WoC Guinea Pig Roll Call

[Eeee-va]

I didn't find out about dining until this evening, of course (glad to have a job, granted, but sometimes it's annoying ). We already have an Ariel's reservation (non-dinner because they bumped us) on Saturday. I may call and TRY to make a dinner reservation for WCT (or whatever they're calling it now) for Friday. (Or if my travel buddy definitely wants to do it, then I'll even see about switching Ariel's and WCT if we'd have a better chance getting Saturday reservations. Trouble is that she's a picky eater so $40 plus tip for food she might not like could be a little much for her...)

 

[NovemberMom]

I will be there with my kids, my hubby, my best friend and her hubby June 13-18th. We decided not to do the WOC dinner... so we will try and see if we can watch it with the rest of the herds.. uhhh I mean people. If it looks like it is going to be too crazy we all decided we would skip it.

 

[Eeee-va]

Based on input I read here and elsewhere, I booked the package for 4 PM on Friday, June 11th for WCT. I'm not sure if Saturday would have been a better day, but I didn't feel like moving our Ariel's reservation (we originally made it for I think 6 PM, then were relocated to 3:30 PM without being told). Oddly, I asked about my Ariel's reservation and they told me it had moved to 3:40 PM...with 4 people instead of 3! THIS CM was super-nice and friendly though; it was a pleasure to talk to her...even if I had to wait about 11 minutes to do so.

She informed us that the tickets were first-come, first-served, and you have to order off the special WoC menu, etc., but with our 4 PM reservation time, there was an "excellent" chance we would get them.

It's not guaranteed that we'll KEEP the reservation, but I'm going to try to talk my travel buddy into it, and hopefully she will talk her mother into it.

Anyway, since I think 6/11 is the first seating for the first day this deal will be running (so no one will know how the tickets really work), I can still call myself a guinea pig.

I am wicked cheap but it sounded like a good deal as long as you GET a ticket. Obviously if you don't, it's not such a good deal--for me it might be an OK deal, but to a picky eater (like my travel partner), maybe not. I don't envy those waiters/waitresses who have to tell people they don't get the tickets, but I'm hoping they get this resolved in time.

(I actually would've been totally cool with seeing the second show. Heck, with an 8:30 reservation, you'd probably get to at least HEAR it twice, right? But it's unclear as to if "first come first served" means that they might give out tickets for the later show to appease irate diners, so I didn't want to make 6:30 reservations for the second WoC show, in case all the tickets would be gone by then.)

 

[rentayenta]

First come, first serve? I cannot imagine that's how it will work out. Can you imagine, and rightfully so, how torqued guests would be having spent $40+ for dinner to have to go through the general headache of WoC FP?

 

[kaoden39]

I will be there with my kids, my hubby, my best friend and her hubby June 13-18th. We decided not to do the WOC dinner... so we will try and see if we can watch it with the rest of the herds.. uhhh I mean people. If it looks like it is going to be too crazy we all decided we would skip it.

We are there June 13-19th and I am with you on not stressing over it. If we see it great, if not great.

 

[rentayenta]

We are there June 13-19th and I am with you on not stressing over it. If we see it great, if not great.

Are you trying to convince me or you?

 

[Michelle2]

Color me Spazzy!

LOVE IT! Best saying ever for WOC! That should be one your tags, with the word COLOR being in different colors!

So relieved to see the dining for WOC finally. We're booked for June 13th at AG.

Quite a relief. What I dreaded was having to rush in a mass of people for vastly confusing tickets. I'll happily pay for the reasonable (for Disney) price for a little less stress and some dinner.

I am the same way. Anything is worth avoiding all of that... I am sure all of my group will be doing it for our trip in August!

 

[kaoden39]

Are you trying to convince me or you?

Would you believe both of us?

 

[rentayenta]

LOVE IT! Best saying ever for WOC! That should be one your tags, with the word COLOR being in different colors!

I think it's tag time.

Would you believe both of us?

No. C'mon. WoC misery loves company!

 

[kaoden39]

I think it's tag time.






No. C'mon. WoC misery loves company!

And this whole thing is miserable or it will be if they don't straighten it out.

 

[drag n' fly]

The one day I dont check the DIS board and all heck breaks loose. I am still away on business and saw that WOC dining packages have been announced. Apparently the details are still a bit confusing but I did fire off a request to vp from my hotel room to book it for us....hope it all works out. Now I am going to have a nice hot bath and pack for my trip home tomorrow...night night!!

 

[TechGuy]

Color me rainbow I am an official WoC guinea pig.

Reservations at AG for 5:00 fo the early WoC show on June 11.

First night...first show.

I rode on Nemo the opening weekend too. I am not a park fanatic, just really lucky.

 

[cooniez]

We'll be there June 17-22 (the week right after the madness begins I believe)

 

[kelmac284]

I won't be there the FIRST week but we will be the 2nd. We arrive on the 21st and will be there through the 25th. We are attempting to see it on the 23rd and I scored the premium dinning at Ariels last night so here's hoping that it "works"! I will be ANXIOUSLY awaiting reports of ALL of it as soon as you all go and on the general boards, mouseplanet you name it!!

 

[mareed]

Definitely guinea pig here. We're doing Ariel's Grotto at 6:00 pm on June 11 for the first show. This is our next to last night of our trip (20th Anniversary trip - leaving kids at home!), and it will probably be a couple of years before we're back to DL. We were thinking we'd completely skip the show, but figured we'd at least give it a try with the dining package!

 

[lisah0711]

Part of the first wave guinea pig here 6/23-6/25. I'm hoping for a WOC view room at GVC or that the DVC member patio works as advertised. If not, we will be back next year.

 

[rentayenta]

Part of the first wave guinea pig here 6/23-6/25. I'm hoping for a WOC view room at GVC or that the DVC member patio works as advertised. If not, we will be back next year.

That is what I am hoping for so I can drop the dining package! There a DVC member patio? How many of us can they squeeze up there?

 

[mrsmoore]

We are booked for June 13 at AG at 7:20pm for the second show (late night for my 5 year old, oh well!). Call us crazy! Can't wait! I will definitely be on my computer at home the morning of the 12th before we fly out to check for updates!

Has anyone asked about a kids menu? I am assuming they will offer one, but haven't seen anything.

My husband talked to the CM and he was told when you get there you might be offered an opportunity to pay more for better seating or something. Was anyone else told this?