Main seating waitlist

[TwinsDadG]

Hi all! We’re coming back for our post-pandemic cruise - and our first on the Fantasy - in March 2023. We have two cabins, one for us and our 4 year old twins and another for my parents (6 passengers total across 2 cabins, reservations linked). I was surprised that Main was already fully booked this far out! How likely are we to clear the waitlist? 8:15 is late for our kids!

 

[mab2012]

Hi all! We’re coming back for our post-pandemic cruise - and our first on the Fantasy - in March 2023. We have two cabins, one for us and our 4 year old twins and another for my parents (6 passengers total across 2 cabins, reservations linked). I was surprised that Main was already fully booked this far out! How likely are we to clear the waitlist? 8:15 is late for our kids!

I'd guess more likely than not. And if you don't get switched to main before the cruise, try as soon as you board.

Also check your reservation periodically to see if space has opened up and you can switch yourself (especially closer to final payment.) I've done that more than once, even while a waitlist request was active. I guess their waitlist processing isn't automatic.

Good luck!

 

[MamaMermaid]

We sail July 2nd... we've been on a waitlist forever. Not looking good for us. We have a 4 year old and I'm really upset.

 

[n2mm]

We sail July 2nd... we've been on a waitlist forever. Not looking good for us. We have a 4 year old and I'm really upset.

you can contact dining while you’re in the terminal now. There is a chat feature too. Just sign onto the dcl app as soon as you’re in the terminal and contact guest services/dining.

 

[Peter pan’s shoes]

We’re on 7/30 from Dover. Our waitlist request came through sometime in the last 2 weeks. I just noticed it a couple days ago. We’ve been able to change it on board before.

 

[Carohs]

We were wait listed on our two sailings too but we were automatically moved to early dining for one. After experiencing both with DS 7 at the time, and DD 5, we found that we actually enjoyed the late one better. There's always food options late afternoon for small snacks and enforcing nap time isn't too hard when the kids are well entertained in club and at the pool. The small downtime in the afternoon to have a glass of wine maybe read a book, it was sooo relaxing. We never felt rushed to leave the pool to get dressed for dinner after either. And the kids did better overall with a nap, attitude wise, even DS. Don't despair if you get late dining, if you're willing to work around it you may be surprised to find you enjoy it better too.

 

[tvguy]

We were wait listed on our two sailings too but we were automatically moved to early dining for one. After experiencing both with DS 7 at the time, and DD 5, we found that we actually enjoyed the late one better. There's always food options late afternoon for small snacks and enforcing nap time isn't too hard when the kids are well entertained in club and at the pool. The small downtime in the afternoon to have a glass of wine maybe read a book, it was sooo relaxing. We never felt rushed to leave the pool to get dressed for dinner after either. And the kids did better overall with a nap, attitude wise, even DS. Don't despair if you get late dining, if you're willing to work around it you may be surprised to find you enjoy it better too.

A lot of folks "forced" to take late seating discovery it really is a great option.

 

[WDWAurora]

We booked right around 90 days out for our August cruise. Waitlisted. Medical issues would have prevented me from getting to use the dining rooms for dinner if we had late seating. They couldn’t help other than to put a note on my waitlisting. I kept checking multiple times a day and it was just magically available for me to switch at some point. I would check constantly and hope for the best.

 

[MamaMermaid]

you can contact dining while you’re in the terminal now. There is a chat feature too. Just sign onto the dcl app as soon as you’re in the terminal and contact guest services/dining.

Good to know, thank you!

 

[Disneyland_emily]

You should be able to put yourself on the waitlist on your reservation now..

We typically book late & have always cleared the waitlist. For our July Wish B2B we cleared about a month ago.

 

[drstrange]

I was originally supposed to be on the Wish, however, my sailing was cancelled. We immediately signed up for the 7/2 cruise and we were assigned the 2nd dining. I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old and was pretty disappointed, but requested to be put on the waitlist. The cruise is less than two weeks away and we are still on the waitlist. Really hopeful that we will get switched once we are onboard, but have never had to do that option.

 

[Chrislovesdisney]

We cruise 7/11 and haven’t cleared the waiting list yet. I scheduled all our onboard activities around the later dining, so I may just cancel the waitlist. It’s not so much the later time to eat, per se, it’s going to bed on a full stomach that I‘m not sure about!

 

[Calantha]

The cruise is less than two weeks away and we are still on the waitlist. Really hopeful that we will get switched once we are onboard, but have never had to do that option.

We've been waitlisted twice. In January on the Dream, I did as @n2mm described and contacted dining services while in the terminal to be switched. It all depends on boarding time - so keep a close eye on that. Dining Services didn't open until 12:30 at the time, so we were still waiting to get on...but if we had been in Group 3, we might have already been on board, and just gone to the designated location. Unclear how that's all working sometimes.

We were also waitlisted on the Wonder a few weeks ago - but that cleared a few weeks before the cruise.

 

[meliscan]

We sail July 2nd... we've been on a waitlist forever. Not looking good for us. We have a 4 year old and I'm really upset.

Try emailing guest services. That is what worked for me. We were on the main dining waitlist for almost a year. We were a party of 4 with 3 of us Gold and it took an email to guest services to clear us 3 weeks before the cruise.

 

[MamaMermaid]

Try emailing guest services. That is what worked for me. We were on the main dining waitlist for almost a year. We were a party of 4 with 3 of us Gold and it took an email to guest services to clear us 3 weeks before the cruise.

I did email via the Contact Us on their website. Is there a real email you used? FWIW, we are platinum and gold.

 

[meliscan]

I did email via the Contact Us on their website. Is there a real email you used? FWIW, we are platinum and gold.

Here is the email address I used:

dcl.guest.communications@disneycruise.com

 

[MamaMermaid]

Here is the email address I used:

dcl.guest.communications@disneycruise.com

Thanks, just sent an email.

 

[JellyBeansHome]

Could someone tell me how to put ourselves on the wait list?
The only option I saw online was to use the Contact Us form

 

[Disneyland_emily]

Could someone tell me how to put ourselves on the wait list?
The only option I saw online was to use the Contact Us form

Look on the main website page for your reservation under Dining- I heard they put the waitlist option on that section.

We cleared the waitlist so I don’t want to mess with ours clicking around

 

[pittsburghmarc]

We just disembarked the fantasy which was 90% full with 3300 guests.

Our party of 5 was originally on the waitlist, but we moved to first seating two weeks prior to our cruise.