May 2014 Discout Watch

[disney mom of 6]

Hello, we will be arriving May 14th. Can't wait! Free dining would be great but any discount will be nice. Seeing everyone's adr list is exciting I can't wait for my turn, Friday can't come soon enough. I'm hoping for CRT and BOG on the same day, its our last park day so hopefully it will work out. The girls want both castles.

Tammy

 

[chemnerd09]

Today was our ADR day for our trip May 11-20. I woke up at 4:45 am to make our reservations. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the +10 to work for 20 minutes. We were wanting Be Our Guest for the 13th but it was booked solid; I ended up getting it on the 19th.

We got everything we wanted (Askershus, Garden Grill, Ohana breakfast and lunch, H&V, BOG, Chef Mickey, Tusker House, FDP at Mama Melrose, and 1900 Park Fare for mother's day)

Now we'd like DISCOUNTS!!! Yes! Bring on the DISCOUNTS!!

I'm having a similar problem. We are booked for 5/12-5/18 but I can only make reservations for 5/12-5/14. Its showing the blue box around the dates indicating I have a resort reservation, but its greyed out and won't let me make any reservations. So far, I've been able to get Captain's Grille, Garden Grill, and Nine Dragons for dinners.

 

[MeeskaMomma]

I'm having a similar problem. We are booked for 5/12-5/18 but I can only make reservations for 5/12-5/14. Its showing the blue box around the dates indicating I have a resort reservation, but its greyed out and won't let me make any reservations. So far, I've been able to get Captain's Grille, Garden Grill, and Nine Dragons for dinners.

Some of us had trouble booking our 10+ earlier this month but we noticed if you put your date on the main dinning page and then click the restaurant (as opposed to searching the restaurant first) it would work.

 

[DisneyMom0709]

I really want the deluxe plan but since no free dining I'm trying the plus
Also anyone ever travel with infants my son will be 4 months around the time we go. We are booking for 5 nights 6 days but hubby wants to just do 4 night since we might have to go back for christmas since my sister is planning to get married there. It about over 200 dollar difference in days.

For our 5 night 6 days ADR is

First night cape may
Chef mickey breakfast

Ohana breakfast or mama melroee

1900 park fare dinner
Epcot princess dining

 

[DisneyMom0709]

3 weeks???? 3 weeks!!!! Eek!!! I hope that CM really knows what they were taking about cause sometimes I wonder about a few of them...

I hope so

 

[DisneyMom0709]

Hello, we will be arriving May 14th. Can't wait! Free dining would be great but any discount will be nice. Seeing everyone's adr list is exciting I can't wait for my turn, Friday can't come soon enough. I'm hoping for CRT and BOG on the same day, its our last park day so hopefully it will work out. The girls want both castles.

Tammy

We did that last year in December both castles

 

[chemnerd09]

Some of us had trouble booking our 10+ earlier this month but we noticed if you put your date on the main dinning page and then click the restaurant (as opposed to searching the restaurant first) it would work.

I think I was doing it off the main page. The system has been so glitchy lately. I wonder if its because I have a split reservation since its only letting me book dining for when we are BWV. We will be at BWV 5/12-5/15 and switch to CR for 5/15-5/18 then DCL Dream for 5/18-5/22 and CR for 5/22-5/24. I'll just keep checking back. I'll probably change my mind again closer to the time. I'm still playing with the dining reservations for our trip in Dec.

 

[starousse]

Hello, we will be arriving May 14th. Can't wait! Free dining would be great but any discount will be nice. Seeing everyone's adr list is exciting I can't wait for my turn, Friday can't come soon enough. I'm hoping for CRT and BOG on the same day, its our last park day so hopefully it will work out. The girls want both castles.

Tammy

We're arriving on the 14th as well . Can't wait till Friday. Btw, we both did CRT and BOG on my daughter's birthday.

 

[javail]

we're arriving on the 14th as well . Can't wait till friday. Btw, we both did crt and bog on my daughter's birthday.

t

 

[Skjhjb]

So excited....tomorrow is ADR day!

 

[stippfamily]

We are scheduled for the following: * we have/are traveling with a 3yr old, and 2 5yr olds (hence all the character dining)

Whispering Canyons
BBB followed by CRT - early dinner
Tusker house - lunch
Akershus - Dinner
BOG - Lunch only because diner was booked
Chef Mickeys - Dinner
1900 Park Fare - Bfast

Any thoughts on this plan? We still have one open day that we are looking to see what to add or just going to find something that night when we are there. We should be in HS that day so any suggestions where we should eat there?

 

[PolyAddict]

We are scheduled for the following: * we have/are traveling with a 3yr old, and 2 5yr olds (hence all the character dining) Whispering Canyons BBB followed by CRT - early dinner Tusker house - lunch Akershus - Dinner BOG - Lunch only because diner was booked Chef Mickeys - Dinner 1900 Park Fare - Bfast Any thoughts on this plan? We still have one open day that we are looking to see what to add or just going to find something that night when we are there. We should be in HS that day so any suggestions where we should eat there?

Our fav is 50's cafe. Its a must do every trip.

 

[mer1015]

Doing my count down to ADR!!! can make reservations on the 23rd Hope I can get BOG

 

[jenineh]

Doing my count down to ADR!!! can make reservations on the 23rd Hope I can get BOG

Made mine today. Was not able to get a ressie for the beginning of my trip but took someone's advice and tried for the end if my trip and got it for our last full day there. Good luck!

 

[jenineh]

If I counted right, you can book Thursday! And you'll have the best luck getting BOG if you try for it towards the end on your trip. Sent from my iPad using the DISBoards app.

Thanks for the great advice. I was able to get BOG towards the end of my trip like you suggested

 

[minerva78]

I'm ready to change my reservation to the week of Memorial Day, but I'm having a hard time deciding on which resort to change it to. I'm currently booked at POFQ, but I would really need a discount there to stay under my budget, and I know sometimes POFQ is excluded. I am thinking about booking POR, because that's more likely to get a discount, but I'm also considering a LM room at AoA because the rack rate falls within my budget. I know not to expect a discount for that room though. Do you think a LM room would be more likely to sell out than a room at POFQ or POR? If so, I may just book that and change it to either POFQ or POR when the discounts come out. I'm trying to save as much money as I can! If free dining was included for these dates, I would faint, lol.

 

[MeeskaMomma]

I'm ready to change my reservation to the week of Memorial Day, but I'm having a hard time deciding on which resort to change it to. I'm currently booked at POFQ, but I would really need a discount there to stay under my budget, and I know sometimes POFQ is excluded. I am thinking about booking POR, because that's more likely to get a discount, but I'm also considering a LM room at AoA because the rack rate falls within my budget. I know not to expect a discount for that room though. Do you think a LM room would be more likely to sell out than a room at POFQ or POR? If so, I may just book that and change it to either POFQ or POR when the discounts come out. I'm trying to save as much money as I can! If free dining was included for these dates, I would faint, lol.

Personally I would think the LM would more likely sell out, but that is just am intuitive guess. I think I would just faint too!

 

[Skjhjb]

Thanks for the great advice. I was able to get BOG towards the end of my trip like you suggested

No BOG for us on any day of our trip! I was up at 5:30 to get the computer warmed up and ready to go. Nothing, not even the last day. So I waited and called at 7:00 to speak to a CM. She had nothing either.

It isn't the end of the world, we got all the others we wanted, so we are good!

Booked in at 1900 Park Fare, O'Hana, Boma, Trail's End, Cape May, and to replace BOG, I booked Rose and Crown.

Now, May can arrive ANY time!

 

[jenineh]

No BOG for us on any day of our trip! I was up at 5:30 to get the computer warmed up and ready to go. Nothing, not even the last day. So I waited and called at 7:00 to speak to a CM. She had nothing either. It isn't the end of the world, we got all the others we wanted, so we are good! Booked in at 1900 Park Fare, O'Hana, Boma, Trail's End, Cape May, and to replace BOG, I booked Rose and Crown. Now, May can arrive ANY time!

I don't get it. I made my reservation at 6am for the 18th of May. I think you should keep checking though. Something may pop up.

 

[Skjhjb]

I don't get it. I made my reservation at 6am for the 18th of May. I think you should keep checking though. Something may pop up.

Wow...

I had to go from the main page with my dates, as on the BOG page it wouldn't allow me to select the 16th (or any day beyond my first day booked) and BOG didn't come up. When I called, I had her check 16, 17, and 18, and nothing available. We are 5 though, so maybe that made a difference?

We are not big FP users, so I may use a FP+ for BOG for lunch one day.