New Advanced Dining Reservation System & Effects on Booking **Updated 1-14-09**

[Sunshine1010]

anyone have a link to do this?

[dixielandings]

Personally, I long for the days when it was practically as simple as showing up. My '94 Birnbaum's says that you can make ADRs (for Epcot restaurants only, mind you) up to 3 days in advance from your Resort phone! Only some of the Resort restaurants and dinner shows were available further in advance.

I hope that online booking works out - DH says they'll have to make it like Ticketmaster or something similar, where you have 1 minute (or whatever) to confirm a ressie that you've chosen before it goes back into the system. I also hope there are parameters for deterring or even disallowing multiple ressies for the same time, kinda like DVC's system.

I would love to see them shorten the window. I mean, I'm all for planning ahead, but do I really want to spend the better part of nearly a year planning one trip? Not really.

[SAHDad]

Grr. Got told yesterday (by the person on the other end of WDW-DINE) that I could make ADRs for a stay that began on Jan 25th. When I could finally do so (today), I could only make them for Jan 25th.

Looks like I will be one of the people flooding the new system when it goes live.

It's gonna crash, too. Everyone who arrives from Jan 25th to April 29th are going to be trying to get on at the same time. Anyone really think it is going to handle a couple million ADRs all in the space of a few hours?

[DisneyBabies]

I completely agree with SAHDad. I too will be one of the ones flooding the lines on the day they unfreeze the system. And from the tentative unfreeze date of Oct 25, you will have approx. 90 times the number of people than would normally be calling if they hadn't put the freeze into effect. How many more people are they planning to hire to cover the phones for that first week or two, just to be able to handle all the calls coming in for ressies? And is anyone going to take a chance on the online system really working that first day?

[Sunshine1010]

Am I the only one confused?

Am I correct in stating that they are NOT allowing ADR's to made made until October?

And on that date, you will be able to make ADR's for dates up until January?

[Babs9910]

Hi eveyone,
I just called WDW Dining and asked about the on-line dining reservations system. I was advised that there was no such thing and that I need to call theWDW-Dine number to make all dining reservations.

I thought this system was to be up and running on July 29th.

Does anyone know the website for this?
Thanks

[Seasonscraps]

Hi eveyone,
I just called WDW Dining and asked about the on-line dining reservations system. I was advised that there was no such thing and that I need to call theWDW-Dine number to make all dining reservations.

I thought this system was to be up and running on July 29th.

Does anyone know the website for this?
Thanks

According to the last update in the first post of this thread, an online dining reservations will be put in place sometime in the future with no set date.

I can't wait for this new system to be activated - it will be so much easier to be able to make, confirm and review ADRs then calling all the time.

[rookie]

Am I the only one confused?

Am I correct in stating that they are NOT allowing ADR's to made made until October?

And on that date, you will be able to make ADR's for dates up until January?

Not quite - you can make reservations for dates through January 25th by phone. Sometime in late October you will be able to make reservations for dates through the normal 180 day window (assuming they don't change the window to 90 or some other #). You will be able to do this by phone. Sometime in the future (maybe late october maybe next year) you will be able to make reservations online at disney.com.

[GeminiAngel]

I find it hard to finish my itinerary without "Park Hours" for FEB 09!!!

How the heck do you come up with times for ADR's without park hours?? When do they post those

[sillyolbear]

Just called Disney Dining to check on an upcoming ADR and asked what time frame they were accepting ADRs for currently-- it is now through February 22, 2008.

I was able to complete our January 25-28 ADRs.

Happy calling and good luck to everybody in getting the restaurants you want!

[disneymom07]

I got everything I wanted! I just hope I don't go changing everything around again. The first time I called, the cast member told me I couldn't make my ADR's until tomorrow, so I called back and got someone else.
Let the waiting begin.

[LuvsTigger80]

I love Intercot. I got all my reservations for our trip(Jan 27 to Feb 4th) Thanks soooooo much for the heads up. now if jan could hurry up and get here.

[thumperbug]

Thanks for the heads up. Just made the rest of my ADR's for my Feb 15-21 trip including Teppen Edo. I got every time and day on every ADR's. Sweet!!!

[SAHDad]

Yay! We've switched a lot on what we were planning to do before they stopped taking ADRs past Jan 25, but I was able to get ADRs for everything we really wanted, at almost exactly the times we wanted, too.

[miprender]

I find it hard to finish my itinerary without "Park Hours" for FEB 09!!!

How the heck do you come up with times for ADR's without park hours?? When do they post those

The hours for Feb have been out since last month and I saw they are out for March too.

Here's the link http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw...&date=20090201

[DisneyBabies]

Feb 2009 hours came out a couple of weeks ago and March 2009 hours are NOT up.

[DisneyBabies]

Since they have opened ADR's thru Feb 22, does that mean you can make activity and tour bookings thru then as well?

[Bethanymouse]

We called disney dining last week to see about our April trip. We were told then that we were too early to make reservations, which we knew. I also asked if the online booking would be going into effect soon and the cast member said as of now it is just in the beginning research stages and she doesnt know if it will ever go into effect. I stand behind intercot though! I am looking forward to online booking!

[the other micki]

Bummer! Now I have to wait even longer to make my ADRs with even more people calling in the same time as me! Oh well...
I'll be calling in my Chef Mickey's ADR within the next two weeks.

Thanks for keeping us posted, Figment!

[TiggeRia]

Oh no! Now we have to wait until December to make April ADRs. This whole not being able to solidify my plans is killing me!!!