Disney Found My LTT ADR before MVMCP! Update Post 11

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

My SIL decided to give her BIL a Christmas present and take him to the Jag's game on the same day that we already have purchased tickets and planned MANY MANY MONTHS AGO to attend MVMCP. So, this means that our 5:20pm ADR at LTT for a party of 5 is shot. Only the BIL was going to be a part of the meal. That SIL was going to arrive later and join us, before she decided to go to the game. This totally messes up my plans for how the evening was going to flow.

So, I called Disney Dining to see what if anything could be done for the night of the 14th's party. I could get a party of 5 in at LTT at 8:25pm, but that would mean that we have to miss Holiday Wishes. In an effort to make the ressie into a party of 4 now, to help with the flow of guests at LTT that night, the Dining CM offered to look up and alter our ADR to the lowered party size. NO ADR was found under our name, phone numbers, or even the documented ADR number.

OMG, so now we are forced to eat a CS meal when we should be dining at LTT. I am so upset that I don't know who I would rather be hurting right now, my SIL for taking our BIL to the freakin' game on the same day as our MVMCP gathering or the idiot at Disney Dining that botched making our LTT ADR months ago and now has us left hanging in the wind with no good alternatives.

 

[Becx N Gav]

Oh no, that's horrible

I would be mad at both your SIL and Disney, I can't beleive they can't find your ADR details

Could you eat at a resort before going to the party? I really hope it doesn't spoil your night Here's hoping for some Pixie dust and maybe a cancelled reservation

 

[Lynn5700]

Umm I would still be showing up for my dinner at 5...it's not your fault the CM messed up your ressie. Talk to the restaurant when you get there and explain the situation. If they can accomadate you I'm sure they will do it.

 

[Tissa]

Call back and check again. Also if I was coming with 4 instead of 5 to an adr I would just leave it like it is, not change it to 4.

 

[tink too]

That's so disappointing.

As for the ADR, I'd call back too. Even if it is showing as cancelled, the CM should still be able to SEE the ressie and give you some indication of when it was cancelled. I would explain that you did not cancel and still want the ressie and see what they can do for you.

 

[GailT]

Call back and check again. Also if I was coming with 4 instead of 5 to an adr I would just leave it like it is, not change it to 4.

I agree with this poster, leave it the way it is, don't change it to 4. It is so stressful making resurvations at disney that is the part of the trip that really gets to me

 

[ilandrazdsw]

I'd go for whomever I can get my hands on first! UGH! As far as ressies go I'd show up anyway...if you have a ressie # I would like to think they would honor it OR call a CM and ask to speak to the superior. Is you heart set on LTT or would you be ok with them fitting you in at YOUR time at another place? So sorry to hear this. As for your SIl...at least you will be in the MK

 

[DebbieB]

I agree with the others, I would have just shown up with 4.

 

[GinaBean]

They couldn't find one of mine that I had a confirmation # for, but it turned out it was made under my cell phone # for some reason. Could you have used a different number?

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

The problem with the ADR is not even the party size so much as it is that my first thought was to just see, I know that it's crazy, but I wanted to see if there was any way possible to adjust it to a little later time, so that my BIL would be there to eat with us. That wasn't possible.

The CM was the one that offered to check the "existing" ADR and alter it to the lower party number in order to help the CM's flow the guests better.

She searched by ADR number and NOTHING came up under that number.
She searched by our home phone. She searched by my cell. She searched by Corey's cell. She searched under my last name. She searched under Corey's last name. She searched under MIL's name. There was no record of us ever having an ADR at 5:20pm. She saw the 6:30pm ADR that we had originally and cancelled after I thought that I had made the 5:20pm ADR.

At this point, I give up. The night that I knew was going to be stressful and mostly a night of me "herding cats" has no saving grace of dinner at LTT to see the character meal one time before it was gone forever.

I will deal. I am just very disappointed. I had the CM check all of my other ADR's and they were fine.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

I decided to call one more time this morning. They found it. Last name spelled with an N and one digit off on my phone number.




Ok, we are sort of back on track now. Disney is off the hook.

So, does anyone know any good methods of passive aggessively harming your SIL?

 

[GinaBean]

That is great that they found your reservation. Go and have a good time without your BIL. Don't let the game put a damper on your evening!

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

Trust me, the only thing that I expect out of the SIL that is messing things up and/or her adult/teen children is for the to meet us in front of the castle with their reindeer antler ears on for one family photopass photo. Other than that, I don't expect anything. I don't even care if they don't show up, because they always create drama.

The core group that I have to be concerned with is Corey, MIL, me and BIL's wife aka my good SIL. BIL will become a part of my core concern group after he gets there, but otherwise, I am so not freakin' going crazy over it. I am creating an itinerary for the night.

Everyone is getting a Disney backpack that night, it's filled with a few Disney themed goodies and they will also get their Christmas $$$ giftcards that night. The itinerary will be inside the backpack. It's going to state that "WE" are having a magical time doing whatever at whatever time. It will encourage the others to join us, but the night is up to their own free will otherwise.

I wasted MCMVP's in 2003 and 2005 trying to keep everyone together and on task. I am over it this year. They are all adults....some more mature than others...it's up to them to make their own freakin' magical memories.

 

[Tink2312]

it's up to them to make their own freakin' magical memories.

Oh so true We went with 6 other members of our family (aunts, cousins etc) in 2005. It was good to see them all in Florida and we had a good time but I wouldn't choose to do it again - too much hassle! Plus pleasing my rather high-strung cousin was a nightmare (the only place she wanted to eat all holiday was Olive Garden )
Anyhoo, glad your ADR was found and all is well.
Enjoy MVMCP

 

[tink too]

It's always worth double-checking! So glad your ADR was only misplaced and not cancelled altogether.

Never mind "bad" SIL, the rest of you go and have fun!

 

[ntsammy5]

I love those antler hats! I have more disney blinking Christmas hats than you can shake a stick at.

 

[ilandrazdsw]

So, does anyone know any good methods of passive aggessively harming your SIL?

I have one of those too! I have found the best way to deal with her is to go about our plans and have all the fun we can. It really bugs her that she isn't either included or the center of attention.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

The thing that bugged me so bad about what SIL has done in taking BIL out of the planned dinner arrangements is basically it's a slap in the face to her mother and her sister. My MIL is not going to be around for much longer. She has COPD, CHF, Diabetes, and is in the early stages of renal disease. Corey doesn't get to see her mother that often, since her job has her traveling out of state 3 to 4 weeks a month and we live in a different state than MIL does.

SIL knew that this trip was being planned over a year ago. SIL knows how important this trip is to Corey for her to be able to spoil her mother at Disney and make some "last chance" mother-daughter memories with her. SIL bought her own MVMCP ticket when they first went on sale (using money from her grandmother, because she doesn't keep a job for more than 6 months at a time ) to come join us for the full family gathering. She always finds a way to mess things up. This time it was in taking BIL to the dang game. He isn't all there mentally, due to a brain injury, and he tires easily. The man is usually in bed by 9pm. Taking him out to MVMCP usually requires that he naps all day, so that he can hang with us until 11pm. Needless to say, taking him to a 1pm football game, after driving him all the way up from near Port Canaveral to Jacksonville is going to be energy sapping enough for him, but to then take him on a ride from the game to Orlando to join us at MVMCP, he is going to be too pooped to play.

I wouldn't care so much if it wasn't for MIL's health and the fact that this is most likely our last chance to take her and her to have a real chance to enjoy the parks. She loves MVMCP and Epcot. I have planned out many special opportunities. We had hoped to have a full family gathering at LTT, but SIL and her kids didn't want to join us. We are/were planning to pay for everyone's meal, so money shouldn't have been an issue. MIL really wanted it, but they said no. When MIL found out that SIL had messed things up for our dinner, she wasn't very happy. That's why I was hoping to moved the dinner to a little bit later without being so late that it causing us to miss Holiday Wishes.

I know that the posts that I have made, might seem whiny to some. Step into my shoes for a minute. This trip is not about me. It was never about me. It was from the beginning about making special memories for Corey and her mother. I have had to set up special dietary arrangements for each restaurant because she has to have a VERY low sodium diet and of course, like all good diabetics, she has to watch her carbs. I have reserved her an ECV scooter to help her get around. We have rented an SUV for the trip, just so that we can keep MIL from having to use the Disney busses because she is freaked out about driving the ECV onto the busses. We are decorating her scooter for the holidays, complete with festive holiday signs, christmas decorations, jingling bells, and lights! Her room will have a Christmas tree in it. We are staying for 9 nights and we are staying at CR. We are paying for her entire stay and she has her own room. We have special arrangements in place to make sure that we are nearby, so that we can take care of her. Basically, I have spent many over a year working on every possible aspect of this trip.

To say the least, I was upset with SIL's plans for our BIL. The whole Disney lost ADR drama didn't help a bit. I am still miffed at SIL, but I will deal. She has no clue what I have gone through in planning all of this. She would never think to do anything like this for her mother. I don't really have to worry about revenge.....God doesn't like ugly.