how do you plan adr's if....

[mamabear0222]

The crowd calendars aren't out yet?
I'm trying to pick a few adrs but I have no idea when I'll be going to a specific park if I'm not sure if it's a recommended day or not....

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[The Hendies]

Total guess! I do, however, look at the previous years crowd calender, take into effect where holidays and special events are on the calendar and make an educated guess.

 

[disneywalkers]

I also go by last years. It hasn't varied that much except if holidays vary. This year I planned September around 2012, I only had to make a change due to the refurb of space mountain so I swapped two days.

 

[Sweet Melissa]

Generally the park hours come out a few weeks to a month before the dining reservations open, so I usually just wait for that short window to start planning a loose itinerary. Before that, the most I manage to do is make a vague list of places I'd like to visit.

 

[sabcook]

I've always planned mine around the crowd calendars on the Touring Plans site - they publish them one year in advance. I always check back just before the 180 day mark, in case anything has changed but so far, they have never steered me wrong.

 

[mamabear0222]

Our ADR's would be end of aug and feb predictors aren't out yet...

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[ses1230]

The hours should be out before you have to make ADRs, unless your trip crosses over into the next month.

I assume you are talking about February? Those hours should be out any day now, they are a little late from the normal release pattern. THIS is the site that will be updated first, keep checking it and when the hours are released it will automatically switch to 2014.

Just for reference, January was released 6/17
December was released 5/14
November on 4/15

 

[sabcook]

Are you asking about park hours or crowd levels?

Crowd levels are out for the next 365 days on touringplans.com (you have to be a member to get the full year, otherwise you only get a few months - I think it is about 12 bucks a year).

Like the pp said, park hours for then should be out any day now. That will confirm any early/late hours days.

 

[mamabear0222]

I'm asking about both. And thanks. Easywdw had some crowd stuff posted....

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[ness0905]

I pick where I want to eat when I am at each park then when times and crowd Calender comes out I just place schedule into that date

 

[minnie mum]

I pick where I want to eat when I am at each park then when times and crowd Calender comes out I just place schedule into that date

THIS!!! Since we almost always eat our TS meals in a park or at one of the resorts near to that park it is a simple matter. As an example:

MK day: BOG or Ohana
Epcot day: La Hacienda
DHS day: HBD
AK day: Sanaa
resort day: HDDR
etc, etc.

You get the idea. With this planned out already, all I need is the crowd calendar from easywdw. It only takes a few minutes to arrange these planned days according to his recommended dates. And the crowd calendars come out well before the 180 day deadline.

 

[mamabear0222]

THIS!!! Since we almost always eat our TS meals in a park or at one of the resorts near to that park it is a simple matter. As an example:

MK day: BOG or Ohana
Epcot day: La Hacienda
DHS day: HBD
AK day: Sanaa
resort day: HDDR
etc, etc.

You get the idea. With this planned out already, all I need is the crowd calendar from easywdw. It only takes a few minutes to arrange these planned days according to his recommended dates. And the crowd calendars come out well before the 180 day deadline.

Really? Our 180 mark is Aug and nothing out yet...

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[kaybird]

I have always planned our ADRs based on EMH, rather than crowd calendars. Easy for us to know where we will likely be, and we hop, so easy to change plans before/after eating.

 

[wiigirl]

I pick where I want to eat when I am at each park then when times and crowd Calender comes out I just place schedule into that date

 

[jennylyn_b]

Go to easywdw and check out last years month and go by that. Better than guessing.

 

[minnie mum]

Really? Our 180 mark is Aug and nothing out yet...

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According to this: http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/pscalc/dispscalc.html

The 180 mark for Feb 1 is August 5. I would expect Josh to have the calendar posted any day now.

 

[katiee37]

Usually the parks that have EMHs don't change too much from one month to the next, so you could probably check the previous month to see which parks will probably be offering EMHs and then you work around them (whether you will be going to an EMH park or not)

Like a PP said, you can at least decide that on the day(s) you're in Epcot, you want to eat at this specific restaurant for this meal around this particular time, and then once park hours are released you can assign actual dates.

Have a magical trip!