I got Cindy's dinner - read this!

[chanty]

Hi all,

I've been calling for some time (1 month or so) to try and get a dinner at the Castle on October 3 (our first night arriving in WDW and it's our honeymoon!).
Anyways...no luck. Yesterday, I finally got a reservation for 6:10 on October 9th...not what we want but hey, we'll take it!

Well,... i called back this afternoon. The lady says "oh yes, i have something at 8:10pm for you (which was perfect cause we want to be there for the fireworks too!)... and then she says "oh sorry, I can't give that to you".
So I go "Why is that?"... she says "it's only for a party of 3"....
So supposedly, is she has a spot for 3 or 4 or whatever, she can't give it out or split it up for other people - it has to be a certain number (3-4-5 whatever they are looking for) which i think is odd but anyways.
So I go "oh please, we've been waiting for this for a month and it's our honeymoon...you'd be amazing!".. and then she goes "i could but you have to tell me that you'll be 3".... I go "we'll be 3!"... and there it is! We now have a reservation @ 8:10pm on October 3rd!! Amazing.

BUT, i am so surprised at how Disney works it out... like the planning of the reservations. I wonder when i call...if they see availabilities for like 3-4-5 people since the first day i called...but they couldn't do anything about it.
That's really strange.

My 2 cents! I'm pretty happy

 

[triplefigs]

After your honeymoon, you might be three... Hope you have a wonderful trip! We Disneymooned in 1995 at the Poly, and it was glorious.

 

[allie&mattsmom]

Sounds so familiar. I've been trying to get Ohanas and Chef Mickeys for our trip in the beginning of October, so I've been calling at least once a day for a couple of weeks to see if something opens up. Well, last night I call and the CM says they had a ADR for Ohanas at 8:00 so I say we'll take it, so she starts to take all my info and then she says "oops, this is for a party of three not four". I thought about saying, ok, there will just be three of us and then showing up with four but I didn't.

 

[scanne]

allie&mattsmom,

We had ADR's for 'Ohana in July for a party of 8. We walked up with a party of 10 and they had no problem seating us. We just got there about 20 minutes early in case we had to wait a bit. So I would go ahead and book for 3 and show up with 4. They don't have any tables that are just for 3 anyway. So go ahead and book your 'Ohana for 3 and show up with 4. I don't think it will be a problem at all.

Anne

 

[SnackyStacky]

If you have a party of 2 - don't EVEN tell them that. Make a reservation for 3 - and when you check in, tell them that somebody dropped out.

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that if you reserve for THREE people, they actually hold a tabletop for 4 people. If you're only looking for dining for 2 people - those 2 people tables are probably very limited.

I don't know if that's the official reason, but it's my best guess.

SO yeah - make the reservation for 3, and see how many time slots open up!

 

[kymberwolf]

Hi all,

I've been calling for some time (1 month or so) to try and get a dinner at the Castle on October 3 (our first night arriving in WDW and it's our honeymoon!).
Anyways...no luck. Yesterday, I finally got a reservation for 6:10 on October 9th...not what we want but hey, we'll take it!

Well,... i called back this afternoon. The lady says "oh yes, i have something at 8:10pm for you (which was perfect cause we want to be there for the fireworks too!)... and then she says "oh sorry, I can't give that to you".
So I go "Why is that?"... she says "it's only for a party of 3"....
So supposedly, is she has a spot for 3 or 4 or whatever, she can't give it out or split it up for other people - it has to be a certain number (3-4-5 whatever they are looking for) which i think is odd but anyways.
So I go "oh please, we've been waiting for this for a month and it's our honeymoon...you'd be amazing!".. and then she goes "i could but you have to tell me that you'll be 3".... I go "we'll be 3!"... and there it is! We now have a reservation @ 8:10pm on October 3rd!! Amazing.

BUT, i am so surprised at how Disney works it out... like the planning of the reservations. I wonder when i call...if they see availabilities for like 3-4-5 people since the first day i called...but they couldn't do anything about it.
That's really strange.

My 2 cents! I'm pretty happy

At the moment the CM said for a party of three.... I woulda said, "oh, my mother-in-law will be joining us after all." (Heaven forbid) ;>)