Le Cellier: Cancel your unused ADRs, please!

[odd1]

I don't really understand what the problem is for restaurants. Sure, cancel your ressies out of consideration. But if the reservation doesn't show within a period of time (15, 20 r 30 minutes), then they should jst seat from a waitlist of walk-in guests. Problem solved!

This is exactly what they do. Granted, it keeps others from being able to make an ADR if the restaurant appears booked on paper, but if they walk in, they're not going to be turned away if the restaurant has empty tables (as implied in the OP).

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

LISTEN UP, SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES: YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A "GOOD TIME" AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE.

I applaud your entire post!

 

[Disney Ron]

This is exactly what they do. Granted, it keeps others from being able to make an ADR if the restaurant appears booked on paper, but if they walk in, they're not going to be turned away if the restaurant has empty tables (as implied in the OP).

odd1, they do NOT sit walkups. I was at Le Cellier in March and walkups were being turned away while 6-8 tables during our entire dinner remained available. This is why people like myself are mad that some don't cancel ADR's they know they won't be using. If the restaurants were seating walkups then this wouldn't be an issue.

 

[Disney Ron]

...And once again I read about behavior that would never even occur to me to engage in. What am I? Some kind of throwback? For Pete's sake, I'm only 47 years old; I am not from the Victorian Age or whatever.

The More Things I Would Never Do List:
Make multiple ADR's (just because I can).
Not cancel an ADR I can not make.

JUST WALK UP TO ANY RESTAURANT AND OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "Excuse me; I need to cancel an ADR."

Try it. Repeat after me: "Excuse me, I need to cancel an ADR."

While I am ranting, try this, oh rude ones (and you know who you are): Try not pushing your way to the front. Just, you know; once. Just practice civility. Try it, you may actually like not having to behave as if you are the center of the universe. It may lower your blood pressure.

Tacky. IT IS TACKY TO ONLY CARE ABOUT ONESELF. Yes. EVEN WHEN ON VACATION. I do NOT care if you are paying a lot of money to have fun; so is everyone else. I do NOT care if you have been looking forward to this "forever"; so has everyone else.

LISTEN UP, SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES: YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A "GOOD TIME" AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE.

What the heck is the malfunction of some folks? Do they have to have multiple ADR's for the same meal just to keep other people from possibly eating at a restaurant they may want to eat at, or are they just so afraid they might miss something that they can never commit to anything?

Good grief, people: GET A GRIP. "I want to do this, and DBF wants to do that, but we would really, really like to do blahblah, but we couldn't get ressies but we'll still try to get in anyway but we booked 4 other places at the same time and day in case we couldn't get in at blahblah after all. Is that rude?" YES! YES! and YES! you little

I do not like the idea of Disney charging CC's for all no-show ADR's but I can see that it may be headed for that. And whom will be to blame? Hmm? Hmm? You know who you are, folks.

But here's an ? : How would that be handled during the annual free dining fiasco?

FWIW, we dined at Le Cellier last Xmas, and we found it to be only so-so.

Just one woman's opinion.

Again, FWIW, we rarely make more than one TS reservation per day as we find it too much hassle to plan our entire day around sit down meals. We like CS because we have more flexibility, and food is just not our family's priority at Disney.

Thanks for letting me rant and ramble.

PS and OT: Why is it I read all this belly-aching about how horrible the bus service is--- then see people stampede to them like it is the last lifeboat off the Titanic? If the buses are so awful, what's the hurry? Oh, right. They might have to wait another unbearable 20 minutes <gasp> if they don't cut the line for this one. They are SO right; it is absolutely worth cutting in line, shoving their way to the front, smashing toddlers and old people and just generally making total @$$e$ out of themselves in the process. Here's a TIP: JUST LEAVE EARLIER.

No charge.

NEXT, please! Who's next!

Kim, I don't know if you read the thread I started in August that I posted a link to in an earlier post in this thread concerning people who don't cancel ADR's, but take the time to read it, you'll shake your head at the excuses some gave for not cancelling. One of the best ones was that not everyone owns a cellphone. Like others have stated any restaurant, phone or Guest Services at WDW will give you the option to cancel an ADR.

Your post was great.

 

[Melrosgirl]

I don't really understand what the problem is for restaurants. Sure, cancel your ressies out of consideration. But if the reservation doesn't show within a period of time (15, 20 r 30 minutes), then they should jst seat from a waitlist of walk-in guests. Problem solved!

Totally agree with this. The ADR system has a lot of flaws and frankly, the free dining period is when it's at its worst. People feel they need to double book bc it's so hard to find a seat at a restaurant during free dining. (One reason I don't visit during this time!)

Five years ago this was not a problem.

 

[corgi_monster]

LISTEN UP, SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES

I LOVE that one! SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES! I am soooo going to have to use that one. The next time someone cuts in front of me, I'm going to ask them, "What do you think you are? A special snowflake?"

 

[UKDisneyDreamers]

I would of thought that most good epcot restaurants would be booked solid during sept/oct as they had to overbook them when teppanyaki/teppan edo's, refurb was extended. Maybe when they get cancelations at le cellier and similar popular restaurants they are not rebooking them.

 

[tinkerbell60]

Totally agree with this. The ADR system has a lot of flaws and frankly, the free dining period is when it's at its worst. People feel they need to double book bc it's so hard to find a seat at a restaurant during free dining. (One reason I don't visit during this time!)

Five years ago this was not a problem.

I agree too. When we were there in August we were able to get a walk up at Morocco - no problem. We also did a few breakfasts at Yacht Club Galley without a problem....BUT what did upset me was that one evening, we tried to do a walk up for dinner at YC Galley - we made a point to say we did not have an ADR but were wondering if it were possible to get a table (we understood they might be full). The hostess did a big sigh and told us we SHOULD have an ADR - and acted like it was a big deal and she would talk to a manager......we told her forget it and walked away. An hour later - we walked by and there were tons of empty seats.....

If there are empty tables, why are they not trying to fill them????

 

[my3disneygirls]

Why is it I read all this belly-aching about how horrible the bus service is--- then see people stampede to them like it is the last lifeboat off the Titanic?[/B] If the buses are so awful, what's the hurry? Oh, right. They might have to wait another unbearable 20 minutes <gasp> if they don't cut the line for this one. They are SO right; it is absolutely worth cutting in line, shoving their way to the front, smashing toddlers and old people and just generally making total @$$e$ out of themselves in the process. Here's a TIP: JUST LEAVE EARLIER.

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I know! It's the same thing with the parking lot trams. You would think that the theme park was about to blow any minute and people are running for their lives. Geeze, I don't think I have ever waited more than five minutes for the next one.

I think the busses and trams are like this because of our good friends the ADR and the unrealistic planner. You see it here all the time. "How can I get from MGM to MK for my LTT ressie?" "What is the fastest way to get from AK to Downtown Disney for my Raglan Road ADR." It's called planning people. There are really easy jumps and others that are completely unreasonable. Here's a tip either spend the day where you want to eat or plan on getting to that area at least two hours ahead of time in order to leave enough cushion for variables.

 

[KimR]

If there are empty tables, why are they not trying to fill them????

Exactly. Granted, in a perfect world everyone would cancel ADRs they are not going to use but that's not going to happen. Disney knows this and from what I understand, it is common practice in the restaurant industry to count on a certain percentage of no-shows and plan accordingly. This should really be a non-issue. If people don't show within 10-15 minutes of their ADR time, assume they are a no-show and give the table to someone else. I cannot understand why people would be turned away while there are unused tables in the restaurant.

 

[DarthKTrava]

I realized about a month ago that I had somehow double booked O'hanas for the same day different times. When I called to cancel one ADR the cast member told me Disney would have called me to ask me to cancel one anyway. Has anyone had this happen.

Nope. Not that I was aware of. But then mine ended up under 2 different phone numbers. The ones I'd booked thru Dreams Unlimited went under my work number(?) and the one I got off this board was thru my home number.

Disney bears some responsibility in this as well. Twice last week, I called to cancel ADR's we realized we wouldn't be using (once by cell phone from the parks and another day from our hotel). Both times, I was put in an extremely long cue to hold. After holding for 10 minutes or so each time, I simply gave up. Disney needs to make cancelling easier. The whole system should be moved online, IMO, or at least one ought to be able to cancel online.

Sorry to those who missed out because I didn't cancel (neither ADR was for Le Cellier by the way, which we never managed to book), but I tried.

I was able to cancel my double booking without effort at the resort conceirge desk. Granted there was a tad bit of confusion as the person thought I was going to cancel Le Cellier instead of the Sci-Fi Diner. Lady in the next desk over was like "WHAT?!?!?!"

 

[DarthKTrava]

...And once again I read about behavior that would never even occur to me to engage in. What am I? Some kind of throwback? For Pete's sake, I'm only 47 years old; I am not from the Victorian Age or whatever.

The More Things I Would Never Do List:
Make multiple ADR's (just because I can).
Not cancel an ADR I can not make.

JUST WALK UP TO ANY RESTAURANT AND OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "Excuse me; I need to cancel an ADR."

Try it. Repeat after me: "Excuse me, I need to cancel an ADR."

While I am ranting, try this, oh rude ones (and you know who you are): Try not pushing your way to the front. Just, you know; once. Just practice civility. Try it, you may actually like not having to behave as if you are the center of the universe. It may lower your blood pressure.

Tacky. IT IS TACKY TO ONLY CARE ABOUT ONESELF. Yes. EVEN WHEN ON VACATION. I do NOT care if you are paying a lot of money to have fun; so is everyone else. I do NOT care if you have been looking forward to this "forever"; so has everyone else.

LISTEN UP, SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES: YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A "GOOD TIME" AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER PEOPLE.

What the heck is the malfunction of some folks? Do they have to have multiple ADR's for the same meal just to keep other people from possibly eating at a restaurant they may want to eat at, or are they just so afraid they might miss something that they can never commit to anything?

Good grief, people: GET A GRIP. "I want to do this, and DBF wants to do that, but we would really, really like to do blahblah, but we couldn't get ressies but we'll still try to get in anyway but we booked 4 other places at the same time and day in case we couldn't get in at blahblah after all. Is that rude?" YES! YES! and YES! you little

I do not like the idea of Disney charging CC's for all no-show ADR's but I can see that it may be headed for that. And whom will be to blame? Hmm? Hmm? You know who you are, folks.

But here's an ? : How would that be handled during the annual free dining fiasco?

FWIW, we dined at Le Cellier last Xmas, and we found it to be only so-so.

Just one woman's opinion.

Again, FWIW, we rarely make more than one TS reservation per day as we find it too much hassle to plan our entire day around sit down meals. We like CS because we have more flexibility, and food is just not our family's priority at Disney.

Thanks for letting me rant and ramble.

PS and OT: Why is it I read all this belly-aching about how horrible the bus service is--- then see people stampede to them like it is the last lifeboat off the Titanic? If the buses are so awful, what's the hurry? Oh, right. They might have to wait another unbearable 20 minutes <gasp> if they don't cut the line for this one. They are SO right; it is absolutely worth cutting in line, shoving their way to the front, smashing toddlers and old people and just generally making total @$$e$ out of themselves in the process. Here's a TIP: JUST LEAVE EARLIER.

No charge.

NEXT, please! Who's next!

Well said!