*** The Official 2014 - DLR -July Thread ***(We All Have Been There & Back Home)

[RHMH]

I can tell everyone is getting excited to go see Mickey & The Gang......

We are getting Chattier Watch our Disney.. The July group will be on their way soon!!!!!

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

Been MIA.....wedding planning is starting to become crazy! We booked our only ADR for this trip at Ariels Grotto for July 1st at 6 pm with a WOC dinner package!!

Also have an outline of our days

Mon June 30th Disneyland-Walk in Walts footsteps tour

Tues July 1st- DCA

Wed July 2nd- Start at DLP and finish at DCA

Thurs July 3rd- DCA

Fri July 4th- Off day....going to see LAA play some baseball

Sat July 5th- Jumping between both parks

 

[RHMH]

Been MIA.....wedding planning is starting to become crazy! We booked our only ADR for this trip at Ariels Grotto for July 1st at 6 pm with a WOC dinner package!!

Also have an outline of our days

Mon June 30th Disneyland-Walk in Walts footsteps tour

Tues July 1st- DCA

Wed July 2nd- Start at DLP and finish at DCA

Thurs July 3rd- DCA

Fri July 4th- Off day....going to see LAA play some baseball

Sat July 5th- Jumping between both parks

- Looks Great.. Updated Thanks

 

[sokerfrog]

Question: We are approaching our ADR window for our upcoming trip. Would you suggest booking a WOC package? We will only be in the parks for three days and none of us have ever seen WOC before. Is the dining package worth the extra cost or can I get good enough seats by getting a fastpass for it? How hard is it to get a fastpass for it anyway?

TIA!!

 

[djmeredith]

Question: We are approaching our ADR window for our upcoming trip. Would you suggest booking a WOC package? We will only be in the parks for three days and none of us have ever seen WOC before. Is the dining package worth the extra cost or can I get good enough seats by getting a fastpass for it? How hard is it to get a fastpass for it anyway? TIA!!

I've read many threads with this same question and I can tell you what the "experts" say: don't book the WOC meal package just for a better view. Even with the meal plan you need to line up 1.5 hours early (same as FP) in order to get a prime viewing spot. Therefore many people are disappointed because they paid a lot of money for the meal expecting to have a guaranteed great view. I've seen several people who've done it both ways and say they got a better spot waiting in the FP line. If you plan to do the meal anyway, go for it. Just understand that the premium meal price does not guarantee a prime viewing spot.

 

[RHMH]

Question: We are approaching our ADR window for our upcoming trip. Would you suggest booking a WOC package? We will only be in the parks for three days and none of us have ever seen WOC before. Is the dining package worth the extra cost or can I get good enough seats by getting a fastpass for it? How hard is it to get a fastpass for it anyway?

TIA!!

Tia - Thanks for asking your question.. I have been wondering myself.

I've read many threads with this same question and I can tell you what the "experts" say: don't book the WOC meal package just for a better view. Even with the meal plan you need to line up 1.5 hours early (same as FP) in order to get a prime viewing spot. Therefore many people are disappointed because they paid a lot of money for the meal expecting to have a guaranteed great view. I've seen several people who've done it both ways and say they got a better spot waiting in the FP line. If you plan to do the meal anyway, go for it. Just understand that the premium meal price does not guarantee a prime viewing spot.

Appreciate your answer.. I have been reading & reading, surfing & looking at the $$$$ of the WOC dinner package on the Disney web wondering the same thing...

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

Tia - Thanks for asking your question.. I have been wondering myself.



Appreciate your answer.. I have been reading & reading, surfing & looking at the $$$$ of the WOC dinner package on the Disney web wondering the same thing...

I've read many threads with this same question and I can tell you what the "experts" say: don't book the WOC meal package just for a better view. Even with the meal plan you need to line up 1.5 hours early (same as FP) in order to get a prime viewing spot. Therefore many people are disappointed because they paid a lot of money for the meal expecting to have a guaranteed great view. I've seen several people who've done it both ways and say they got a better spot waiting in the FP line. If you plan to do the meal anyway, go for it. Just understand that the premium meal price does not guarantee a prime viewing spot.

Question: We are approaching our ADR window for our upcoming trip. Would you suggest booking a WOC package? We will only be in the parks for three days and none of us have ever seen WOC before. Is the dining package worth the extra cost or can I get good enough seats by getting a fastpass for it? How hard is it to get a fastpass for it anyway?

TIA!!

Ill give my two cents seeing how we just booked this package

We wanted to do one expensive meal on our trip and also wanted to see WOC and wanted to eat at Ariel's so it worked out that we could do all three things at once!
Reminder though----It is only my fiance and myself eating this dinner,if we had kids or were in a bigger group i'd opt out of the pre fix meal and get a FP for it

 

[FFerret]

I've read many threads with this same question and I can tell you what the "experts" say: don't book the WOC meal package just for a better view. Even with the meal plan you need to line up 1.5 hours early (same as FP) in order to get a prime viewing spot. Therefore many people are disappointed because they paid a lot of money for the meal expecting to have a guaranteed great view. I've seen several people who've done it both ways and say they got a better spot waiting in the FP line. If you plan to do the meal anyway, go for it. Just understand that the premium meal price does not guarantee a prime viewing spot.

Think we're going to skip the WOC package and the F! Dessert one.

Wanted to tell you thanks for starting the wonderful character thread!

And of course thanks to our excellent host for starting this thread

 

[sokerfrog]

I've read many threads with this same question and I can tell you what the "experts" say: don't book the WOC meal package just for a better view. Even with the meal plan you need to line up 1.5 hours early (same as FP) in order to get a prime viewing spot. Therefore many people are disappointed because they paid a lot of money for the meal expecting to have a guaranteed great view. I've seen several people who've done it both ways and say they got a better spot waiting in the FP line. If you plan to do the meal anyway, go for it. Just understand that the premium meal price does not guarantee a prime viewing spot.

Interesting. So if we don't care about "prime" viewing...just viewing in general...how early would you suggest lining up?

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

Interesting. So if we don't care about "prime" viewing...just viewing in general...how early would you suggest lining up?

Ive read that some people just walk in 5 minutes beforehand or maybe even 30 minutes.

If you dont have kids you can watch it from the cove bar but you wont have a very good view

 

[SpacecadetNZ]

Thanks all, that's very handy about the WoC dining option. I had been wondering the same thing too. Now that our ADR window is opening, I am getting myself all panicky about wondering if I am doing the right things. Getting pre-trip anxiety

I am sitting here patiently waiting for the ADR to open for 7 July. It's showing on the calendar but when I try to search for a table, it says "We were unable to check for available tables at this time. A problem occurred while looking for availability. Please try again later." Anyone else had that problem? It works ok if I try to book a day earlier so maybe it's just not quite ready for the 7th yet. Feeling the stress.

 

[djmeredith]

Think we're going to skip the WOC package and the F! Dessert one. Wanted to tell you thanks for starting the wonderful character thread! And of course thanks to our excellent host for starting this thread

You're welcome! And yes, we have a great host here for Our July thread!

 

[RHMH]

Think we're going to skip the WOC package and the F! Dessert one.

Wanted to tell you thanks for starting the wonderful character thread!

And of course thanks to our excellent host for starting this thread

You're welcome! And yes, we have a great host here for Our July thread!

-- to all of you....

 

[SpacecadetNZ]

I am sitting here patiently waiting for the ADR to open for 7 July. It's showing on the calendar but when I try to search for a table, it says "We were unable to check for available tables at this time. A problem occurred while looking for availability. Please try again later." Anyone else had that problem? It works ok if I try to book a day earlier so maybe it's just not quite ready for the 7th yet. Feeling the stress.

I am still having the above problem. I have tried on a laptop and iPhone with the same results. I've been trying intermittently for about 10 hours now. Does it just mean the site is overloaded for that day? Getting panicky.

But on the upside, I have bought my PhotoPass+ today so that is exciting. But gosh they don't make it an easy product to find, do they? It doesn't automatically appear on the photopass website, I had to find it through the FAQs. Do they not want to advertise it too heavily?

 

[SilentFeline]

I am sitting here patiently waiting for the ADR to open for 7 July. It's showing on the calendar but when I try to search for a table, it says "We were unable to check for available tables at this time. A problem occurred while looking for availability. Please try again later." Anyone else had that problem? It works ok if I try to book a day earlier so maybe it's just not quite ready for the 7th yet. Feeling the stress.

I am still having the above problem. I have tried on a laptop and iPhone with the same results. I've been trying intermittently for about 10 hours now. Does it just mean the site is overloaded for that day? Getting panicky.

I think new days become available for reservations based on the Pacific Standard Time zone. Since you can only book a reservation for a date that is 60 days away, it makes sense that you weren't able to do it earlier. It will be midnight in California in about 30 minutes from the time I'm writing this, so hopefully you'll be able to book after that point.

 

[tinibee]

I had the same anxiety booking ADRs as I'm in Japan and the time zones can be tricky. My husband heard about Disney vacation planning services. I called them and they are going to try to get me tickets for F! Dessert and the welcome to Disneyland tour when it gets to our 30 window. They were also able to make my dining reservations. If you are staying at one if the DL hotels, you can use the service. It sure beats me staying up really late trying to call them at 8am pst.

This works great for us because the online ADR site wouldn't accept the billing address for my credit card

 

[SpacecadetNZ]

I think new days become available for reservations based on the Pacific Standard Time zone. Since you can only book a reservation for a date that is 60 days away, it makes sense that you weren't able to do it earlier. It will be midnight in California in about 30 minutes from the time I'm writing this, so hopefully you'll be able to book after that point.

Thanks for your advice. It was 7 May in Anaheim when I was trying to make ADR for 7 July and 7 July was showing on the booking calendar so I assumed it was all going to work ok. I tried waiting "patiently" (ok, not so patiently ) for the time in Anaheim to roll over to 8 May and I'm still having no joy. Different error message this time though - now it says "We're sorry, there is a problem searching for Table Service reservations at this time." Ugh.

Glad to hear you were able to get yours sorted from Japan, Tinnibee. Unfortunately I am not staying at a Disney hotel so won't be able to use the Vacation planner people. I may have to cave in and phone. I have a bit of a phone phobia so I was really trying to avoid it.

 

[RHMH]

The more I am on my computer...... I am finding people I know..... This is really weird....

How do the Computer Manufacturers Do it??????? How do they know?????




Is there anyone else I know in there?????

 

[LisaCM614]

Thanks for your advice. It was 7 May in Anaheim when I was trying to make ADR for 7 July and 7 July was showing on the booking calendar so I assumed it was all going to work ok. I tried waiting "patiently" (ok, not so patiently ) for the time in Anaheim to roll over to 8 May and I'm still having no joy. Different error message this time though - now it says "We're sorry, there is a problem searching for Table Service reservations at this time." Ugh.

Glad to hear you were able to get yours sorted from Japan, Tinnibee. Unfortunately I am not staying at a Disney hotel so won't be able to use the Vacation planner people. I may have to cave in and phone. I have a bit of a phone phobia so I was really trying to avoid it.

Did you get what you needed? I was able to get my July 7 resevations just a short while ago.

 

[SpacecadetNZ]

Yes, I got my 7 July ADR. Just a few moments ago. Yippee. But I am having the same problem now with 8 July. I don't know why the day shows on the calendar but won't let you book it. Something to do with us being a day ahead in time zones I suspect. Anyway, got my ADR for 7 July so that is exciting

So we're all booked in for Goofy's Kitchen at 6.30pm on Monday 7 July. Fun.