Is planning needed for DLP in summer?

[JoieNsk]

Me and my 17 yo daughter are going to be in DLP in July 2016, will be staying in Disneyland Hotel.

I am accustomed with WDW to do a lot of planning, and it usually is a life-saver there. Even in Disneyland in Cali in January - I still did some dining reservations to get good places for the shows and parades - and was very thankful to myself for doing it.

Now I'm trying to do some planning for our DLP trip, and find it really cumbersome. First - to make dining reservations you need to CALL. I guess I'm spoiled by US parks, because I really like that I'm "in control" of everything, and can change anything I want just clicking buttons myself. It really bothers me that every time something comes up or I need to change something - I need to call and talk to somebody.

Is it really important for DLP to book the dining in advance, or we give it a shot, and just try to make reservations "on the spot"?

If dining in DLP is the same busy as in WDW, I guess I would force myself to come up with some plan, and will call them. But I would be very thankful for the advice to people who have experience - is it possible to get by without advance reservations? We are only two people.

Thank you!

 

[JoieNsk]

The only experience which can be booked on-line is Buffalo Bill show. But even with that I already had so many troubles, that I feel like "forget-about-it"

First I tried to use US-web-site with Chrome, as this is the browser of choice for me. The booking doesn't work in Chrome. That didn't surprise me too much, as I had problems like this with Chrome before - with different web-sites.

So I decided to use my usual trick - IE. That worked for several steps, but was not able even to get me to the credit card step.

After that I switched to French web-site in IE, and seemed to be able to go through all the steps. But after the booking was made, I got an e-mail that my booking was cancelled (?), as they were having some technical difficulties (?)

First I thought that probably my credit card blocked the foreign transaction. Though I don't even try to use VISA anymore, as my bank blocks it every time I try to use it for foreign transaction, and I need to go through the process of calling them to unblock the card and "please-please let me make this payment". Kind of sick of that. So I started using my AE card, and never have problems with foreign transactions. I even went to AMEX web-site, and I see there were no authorization attempt on the card, so the payment didn't reach AE - the problem IS with DLP web-site.

Am I doing something wrong? Probably there is some trick I don't know about?!

Thank you again!

 

[tennisfan]

When ever I have been in the summer I have tended to make bookings at the Conceirge at the hotel that day or at City Hall in the Disneyland Park for my meals. Having said that if there is somewhere you particular want to eat then I would say book before you go.

Its not like WDW where you have to book months in advance. Regarding Buffalo bills not sure what is wrong with the booking, I would say try again or leave it until you get there.

 

[JoieNsk]

When ever I have been in the summer I have tended to make bookings at the Conceirge at the hotel that day or at City Hall in the Disneyland Park for my meals. Having said that if there is somewhere you particular want to eat then I would say book before you go.

Its not like WDW where you have to book months in advance. Regarding Buffalo bills not sure what is wrong with the booking, I would say try again or leave it until you get there.

Thank you VERY MUCH for your quick response! I feel better now )

 

[tennisfan]

Thank you VERY MUCH for your quick response! I feel better now )

Your welcome hope you enjoy your trip