Here's how my Morning went! LONG!

properlywarnedyebe

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The alarm went off at 6:55 am. It's 7:00am & DH says "Get up, you gotta call Disney". I grab the phone, the ressie #, a pen, my wallet, & the ADR's I wanted, get on the phone... it's 7:05 am. After punching in the #1 a gazillion times, 7:08am I sit there listening to "Under the Sea", "Bare Neccessities", "Cruella DeVil" it's 7:26am & I hear a beep beep beep, Nooo! the batteries dying in our cordless phone. (Yes we only have one house phone) The phone hangs up. I panic, I get the cell phone, dial the phone # & the gazillion #1's again, 7:32 am I'm listening to the sounds of Disney Movies again on the speaker, "the call volume is heavy, please expect a delay" it's 8:03 am, my cell phone starts to die, NOT AGAIN! Get the charger quick!!!DD & Dh run, we plug in the phone , it's now 8:31am when I say to DH "what should I do?" We have to drop DD off at Daycare & be at work 9:30am and I haven't showered yet. At 8:35am I heard this Angelic voice say "Welcome to Disney Dining, how may I help you? I say "Wait!! Wait!! I'm here!!" I pick up the cell phone, hit the speaker button and see THIS: "Call Ended 00:14"... The tears just well up, I scream "It hung up, OMG, it hung up!" DH yells "What did you hit?" I don't know, I'm on the floor in the fetal position crying. 8:38am DH says "Go get in the shower, I'll call back", I run to the shower,cry, brush my teeth,cry, get some clothes out, cry, when DH yells "They Picked up!" 9:04am, I'm in a towel, DH is saying this to the CM "Hello, uh, er, uh,er, can you talk to my wife?" I grab the phone and this is the rest of the conversation:
Me: Hello?
CM: Playing Musical phones today?
Me: It's been a rough morning, We've been on the phone for two hours
CM: I believe it, I have over 200 calls waiting after you
Me: Ok, well what do you need from me first?
CM: Start w/ your first day...
Me: Dec 7 Dinner at Boma, what do you have?
CM: 4:45pm & 7:10pm
ME: I guess...
CM: oh wait, there's a 5:25pm, never mind-that's for a party of 4, not a party of 3
Me: What? (that makes no sense) We'll take the 7:10
CM: Great! (Does the confirmation spiel TWICE)
This is how the rest of the convo went, after some wheelin' & dealin' we got everything we wanted, 6 ADRS, for the week of Dec. 7-13 & ignored the CM's BBB guilt trip while I was at it. She was very nice & speedy, her name was Reagan, I was off the phone at 9:08am and that's when the intestinal meltdown happened....
 
Sounds like a rough start to your day, but I'm glad it all worked out in the end. :)
 
Poor thing! You need a hug!:hug: I heard that Disney dining has been packed over the last few days. I called yesterday to make sure I made our 6 ressies for 6 people and I got through right away. Just shake it off hon, you made your ressies, now breathe!::yes::
 
Geez that's really bad. I just had my CAA rep call other then changing BBB to a bigger package. She got all the dining we wanted and for some odd reason got the days where the parks were open unit 9 or later(nov hours we not out yet).
 
Hey! We'll be at Boma on the same night for a 7:15 reservations! See you there!
 
Sounds fun! I just added 2 days, so I will be making that same call on Thursday!
 
Your morning sounds like mine! I was on hold from 6:58 AM. We have a large group ranging from 17 to 19 depending on the day. I called right at my 180 day mark and I got not a single thing that we wanted! Everything is booked!

I am crushed and ready to cancel the whole thing! Why or why is it so busy this week? It seems to be worse than any Spring break week that I have endured!

I am sorry that you had such a rough start. I understand 100%.

I ended up with all three of our cordless house phones going dead on me! I guess it would be funny for us if we had gotten the ressies we wanted but alas I failed my family!:(
 
Your morning sounds like mine! I was on hold from 6:58 AM. We have a large group ranging from 17 to 19 depending on the day. I called right at my 180 day mark and I got not a single thing that we wanted! Everything is booked!

I am crushed and ready to cancel the whole thing! Why or why is it so busy this week? It seems to be worse than any Spring break week that I have endured!

I am sorry that you had such a rough start. I understand 100%.

I ended up with all three of our cordless house phones going dead on me! I guess it would be funny for us if we had gotten the ressies we wanted but alas I failed my family!:(

How can it POSSIBLY be that none of your reservations are available when you called so early? That's just crazy! I'll bet if you keep calling back every day things will open up, at least I hope so.
 
I'm sorry you had a bad morning. :hug:
I can also relate. I called this morning too and waited for 4 minutes and got through!!!
I thought....woohoo, then I hear the CM say hello, hello...then click and the survey recording comes on! I couln't believe it. :confused3
I hung up :scared1: and called back again and waited on hold for an hour and a half. I did get some of what we wanted, just not at ideal times! This must have been an odd morning for ADRs. This is the first trip in the last 8 years that I have had a problem. Now, I am beginning to get concerned about the crowd levels!
 
I'm sorry you had a bad morning. :hug:
I can also relate. I called this morning too and waited for 4 minutes and got through!!!
I thought....woohoo, then I hear the CM say hello, hello...then click and the survey recording comes on! I couln't believe it. :confused3
I hung up :scared1: and called back again and waited on hold for an hour and a half. I did get some of what we wanted, just not at ideal times! This must have been an odd morning for ADRs. This is the first trip in the last 8 years that I have had a problem. Now, I am beginning to get concerned about the crowd levels!

That is my concern now too! If I could find a way to cancel the whole family reunion I would! I have been doing ADR's for years and never ever had this much trouble. It was my worst nightmare this morning!:scared1:

I am holding on to hope that if I call every morning at right before 7 AM that I may be able to get us A CP package! Also two places that are third choices for us and one, Raglan Road, will only take ADR's at the 180 day mark so I have to call in a couple days to try to get those.

I will keep asking about cancellations but I seldom have much luck getting one of those. Plus for a few days we have a large family group so our chances of getting an opening are nill.
 
I'm sorry you had a bad morning. :hug:
I can also relate. I called this morning too and waited for 4 minutes and got through!!!
I thought....woohoo, then I hear the CM say hello, hello...then click and the survey recording comes on! I couln't believe it. :confused3
I hung up :scared1: and called back again and waited on hold for an hour and a half. I did get some of what we wanted, just not at ideal times! This must have been an odd morning for ADRs. This is the first trip in the last 8 years that I have had a problem. Now, I am beginning to get concerned about the crowd levels!

My theory is that there are more people coming that week than we thought & tomorrow can't be as bad at Disney Dining because people don't check in on Mondays- tomorrow is 180 from Monday Dec. 8. But a lot of the resorts are sold out, so that week isn't as off-peak as it used to be...I'm sorry you had a hard time too, I'm trying to be happy just because we are going to be at Disney for the holidays, I won't let ADRS get me down, keep a smile going!:hug:
 
properlywarnedyebe and the OP's that had trouble this morning, I'm so sorry you had such trouble this morning. :hug: :goodvibes Hopefully your trips will be practically perfect in every way.pixiedust:

I was afraid that my cordless phone would die, so I made sure to set up in my DH's office with the corded phone. I was just glad I could find the corded phone. I had very little trouble with my call. I only had to wait 45 minutes the first time I called. I did have to make a mad dash to the other side of the house to get my credit card for the CRT ressie. Then my nephew showed up as I was in the middle of making my ADR's. I keep my nephew in the summer so his parents don't have to pay the crazy full time day care rates, and I was afraid he would show up while I was making our ADR's. My dog was barking so loud that I couldn't hear the person on the phone. When I got back to the phone I apologized. The CM just laughed and said "you must have a beagle, I can tell by the sound of the barking." My DH kept calling me so many times that I had to turn off my cell. It was the first time that hearing the theme from PotC: Curse of the Black Pearl really got on my nerves. Then there was some confusion on the Restaurant Marrakesh ressie. I was sleepy and I just said that I wanted to make one for Restaurant Marrakesh or Marrakesh Restaurant which ever it's called, it's in the Moroccian Pavillion. I just couldn't remember on the 4 hours of sleep I had gotten which it was. For some reason she thought I wanted the Princess dinner in Norway. It wasn't until she asked me for a credit card that I realized the misunderstanding. Luckily we got it fixed. I called back a 2nd time to swap two ADR's, now I'm just hoping that she canceled the old ones. I gave her the original con. #'s and she said she would do it later. I'll double check to make sure she did it when I call on Friday to make our Yak & Yeti ressie. I've been having so much fun adding all our ADR's to the calendar on my Samsung Blackjack. I even downlaoded the Mickey Mouse March song to use as an alarm while we're on our trip for our ADR's.
 
properlywarnedyebe and the OP's that had trouble this morning, I'm so sorry you had such trouble this morning. :hug: :goodvibes Hopefully your trips will be practically perfect in every way.pixiedust:

I was afraid that my cordless phone would die, so I made sure to set up in my DH's office with the corded phone. I was just glad I could find the corded phone. I had very little trouble with my call. I only had to wait 45 minutes the first time I called. I did have to make a mad dash to the other side of the house to get my credit card for the CRT ressie. Then my nephew showed up as I was in the middle of making my ADR's. I keep my nephew in the summer so his parents don't have to pay the crazy full time day care rates, and I was afraid he would show up while I was making our ADR's. My dog was barking so loud that I couldn't hear the person on the phone. When I got back to the phone I apologized. The CM just laughed and said "you must have a beagle, I can tell by the sound of the barking." My DH kept calling me so many times that I had to turn off my cell. It was the first time that hearing the theme from PotC: Curse of the Black Pearl really got on my nerves. Then there was some confusion on the Restaurant Marrakesh ressie. I was sleepy and I just said that I wanted to make one for Restaurant Marrakesh or Marrakesh Restaurant which ever it's called, it's in the Moroccian Pavillion. I just couldn't remember on the 4 hours of sleep I had gotten which it was. For some reason she thought I wanted the Princess dinner in Norway. It wasn't until she asked me for a credit card that I realized the misunderstanding. Luckily we got it fixed. I called back a 2nd time to swap two ADR's, now I'm just hoping that she canceled the old ones. I gave her the original con. #'s and she said she would do it later. I'll double check to make sure she did it when I call on Friday to make our Yak & Yeti ressie. I've been having so much fun adding all our ADR's to the calendar on my Samsung Blackjack. I even downlaoded the Mickey Mouse March song to use as an alarm while we're on our trip for our ADR's.

:worship: You are prepared!!! I guess being a calamity is the way I roll...I really hope everyone has a great vacation and the worst is almost over! I almost feel like I'm planning a wedding again!
 
OMG!! I'm really sorry that you all have had such rough mornings..WOW.. But, this makes me think- "Is it really worth all that stress????" Maybe my life has too much stress already that I just can't put that much effort and stress into "food reservations."

I do tend to be a "winger" rather than a "planner." I was able to make all the reservations I wanted for 3rd-6th July- just about 2 days ago....
 
:worship: You are prepared!!! I guess being a calamity is the way I roll...I really hope everyone has a great vacation and the worst is almost over! I almost feel like I'm planning a wedding again!
Planning this Disney trip has been more work than my wedding was. For my wedding I picked the colors, the day, my maid of honor and bridesmaid, the invitations and napkins, the basic look of the dress, and the location, and my mom did the rest. I saw a picture of the basic idea of my wedding cake the day before.
This trip is suppose to be a trip of a life time, so I am over planning it (my DH's term not mine). Well by early December 2007, I had all of the restaurants picked. I didn't have the days finalized until the December hours came out. When I sat down at my DH's computer I had a spreadsheet that all I had to do was input the time and con. #. As soon as I got done with my 2nd call, I added all the ADR's into my Blackjack.
I hope you are right about the worst almost being over. I'm hoping that I can get a little more sleep now that I made all of our ADR's. However, I'm sure I'll find something elseto loose sleep over.
 
Planning this Disney trip has been more work than my wedding was. For my wedding I picked the colors, the day, my maid of honor and bridesmaid, the invitations and napkins, the basic look of the dress, and the location, and my mom did the rest. I saw a picture of the basic idea of my wedding cake the day before.
This trip is suppose to be a trip of a life time, so I am over planning it (my DH's term not mine). Well by early December 2007, I had all of the restaurants picked. I didn't have the days finalized until the December hours came out. When I sat down at my DH's computer I had a spreadsheet that all I had to do was input the time and con. #. As soon as I got done with my 2nd call, I added all the ADR's into my Blackjack.
I hope you are right about the worst almost being over. I'm hoping that I can get a little more sleep now that I made all of our ADR's. However, I'm sure I'll find something elseto loose sleep over.

I have to tell you that I do the stress plan thing before I book ADRs and then I tend to back off for a few months. I won't really start getting into things heavily again until September when I start to seriously plan my itinerary. It renews me after the insanity of planning your daily schedule 6 or 7 months out including when and where you think you might want to eat. It gives you time to destress and then get excited all over again. I know where you are but I also think giving yourself some time off might make the trip even better.

Just my $0.02! BTW, DH and I are at the World at the same time as your group. Here's hoping for a phenomenol trip for both of us!
 





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