Multiple reservations at Oga's?

[siren0119]

The rest of HS does have FP, however. And most likely there will be a time limit for people to stay in SWGE. In Disneyland this year there was a 4 hour time limit to remain in the land when they opened. It's not like people will be camping in there all day.

We are only visiting HS once also. If you are only going to HS once, why keep multiple ADR's for other days? When I checked all the days of my trip yesterday for availability, I found one day/time that I didn't have another park day scheduled and I chose that day for HS. I didn't even look at other days that I had already scheduled a different park.

Any way you slice and dice it, hoarding ADR's is not a popular thing here. YOU may have your reasons for doing it and they may make perfect sense to you. But not everyone will see it the same way. Especially because of the extreme popularity of SWGE in general and that it will most likely be difficult for people to even set foot in the land.

We aren't just visiting HS once....it is the only full park day we are able to do at all in this trip. We were lucky enough to get to do a MNSSHP too, but we have no other full day park days. Does that make me a little more hyper-vigilant about planning for the single day? Most likely. And because we're only buying a 1 day ticket, I have to make sure we are good on the day before I even buy tickets.

I still don't get why this has blown up and yet people who are visiting the land multiple days with multiple reservations get a pass, if the issue *truly* is that some people may not have a chance to enter the land at all. *I* don't have a problem with it, I can't begrudge someone else the privileges they have over my own...but the laser focus of backlash baffles me.

 

[HadesFan]

By making ADRs you have no intention of using, you take away the opportunity for other people to plan. You are forcing people to plan around your indecision. It may not be what they want, but they are left with what is available. Then later, when you release them, they have other plans built around those times that would be difficult or even impossible to change. So, while you are tripping around the park with your perfect schedule, there are a lot of other people who are making the best of what they had to work with. It's very self-centered.

 

[siren0119]

By making ADRs you have no intention of using, you take away the opportunity for other people to plan. You are forcing people to plan around your indecision. It may not be what they want, but they are left with what is available. Then later, when you release them, they have other plans built around those times that would be difficult or even impossible to change. So, while you are tripping around the park with your perfect schedule, there are a lot of other people who are making the best of what they had to work with. It's very self-centered.

OK...BUT who actually plans their personal vacation around strangers' needs? Honestly?

 

[gwynne]

OK...BUT who actually plans their personal vacation around strangers' needs? Honestly?

Well, I had a reservation for Cali Grill Brunch this fall. The same morning that I was able to make a PFTS reservation, I cancelled Cali Grill.I wanted someone else to be able to plan and enjoy a visit there.
It's kind of just being a bit neighborly when we have the chance.

 

[MusicalAstronaut]

I don't really get it to be honest. Why multiple ADRs? Are these the same people that had to have the rose gold mouse ears? It's not even a restaurant. I can understand going maybe once, but multiple times during one trip? For a $14 beer?

To be fair, it's not just beer. They have really interesting mixed drinks and since you can only have 2 per visit (and I've heard they're quite strong), I can see going back multiple days if it's important to someone to try them all right now.

 

[mckennarose]

We aren't just visiting HS once....it is the only full park day we are able to do at all in this trip. We were lucky enough to get to do a MNSSHP too, but we have no other full day park days. Does that make me a little more hyper-vigilant about planning for the single day? Most likely. And because we're only buying a 1 day ticket, I have to make sure we are good on the day before I even buy tickets.

I still don't get why this has blown up and yet people who are visiting the land multiple days with multiple reservations get a pass, if the issue *truly* is that some people may not have a chance to enter the land at all. *I* don't have a problem with it, I can't begrudge someone else the privileges they have over my own...but the laser focus of backlash baffles me.

People visiting multiple times and using multiple reservations is not "holding" a space. They are actually using the ADR's they made. I don't care how many times someone goes to Oga's or anywhere else and spends their money. Geeze, with that logic I should never go to BOG again because I've eaten there before? What you are talking about is very different and whether you like it or not, it will affect people. Maybe not tons of people, but those are spaces no one can use at the moment. That is, until YOU decide to let the extras go. During opening week of SWGE, which will be crazy to begin with.

OK...BUT who actually plans their personal vacation around strangers' needs? Honestly?

Look, you've stated you feel no guilt about it, yet you keep trying justify hoarding the ADR's. All people are trying to do is get you to understand. You are free to do whatever you want, however you want. It's not about planning your vacation around stranger's needs; it's called common courtesy. But don't expect support when a lot of us on here see the problems with hoarding and the reasons why we don't support it.

 

[HadesFan]

OK...BUT who actually plans their personal vacation around strangers' needs? Honestly?

Everyone who is planning around you.

I'm just trying to explain the backlash, because you don't seem to understand why people are reacting as they are.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

2) Not everyone knows exactly which day they are going to the parks. YOU may, but that's not the case for everyone. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to visit HS more than once in a trip, either.

I think the point is many people have this unknown they just choose a different choice. I've never booked multiple experiences (whatever that may entail) when on vacation just because I may not know what I want to do. I've always, if I've needed to book something, just simply booked it for X day and called it good. The DIS opened my eyes that people, whether they feel like Disney set them up to have to do it or not, book multiple of things (FPs, ADRs) for multiple days or times until they've decided to iron down their plans.

I don't have an issue though when someone books multiple things and intends to use them and I don't think many people tend to have an issue with that.

I did notice that, however they may not have realized that the reservation at Oga's is what we are hoping gets us into the land, or that no FP are available in GE. "booking fastpasses around the reservation" doesn't compute any other way to me, but I may be missing something.

I interpreted it the way the other poster did--you have a set time so now you can plan just when NOT to plan a FP in DHS because you already have something in that time slot.

OK...BUT who actually plans their personal vacation around strangers' needs? Honestly?

I have no care for what other people's plans are. What I do utilize is the general idea of common courtesy. That may or may not be your definition of it but it generally is mine.

**I'm not trying to pile on just giving my thoughts**

 

[Moliphino]

Well, I had a reservation for Cali Grill Brunch this fall. The same morning that I was able to make a PFTS reservation, I cancelled Cali Grill.I wanted someone else to be able to plan and enjoy a visit there.
It's kind of just being a bit neighborly when we have the chance.

Once you knew you weren't going to use it you canceled, same as the posters who are "hoarding" ADRs. Nobody is going to keep them once they know they aren't going to use them. It can be hard to know at 180 days out where you're going to be each day of a trip.
I already had fastpasses booked when ADRs were released, so my schedule was already known and I was able to make ones I know I'll use. Not as easy when your trip is six months out.

 

[Octoberbaby]

OK...BUT who actually plans their personal vacation around strangers' needs? Honestly?

I was taught to be kind and courteous of others. Hopefully all of your plans turn out how you expected, and someone else isn't hoarding a reservation that you are hoping to get.

 

[siren0119]

Everyone who is planning around you.

I'm just trying to explain the backlash, because you don't seem to understand why people are reacting as they are.

I guess what I don't understand is why the backlash doesn't exist for every person who modifies a reservation, or a fastpass. All of those people ALSO booked something that might be desirable for someone else, then changed it after others had already made plans. That is acceptable but doing it on the front end well in advance of the trip isn't...that's where the whole thing is bugging me.

 

[siren0119]

At the end of the day, we did finally nail down our day and I am posting the reservations I will be dropping in this thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/star-wars-adr-cancellation-thread.3763882/

Anyone who wants to coordinate timing can PM me.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I guess what I don't understand is why the backlash doesn't exist for every person who modifies a reservation, or a fastpass. All of those people ALSO booked something that might be desirable for someone else, then changed it after others had already made plans. That is acceptable but doing it on the front end well in advance of the trip isn't...that's where the whole thing is bugging me.

Honestly? You're just trying to justify with a whataboutism and maybe you don't realize. You do you; people are just trying to explain why the behavior/choice comes off a certain way to some at least.

I don't see any issues with me booking a HM FP for 11:10-12:10 then being in the park and realizing we won't make it so we modify it for later. Modifying allows that time to go back to someone else who may be looking at FPs at that time. That is different, to me at least, than booking a HM FP for 11:10-12:10 for 3 days knowing I'm not actually going to be using all three and then modifying later on. See the difference?

 

[mckennarose]

I guess what I don't understand is why the backlash doesn't exist for every person who modifies a reservation, or a fastpass. All of those people ALSO booked something that might be desirable for someone else, then changed it after others had already made plans. That is acceptable but doing it on the front end well in advance of the trip isn't...that's where the whole thing is bugging me.

Because you already know you're not going to use all the spots you're holding, you're not modifying them to fit your existing plans. You're not going to go to Oga's three times and you have no intention of using 8 (?) of the reservations you're holding. People changing plans is very different because their intent was originally to actually use the reservation. And people can't hoard an unlimited amount of fp like they can for ADR's.

I had a trip date change once and had to give up prime ADR's, one for Ohana and one for BOG. I wasn't hold them "in case". I actually intended to use them and our dates had to get changed and I had to give them up. It happens.

 

[evlaina]

Same (except for the rose gold mouse ears and spirit jersey). I also want to get all the souvenir mugs, assuming they have them. They aren't on the menu yet, which is worrying me a little. I also go to Trader Sam's and the Nomad Lounge at least twice a trip.

Yes I want to get the Rancor Tooth Beer Flight as a souvenir for my dad (but I get to enjoy the beer). I hope they have them when we get there!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yes I want to get the Rancor Tooth Beer Flight as a souvenir for my dad (but I get to enjoy the beer). I hope they have them when we get there!

I remember reading for a time DLR sold out on those. I haven't kept up but I assume they got those back in. Surely for WDW they'll have a good amount of them at least at first so hopefully you get one!

 

[evlaina]

I remember reading for a time DLR sold out on those. I haven't kept up but I assume they got those back in. Surely for WDW they'll have a good amount of them at least at first so hopefully you get one!

Yes, it sold out at DL on June 24th....We'll be at Oga's on September 29th so I hope they at least have them by then! Since everything is a little more at WDW I'm wondering if the beet flights (and other souvenir cups) will also be more expensive. I keep checking online to see a photo of WDW's actual paper menu, but haven't seen one yet.

 

[mckennarose]

Yes I want to get the Rancor Tooth Beer Flight as a souvenir for my dad (but I get to enjoy the beer). I hope they have them when we get there!

I just did a quick google search for the price, because I couldn't remember, and the first things that popped up were ebay ads for the flight glasses and holder. Guess how much they're selling for?!?! $180 - $200 on ebay! I think the DL price was $75?

I feel vibes from the Orange Bird sippy cup fiasco from F&G!

 

[Deanna404]

Thanks to this thread, and a pp noting that people were dropping their ADRs once they discovered that Oga's is not a restaurant, I was finally able to get an ADR for Oga's! I rechecked all my possible times and found one that worked. Thanks, people!

 

[MomOTwins]

The rest of HS does have FP, however. And most likely there will be a time limit for people to stay in SWGE. In Disneyland this year there was a 4 hour time limit to remain in the land when they opened. It's not like people will be camping in there all day.

We are only visiting HS once also. If you are only going to HS once, why keep multiple ADR's for other days? When I checked all the days of my trip yesterday for availability, I found one day/time that I didn't have another park day scheduled and I chose that day for HS. I didn't even look at other days that I had already scheduled a different park.

Any way you slice and dice it, hoarding ADR's is not a popular thing here. YOU may have your reasons for doing it and they may make perfect sense to you. But not everyone will see it the same way. Especially because of the extreme popularity of SWGE in general and that it will most likely be difficult for people to even set foot in the land.

I know, right? It’s not like there is anything stopping them from “knowing” which day they will be HS. We only do one day in each park tops when we go and guess what? We pick a day. It’s not hard.

I think people often think spending so much money on Disney gives them the right to do whatever it takes to give them the best experience possible setting aside all social courtesy (e.g. cutting in lines, saving wayy more space than you need at in the parade) but I prefer to teach my kids that they are not the only people that matter and we don’t always get everything we want.