I fear we are all approaching what I dread...
REGISTERED Snail-Mail , per the contract. If telephone and Net do not function? There IS no telephone or Net, based on performance.
So time to understand that there IS no MS phoneline. It either functions, or it does not exist.
"All personal opinion - I'm not necessarily right, no one else is necessarily wrong.
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Per original post "Any idea when we can buy WDW annual passes?"
My guess.... never. A product is either for sale, or it isn't. If you can't buy it? It does not exist.
Short term stop gap renewals? Yes, this is what we have.
Up to you, but suggesting OPEN TABLE. Most DS Restaurants, Swan-Dolphin Restaurants, and several stunning locations like CAPA, and Bull & Bear. WDW will offer reservations when they actually HAVE open Restaurants. Today? they have few :(.
GOOD advice. You see, three or four, a Restaurant will use a "four top" - table designed for max party of four.
Book for TWO, expecting THREE? This can present issues for the Restaurant, as they will likely assign a "two top" :(.
What we do....
1) We book, with DVC.
2) We wait for our RES Number.
3) We go to MDE, and ADD that Res number.
Why: These are separate computer systems. We need to do this to "kick" MDE into doing a DataBase Query to the totally separate DVC System. Eventually, MDE will do this - but it takes...
"OPEN TABLE" :). Most Restaurants at DS. Shula's at the Dolphin. Il Mulino at Swan. Bull & Bear at Waldorf. CAPA at 4 Seasons. We loved WDW restaurant reservations, while they actually HAD restaurants :(.
See .... https://www.opentable.com/landmark/restaurants-near-disney-world
THANK YOU so much :). We now know that this entire area is essentially non-existent.
Now, there MAY be freight elevators that I'm unaware of.... but if there are none? No one can actually be doing work on that area :(.
Absolutely correct. WDW owned Restaurants are few & far between. But MANY fine non-WDW owned Restaurants may be booked via "Open Table".
Also consider ....
SHULA'S - Dolphin
IL MULINO - Swan
CAPA - Four Seasons
BULL & BEAR - Waldorf
...and most other non-WDW owned Restaurants at DS :).
100% ditto. BEST Steak on property.
CA Grill - also excellent.
CAPA - stunning. I think it's going to be our V&A replacement, until we see a real V&A come back.
Bull & Bear just off property - excellent.