Hi All -
I recently booked my advanced dining reservations for the four days we will be staying at a disney hotel. Here was my experience:
Time - I logged in at 5:40 am ready to go, and none of my days showed up until 6:01 am. At first it was just the first day and then by 6:15 am, all four days appeared.
App v. Website - The website was faster than the app to show days and allow me to book. I had both open and was checking each frequently. I had different tabs on my laptop ready to go - one for each restaurant I wanted to book and refreshed them constantly.
Booking a party of 8. This was impossible for peak dining times right away, even at not super popular restaurants (i.e. skipper canteen). I got my husband online and we each were able to book a party of 4 for the same time at each restaurant, including Fantasmic dining package. Hope we can get tables close together!
Space 220 Lounge. It was impossible to book from the very start. I will keep checking and hope something pops up, maybe the day of is my best chance at this point ?
Any other advice or experience to share?
Thank you and think happy thoughts
We had same experience re space 220, we were a party of 10, but we had so many other great experiences planned we didn't worry to much.
Again like you we found that the website updated more quickly than the app - we took a divide and conquer approach and had hubby, me and daughter on the case with 2 restaurants each to focus on...it was actually great to do it this way as we saw it more as a game and a challenge :) we did get everything else we wanted and actually dropped one restaurant due to the reviews we were hearing but had great experiences at the others we went to - some we booked as 5 and 5 but the restaurants were great when we explained we were a bigger party and sat us together or as close as possible.