Is there a "better" time to check for cancellations?

[Ariel on Land]

My DD has recently become obsessed w/ the fab 5 and I'm kicking myself for booking 'ohana breakfast instead of chef mickey's. Anyone have tips for catching a cancellation? Is it more likely things might show up the day or two before?

Thanks!!

 

[FiggieFan]

I was told by a CM to always look 1 to 2 days before because people start dropping the reservations they were holding onto.

 

[BeastsFlower]

I was told by a CM to always look 1 to 2 days before because people start dropping the reservations they were holding onto.

This is what I have heard too. I have had luck with early am too. I just got a Chef Mickey's and yesterday early am, Tuskers House and 1900 Park Fare.

 

[Ariel on Land]

thanks!! BeastsFlower- how early are we talking? 6am? 8am? even earlier?

 

[wiigirl]

I always have good luck in the mornings than the evenings.

 

[mom2AidanAndEli]

Another option if you can't get Chef Mickey's is Tusker House breakfast at Animal Kingdom. You at least get to see Donald, Mickey, Goofy, and Daisy. Honestly, I thought the food there was much, much, much better than Chef Mickey, too.

 

[mom2AidanAndEli]

Oh, and have you subscribed to the cancellation thread here?

 

[007003s]

It would be amazing if someone could write a web program to check for ADR availability and notify you accordingly! I would pay a few dollars for that service.

 

[KelnRon]

I have been looking for CRT for 4 people. Searched several times a day. Finally found it @ 3am on a Saturday! LOL The dog woke me up to go out ... this one time I didn't mind getting up to take him out! I found it 2 weeks ago, we leave in 6 weeks.

 

[dpswift]

I got Tusker House for 8 am the day before around noon. There was also a 9:25am for the same day come up.

By checking and rechecking up to once or twice a day every few days, I was able to get the ADRs I wanted.

As PP said Tusker House was great but another hard ADR to get.

 

[ktlm]

Check multiple times a day every day. They go back into the system almost immediately after being cancelled. In my experience, persistence often pays off. I love that feel when it finally pops up after weeks of checking over and over and over!

Our next trip, there is one I'm looking for so we can meet some friends our last night and I haven't gotten lucky yet, but I'm not giving up! And if I get lucky, then someone else will get lucky because I will be cancelling our 1900 Park Fare. Once I picked up what I wanted while we were on our trip the day before we wanted to eat there after a month of trying. Don't give up!