First time making my own ADRs. Hints???

[Carlyzmom]

I will be making my ADRs for June this Saturday!! Any hints or tips you want to share? What time do they start? I'm going to do it online.

 

[duffdo]

Wow, you are so lucky doing this. I have to wait until April before I can look at my ADRs

To be honest, I found things fairly straight forward. As you would expect a lot of the popular places fill up fast (Garden Grill, California Grill, Ohana etc,) so my advice would be to make ADRs early (you can still cancel at a later date!)

I did all of my ADRs on my last trip, 6 months before travelling and I had 13 of them! I would highly recommend the Fantasmic Dining Package. You can eat at a selected restaurant in DHS (I chose Mama Melroses) and you receive a ticket which allows entry to the amphitheatre through a special entrance adjacent to The Tower of Terror. The section you are allocated is a little off centre (meaning if you are fussy like me, the music/effects during the show are not quite in sync, but nothing too noticeable.) Anyway, this saves you having to arrive mega early for the show, meaning more park time!

Happy ADR'ing and Merry Christmas!

 

[Carlyzmom]

Thanks so much!!!

 

[Carlyzmom]

Can I do it a midnight on the day of?

 

[sissy1]

I'm actually making my ADR's right now for our Feb. trip. Haven't had any trouble getting any of our ressies. I am returning to a few of our favorite restaurants, but every time we go to WDW, I like to try a few new ones. Good luck!

 

[Dis_Dreamin]

Can I do it a midnight on the day of?

Typically, reports are that you can make your online ADRs starting at 6am Eastern Time, and via phone at 7am Eastern Time.

I would recommend prioritizing which ones are most important to get for specific days and times then do them in order of priority. If you have to do Credit Card Guarantee for any of the restaurants (usually more popular ones and character meals) it's faster to do on the phone vs online, but not impossible online. The reason being is that online you have to enter in your CC and billing address for each reservation but on the phone they will do it one time at the end. Saves your fingers some typing.

Regardless, have a plan, stick with the plan and I'll bet you'll be pleasantly surprised. I think on my last trip (June), we had meals for just about every day of the 10 day trip scheduled and I got every single one of them within 15 minutes of when I wanted to schedule them. Mostly did them online except for Fantasmic Dining because for some reason that wasn't available online for booking but was via phone.

 

[Carlyzmom]

Typically, reports are that you can make your online ADRs starting at 6am Eastern Time, and via phone at 7am Eastern Time.

I would recommend prioritizing which ones are most important to get for specific days and times then do them in order of priority. If you have to do Credit Card Guarantee for any of the restaurants (usually more popular ones and character meals) it's faster to do on the phone vs online, but not impossible online. The reason being is that online you have to enter in your CC and billing address for each reservation but on the phone they will do it one time at the end. Saves your fingers some typing.

Regardless, have a plan, stick with the plan and I'll bet you'll be pleasantly surprised. I think on my last trip (June), we had meals for just about every day of the 10 day trip scheduled and I got every single one of them within 15 minutes of when I wanted to schedule them. Mostly did them online except for Fantasmic Dining because for some reason that wasn't available online for booking but was via phone.

Thanks so much!!!