How does 180 day + 10 work?

[dminnie]

I've always made our room reservation just a few months out from our trip once discounts come out. We are going to WDW for the PHM in February. It's a HS graduation gift for our DD who will run her first 1/2 marathon that weekend. I really want to get one or two reservations at her top choice restaurants(for sure BOG and maybe Akerhus). I hope I'm not just dreaming of the BOG one...we went there in March and she really liked it!

Am I assuming correctly that this is a big reason why people make their room reservations so early before discounts come out? If I make a room reservation now and a discount comes out, will they give me the discount or will there be fees to switch, negating any discount? I don't want to mess up any room discount we could get just so we can have dining reservations. It's a "gift trip" but there is still a budget!

If I do make a room reservation now, would that qualify us to make dining reservations at 180 days, plus 10 days?

Or, would it just be 180 days, plus 3 days since we'll probably be staying for 3 nights?

How do you know when the earliest possible time is that you can make your dining reservations? Can you make them on-line on that date or is it better to call?

Any tips for increasing our chances of getting the BOG?

Thank you!

 

[GAGirlInVA]

If you are staying on site, you can make reservations at the 180 day mark, for the next 10 days.

If you have a reservation and want to change to a promo later, IME, they cancel the reservation and rebook. Some have said that they haven't had to do that.

No idea on BOG, it wasn't there last time we went.