What do you think is the ideal ADR window?

[mcd2745]

It took a while...but I knew there would be someone crazy enough to vote for 365 days.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

I say 120, as I the last time I booked a Disney Trip 6 months in advanced was never!

HOWEVER I think that they should change making several ADRs within an hour of each other.

 

[mcd2745]

No surprising results so far. 180 days (with or without an advantage for on-site guests) is the most popular answer - but falls short of a majority. I fully expected that to be the most popular here on the DIS with all the obsessive planners. Perhaps, if I polled guests while standing at the entrance to one of parks getting a more diverse audience, that percentage would probably be a little lower.

 

[Evi]

180

We went when it was 90 days and that was the only time I have had a difficult getting places and times I wanted.

I think those of us that enjoy the planning should be rewarded for our research and planing...

I agree but I think there should be a deposit required so that those who don't bother to show up also get penalized for overbooking dining reservations and they would make an effort to cancel if they weren't going or canceled there trip.

Current system doesn't work.

 

[TLSnell1981]

180 onsite/120 offsite

180 onsite/120 offsite. I absolutely believe guests who are paying extra to stay at the Disney parks deserve this perk.

It was difficult at 90 days, and I'm happy, Disney changed it back to 180 days. This is even more important, due to the DDP and the never ending promotion.."free dining".. Also, I do believe, onsite guests should get an advantage too.

 

[nkereina]

I have to agree with PPs - I know a lot of people who don't even book their vacations 6 months out. When they do book around 3 or 4 months out, thats when they make their ADRs. If the window was 30 days, then they'd be on the first day of availability also and I think it would make ADRs much harder to get. The benefit of being a planner is that you get first dibs of ADRs at the 180 mark and the people who don't plan as much or plan last minute, don't interfere.

 

[DLo]

I voted 60 days but would want park hours published before to help with planning. When I voted, I didn't think about free dining anf how that would mess things up. I would want those staying onsite and who had booked before fd came out to have some kind of advantage in making adrs. I don't like planning 6 months before my trip - am fine with 2-3 months.

 

[Donalyn]

I've stayed on and I've stayed off. On-site get FD (often), ME, EMH, free parking and/or all transportation, the 24 hour a day WDW magic and the 10 day plus ADR window. I don't think on-site necessarily needs any other additional perks.

That said, I like the 180 day window, as it benefits the planner in me no matter whether or not I stay on-site.

 

[aubriee]

I HATE HATE HATE the 180 days. For those that don't go very often I guess I can see the appeal, but we tend to go 2-3 times a year and it gets very confusing and annoying trying to book ADR's for your next trip when you are leaving for or actually on your current trip. This has happened to me several times now.

As an AP holder I try to get at least four trips out of each AP. However, I still like the 180 days. I got back from WDW this past May, but already had trips booked for Sept and Nov/Dec. I currently have those trips booked, all ADRs made for both, and am looking at another trip for maybe Feb and definitely early May. I have a folder for each trip and just keep my lists in the appropriate folder. I too have had the 180 day mark fall while I was at WDW and had to call from the resort to make ADRs for one trip, while I was still on a current trip. I loved making ADRs for my next trip, while relaxing at the CSR pool.

I voted for the 180 for onsite and 120 for offsite guests. I hated it back when they went back to 90 days for a short while. That's the only trip where I've ever had problems getting all my ADRs. I don't care for very many CS restaurants, so do predominately TS meals down there, so make alot of ADRs for each trip. I think for my Nov/Dec trip I have like 17 ADRs made and plan on keeping everyone of them. I don't have quite so many for my Sept trip, but that's just because I'm meeting some fellow DISer friends down there that are on the basic DDP.

 

[aubriee]

It took a while...but I knew there would be someone crazy enough to vote for 365 days.

What's so crazy about it? I voted for 180 for onsite guests and 120 for offsite guests, but would have no problem booking 365 days out. Again I go to WDW several times a year getting at least four trips out of each AP. My boss knows I'll be taking ten days off every year the first or second week of May, sometime in Sept/Oct and then again the first or second week of Dec and that I may throw in another WDW trip somewhere, but early May, Sept, and early Dec is pretty much set in stone. I'd love to be able to go online one time and book my ADRs for all four trips each year.

 

[jpolak]

I voted 60 days. However I still think the calendars should come out at 180 or at least 120 days.

I agree 100%

 

[sjs314]

I did not vote for any of the choices you provided.

I would keep it at 180 for people who have a confirmed onsite room reservation.............................90 if you are not staying on site or have no confirmed reservation - this would eliminate the people who book ADR's in advance of actually making a room reservation in anticipation of a FD or GP room rate discount.

People who have a confirmed onsite reservation would then truely have first choice of ADRs

Having to have a confirmed reservation to book at 180 days would help free up the current situation of the unavailablility of ADRs once FD is announced. As it is now people book FD and are then unable to get ADRs for the places they want.

I feel there is nothing fair about letting people book ADRs before they have a confirmed room reservation.

 

[julie4423]

I did not vote for any of the choices you provided.

I would keep it at 180 for people who have a confirmed onsite room reservation.............................90 if you are not staying on site or have no confirmed reservation - this would eliminate the people who book ADR's in advance of actually making a room reservation in anticipation of a FD or GP room rate discount.

People who have a confirmed onsite reservation would then truely have first choice of ADRs

Having to have a confirmed reservation to book at 180 days would help free up the current situation of the unavailablility of ADRs once FD is announced. As it is now people book FD and are then unable to get ADRs for the places they want.

I feel there is nothing fair about letting people book ADRs before they have a confirmed room reservation.

I always stay on-site, but what about those who don't? It just seems kinda sad that they couldn't book until 90 days when everyone else booked at 180. They may very well have a confirmed reservation at their fav hotel.

I think that if they would just require a credit card and charge a fee for reservations not cancelled within 24 hours, people would be less likely to overdo. It seems like that would help get rid of the people that double and triple book as well because there would be no extra name to use...it's on the cc.

 

[sjs314]

I always stay on-site, but what about those who don't? It just seems kinda sad that they couldn't book until 90 days when everyone else booked at 180. They may very well have a confirmed reservation at their fav hotel.

I think that if they would just require a credit card and charge a fee for reservations not cancelled within 24 hours, people would be less likely to overdo. It seems like that would help get rid of the people that double and triple book as well because there would be no extra name to use...it's on the cc.

I definately agree about taking a cc on reservations would address the problem of double bookings