will it only go upto the 5th? In which case I won't be able to do my bookings??? Aaarrrggghhh.....

PLEASE HELP!!! lol

Cheers

 

[chmurf]

Cheers for all the replies.

My 180 +10 day mark is tomoz (Sat 10th), ive done all the maths and used online ps calculators to make sure,

BUT

i've just been doing a dummy run so I get familiar with it all (Fri 9th) and I can only go upto the 4th Nov, so tomoz when I go on for real will it only go upto the 5th? In which case I won't be able to do my bookings??? Aaarrrggghhh.....

PLEASE HELP!!! lol

Cheers

today, you can only make a ressie up to 180 days in advance, like any other guest.

It's a normal thing that you can't select anything beyond that, today
You're entitled to a +10 booking window when you are 180 days from your check in. You're currently 181 days from your check in, so the +10 is not available to you (not yet). It will become available tomorrow when ressies open.

right now you are only entitled to a 180 days ressie. Tomorrow you will be entitled to a 180+10 ressie

 

[thebadger]

Cheers for all the replies.

My 180 +10 day mark is tomoz (Sat 10th), ive done all the maths and used online ps calculators to make sure,

BUT

i've just been doing a dummy run so I get familiar with it all (Fri 9th) and I can only go upto the 4th Nov, so tomoz when I go on for real will it only go upto the 5th? In which case I won't be able to do my bookings??? Aaarrrggghhh.....

PLEASE HELP!!! lol

Cheers

I had this / wondered this as well but as if by magic your 10 days appear bang on 11am.

Be logged into MDE at around 10.30 am and make sure your credit card is registered on the MDE site (saves time) book the most sought after reservations first, so BoG , Character meals, fantasmic etc

I went through this in mid April, was v nervous but it went like a dream .

If you dont mind me asking what places are you booking for?

 

[rex008]

On your main MDE page (online, not the app), it will tell you how many days to go Disney thinks you have. On the website, click the MDE dropdown and click on your name. Left hand side about half way down it says - "My Plans - XXX days to go". It should say 181 today . Tomorrow it will say 180 even before 11am, but it still won't let you book ADRs until that time.

It was one day out of what I'd calculated it to be when I did mine a couple of weeks ago, but that's probably me...

MDE was glitching a bit the day I did mine - had to log out and log in again a couple of times. Seemed to work better if I picked a date AND a time from the main dining page, rather than just "Dinner". If I picked a restaurant before searching for a time, it seemed to silently log me out. But despite not getting anything on until about 11.30am, I still managed to book everything pretty much exactly as I wanted it, although wanting BOG on the 180+9 day probably helped there.

Try not to get too stressed , and good luck!

Oh, and +1 to the previous poster - get your card registered in advance. All goes very smoothly once you get going then - I did 9 reservations in 10 minutes or less.

 

[shepley26]

Cheers for that all, I feel a lot better now, just want everything to go to plan.

The restaurants we want are as follows:

T-Rex (D)
Rainforest (DTD) (D)
Chef Mickeys (B)
Tusker House (B)
Planet Hollywood (D)
Coral Reef (L)
Akershus (D)
Ovilias (OWK) (D) x2 as this is where we are staying.

Thats the list for our first ten nights (there is one day where we don't require any)

Others for after the ten days are:

Fantasmic Dinner @ Hollywood and Vine (D)
Crystal Palace (B)
Rose & Crown (D)
Paradiso 37 (D)
ESPN Club (D)

Any suggestions on which order to do them in would be appreciated.

PS: a bit gutted about Fantasmic Dinner not being in our first ten but we just can't fit it in anyway else...

Cheers...

 

[chmurf]

PS: a bit gutted about Fantasmic Dinner not being in our first ten but we just can't fit it in anyway else...

why's that.

tomorrow you'll book the first ten days
then, the day after tomorrow, you'll book for day 11, you'll still be 180+10 from that ressie, then the next day you'll book for day 12

whatever the day you choose to do the package, you'll be able to book it at +10 days from that ressie.
On your 180 day, you can book the first 10 days, and then one day at a time, but still with a +10 days head start on offsiters.

 

[shepley26]

Nice one.
Thought I'd have to wait 10 days more before being able to start booking the others. I feel better now...

 

[LeaversOnTour]

I have stayed at OKW a few times and have eaten in Olivias twice. The food is not our cup of tea as everything is served with these weird cheesy potatoes

I have never seen it busy in there even when the hotel is fully booked I doubt you will need reservations.

I love your other choices tho

 

[shepley26]

Done!!!

Went online at 11am this morning and managed to get all the restaurants we wanted at the right times, no drama's there.
The only thing I couldn't book was the Fantasmic dinner package, every time I when to book, the dates on the calendar stopped on the 1st November and was unable to go futher on, I dont get there to the 6th and was trying for the 11th or the 16th. Does anyone know when Disney will release the times for the rest of November? Im now looking to book it for the 17th...

 

[rex008]

When we went in October 2012, Fantasmic package was the only one I ended up doing by phone. I'd read they'd fixed this since, but maybe not. Worth calling to ask - you can call the UK number, select the option for dining, and they put you through to the USA reservations without having to pay an international call. I definitely did this for the +10 period.

 

[ABZDisneyFan]

I had major problems getting our ADR's done today, we arrive November 8th.
Got 2 booked then the site wouldn't let me go any further than the 11th, tried the app & the site numerous times gave up in the end & called the dining line.
Got everything else we wanted as well as an 8am Crystal Palace.