Ummmm...that is just so not true! The calendar is posted before the 180 mark and it includes fireworks, parades, hours, EMH...you name it. They may make some changes a month or so out...maybe adding an EXTRA F! or MSEP, but that's it. So there is zero reason to hoard ADRs for calendar purposes.
As for weather- do you really think any of us love braving the elements? Sorry, but that just screams of entitlement. It's rude to pad your ADRs just so you can avoid rain. It's FL and it rains sometimes...sometimes a lot. Ya know what we do when it rains??? We put on ponchos!
And seriously- if you look around on here- many of us are booking 180+10- i.e. we've
also made that commitment 6+ months in advance, but based on the posts on this thread...quite a few of us are able to make ADRs without having to pad anything.
I've been booking trips on the WDW site for YEARS and had never found the spot where one can see the schedules for fireworks, F!, parades, etc... until I saw your posting today that claimed it was there. By manipulating a few URL's, I was able to see it, but they don't make it easy to find! A few things I noticed, however, is that every schedule is "subject to change", and not every park and every day has populated schedules for everything. So, I stand by my earlier statement. If you want to be there at rope drop and the EMH's change, or you want to see F! and they add a second show, all are important "times subject to change".
On the subject of rain... Shall I put my assistance dog in his poncho as well? It's the height of arrogance for you to call me "rude" and "entitled" for booking an extra ADR to avoid going to AK in the rain.
In fact, it's incredibly rude of you to call anyone "entitled". If you consider the cost of a WDW vacation, which is decidedly in the "luxury" category, all of us who go to WDW are "entitled" in at least an economic way. I, personally, don't feel "entitled" to special treatment, and I don't ask for special treatment. I do, however, feel that I am "entitled" to plan my trip to maximize my enjoyment. I'm playing by the rules. I'm cancelling ADR's which I know I won't keep, even those that don't have a CC guarantee. If you think that's "rude", you're "entitled" to your (IMO, incorrect) opinion.
If you're able to book 2 or 3 ADR's a day for 6 people for 10 days on deluxe dining at the 180 day mark without ever changing them or ever having an overlapping reservation (even if only for a second), you must be a planning GOD. At the 180 day mark, we tried to do our preferred schedule and even then we found some restaurants reported zero availability because the schedules hadn't been loaded by Disney yet. Over the next months, as they loaded schedules, we were finally able to fill in the gaps and delete the "contingency" ADR's. If you have, as you claim, never even made a contingency ADR, you're the luckiest trip planner I've ever heard of or you aren't making many ADR's in the first place.