Priority Seating now Advanced Reservations

[Mimi Q]

Saw this in my Deb Wills' newsletter:
Priority Seatings are no more! Effective immediately, Disney has changed the name of its dining "Priority Seatings" to "Advanced Reservations." (There are no changes to the process -- Advanced Reservations are made and work the same way as Priority Seatings did.)

Why the change??

 

[zulaya]

Supposedly too many people didn't understand what Priority Seating meant. The Advance Reservations IS the exact same system - you make your ressie, sohw up 5 minutes before your time and get the next available table for your party size.

They are only changing the name so fewer people are confused (or so I have read)

 

[SunshineKathie]

Is there still a 90 day waiting period before you can make your PS?

If so, I have a silly question, 90 days from Sept 12th is June 12th..correct?

 

[mar915]

Is there still a 90 day waiting period before you can make your PS?

If so, I have a silly question, 90 days from Sept 12th is June 12th..correct?

It is June 14th...you can check out the PS dining calculator on DIs dining section for all the dates

 

[Grumpy_Disney_Dad]

It is June 14th...you can check out the PS dining calculator on DIs dining section for all the dates

Does that mean it is now called The Advance Reservation Calculator? or ARC?

 

[MickMan]

It is about time they changed it. It was always difficult to explain to people what priority seating was.

This will be much easier to explain.

 

[Scottwdw]

Does that mean it is now called The Advance Reservation Calculator? or ARC?

I haven't decided yet. I think I will wait and see if ADR (Advanced Dining Reservations) sticks. You will notice when making your ADR, the CM will still tell you it's NOT a reservation.

 

[Amberle3]

And then, just to complicate things, is the conversation I had with a CM this morning when I called to make some PSs. Being a travel agent I called on that line, although I'm fairly sure it goes to the same people anyway. I spoke with a CM called (I'm sure this is what she said) "Smilie" and told her I wanted to make some reservations. A few minutes until the process she politely informed me that I wasn't really making "reservations" I was making "priority seatings". I told her that I understand that the terminology had changed, and she said that no, only things the require a deposit or payment are called reservations - the rest of the dining is just "priority seating".

Not that I doubt the accuracy of the reports that it's changed. Just that it would be nice if all the CMs knew that it had.