Dining Reservations at WDL vs. WDW

[jamiepierce1]

I know at WDW you can book 180 days + 7 or 10 days out from the first day of your visit. Can you book WDL dining prior to 60 days if you are staying on property?

 

[SMD]

I know at WDW you can book 180 days + 7 or 10 days out from the first day of your visit. Can you book WDL dining prior to 60 days if you are staying on property?

No. It's still 60 days.

 

[KateDrake]

Just wanted to add that while it is 60 days, there are only a few things you would actually need to book that far in advance (Fantasmic! dessert package, for example). For the most part, you will probably be fine making ressies within a couple of weeks of when you'll be dining, and even the day of. I am totally the planner who is up at the crack of dawn to book all my WDW ADRs as soon as I can at 180 days. But at Disneyland, not stressing about dining is part of the fun. Maybe make a reservation for your "must do" places, but for the most part, feel free to go with the flow! I've been able to get day-off reservations at just about any table service at Disneyland or DCA. And if I couldn't get one that day, they could usually squeeze me in later in the trip!

 

[Girimama33]

On a side note, the correct acronym for Disneyland is DLR for Disneyland Resort. Walt's name was never part of it like Diasney World.

 

[MillauFr]

On a side note, the correct acronym for Disneyland is DLR for Disneyland Resort. Walt's name was never part of it like Diasney World.

DL is the correct acronym. The national standard of acronyms instituted DL as the preferred standard last October.

 

[lozzypop]

Actually, if you are staying on-property you can utilize Vacation Planning (VP) to book your dining reservations. You are free to contact them prior to your 60 day window.

We stayed at the DLH in December. I contacted VP by e-mail just before my 60 day window. When I was assigned a VP rep, I just let him know when and where we would like reservations for and he booked those for me as each 60 day window opened up. When he was done (we stayed for a week and had about four or five reservations) he sent me an itinerary with the dining details. He even booked my F! at 30 days back when it was still dessert seating (we were one of the last groups to enjoy that offering).

If you are staying off-site this won't work, but it was a nice on-site perk.

 

[HydroGuy]

DL is the correct acronym. The national standard of acronyms instituted DL as the preferred standard last October.

In that acronyms are used very frequently on online forums and here as well, I think it is worth clarifying when someone misuses an acronym. Further, each forum gets to choose its own acronyms and this forum has clearly chosen DLR to represent Disneyland Resort and really never uses DL to represent the entire resort.

If you want to use a different acronym then feel free. But please don't purposely attempt to confuse others.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Agreed. It certainly makes the Search feature easier to use when the acronyms are correct and standardized!

 

[MillauFr]

In that acronyms are used very frequently on online forums and here as well, I think it is worth clarifying when someone misuses an acronym. Further, each forum gets to choose its own acronyms and this forum has clearly chosen DLR to represent Disneyland Resort and really never uses DL to represent the entire resort.

If you want to use a different acronym then feel free. But please don't purposely attempt to confuse others.

The excessive use of acronyms here frequently leads to confusion and misinterpretation. The only way to eliminate such confusion would be to ban all use of acronyms. Of course that will never happen.

 

[figment_jii]

DL is the correct acronym. The national standard of acronyms instituted DL as the preferred standard last October.

I am not familiar with the National Standard of Acronym group, but I'm not sure why'd they'd select "DL" as the preferred standard, when even Disney uses DLR to denote Disneyland Resort on things. If you look at some of the URL links of Disneyland Resort things on the Disney website (like the hidden Mickey Pin lists, photopass pre-order, etc.), you'll see that they use "DLR" in the name to differentiate from the "WDW"-version. I'd be curious to know why the national standard of acronym group went with "DL" to denote Disneyland Resort.

The excessive use of acronyms here frequently leads to confusion and misinterpretation. The only way to eliminate such confusion would be to ban all use of acronyms. Of course that will never happen.

There is an acronym list for this forum that can also help to reduce confusion and misinterpretation.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1520784

 

[HydroGuy]

The excessive use of acronyms here frequently leads to confusion and misinterpretation. The only way to eliminate such confusion would be to ban all use of acronyms. Of course that will never happen.

Look, if you want to avoid confusion and spell out Disneyland Resort every time and Disney California Adventure every time, feel free. No one is stopping you. And perhaps it will be less confusing than DLR and DCA.

Every single community I have been involved in - whether professional or personal - has made abundant use of acronyms. The reason? It speeds communication when taken as a whole.

I think this point is obvious to 99%+ of the folks out there and I have nothing further to say on the matter.