New policy ....

[crow11ad]

There is a new policy that is in effect for Monday July 18th, but only if your stay is for October 16th and later. It is called the 90 + 10 deal. In the past up to now, when you booked your 90 day Advanced Dining Plans, you had to call on the 90 day to book for that one day and then call on the next day to book for the next day. Now if your stay is 10-16-05 and later you can now book starting on your 90 day mark for the entire trip up to 10 days. This in itself will save on a lot of calls. Read below:

Here is the information I have obtained of a new Advanced
Reservations policy going into affect on July 18, 2005. This is all
unoffical and subject to change. Once the offical announcement is
made, I'll send out another update.

1. Walt Disney World Resort Guests can call 90 days from their check
in date and book all Advanced Dining Reservations (ADR) for up to 10
days beyond their check in date. The Swan, Dolphin and Shades of
Green are NOT included in this new policy as they are not owned and
operated by WDW.

This will include any events WDW Dining is reposible for like the
Grand Floridian Children programs (Pirate Cruise and Wonderland Tea
Party). Speciality cruises and other recreational events which are
booked using a different number are not included.

2. WDW Dining is not opening the entire restaurant to the early
booking. Only a percentage of the tables will be available. The
more popular the restaurant, the smaller amount of tables open for
early bookings. Resort guests will not be able to sell out popular
events like CRT.

3. A valid resort confirmation number MUST be given and will be put
in to the system to be checked. The confirmation allows the 90 + 10
perk. After that any changes to your resort reservation does not
affect your dining reservations. However, you should update WDW
Dining if you are given a new confirmation number.

Also, if you cancel your resort reservation, you should call WDW
Dining and cancel any ADRs which required a credit card for a
deposits and prepayments or cancellation penalties will apply.

4. This new policy goes into effect on Monday, July 18, 2005. Those
of you with WDW resort stays beginning on October 16, 2005 and later
will be eligible to make 90 + 10 ADRs.

Here's an example for you:

Say your next stay is at the Wilderness Lodge, a WDW resort,
arriving on November 21, 2005 and will be staying for 7 days.
According to the PS Calculator, your 90 day call date is Tuesday,
August 23rd. This means, you can call on that day and make ALL your
ADRs for the entire stay as long as tables are still available in
the restaurants and times you select.

Happy Planning!

Woohoo. So make sure all your plans are made so that you can book all your seatings for yummy food and characters. Needless to say instead of making 5-10 different calls lasting about 5-15 min, we can now make one call lasting 1hr to 2 hrs..lol... Geez I love Disney and Disboards...

 

[bicker]

There are several discussions about this going on in the Dining forum, if folks are interested.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Yep, a CM at WDW Dining told me about this yesterday when I was making my first of 9 calls for my October visit. I'm calling tomorrow, hope my DVC reservation number works. We'll see!

 

[mrslur]

hope my DVC reservation number works. We'll see!

Please let us know if it does as there are many of us waiting for this answer!