October 180+10 SUCCESS...and failure this morning

[ajh88]

So, I've been up since 4:45 am CST to make my 180+10 reservations for our big family trip (12 total people) in October. With the resort booking situation as it is (we still don't have everyone at the same resort due to no availability!), I knew I needed to get on our ADR's. I had incredible success...I got EVERY SINGLE ONE that I wanted - some for a party of 12 and some for 2 parties of 6 at the same or similar times. My successes include:

--Ohana dinner
--BOG pre-opening breakfast
--Hoop Dee Doo
--CRT pre-opening breakfast
--Akershus breakfast
--Le Cellier
--Hollywood & Vine breakfast
--Morimoto Asia

And just when I was getting ready to pat myself on the back...I realized that I accidentally made an Akershus reservation for TODAY at 8:15 am. D'oh! This was one I split as 6+6 because I don't know for sure if everyone will go to it...I guess when I went to make the second reservation, I forgot to change the date. So, I've been hold with Disney Dining for, oh, 35 minutes now, to try and cancel a reservation that is supposed to take place in 30 minutes. Of course, I couldn't cancel it online or through the automated system because of the timing. Ugh! I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed that they won't charge me a cancellation fee to boot...

UPDATE: After 45 minutes on hold, the very kind CM cancelled the reservation and I was not charged a cancellation fee. Yay!

 

[verleniahall]

YIKES!!! Hope that they get it taken care of for you!!

 

[Allison]

I just keep getting the "PAWS" error and can't make any reservations.

 

[kristenrice]

I just keep getting the "PAWS" error and can't make any reservations.

Same here!
Our group of 10 got dinner at O'hana, lunch at BOG, and lunch at Crystal Palace...but the one we are hung up on is Garden Grill. We can't book for 10 (even tried calling...) so we are trying to split into 6 and 4. I can get the times to pull up, but get the PAWS page when I select the time. I'm at work but my dad is at home, on hold again trying to get through to book a reservation for 6.

 

[Blackadder337]

My ADR's opened up today and for our entire trip, the only T-Rex reservation i can get is on average at 4pm. There are a few before that, and a few at 4:15, but very little after that. I just thought T-Rex would be fun for the atmosphere to try at least once.... I'll have to keep checking to see if more open up along the way!

 

[Ambehnke]

My ADR's opened up today and for our entire trip, the only T-Rex reservation i can get is on average at 4pm. There are a few before that, and a few at 4:15, but very little after that. I just thought T-Rex would be fun for the atmosphere to try at least once.... I'll have to keep checking to see if more open up along the way!

You could call the restaurant directly to make a reservation. I know they do reservations that way too. Otherwise, you could probably get a different time for that restaurant later on too.

 

[Disney 4 2]

180 + 10 was a success for me today. I was worried because I usually just plan for two. This year it was for 7 with a couple character breakfasts. I was able to get BOG for lunch, split our group between California grill and T Rex one night and the finale of booking a Wishes Cruise. Definitely Pixie Dust on my computer this morning!

 

[_auroraborealis_]

My only trauma today is the ongoing "can you put MNSSHP tix on sale so you can extend dining hours at MK on party nights, already?!"

Also, always just call T-REX for a reservation. DOn't use Disney.

 

[gizzardgoop]

What is T-REX?

 

[AshleeH]

Congratulations on your successes! And I'm glad it worked out with the cancellation. It's always a rush to get large party reservations on the hard-to-get locations - I was able to snag multiple party of 9 ADRs a few weeks ago (including one pre-opening Crystal Palace) and I was practically giddy lol!

 

[Merx]

What is T-REX?

T-REX is a dinosaur themed restaurant in Disney Springs

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/disney-springs/t-rex/

 

[Annafan]

Does anyone know if you can make reservations for Hoop-Dee-Doo on like at the 180+10 date?

 

[Disney_n00b]

Does anyone know if you can make reservations for Hoop-Dee-Doo on like at the 180+10 date?

I was able to on my 180+10 date (for October) but not at the time I was hoping for, I really wanted the 2nd show and could only get the 1st

 

[squeezle]

I share your frustrations @ajh88! I was also up at 4:45, and I also ended up with a reservation for today *facepalm*. Lots of "PAWS". 60 minutes on hold only to be told the system was down... So I called back and spent 30 more minutes on hold, but ended up with a much more helpful CM. I was able to get all but HBD, but it seems they haven't yet opened it up for reservations in late October. Mostly a success... but, man, was I sleepy all day.

 

[cottontail]

Hi can you book online as early as 4:45?

 

[n2mm]

I started mine around 10:00AM and got the errors right away. Then I forgot to link my reservation to my disney account (DVC reservations don't link automatically). Then I got started and got the paws errors. Went to my ipad and had no problem getting my reservations with the app on my ipad. Got everything I wanted at the times I wanted them. I never get up early and do this and I seldom even get started on the first day. I don't get hard ones, just Coral Reef, 50s PT, Plaza, Beaches & Cream, Via Napoli, Liberty Tree. Our list of favorites is pretty small now. So now I've got all of my ADRs for my May, August, and October trips done.

 

[squeezle]

Hi can you book online as early as 4:45?

Mountain Time Zone