Booking ADRs, but staying offsite advice

JKraft

Earning My Ears
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Jun 8, 2017
Hello! Just wanting some input/advice/encouragement...I'm booking ADRs for the first time and started yesterday morning at 6 a.m. ET (4 a.m. my time) at my 180 days out. Our family of 4 is going the first week of December, but staying off site for a week before moving onsite for another week with extended family (6 adults, and 3 children total). I was really hoping to do some of the dining reservations that are a priority for us in our first week since there will be less of us, but have learnt quickly in these last two early mornings that CRT lunch, BOG dinner, and 'Ohana dinner seem impossible to get at 180 days out when staying offsite. Just wondering if I should continue to bother getting up every morning at 4 a.m. to try since it seems hopeless, or just wait until next week when I can book 180 + 6 days out and hope for the best?
 
Keep checking. Some days are busier than others at MK and it is not always the days you expect to be hard-to-get. Even if you don't get them at 180 days, don't give up. New reservations open up all the time, and some dis'ers are nice enough to post their cancellations on the threads here giving you a heads up.
 
Hello! Just wanting some input/advice/encouragement...I'm booking ADRs for the first time and started yesterday morning at 6 a.m. ET (4 a.m. my time) at my 180 days out. Our family of 4 is going the first week of December, but staying off site for a week before moving onsite for another week with extended family (6 adults, and 3 children total). I was really hoping to do some of the dining reservations that are a priority for us in our first week since there will be less of us, but have learnt quickly in these last two early mornings that CRT lunch, BOG dinner, and 'Ohana dinner seem impossible to get at 180 days out when staying offsite. Just wondering if I should continue to bother getting up every morning at 4 a.m. to try since it seems hopeless, or just wait until next week when I can book 180 + 6 days out and hope for the best?
Keep trying. Use Touring Plans free reservation finder, too.
 
I am staying off-site as well and was not able to get any of the "big" reservations waking up every morning. I would advise to just sleep in, and then use Touring Plans or *********** reservation finder.
 


Keep checking. Some days are busier than others at MK and it is not always the days you expect to be hard-to-get. Even if you don't get them at 180 days, don't give up. New reservations open up all the time, and some dis'ers are nice enough to post their cancellations on the threads here giving you a heads up.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement! Still no luck this morning, but I feel like if I don't get up to check, I'll always wonder if I could have got anything. Hopefully I'll be able to get the ones I want by the time my trip comes up. ☺️
 
I am staying off-site as well and was not able to get any of the "big" reservations waking up every morning. I would advise to just sleep in, and then use Touring Plans or *********** reservation finder.
Have you had any luck getting the reservations you want since using the reservation finders? Also, what is the one that is showing up as asterisks? I'm new to disboards too, so sorry if that is a silly question.
 


Have you had any luck getting the reservations you want since using the reservation finders? Also, what is the one that is showing up as asterisks? I'm new to disboards too, so sorry if that is a silly question.
I have gotten many reservations using Touring Plans. I wanted an 8pm Ohana ressie for our upcoming trip in August, put a request for it on Touring Plans, and got a 7:50pm ressie in less than 2 days.

Anything showing up with asterisks is not allowed to be mentioned on Disboards.
 
I have gotten many reservations using Touring Plans. I wanted an 8pm Ohana ressie for our upcoming trip in August, put a request for it on Touring Plans, and got a 7:50pm ressie in less than 2 days.

Anything showing up with asterisks is not allowed to be mentioned on Disboards.
Thank you! That is so encouraging to know!!

And thanks for clarifying the asterisks.
 
Thank you! That is so encouraging to know!!
Just be sure to keep your phone with you & with the volume on. Touring Plans finds available ressies & alerts you to them. It can't save them for you, though. You have to respond before someone else snaps it up. When you get the text, click on the link provided & it will automatically take you to that restaurant's ressie page of the Disney website, so you can make the reservation.

You're going at a much higher crowd time (early December) than I am going (early August), so don't expect the process to be as quick for you as it has been for me. It is an effective service, though. You can only use it to search for 2 reservations at a time, so pick the two that you want the most.
 
Have you had any luck getting the reservations you want since using the reservation finders? Also, what is the one that is showing up as asterisks? I'm new to disboards too, so sorry if that is a silly question.
I have not had any luck yet with a reservation finder. Apparently that reference is not allowed on this board, but just google Disney Reservation Finders and I'm sure you will figure it out :)
 

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