That was close

[vatali]

So today I call DD to do my final write down of the resies and the times and everything so I can tidy up my trip to WDW over XMAS. I call to get my confirmation numbers, and poof the ones for Dec 24th and 25th are not on teh reseverations. ARRGGHH!!!! I had to dig through e-mail from July to find an old set of number that the resie person could look up to trace to my current reseverations. seems they were associated with my name, but not my phone numebr or my resort reseverations. I almost had a heart attack clawing at the phone trying to think what we were goning to do now.

So do a final check up before you go, you never know.

vat

 

[pumba]

good idea and also write down your confirmation numbers when you make the reservation on the phone......we dont get any documentation in the mail or emails.......thanks for reminding us to do this

 

[Cowboysfan]

i know what you mean, that situation kind of puts your heart in your throat.

I wite down, email and photograph my ressie #'s once made so that i don't lose them.

Last year, when we made our ADR's we had one left over and couldn't decide before we left where to use it. while there (during Christmas, of all times) we found the only place we could eat on christmas eve was Akershus, 6pm, princess dining - we figured that we'd give it a shot, the conceirge desk at POR set it up for us. when we got to the desk at the restaurant @ 5:30pm the waitress couldn't find our ressie, she looked up with our name, phone #, and she looked at our hotel acct - she couldn't find it. the only thing she found was for 12/25 @ 8:05am, i told her that wasn't it - that was for CRT, she said "umm, oops, hold on, here is the phone number for reservations, you need to call there immediately", i told her that i made that ressie the day before and it should be there, she said that she accidentally cancelled the CRT ressie . that's when the heavens opened up and it poured rain. she directed me over to the nearest pay phone to call (i wanted to object - she screwed up, she should fix it - i wanted to stay and argue this, but it came over me that if she really couldn't help me, then i could lose the CRT ressie if i didn't move fast enough), the phone was in the doorway to the ladies restroom (not a place i felt very comfortable being). i spent 1.5hrs on the phone, not because i wanted or even cared about akershus at this time, but because i didn't want to be charged for cancelling a ressie, she was able to make a new ressie for me, but ultimately i had to speak to the mgr of CRT to make sure i wouldn't be charged for cancelling - CRT worked out fine.

Turns out the ressie at akershus was made under the name "Guest, Riverside", grrr. But being 7:30pm and everyone soaked (except me, i was the guy on the phone in the ladies room), no one was in the mood to eat there.

That experience really soured me for quite sometime, i didn't want it to ruin the trip, but if we had lost the CRT ressie, it probably would have.

 

[shellybaxter]

I always write down the numbers as I make the ressies. I put them on an excel spreadsheet and then I don't call and check on them. A CM said on these boards once that the more you call and check on them the more of a chance they will get messed up. If I am traveling with others (not just Dh and I) I get a print out at lobby conceirge and check them when I arrive.