Hi all, well i am jezzabella's husband and having spent a few moments reading this thread, i am astonished at the amount of idiots who seem to think that they go to a big city like NYC and yet compare it to Disney. HELLO, no its not the same. To all the other out there thankyou for your comments.
If we are going to put out sensible hat on for a moment it is clear what the problem is. Disney, who are quote happy to take our money for the disney dining experience card and our annual passes, are not interested in honoring the dining experience card because they have already dedicated themselves to the dining plan. There would be an easy way for them to remedy this, and that is simply limit the percentage of bookings that can be made on the
ddp. If they were to limit this to say 80% and completely stop double booking this would ease the situation somewhat. Although we understand no-one can ever be completely satisifed, it does take the mickey when you phone 6 disney resteraunts and are unable to get bookings either because some idiots have made several bookings and have no consideration for other people, or because they are full with people on the dpp.
And for the idiots who say that in their home town they book 180 days or even 2 months in advance for resteraunt reservations, i would love to know what planet they are from. I lived in London UK for a number of years and i never had to book such a ridiculous amout of days in advance, even for a fantastic resteraunt, and by insinuating that here in the USA you have to, only makes me think that if what that person said is true, (and its more likely that there is a pig flying outside my window) that Americans dont have the ability to do organise anything. Is that what your saying?
Lets be honest, yes we are lucky to live 2 min behind the Magic Kingdom, but believe it or not, when you cant get your kids out of school to go on holiday, or you cant take the time off work, i.e the low seasons, it is the locals who keep Disney going, and whilst Disney does make most of its money from tourists, the most spend per head actually comes from locals, so why should we be outcast. Come on people. Get a grip