Booking ADR's Advice and tips please

Duck143

DIS Veteran
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Jul 10, 2008
Hello! So tomorrow is my 180 days and it is my first time booking 180 +10 because we have onsite reservations for 9 days. I have always gotten up and booked 1 day at a time for 8 days, so I'm wondering if you have any tips for reserving an entire trips worth of ADR's on the same morning? Do you have lots of tabs open or do you just create a priority list and plow through them one at a time?
Thanks in advance for your help!!
 
Definitely prioritize your list and book starting with your hardest to get ADRs. When we went in Nov 2015 the dining was crazy busy so I logged in on my laptop and my iPad and used both devices to book. Really, it was only necessary for the really tough to get ADRs like BOG and CRT and I was able to get both. This trip we didn't decide to go until we were well past our 180 days and I was still able to get everything I wanted.
 
It really depends on your list.

If you are looking at character meals, dessert parties or other hard to book meals, I would open up as much as possible, prioritize and be on line as soon as you are allowed.

We actually booked our next trip just 4 months out.

I got everything that I wanted, at the times I wanted, without any problem.
 
It really depends on your list.

If you are looking at character meals, dessert parties or other hard to book meals, I would open up as much as possible, prioritize and be on line as soon as you are allowed.

We actually booked our next trip just 4 months out.

I got everything that I wanted, at the times I wanted, without any problem.
We want a ROL TH breakfast package, Fantasmic dinner package, Ohana, La Cellier, Garden Grille dinner, PPO for BOG and H&V. I'm nervous!!
 


I wish I had someone else to help me!
You'll be fine! I booked ours by myself in 2015 and it was just fine. For our upcoming March trip, I just booked our ADRs at 4 months out and was able to get PPO BOG and Garden Grill easily, as well as everything else I wanted. I didn't want 'Ohana but it was available for my dates as well as H&V and the Tusker House breakfast package I noticed. Just relax and you'll be good! Remember that you don't have to book chronologically, book your most important and hardest to get ones first and then do the rest. Good luck!
 
You'll be fine! I booked ours by myself in 2015 and it was just fine. For our upcoming March trip, I just booked our ADRs at 4 months out and was able to get PPO BOG and Garden Grill easily, as well as everything else I wanted. I didn't want 'Ohana but it was available for my dates as well as H&V and the Tusker House breakfast package I noticed. Just relax and you'll be good! Remember that you don't have to book chronologically, book your most important and hardest to get ones first and then do the rest. Good luck!
Thank you! I'll report back on Tuesday and let you know how it goes! I book for my family of 4 and my parents and brother too. So sometimes we're a party of 7 and then other times I book for us and then a different sign in for the 3 of them. Pressure!
 


I'd go for these first:

PPO for BOG
La Cellier
Ohana


Then
Garden Grille dinner
H&V

The packages for my stay didn't open up until about 90 days out, so you will probably have to wait on these anyway.

ROL TH breakfast package
Fantasmic dinner package


I've also been seeing times for all your other pics except BOG popping up for my dates, and I'm right under 60 days out, so you should be fine. If you can't get the exact time you need, just keep checking back for cancellations. I've never had issues getting what I want, even under 180 days if I kept checking. The only times I've really had to work to get an adr were when free dining was offered during my dates.

I even scored an 8 am PPO BOG for my trip coming up. Got it at about 80 days.
 
Thank you! I'll report back on Tuesday and let you know how it goes! I book for my family of 4 and my parents and brother too. So sometimes we're a party of 7 and then other times I book for us and then a different sign in for the 3 of them. Pressure!
That is a bit more work for sure! I was only booking for 3 people. Definitely report back, I’m curious to hear how you make out! :)
 
That is a bit more work for sure! I was only booking for 3 people. Definitely report back, I’m curious to hear how you make out! :)
Thank you!!! Your priority list really helps! The ones my parents want are Boathouse, Narccoossees, and Marrakesh, so I'm doing those 3 last after all ours are booked.
 
Be prepared with multiple ways to make your ADRs if possible. I had my PC all ready....tabs open, logged into MDE....and it didn't update at 6a.m.- No amount of refreshing would get the calendar to budge. Picked up my phone and made all the ADRs via the app.

Also, if you haven't already, save your credit card info on your MDE account so you won't have to enter it in the morning. (But have it on hand just in case there is a glitch)
 
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Be prepared with multiple ways to make your ADRs if possible. I had my PC all ready....tabs open, logged into MDE....and it didn't update at 6a.m.- No amount of refreshing would get the calendar to budge. Picked up my phone and made all the ADRs via the app.

Also, if you haven't already, save your credit card info on your MDE account so you won't have to enter it in the morning. (But have it on hand just in case there is a glitch)
Thank you. I'll have my phone ready!
 

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