It worked !! ADRs

[aviva5675]

Made my ADR!!! Had opened all the tabs last night. When I came down this morning at 0455 (central time) the sessions had timed out so I had to reload them - 10 tabs in order that I wanted to do my basket. Once I logged in and associated my first ressie (CP breakfast) the rest also were associated and by 458 am it had unlocked my 10 days! All went fine - I forgot one tab, and did that one separate. I got all restaurants the times I wanted except WPC 830pm ==8pm not available, and Boma I wanted 730 but got 815.

NOTE: I went thru and all 9 ressies seemed great. When I got to the final check out page it said--sorry this page not available, call later!!! As I sat there in stunned shock trying to figure out what to do next (1- cry 2- go back to bed 3- try to make them individually as my 10th that I did alone went ALL the way thru to confirmation page) I got 2 emails-----1 had the 9 ressies with confirmation numbers and the second was for my individual. So I figure all is fine, I have confirmation numbers. I can go back to bed ---521am now after writing this. When I call later for KTTK tour Ill confirm everything.

 

[tfoster]

Congratulations! It sounds like you had a great system, but I'm a little confused. To clarify, you had 10 different browser windows open, each one on the Disney dining restaurant page you wanted to book?? And you were logged into each?? Or by tabs, do you mean something else? Sorry for being dense, but I'll be trying it in a few weeks and I want every advantage I can get!

 

[WeLoveAriel0505]

Congratulations! It sounds like you had a great system, but I'm a little confused. To clarify, you had 10 different browser windows open, each one on the Disney dining restaurant page you wanted to book?? And you were logged into each?? Or by tabs, do you mean something else? Sorry for being dense, but I'll be trying it in a few weeks and I want every advantage I can get!

I was going to ask the same question.

Thanks.

 

[aviva5675]

Yes, it was a tip I saw earlier on the boards. I was on Firefox, had a browser tab open to the regular Disney page to be able to log on in general. Then I had a tab opened to each reservation page for each restaurant I wanted-- I had book marked those before. IE I had a tab open to the book a reservation page for CP, one for the book a reservation page for Tutto and etc.

I did that the night before , and when I got up I had timed out. So I signed back in my original page then just reopened each bookmark on the tab (refreshing did not work). I quickly put in my reservation number on the first tab and it signed me in with my 10 day window ready and open (this was 2 minutes to 5 Chicago time). Then when I reopened each bookmark the reservation was magically already associated. It was cool because the calendar had November already open, when we are going. Not like when you practice ahead and have to click ahead to your month. So I started to book each one- this was still a little before 6am eastern...I kind of started each reservation and went on to the next tab so I had a few going on at once. It worked perfectly, until, like I said above-- the final page didnt register. I did have the reservations tho-- I got that email.

I called Disney a few hours later to book KTTK tour and she double checked my dining ressies and it was all cool. She even rebooked my Boma for 730 (after seeing I had booked the wrong day anyway!) so that was great.

Hope that helps--ask away if I can be more helpful with how it went.

 

[Disneychix]

Wow, you are good! I read how you did that and still am confused!
I have 11 days before I can book mine. Maybe I"ll figure it out by then

 

[aviva5675]

You can pm me if you want .... which part was confusing? Do you know how to open additional tabs in your browser ( sorry- I dont mean to be a jerk asking)...If so you have each open to the page where you actually make the dining reservation for each restaurant you want...Once the first one is signed in to your actual reservation it unlocks your + 10 dining window and you can go tab to tab making the reservations. You add each to your cart-- and when you're done they are all there and you check out.

 

[tfoster]

Yes, it was a tip I saw earlier on the boards. I was on Firefox, had a browser tab open to the regular Disney page to be able to log on in general. Then I had a tab opened to each reservation page for each restaurant I wanted-- I had book marked those before. IE I had a tab open to the book a reservation page for CP, one for the book a reservation page for Tutto and etc.

I did that the night before , and when I got up I had timed out. So I signed back in my original page then just reopened each bookmark on the tab (refreshing did not work). I quickly put in my reservation number on the first tab and it signed me in with my 10 day window ready and open (this was 2 minutes to 5 Chicago time). Then when I reopened each bookmark the reservation was magically already associated. It was cool because the calendar had November already open, when we are going. Not like when you practice ahead and have to click ahead to your month. So I started to book each one- this was still a little before 6am eastern...I kind of started each reservation and went on to the next tab so I had a few going on at once. It worked perfectly, until, like I said above-- the final page didnt register. I did have the reservations tho-- I got that email.

I called Disney a few hours later to book KTTK tour and she double checked my dining ressies and it was all cool. She even rebooked my Boma for 730 (after seeing I had booked the wrong day anyway!) so that was great.

Hope that helps--ask away if I can be more helpful with how it went.

WOW! Thank you for sharing the details. I'll give it a go when my time arrives; fortunately, I still have a few weeks to practice!!

 

[sandymandr]

Thanks for posting!! I can do mine Sept 2!! I have a couple of questions if you don't mind 1) So, you can start making ressies online at 5am CST? 2) Did you have to make them in order of the date, or can you prioritze the tabs based on the hardest ones to get??
Also, the res is in my friends name through AAA, but I assume if I have the conf. # and trip details, I should be able to do it?
Congrats on getting everything you want!!! I am so happy for you!!

 

[5DisneyNuts]

Congratulations on getting all you wanted! If you don't mind my asking, did you book for Thanksgiving Day? I was online yesterday morning at 6am ET and was able to book everything except any EPCOT restaurants for Thanksgiving dinner. I was receiving a server busy message, but everything else came up fine.

I tried again today and the same thing. Any other day or Thanksgiving morning times came up, just not dinner at EPCOT. When I called yesterday morning at 7am, the CM said there was no availability anywhere, but I find that hard to believe since yesterday would have been the first day to book Thanksgiving with 90+10 (at least I think so!).

Thanks for sharing your tips and have a great trip.

 

[aviva5675]

Our trip ends the Sunday before Tday--so no Tday ressie. Online booking starts at 6am Eastern, so 5am in the midwest, 3 am on the west coast...You can book any order you want once your 10 day window is unlocked--I definitely calculated which I thought would be hardest to get -- my first one was CP for opening time, before we do KTTK tour, and that worked well also. I set up my tabs that way so I could go right from one to the next in the order I wanted to book by how hard I thought they'd be to get. Reference your friends AAA number--I would think if you have the ressie number and the exact phone number she used to book you would be ok. You have to log in to open your 10 day window with the ress number and the phone number Disney has related to the booking reservation. Note: Ive heard people using TA or AAA have had some trouble logging in to dining ADR but maybe that's fixed now, I can't respond to that...But you should be able to log in now and find out if it works, even tho your 10 day window wont be unlocked. If it is successful the reservation page should say ' disassociate reservation' instead of showing the log in boxes. I think you have to put the telephone number no spaces.