Walk me through the 180 day online reservations

[richcook99]

Our dates are for early October and my 180-day mark is upcoming. If I log in on the WDW site, can I make our entire trip's reservations at the 180-day from the day we check in? What time? Midnight? When the office opens in Florida?

Your help is appreciated.

 

[TDC Nala]

You can start making reservations online at 6 AM Eastern. Not everything may be loaded at that time though.

You must input your resort confirmation number to get 180 + 10 booking, so make sure you have it with you.

 

[2Tiggies]

As above. Just a little point to note: last year when I made my ADRs there was a button something along the lines of "associate your reservation" where you could click and then enter your Disney resort confirmation number to qualify you for the extra 10 days. It now says something about "Use my Dining Plan to make reservations" (I don't recall the exact wording) but if that is the one you want, whether or not you are using the DDP. HTH

 

[Jessica527]

Great advice, bump to hear more

 

[SnipsNSnails]

Don't worry about copying the confirmation numbers down while making your ressies. A copy is sent to your email immediately. I logged in and made 7 ressies in 8 minutes then after I was done there was plenty of time to copy all the information to my spreadsheet etc. Put in the time that you want your ressie for and it will give you several options within a 3 or so hour time frame. Others have said that choosing dinner or lunch etc gives them very late time choices. I also chose the park or resort as well in the drop down menu and it was very easy to find and grab what I wanted. Another tip would be to practice. Go mess around with the system. I even made and cancelled a ressie to try it out. It gives you the option to cancel it immediately after making it.

 

[2Tiggies]

Don't worry about copying the confirmation numbers down while making your ressies. A copy is sent to your email immediately.

Yes, for me too. BUT beware - some folk have not recieved the email confirmation. It is random, but it may be worth noting the numbers if you can.