New Complementary Fireworks Viewing Reservations at TOTWL - Report Experiences Here

[ShariM]

I was able to get Feb. 15 booked this morning.

As of this morning I was able to book Feb 22nd. I’ve been calling since 60 +10 days out, minus New Years Day and yesterday. Yay!!

 

[ak517]

Hi again! I made a res when these opened for tonight, January 3rd, for five people including a toddler and an infant. We ended up being less the toddler and an adult, so just three checked in. Our reservation was for “7:30” and the DVC CM on the phone told me I’d be charged $10 per person if we missed it when I made the reservation a few weeks back.

In reality, the three of us showed up a little after 8, didn’t need to actually do anything to check in for the reservation other than show DVC Y, and I confirmed with the CM at TOTWL that they wouldn’t charge me if I hadn’t shown up. He stated that the reservation system is more a way to help people actually get to the contemporary (eg for parking) and “they,” or TOTWL, aren’t planning on charging no shows. I’m planning on keeping an eye out for random charges in any case.

Also we couldn’t get drinks until the service for WWD dwindled which was approx 8:40pm for 9pm fireworks. It was maybe 2/3 full and the bartenders still seemed swamped. I’m not sure if that’s typical as this was my first visit.

Finally, the wall was not obstructive to me or my mom, and we’re 5’4” on a good day!

 

[VGCgroupie]

Hi again! I made a res when these opened for tonight, January 3rd, for five people including a toddler and an infant. We ended up being less the toddler and an adult, so just three checked in. Our reservation was for “7:30” and the DVC CM on the phone told me I’d be charged $10 per person if we missed it when I made the reservation a few weeks back.

In reality, the three of us showed up a little after 8, didn’t need to actually do anything to check in for the reservation other than show DVC Y, and I confirmed with the CM at TOTWL that they wouldn’t charge me if I hadn’t shown up. He stated that the reservation system is more a way to help people actually get to the contemporary (eg for parking) and “they,” or TOTWL, aren’t planning on charging no shows. I’m planning on keeping an eye out for random charges in any case.

Also we couldn’t get drinks until the service for WWD dwindled which was approx 8:40pm for 9pm fireworks. It was maybe 2/3 full and the bartenders still seemed swamped. I’m not sure if that’s typical as this was my first visit.

Finally, the wall was not obstructive to me or my mom, and we’re 5’4” on a good day!

Thank you so much for reporting back. Glad the it worked out well, we will be sure to not show thirsty.

 

[muppets3d]

Hi again! I made a res when these opened for tonight, January 3rd, for five people including a toddler and an infant. We ended up being less the toddler and an adult, so just three checked in. Our reservation was for “7:30” and the DVC CM on the phone told me I’d be charged $10 per person if we missed it when I made the reservation a few weeks back.

In reality, the three of us showed up a little after 8, didn’t need to actually do anything to check in for the reservation other than show DVC Y, and I confirmed with the CM at TOTWL that they wouldn’t charge me if I hadn’t shown up. He stated that the reservation system is more a way to help people actually get to the contemporary (eg for parking) and “they,” or TOTWL, aren’t planning on charging no shows. I’m planning on keeping an eye out for random charges in any case.

Also we couldn’t get drinks until the service for WWD dwindled which was approx 8:40pm for 9pm fireworks. It was maybe 2/3 full and the bartenders still seemed swamped. I’m not sure if that’s typical as this was my first visit.

Finally, the wall was not obstructive to me or my mom, and we’re 5’4” on a good day!

That pretty much confirms my suspicion that this is pretty much something they're doing to control the demand for parking at BLT.

 

[Brian Noble]

I confirmed with the CM at TOTWL that they wouldn’t charge me if I hadn’t shown up.

It's pretty easy to see where this is going to end up. Folks will make speculative reservations for several nights of their trip, maybe they show up to one, but won't bother to cancel the others. And that's why we can't have nice things.

I suspect that very quickly they will either start enforcing the cancellation penalty, or stop the offering entirely.

 

[GrumpyInPhilly]

DVC-Y member staying on-site. Called at 60+10 and was told date I was looking wasn't yet loaded into system. Called at 60 days out and was told the same thing. Called at 55 days out and was told the booking was full.

Well, I figured I'd call today just for the heck of it and see if I could make a reservation and what do you know, I was able to get it for the same date I tried the other times I called.