Issues with online reservations

[juliecanada]

I got up this morning at 5:00am in the hopes of getting an ADR for Ohana on March 9th for an early dinner. I tried for 15 minutes but the system wouldn't allow a reservation for that date. I went back to bed and when I got up at 6:30am and tried again, all of the early times were gone leaving me with times after 7:00pm (too late for my kids).

Is there something I'm doing wrong? Do reservations not open at 5:00am? I want to try again in the morning.

 

[gigi1313]

i believe reservations open at 6am (Florida time)... possibly an hour earlier thru the TA ADR system...
my suggestion is to try again and again... i have been able to tweak my november ADRs w/in the last two weeks for ressies i was unable to get back in june and july!

 

[juliecanada]

i believe reservations open at 6am (Florida time)... possibly an hour earlier thru the TA ADR system...
my suggestion is to try again and again... i have been able to tweak my november ADRs w/in the last two weeks for ressies i was unable to get back in june and july!

Well that would explain it then...I was told in another thread that reservations started at 5:00am Florida time. Oh well, I got an ADR for DH and I at California Grill instead and will try for Ohana tomorrow.

 

[gigi1313]

how many in your party? i just went to the ADR site and was able to get a family of 4 at 5pm... i was also able to get a party of 6 at 5pm... perhaps you are putting "dinner" instead of a time? if so, try putting 5pm and see if you have better luck

 

[juliecanada]

how many in your party? i just went to the ADR site and was able to get a family of 4 at 5pm... i was also able to get a party of 6 at 5pm... perhaps you are putting "dinner" instead of a time? if so, try putting 5pm and see if you have better luck

I was putting in "dinner" and not a time...I guess that's not the right thing to do.

Thank you so much I got a 5:15pm ADR for 6 people!

 

[gigi1313]

awesome! glad it worked and glad to help!!
(apparently "dinner" doesn't start looking 'til about 6 or 6:30pm, and it only looks ahead, not behind... so for the earliest dinner times, you are best served by putting either 4:30 or 5pm as the system will look ahead about 2 hours)

I see that you are a newbie... i'm a pretty seasoned vet w/WDW... if you have any questions or ideas you want to bounce off me, feel free to PM me