About 2 1/2 weeks ago (which is like 3 1/2 months prior to my river cruise, which starts on May 14th) I got my box, and in the box was a note that mentioned I should be getting an email soon with the link for the Adventure Handbook for our departure with info about booking excursions. I got the email either that same day or the next, I don't recall for sure.
When I downloaded the Handbook, it had the date for booking our excursions (Feb 11th for Adventure Insiders/DVC Members, and Feb 13th for First Time Guests). It also had the phone number to call.
The Handbook lists all of the available excursions for each day of the cruise, and allows you to checkmark the ones you want.
This morning I (and Mrs Grifdog22) conference called the ABD phone number, and spoke to a Vacationista, and went over each day & told her which options we wanted for AM & PM. She entered that into her system, then reviewed it with us afterwards. Once it was all finalized, she told us we'd get an email later in the day with all of our selections. She said it could take a while, but it only took a couple of hours for us. We lucked out, and everything we wanted was available, so I can't speak to the process if something you want is not available. We got through at like 8:10 in the morning (started at 8am) so that helped, plus our river cruise is far from fully booked.
We knew already what excursions we wanted, but I'm sure if you have questions that they would take the time to answer anything you wanted to know about the excursions.
Let me know if you want any other details!
I still miss my physical handbook.
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