I’m pretty sure DVC can add dining whenever.From what I gathered UK residents could book 2021 trips with dining plans.
I’m going to say yes since that’s not a disney owned property and you don’t have tickets. One thing that is on your side though is time. Things could improve by November and you may be able to buy tickets.Disney says they are focusing on those guests with tickets and resort reservations and are not making new reservations or selling tickets and that those with existing tickets will get first chance at park reservations. We have resort reservations (Swan) in November, but hadn’t bought tickets yet. Do you think that means we’ll be left out of the initial opportunity for park reservations? I know nobody knows for sure; just wondering what everyone thinks.
If this goes well with dining ADRs at only 60 days out I wonder if that might stick around for a while vs going back to 180
Just realize I feel really bad for the travel agents who just had all their hard work cancelled with no income. Now they are going to have to rebook.everyone's dining, and imagine having to try and get 100s of park reservations at the same time? Plus all.the.folks that aren't going to rebook. What a tough time to be a Disney travel agent.
I'll point out several years ago they went from 180 to 90 days for ADRS. Maybe 8-10 years ago. I think the problem was things booked up way faster, but not sure why but they kept it less than a year.
Just realize I feel really bad for the travel agents who just had all their hard work cancelled with no income. Now they are going to have to rebook.everyone's dining, and imagine having to try and get 100s of park reservations at the same time? Plus all.the.folks that aren't going to rebook. What a tough time to be a Disney travel agent.
I'll point out several years ago they went from 180 to 90 days for ADRS. Maybe 8-10 years ago. I think the problem was things booked up way faster, but not sure why but they kept it less than a year.
This all makes sense though, and I don't mind the shorter window, I don't want them to.stick with that time if TO comes back, don't want both on the same timeline.
pretty certain that they will eliminate hopping temporarily.
I do like that they are going to prioritize on-site for park reservations.
I agree and especially for a few days they are going to have to deal with a lot of questions they don't have the answer to
One potential benefit is I think this time is showing the value of using a TA - they can handle all the details of the reschedules and stay on the phone with Dis ey and can share what they learn from one case to apply to the next, etc. I didn't ha e a vacation impacted by this but if I did I think I would be really happy if I had a TA vs being on my own.
Fair points - guess it is just really hard to balance when the demand has sort of created the monster but it stinks for people that don't know 180 days out their plans or for who having to plan that far out has a negative impact on how they view their vacation
What do you mean "if TO comes back" - did you mean FP? I agree it would suck to have FP and ADR "day" be the same day so if they stick with 60 day ADR then need to shift onsite FP day to 45 or something
Disney says they are focusing on those guests with tickets and resort reservations and are not making new reservations or selling tickets and that those with existing tickets will get first chance at park reservations. We have resort reservations (Swan) in November, but hadn’t bought tickets yet. Do you think that means we’ll be left out of the initial opportunity for park reservations? I know nobody knows for sure; just wondering what everyone thinks.
To me Disney is doing the reservation thing for one main reason - so they know how to staff the parks each day. Let's say they limit MK to 20,000 people per day. But if they staff for 20,000 people and only GET 10,000 people, they are going to lose money that day. But if they know only 10,000 people are coming, they can staff accordingly. Or if they fill up completely they know how to staff for that. But if there is more demand than supply it will be tough. Imagine you book airfare and everything and then you go to reserve your parks and you can't get into MK the whole week? Gonna be a strange, strange year.
No email yet here and I have both cash and dvc reservations for mid November.So I received the e-mail saying I will be one of the first to have access to the new system
I guess I qualified as I have a reservation (though it isn't until Sept 29th, 2021 (so almost 1.5 years away) and I have a not yet activated annual pass connected to my account
Obviously not near booking dining or anything but will be interesting to check out the new system what active
I prefer to keep control of my own stuff - so for me I prefer not to leave things to a TA - but I am rather OCD. I agree that for many people with Disney it is much smarter to use a TA and let them deal with all this. But that doesn't change the fact TAs are doing a lot of extra work and not getting benefit from it. They only get paid when you go on your trip. Cancelling and rebooking does not get them extra money. Disney focused travel agents are going to be hit really, really hard by this. (And that includes the ones sponsoring this site.)