Want to join us for bfast at CRT?

[acourtwdw]

Here is the scoop:

Our parents were supposed to join us at WDW and now they can't
We have an ADR for CRT breakfast on Sept 26 at 8am. I'm afraid that if I call to change it, they will cancel it and there won't be anything avaiable. So I am reaching out to our DIS friends to see if there are 2 adults that would like to join us for breakfast. If interested, please PM me.

Thanks

 

[neffernie]

I would still try calling and asking "if for some reason, two from our party would not be able to make it, would you still be able to get a table at your reservation time?" Hopefully the answer will be "no problem."

Unfortunately i won't be there in Sept. If you can't change it, i hope someone else is lucky enough to dine with you.

 

[aribelle]

The problem is that OP had to pay upfront for the meals for CRT....so if someone doesn't show, you don't get a refund either.

My suggestion....call and see if there is anything available for the date/time you want on the modified reservation....if so, book it. THEN have them cancel the other reserveration. That way you'll have your new reservation secured before giving up the first one.

You have 3 months to keep calling and get a new date, so while CRT breakfast is one of the hardest to get supposedly, so many have said that persistance in repeatedly calling pays off.

 

[kwelch10377]

The problem is that OP had to pay upfront for the meals for CRT....so if someone doesn't show, you don't get a refund either.

I believe if you cancel more than 24 hours in advance you can get a refund.

 

[2BusyPlanning]

Awwww... if this was Sept 2007 I would have been able to join you. I hope you can find someone. Sounds like fun, actually!

 

[acourtwdw]

I will try tomorrow. We are using DDP, so we didin't have to pay up front, just used cc for guarnatee.

 

[aribelle]

I believe if you cancel more than 24 hours in advance you can get a refund.

Yes, but if she cancels in order to change the number of guests, she could lose her reservation alltogether. They aren't able to just change the number...they must cancel the first reservation and make a new reservation. You'd think that taking one person off the reservation wouldn't matter...they'd still have that same table.....but it doesn't work that way. The reservations are set for a particular number of people.

Very strange, but there is a whole thread about (called I lied to get an ADR) or something, but apparently if you call in and say I need a table for 3.....and the computer shows there are only tables for 4 available.....they will tell you there is nothing available....even though obviously your party of 3 will sit at a table that is capable of 4. The thread is showing that people are then asking for a reservation for 4. I even read several posts that said the CM told them to request 4 and just show up with 3. And if it's at a place where you must prepay....then your phantom 4th would be a 2 year old who is of course free, so you didn't prepay for them, and they mysteriously don't attend dinner (guess they're off on the carousel???)

Now...I've also read a thread where a family had one member that had been prepaid not go to the CRT reservation....they were given a refund for that person even though they hadn't officially cancelled....but the refund was in the form of a gift card. Not sure if this was an exception, or if it was because someone was ill, or if it was beceause the rest of the party did show up. As I understand it, they take payment ahead of time because this is so popular and that way people actually show up for their reservation. If that's the case, it seems only fair to give a refund if only one of your party doesn't attend. The table was still used, not empty.

Based on that thread, maybe OP could call and say grandma can't make it, but now I'll be bringing a 2 year old and ask them to adjust the charges without changing the party size. I think I'd personally just go and explain what happened and hope that they gave me a refund for grandma. I can't imagine how they wouldn't...."sorry even though grandma's not eating we're gonna charge you for her food....the CMs in the kitchen need to eat."

 

[aribelle]

I will try tomorrow. We are using DDP, so we didin't have to pay up front, just used cc for guarnatee.

Oops...ok, just read this after my long response about changing the number on the reservation.

If you're on the dining plan, then I wouldn't bother trying to change it. Your credit card guarantee is for it NO ONE shows up. If you show up then you'll be fine even if your party size is smaller. They're not going to take credits off your dining plan for people who aren't there. I'd just leave it as is and if grandma still doesn't want to go that day, just tell them your party is smaller.