TomLovesBecky
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Thought some people might be interested to know what happened to me. First of all, I called today to make sure tomorrow was my day to call, and OOPS I had miscalculated, it was actually today!! 
So there went my 7 am calling plan, it was already 9:30 when I called. 
The woman I got was very helpful, after getting my reservation number to double check I could make them today she asked me what was the most important one so I said Chef Mickey's, she then proceeded to tell me NOTHING WAS AVAILABLE!!! Not one stinkin' table the whole morning. Ugh! So as I was picking my jaw up off the floor she said WAIT I see something, okay, we can get you in at 10:15. I just could not believe that exactly 180 days in advance there was not ONE table available, craziness I tell you! Then she said to go in order of importance because at this point people arriving earlier than me have already been snagging these reservations for days now so it's an uphill battle. She managed to get me everything I wanted within a half hour, which apparently took quite some effort, we were on the phone for 45 minutes or so! She knew a lot about the special things that could be done too, she suggested the candlelight processional and told me what day to call back for that. I was really happy with how helpful she was! 
At the end of the call she told me the dining plan has exploded the past couple of years and now they are thinking of going to 9 months in advance for reservations, WOW!!! 
She said she even tells people to book meals for vacations they aren't even 100% sure of yet because they can always cancel later, but that just made me think it's part of the reason why it took her 10 minutes to find a single chef mickey's for christmas time, what the heck???? 
Well anyway, that's my report. Good luck everyone calling and I hope you get someone as nice and smart as I did! 
So there went my 7 am calling plan, it was already 9:30 when I called. The woman I got was very helpful, after getting my reservation number to double check I could make them today she asked me what was the most important one so I said Chef Mickey's, she then proceeded to tell me NOTHING WAS AVAILABLE!!! Not one stinkin' table the whole morning. Ugh! So as I was picking my jaw up off the floor she said WAIT I see something, okay, we can get you in at 10:15. I just could not believe that exactly 180 days in advance there was not ONE table available, craziness I tell you! Then she said to go in order of importance because at this point people arriving earlier than me have already been snagging these reservations for days now so it's an uphill battle. She managed to get me everything I wanted within a half hour, which apparently took quite some effort, we were on the phone for 45 minutes or so! She knew a lot about the special things that could be done too, she suggested the candlelight processional and told me what day to call back for that. I was really happy with how helpful she was! At the end of the call she told me the dining plan has exploded the past couple of years and now they are thinking of going to 9 months in advance for reservations, WOW!!! She said she even tells people to book meals for vacations they aren't even 100% sure of yet because they can always cancel later, but that just made me think it's part of the reason why it took her 10 minutes to find a single chef mickey's for christmas time, what the heck???? Well anyway, that's my report. Good luck everyone calling and I hope you get someone as nice and smart as I did! 
I have just been getting so anxious about it because I had NO IDEA reservations were going to be this hard to come by SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE!!! 
But the lady did give me a great tip to pass along, have your reservations in order of priority, not by date. For example we wanted Teppanedo (sp?) and she said "Oh forget that one honey let's do your character meals first and come back to that cuz it's easier to get!" LOL she was really funny. 
Just try to stay calm and get everything written down in advance, thank god I had my list handy because she asked so many questions and I had to look up the info quick about which days and times, etc. Good luck!!
Other than to really make it impossible for people who book vacations less than 9 months to get restaurant reservations. 
