Nearing the 180 out !

[Frankie Nova]

I have a question about booking thru my dis experience.
There has to be a way the app or just the ability to book to know you are in fact staying at resort and 180 days out correct ? Am I to assume the morning of when I begin, I will need to put my booking reservation number in to start ? and help in this area is appreciated.

 

[CynBeth]

On the date you hit 180 days you will log onto the website at 6 am EST and then go to where it says my Disney experience. I can’t remember if on the drop down it says make dining reservations or if you have to select my reservations for it to show and then you can make for the entire trip up to 10 days unless you are doing a split stay.

 

[JZCubed]

I have a question about booking thru my dis experience.
There has to be a way the app or just the ability to book to know you are in fact staying at resort and 180 days out correct ? Am I to assume the morning of when I begin, I will need to put my booking reservation number in to start ? and help in this area is appreciated.

Technical-Hiccups happen; Disney Tech Support cannot assist you at 6am.

So, put your hotel reservation in MDE sooner than the morning you plan to select 180-days from your check-in date.

After your hotel plans are entered, and subsequently 'confirmed' on the Disney Computer (on MDE, My Disney Experience), MDE will show your 'available dates' when you attempt to make any restaurant reservation.

 

[Haley R]

I agree, I think you should add your hotel reservation earlier than that morning. There's no reason not to. That way it is already linked to your account and ready to go without problems. We had our room linked and all I had to do was get on in the morning and start booking my ADRs. You can either click make dining reservations or you can type in the name of the restaurant that you want and go from there. I did it the second way and it worked fine for me.

 

[Frankie Nova]

I agree, I think you should add your hotel reservation earlier than that morning. There's no reason not to. That way it is already linked to your account and ready to go without problems. We had our room linked and all I had to do was get on in the morning and start booking my ADRs. You can either click make dining reservations or you can type in the name of the restaurant that you want and go from there. I did it the second way and it worked fine for me.

how did you do that? I tried to link my name and reservation to the dining. this is how I tried and what it said
loaded app /went to my account/went to my plans(LINK DINING) put in last name and res number/go to the bottom to "link this reservation"/SAYS RESERVATION NOT FOUND
Makes sense they can find it because I am 193 days out!?

 

[3gr8boys]

If you are in the app, click on "see all plans" to see if your resort stay is already linked. If not, you don't go through dining but rather through "link hotel" to add your reservation . Hope that helps.

 

[Haley R]

how did you do that? I tried to link my name and reservation to the dining. this is how I tried and what it said
loaded app /went to my account/went to my plans(LINK DINING) put in last name and res number/go to the bottom to "link this reservation"/SAYS RESERVATION NOT FOUND
Makes sense they can find it because I am 193 days out!?

I would also try doing it on the website. I like the website better for doing things like that.

 

[Frankie Nova]

If you are in the app, click on "see all plans" to see if your resort stay is already linked. If not, you don't go through dining but rather through "link hotel" to add your reservation . Hope that helps.

thank you . great help !....found out I had already done that at some point LOL

 

[JZCubed]

thank you . great help !....found out I had already done that at some point LOL

OK, you've come this far, let's go a bit further now that you are more familiar with seeing the pertinent details on My Disney Experience (MDE).

Presumably, this is still before your 180-day window.

Try making a reservation (ADR) for, let's say, in two week. Anyone can do this.

** Do not make this practice-ADR / reservation for in a day or so, because you might be subjected to the $10 cancelation fees if you make a mistake!

Go through the motions and see where & how that information shows up on your screen.

When you get comfortable with this, then cancel the ADR. Lather, rinse, repeat.

What to expect - 1.) providing credit card information so that Disney can 'charge' you if you miss your ADR, and 2.) 'confirming' that your have read and understand the Disney cancelation policies.

Again, doing this before your 180-day window to smooth over some potential hiccups (that happen to all of us, no matter how hard we try to be prepared).

 

[Frankie Nova]

OK, you've come this far, let's go a bit further now that you are more familiar with seeing the pertinent details on My Disney Experience (MDE).

Presumably, this is still before your 180-day window.

Try making a reservation (ADR) for, let's say, in two week. Anyone can do this.

** Do not make this practice-ADR / reservation for in a day or so, because you might be subjected to the $10 cancelation fees if you make a mistake!

Go through the motions and see where & how that information shows up on your screen.

When you get comfortable with this, then cancel the ADR. Lather, rinse, repeat.

What to expect - 1.) providing credit card information so that Disney can 'charge' you if you miss your ADR, and 2.) 'confirming' that your have read and understand the Disney cancelation policies.

Again, doing this before your 180-day window to smooth over some potential hiccups (that happen to all of us, no matter how hard we try to be prepared).

I started the process a month ago and stopped with the credit card prompt. but you are right what can hurt if I cancel it . worse case scenario (internet blows up LOL) I can call an cancel by phone.
thank you for the encouragement . I did think of this being I am one who likes to be prepared

 

[3gr8boys]

Using MDE on a PC, I added a credit card early on so it was already "on file" when my ADR day arrived. No need to reenter when making reservations.

 

[Haley R]

Using MDE on a PC, I added a credit card early on so it was already "on file" when my ADR day arrived. No need to reenter when making reservations.

I did this, as well. It was just already on there when I was making my ADR's and I believe you just have to check a box on the final step that says you agree.