Which ADR's require full payment?

[QueenQueso]

Does anyone know (or is there a list somewhere that I am missing?) which reservations need to be paid in full when booking? My 180 days is coming up soon and I wanted to try to go ahead and book the ones that I am sure of. I know CRT has to be paid, but what else?

Also, I was going to pay OOP, but if several of the places need full payment, then I won't be able to all at once this month. If I just add the dining plan to my reservation, can I go ahead and 'spend' some of these TS credits for my ADR's even though the reservation is not yet paid in full?

 

[TDC Nala]

The "list" is in a sticky thread on the Reservations board where I will move this. But to make it easy: the regular prepaid reservations are CRT and the three dinner shows (Hoop de Doo Revue, Spirit of Aloha and Mickey's Backyard Barbecue). There are a few "special" dining experiences that require prepayment, like the Flying Fish Chef's Counter wine dinner. Fantasmic Dining Packages do NOT require prepayment.

You do not "spend" dining credits when you book a reservation; in fact you do not actually have an account with dining credits until you check in to your resort. If you have a dining plan on your reservation, then you can book the reservations using only a credit card hold. I'm not sure I want to encourage guests who want to pay cash for meals to put a dining plan on their reservation and then drop it so they can get these meals without prepaying. But if you do want to use a dining plan, it must be on your room reservation when you reserve if you want to avoid the prepayment. Be careful with Internet booking as it doesn't always work the way it is supposed to.

 

[QueenQueso]

I figured if I made a reservation using dining plan credits, if I cancelled the dining plan, the reservations would cancel too.

For a credit card hold, do they charge something to your card? Or do they just keep it on file for in case they need to chage the 'no show' fee?

 

[TDC Nala]

They do not charge to your card unless and until you don't show up for the reservation.

Sometimes there would be a minimal $1 charge at booking, which is a check to see if the card is legitimate, and then that charge goes away.

 

[QueenQueso]

Thank you! So much of this is confusing for a first-timer!

 

[firsttimer4]

Thank you! So much of this is confusing for a first-timer!

I agree! I just booked our first trip. We have a dining plan and I'm still confused about ADR