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Disney World Quick Tips – Don’t skip the Advanced Dining Reservations
When your planning your Disney World Vacation I can’t stress how important it is to make those Advanced Dining Reservations or ADR’s. There is nothing more frustrating that having to wait sometime hours to eat a meal. Countless times I have gone up to a restaurant to check in and heard the hostess tell the people in front of me “It’s going to be over a hour wait”. Ugh!
Disney World has some of the best dining on the planet and there are many Disney Food Junkies like myself out there who snatch up their ADR’s when they come available at 180 days out.
In the past you had to call Disney to make your Advanced Dining Reservations but now a days you can go online and make them yourself. Which I will say is very helpful and a feature I just LOVE! It makes planning a Disney World vacation so easy.
If you don’t make ADR’s even after my persuasive article, Disney released a new feature for finding a place to eat. You can now check for table-service availability at nearby restaurants using the location-based services on your supported Android, Blackberry or iPhone device. For more information check out this post here.
Good Luck and Happy Planning.
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Disneyworld Quick Tips – Don’t skip the ADR’s
When your planning your Disneyworld I can’t stress how important it is to make those Advanced Dining Reservations or ADR’s. There is nothing more frustrating that having to wait sometime hours to eat a meal. Countless times I have gone up to a restaurant to check in and heard the hostess tell the people in front of me “It’s going to be over a hour wait”. Ugh!
Disneyworld has some of the best dining on the planet and there are many Disney Food Junkies like myself out there who snatch up their ADR’s when they come available at 180 days out.
In the past you had to call Disney to make your Advanced Dining Reservations but now a days you can go online and make them yourself. Which I will say is very helpful and a feature I just LOVE! It makes planning a Disneyworld vacation so easy.
If you don’t make ADR’s even after my persuasive article, Disney released a new feature for finding a place to eat. You can now check for table-service availability at nearby restaurants using the location-based services on your supported Android, Blackberry or iPhone device. For more information check out this post here.
Good Luck and Happy Planning.
Disney Advanced Dining Reservations System goes Online
Do you have a smart phone? Do you use it religiously for just about everything. Ever thought about making a Disney Advanced Dining Reservation on it?
Well now you can.
While you are checking out Chip and Company’s new Mobile site design pop over to Disney Dining Reservation mobile website and make an ADR. I googled Disney Dining and they were the first site on the list.
If you look at the screen shot above from my Droid Phone you get an idea of what you can do. This would come in very handy if you were at the park and need to make a Quick ADR or like me live on your cell phone.
Try it out and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Without reservations, you might miss out on great dining at Disney World
This article comes to us from Kristin Ford at the Daily Disney.
To dine at a table-service restaurant at Disney World on any holiday means planning ahead with a reservation. Sure, a few lucky folks may squeeze in when they walk up, but for the most part, you need to book it in advance.
This was apparent Sunday at the Polynesian Resort when we waited for our table. The lines just to check in at Ohana’s and Kona Cafe stretched down the lobby hallways.
Sometimes, even securing that Advance Dining Reservation (ADR) can be difficult if you want to dine at the most popular places on Disney property. I learned that a few years ago when we wanted to schedule lunch at Cinderella’s Royal Table in her castle at the Magic Kingdom. I called months in advance only to learn the my kids’ birthdays were already booked.
So, what’s a parent to do? Call exactly 180 days prior to the date you want to request an ADR. Guests staying at a Disney resort can call 190 days ahead of time. Make sure you call when Disney Dining opens at 7 a.m. EST and be prepared to be on hold. When I called to make castle dining reservations the second year, I phoned when the call center opened. Though I was on the line for 45 minutes, I did get an ADR for the meal and date I wanted. If you still are unable to book your preferred ADR, call back often to check for cancellations.
According to one Disney dining agent, the most difficult ADRs to secure are, in this order:
** Le Cellier steakhouse in Canada at Epcot
**Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary Resort
** Cinderella’s Royal Table at Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom
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Disney Advance Dining Reservations going back to 180 days
Multiple sources confirm that Walt Disney World is set to begin accepting Advance Dining Reservations 180 days in advance of guests’ arrival date.
On October 27, 2009, Disney will begin accepting dining reservations 180 days in advance of the arrival date for guests with confirmed reservations at a Walt Disney World resort. Here is a quick summary of how the changeover will impact guests with reservations in early-2010:
October 26, 2009: Guests with arrivals through January 24, 2010 can make ADRs (90 days in advance.)
October 27, 2009: Guests with arrivale through April 25, 2010 can make ADRs (180 days in advance.)
Expect heavy call volumes and website traffic the week of October 27th with nearly 3 months’ worth of guests simultaneously gaining access to book their dining reservations.
For several years Walt Disney World guests were able to obtain their dinign reservations 180 days in advance. That changed in December 2008 when Disney announced that the ADR timeframe was being reduced to 90 days prior to arrival.
Some are crediting guest outcry for this return to the longer booking period. The longer booking window would seem to favor Disney Vacation Club members, many of whom are accustomed to booking their room reservations 11 months in advance.
Advance Dining Reservations can be made by calling 407-WDW-DINE or by visiting http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/.