Well I just made my reservations for Aug 1-8 without the hours of the parks. It's not that big of a deal with us since we'll be traveling with a 1 year old and a 2 year old.
I got right in through the Grand Gathering phone number (which didn't matter) and spoke to someone within a minute. My problem was the whole process of booking something. I was asked the date and the location that I wanted and then was asked for a "time frame" of dining, like between 9am and 10am. They then searched for a time that we could fit, so whatever the computer popped out was the time we got. If I wanted it to search again I would lose the original time and then get the next time and so on. I got the feeling that the CM I talked to was annoyed that I had her search again a few times, so after a while I just took what she gave me. When I asked her what would happen if my party size changed she said I would have to make a whole new reservation for the group and my current reservation might not be available? I thought that was strange. I also had to put my credit card number down for the the Princess Breakfast in Norway, no big deal but I have 11 people that want to go and was told that our party would be separated? The whole reason we're all going together is to sit together! I don't understand that, I know that we're not the only party out there that's this big. OH and we have to cancel this reservation at least 2 days in advance or we'll be charged $10 a person.
I miss the good ole days of when you used to call and give them a time and they would say if there's availability or not. This time frame thing got kinda annoying.
Good luck to everyone waiting for the hours, I hope everyone gets the dining they want
We know some places that we want to dine at but we said we would wait until the park hours come out before deciding. We have some time before we can book our ADRs, but I just want to start the planning. 
