Move Back Resort Reservation to Get ADR

[JenniferYoung44]

Disclaimer: Before anybody flames me bc what Im proposing is shady, I’m really just asking as a fact gathering mission to see if this happens and how realistic getting a PPO at BOG is.

I’m staying at AKL Sep. 15-20. For a million reasons I won’t get into, our whole plan of attack for the week hinges on a PPO for BoG on 18th (only 3 days in). I know this early in the stay that can be a challenge. My question is this: Could you theoretically/do people in reality back up a resort reservation for earlier and longer just to take advantage of the 180+10, then change it to the dates you really want after you get the ADR? And if so, any chance changing your room booking would cancel the ADRs you’ve made?

In my timeline for example, instead of making my resort booking for 9/15-20, I would make it for 9/10-9/20 (making the ADR on the 18th more likely. Then sometime after that change the room dates to 9/15-9/20.

I hope I’m not opening a ADR hack can of worms, but surely someone has thought of this before. I’m just wondering if it’s a common practice (making my chances of getting the ADR even worse) and if Disney has countermeasures in place.

 

[mom2rtk]

Dropping days off a reservation is no longer a given. When you call to drop those days, there's a high likelihood they will only do it if it can be completely rebooked (subject to availability at the rate you had previously).

 

[JenniferYoung44]

Dropping days off a reservation is no longer a given. When you call to drop those days, there's a high likelihood they will only do it if it can be completely rebooked (subject to availability at the rate you had previously).

And if the room is completely rebooked... does that effect the ADRs you’ve already made? What I’ve read says the ADR system is totally separate. True?

 

[mom2rtk]

And if the room is completely rebooked... does that effect the ADRs you’ve already made? What I’ve read says the ADR system is totally separate. True?

That's correct. They are not tied to your room.

 

[JenniferYoung44]

What if you made 2 reservations. One for 9/10-20, one for 15-20, make ADRs then cancel the reservation for the 10-20th? If the systems are separate you’re ADRs for the 15-20th should be fine right?

 

[Pumbaa_]

We are not going to discuss this here