pillow
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2007
Sorry but here are a couple things that you need to factor into your plan. You are not going to be able to dial DCL and get through to their holding queue first attempt at 8 am...or VERY few people do. On 9/21 I hit redial on both the home land line and the cell phone - each dialing a different DCL number - for 40 minutes before I stopped getting a busy signal.
Also, if you are not going to book if the deposit for OBBs is full price, take the kids to schol and then check the 9/28/09 booking thread first post to see if anyone has posted what they were able to do. IMO waiting 15 minutes to dial is not going to change your wait time THAT dramatically. You are looking at 2-3 hours at the least. Also, plug your cell in and once you get through on one line after 30-45 minutes call on your open line and get on hold too. It happens every single time new bookings opened and it will happen 9/28 too. On 1/31/07, 10/14/08 & 9/21/09 people were on hold for 1 - 1 1/2 hours and then were disconnected. If you have a second line available to you I would call in and be on hold there as well to prevent you from having to call back and starting to hold all over.
Also, you don't say how old your kids are. Are they old enough to handle speed dialing your cell while you drive to work? I entered all of the DCL numbers I had in both of the phones and set them as speed dials on my cell. If/when they are able to get through on the way to school just leave the phone on speaker. Chances are very good that your call will not be answered by a live person before you get home.
Good info - thanks!
J