Multiple ADR's

[Jhondy210]

I just created 35 phantom MDE profiles and secured all available Coral Reef ressies for the entire month of December because I'm not sure when I will want to eat there. (I don't even really like seafood). Also using Touring plans for any additional canceled that may pop up. I also have an aunt that is a CM in the dining call center, she knows my username and password for MDE and she's also keeping an eye out for any more that pop up. I told her to book everything that pops up using any of my 35 profiles.

OK.....OK.....I'm just kidding. But this is kind of how your post translates for anyone who is experiencing the frustration of trying to secure EVEN A SINGLE ADR for one of the restaurants you mentioned you would cancel.

Not judging you. Just sayin', you shouldn't expect favorable responses to your post.

I guess I disagree with you. if they plan on eating at those two restaurants if they don't get Coral Reef then I see nothing wrong with that. I think many people make reservations at other ADRs if they can't get the one they want but then once they secure the one they want they drop their back-up plan. Unless, I read the person's post wrong but that is how I took what they said they were doing.

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

I guess I disagree with you. if they plan on eating at those two restaurants if they don't get Coral Reef then I see nothing wrong with that. I think many people make reservations at other ADRs if they can't get the one they want but then once they secure the one they want they drop their back-up plan. Unless, I read the person's post wrong but that is how I took what they said they were doing.

Maybe I misunderstood as well. I was commenting on the practice of booking multiple ADRs for the same meal on the same day because people may not know exactly what time they will "feel like eating" that day.

I hope no one misinterpreted my post as being offensive to PP. Certianly wasn't my intention. Just pointing out that there are people constantly checking MDE for a single ressie only to read posts from others that have multiple "throwaway" ADRs that they could use and the frustration they must feel when reading about it.

 

[TeamH5]

I guess I disagree with you. if they plan on eating at those two restaurants if they don't get Coral Reef then I see nothing wrong with that. I think many people make reservations at other ADRs if they can't get the one they want but then once they secure the one they want they drop their back-up plan. Unless, I read the person's post wrong but that is how I took what they said they were doing.

This is what my plan was.. I realize it may have come across different, but yes the other ones are back-ups, so we have a sit down meal guaranteed if the one we really want isn't available.
They aren't at the same time either. Askerhus was dinner and Beirgarten was lunch.

 

[TeamH5]

Maybe I misunderstood as well. I was commenting on th practice of booking multiple ADRs for the same meal on the same day because people may not know exactly what time they will "feel like eating" that day.

I hope no one misinterpreted my post as being offensive to PP. Certianly wasn't my intention. Just pointing out that there are people constantly checking MDE for a single ressie only to read posts from others that have multiple "throwaway" ADRs that they could use and the frustration they must feel when reading about it.

No offense taken, I thought your post was pretty funny.
But I get it. I'm not trying to 'tie up' multiple reservations just to be an a** or anything. Not my intent. And honestly, at only 2 ADR's per day, that's not even unreasonable. And at different meal periods no less. Now, if I had say, 10 ADR's per day, at 5 per meal or something, the yea I'd be abusing the system totally...
Realistically I don't see us keeping all ADR's reserved, but not knowing if we'll want a lunch or dinner ADR for that given day, I don't see what I did as unreasonable.
Again, I wish I could just walk up to say, BOG or CRT when we were hungry on that given park day, put our name in a wait list, and go in... But as other posters have stated, Disney has made that impossible. So we do this stupid game of making ADR's at 180+ days, FP+ 60 days out (I mean really, WHY do I need to plan my ride schedule 2 months out?) and fiddle with them until a couple weeks to a few days prior to our trip....

 

[Melwhit16]

What is the point of 180 days ADR anyway? Why does Disney make everyone do that then spend the next 180 days watching and switching? Why not only 30 days in advance?

 

[SaintsManiac]

If you read the cancellations threads in the dining forum it is an eye opening experience...

 

[phillymummer]

I understand why people do this. I reluctantly did became "one of those people". On our last trip my daughter was dancing in DTD and was attending a Disney Dance workshop (with her dance studio). We knew the days that this was happening, but we did not know specific times. So, for those two days I did make 5 reservations- 2 lunches and 3 dinners. I dropped what I did not need as soon as I found out the performance and workshop times (which was finally about 5 weeks before- thanks Disney!). I felt bad doing it but we don't go to Disney often and Biergarten and PT cafe were important to us. FWIW I didn't even make these reservations until about 4 months before the trip.

 

[phillymummer]

What is the point of 180 days ADR anyway? Why does Disney make everyone do that then spend the next 180 days watching and switching? Why not only 30 days in advance?

I always wondered the same thing- why so far in advance?? What would happen if they decided to change the policy to making ADRs at say 60 or 90 days? Would it make it easier to decide where you eat at 60 days rather than 180, meaning less "throwaway reservations"? OR would it be more difficult bc now you are competing with the people have planned last minute trips?

 

[JimmyV]

What is the point of 180 days ADR anyway?

It serves no one but Disney. They have decided that there is great value in having people plan six months in advance so that they can get excited about their vacation and obsess about it. There are no restaurants in the real world, no matter how popular or in demand, that require, let alone allow a reservation 180 days in advance. 30 to 60 days is the norm. The only restaurant that I can think of that booked this far in advance was El Bulli, but that was an entirely different situation. You didn't really make a reservation. Instead, you applied for admission and maybe you got in, but more likely you didn't. Disney psychologists have concluded that Disney makes more money when people "lock in" their plans way in advance. Perhaps they are right. But from a purely operational standpoint, there is neither a need for or logic behind a 180 day booking window. When Babbo, Daniel, Alinea and the French Laundry can function on 30 and 60 day booking windows, Ohana can too.

 

[JimmyV]

What would happen if they decided to change the policy to making ADRs at say 60 or 90 days?

Disney operated for decades with 30, then 60, then 90 day booking windows and guess what? The world didn't stop spinning on its axis. We all survived just fine. But the psychologists got ahold of everything and declared that profits would increase if people had reservations locked in 180 days in advance, and here we are.

 

[Disneylover99]

They can't do it online they have to be doing it over the phone
this should not be allowed the computer will not allow you to make 2res to close in time

When I call to make reservations they only allow me to make one reservation per time frame, so three per day....one over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If I make reservations online, I can make them all day (if I wanted to) as long as they are at least an hour and a half apart.

 

[Lavitz]

When I call to make reservations they only allow me to make one reservation per time frame, so three per day....one over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If I make reservations online, I can make them all day (if I wanted to) as long as they are at least an hour and a half apart.

They actually have to be 65 minutes apart.

Coming Nov is my third trip. First two wouldn't dream of double booking, and I book my trip around my ADRs. If minor things changed for the worst, ahh well I'd deal.

This trip I have a few double bookings. Nothing, pretty much nothing, from Disney was available when my 180 day rolled around. If you don't give the most basic of info needed to plan, how can you ask me to plan out my whole trip 180 days in advance. So I planned what will probably happen, then made 3 or 4 plan B reservations for the harder to get ADRs. Don't like doing it, but it is as it is.

 

[Missyrose]

I always wondered the same thing- why so far in advance??

It's Disney's way to make sure guests are spending their whole vacation on Disney property. If you have dining reservations booked six months out for all seven days of your trip, you're less likely to plan to visit Universal or Sea World or any of the other Orlando attractions.

 

[TiggerManiac]

Ehh, I used touring plans to get my reservations, no stalking necessary. Anyone can do the same thing. You're going about a week or two after us, otherwise I'd say lets chat and I'll give you mine..
But the flip side of that is, I'm not taking any of the most popular ADR's either. I have places like T-Rex(I made 2 ADR's for arrival day, simply because we are driving and I don't know when we will leave home), Boma's (for bkfst, which I KNOW we will keep), Tusker house for lunch (another I KNOW we will keep). The only others we have are H&V (I did lunch and Dinner here because I'm not quite sure yet), Biergarten and Askerhus. And, as soon as I can secure Coral Reef, I will be dropping both of the above, because we are really hoping for Coral Reef, I just booked the others so we could get some food before heading to the boardwalk for the evening... Those 2 will be dropped well before 1 week out.

So it's not like I'm tying up BOG, CP, CM, or some of the other more popular ADR spots, Not at all...

When are you going? I've been searching for Akershus for 2, lunch or dinner, 11/28 - 12/4, with no availability since my 180 day date. We're strange ones: we don't care about the princesses. We go for the food! We've loved Akershus since its original incarnation.

 

[Disneylover99]

They actually have to be 65 minutes apart.

Yes, you're right. Was there a time when they had to be an hour and a half apart?

 

[Boardwalk Tigger]

Maybe I've been living under a rock for the last decade. Maybe its something new. I generally go to DW between Christmas and New Years. Its our tradition. I deal with the crowds no problem. Im a planner. I make it work for us. But I learned something new today. I was gauging the ADRs because I was seeing not much online for up to the 23rd because I have to make mine on Jul 1. So I called a CM to ask if there was any issues with the online system and maybe I need to call and make my reservations.

She told me everything is working fine but what she is seeing is people are calling in and making up to 7 or 8 reservations PER A NIGHT!!! They make them then drop them as their plans change. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!!?! No offense to anyone doing this but how is this allowed? People try and plan an evening meal but they cant because some 150 families have all of DW restaurants locked down.

Come on, thats ridiculous on every level. There should be some flag to not allow this. But thats just me and maybe I'm in the minority.

Oh well..

Email Disney about this. I know they have dropped multiple reservations in past. They kept the last booked and released all the rest. If enough people email them they will police it.

 

[Nancyg56]

It is difficult to make all of your plans if Disney does nto release all of the information needed. Now I am not talking about the folks who need to plan ADR's in every park for every meal becuase they do nto want to make a commitment to any park on any given day. I know that when I am in the beginning stages of our planning I book a PPO breakfast for every park but DHS. Not on the same day, but in the same trip. I am not willing to keep looking later on if I want that ADR, so I book them at my 180 mark and then as I finetune my plans based on the park hours, I release the breakfasts we won't use. So that is generally 1 or 2 ADR's.

DIsney used to release park hours and schedules around the same time that you wee able to make your ADR's, so guessing was not necessary. Now that is not how it works, and I am not willing to plan my park days around ADR's, I plan my meals around our park plans.

I believe that there are folks like me who plan ahead and then as we have moe information release the few extra we had in place but are nto going to use. I knwo that there used to be hoarders who booked multiple ADRs fo evey meal, but I doubt that there are as many as peole want to believe. I think that more people are planning ahead instead of winging it.

 

[TeamH5]

When are you going? I've been searching for Akershus for 2, lunch or dinner, 11/28 - 12/4, with no availability since my 180 day date. We're strange ones: we don't care about the princesses. We go for the food! We've loved Akershus since its original incarnation.

We're going 12/10-12/17. . We're not even so much as booking it for princesses as we are for food. Lol .

Try the touring plans Ressie Finder if you haven't already. It took about a week to find mine (granted we are a party of 6). From what I heard Disney still hasn't released quite a few of the ADR's because CP pkg's haven't been released yet, including lunch ADR's. Once that happens, more ADR's should start opening up.

 

[Boski]

Sorry. Thought this was a forum to discuss.

No no, you misunderstand. It seems like certain ethical subjects are ok to stand and be debated (like this one), while others are shut down quickly.

 

[jkh36619]

No no, you misunderstand. It seems like certain ethical subjects are ok to stand and be debated (like this one), while others are shut down quickly.

sorry I misunderstood.