Help, booking ADR in what order?

[petunia]

I used to be so confident when I booked my ADR at 180 days out, now I'm so nervous, anyone care to suggest what order I try to book these restaurants in:
Crystal Palace
Grand Floridian
WCC
Mama Melrose F! pkg
Cotral Reef
Maya Grill
CRT
Narcooses
Ohana
The only guess I would have is CRT first??
All will be for dinner, around 5-6 I hope

 

[TillyMarigold]

CRT first, then the Fantasmic package (which btw the latest time you can get it is 5 pm).

I'd probably do Maya Grill last, and probably Coral Reef just before that one. The others I'd probably rank by how much you want them.

 

[petunia]

Thanks, I figured CRT first...on top of not knowing what order, now I find out TA's may be able to start booking several hours prior?? My call date is May 25, so I can't even try myself online, as I think the date for that is the 26th??

 

[TDC Nala]

I'd put the Fantasmic package second, and Ohana near the top of the list.

 

[petunia]

Thanks

 

[PrincessPixie]

Definitely CRT first, as everyone seems to agree. Why is the Fantasmic latest seating 5 pm? Seems early to me.

My call date is May 24th. When does it go online, does anyone know?

 

[TDC Nala]

Definitely CRT first, as everyone seems to agree. Why is the Fantasmic latest seating 5 pm? Seems early to me.

The idea appears to be that package users should have a lot of time to eat and get to the show. If the reservations were later, and guests missed the show or didn't get reserved seating, they'd blame Disney for not giving them enough time.

The reserved seating is not specific seats; it's an entire section. A half hour before showtime, that section is released for general seating, so to take advantage of the reserved seating, those who have it need to be seated before that time. So there is still some waiting involved.

 

[francie57]

Heard the on-line was supposed to be May 26. Today was my day and I was able to get through right at 7:00 got everything we wanted. Definitely book the hardest first (we did LeCellier first and it was still very limited). The tough part is even though it is my 90 day anyone booking last week has been booking for the same days since they can book for 10 days so there aren't alot of time frames to work with. Thankfully we got everything we wanted.