Driving myself nuts with my ADR's LOL

[MBELSANTI]

These ADR's are driving me to drink!! If I had not already bought my plane tickets( which I don't want to pay fee to change) I would be adding at least 2 more days on to this 7 night/8 day trip!!! There is just too much to see, do and EAT!!!!!!Ok for like the 15th time in the last 3 weeks, I have called WDW and changed my ressies. This is what I have now:

8/25- Spoodles - arrival day
8/26- Concourse Steakhouse- MK all day
8/27- Mama Melrose Fantasmic pkg- AK morn & MGM night
8/28 - Wolfgang Puck 4PM early dinner then Pirate/Princess party
8/29- Alfredo's -Epcot
8/30- Capt'n Jacks- MK day
8/31-Le Cellier- Epcot

What do you guys think?

 

[Dizneydaz]

Looks good to me! It's amazing though that even with all the times I"ve been (10x) inc. 3 times with DDP, I haven't eaten at most of your choices. Funny huh?

When we went last year (during free DDP) I had an ADR for each day-mostly dinners. We were there for 10 nights. We ended up keeping about 1/2 of them. Since I don't overplan each day, and there were some days when I had and ADR for a restaurant in a park, and then we didn't do a park, I had to make a new ADR on the same day. Other than trying to get into Narcoossee's on a Sat. or Sun. and ending up getting Monday, I didn't have a problem making new ressies. The restaurants weren't too bad then. And, if you're flexible with your dining times (early or late dinner-we prefer late) than you'll have a better chance. I know I too overstress some ADRs but I realize (and my DM keeps telling me) that we aren't going to be able to keep them all.

There were a few ADRs we had to keep:
CG-otherwise you pay a $20 penalty-per person
1900PF-DD7's 7th birthday breakfast on last day there
LC-pretty hard to get otherwise-however, we will be skipping it this year
LTT-on MNSSHP.

All our other meals were flexible. And we had a wonderful time and almost all of our meals were great!

I completely understand the adding extra days dilemma (sp?) Last year I had room ressies for 8 nights which I booked in April. At that time I booked the harder to get ADRs. Then, when Delta finally dropped their airfare in June, I booked our tix. Well, wouldn't you know it , we had to go for 10 nights to get the best airfare! So, I had to move our room ressies around a little bit. I was able to convince my DM that going for 10 nights vs 8 wasn't that much more since we were saving on airfare, and our dining was free! Worked out really well.

I figure the same thing will happen this year. I have a window of time we want to go (sometime between 9-4 and 9-17) and once free DDP is announced, I'll book the room and then if I have to change it after picking out our flight, I will.

 

[Maddie2]

I know what you mean! I've been on the phone with the WDW ADR people twice today! I made our ADR's back in January, and now only 2 weeks out, I am changing my mind. I finally realized to maximize the DDP, it makes more sense to have dinners rather than breakfast using our TC's. That, along with the idea of missing an hour or two of prime park time in the a.m. made me reconsider the original plan.

We have a split vacation plan -- 4 nights on-property with the DDP and 6 nights off property (also going to Sea World and Universal).

Our ADR's are:

* O'hana dinner @ Polynesian
* LeCellier
* Mama Melrose Fantasmic pkg
* Sci Fi Drive In

THEN, OOP Cape May character breakfast the day before we go home. I'd rather pay OOP for a breakfast than a dinner.

 

[Dizneydaz]

I know what you mean! I've been on the phone with the WDW ADR people twice today! I made our ADR's back in January, and now only 2 weeks out, I am changing my mind. I finally realized to maximize the DDP, it makes more sense to have dinners rather than breakfast using our TC's. That, along with the idea of missing an hour or two of prime park time in the a.m. made me reconsider the original plan.

I'd rather pay OOP for a breakfast than a dinner.

So true! Since we don't like to waste too much time with breakfast in the a.m. we actually ate most of our breakfasts in our room. I think we had breakfast at the food court once, and one other time at Tuskers (we had CS we needed to use up). We did do one breakfast using TS and it was on our last day, for my DD's 7th birthday, and we we're leaving for home at 2 p.m. so we didn't go into the parks that day. It was at PF and was a nice ending to a great trip!

 

[MBELSANTI]

I am too embarrassed to tell you how many times I have called and rearranged my ressies.
Here is my new list LOL:

8/25 Capt Jack Dinner (dying for lobster)
8/26 Concourse Steakhouse
8/27 Spoodles
8/28 Wolfgang Puck's
8/29 Alfredo's
8/30 Chef Mickey's (late breakfast)
Capt Jacks Dinner ( can't get enough Lobster!)
8/31 Le Cellier

Hopefully these won't be changed too much between now and August. I had to rearrange things because I want to go to PPP on the 28th.

 

[The Sweetness]

I racked my brain figuring out my ADr before I made them, so didnt need to change anything~ UNTIL my girlfriend who was supposed to join us for the weekend for her b/day, decided that *the weekend* consisted of 4 days, not 2

I called and tried to add her to the 2 other ADR (a thurs and sunday night) and had no luck . She'll be on her own for those 2 eves

 

[MBELSANTI]

I racked my brain figuring out my ADr before I made them, so didnt need to change anything~ UNTIL my girlfriend who was supposed to join us for the weekend for her b/day, decided that *the weekend* consisted of 4 days, not 2

I called and tried to add her to the 2 other ADR (a thurs and sunday night) and had no luck . She'll be on her own for those 2 eves

Yikes! It may be a hassle, but I would try calling CRO between now and then to see if anything opens up. I am sure they get cancellations (people like me ) every day. Don't give up!