Originally Posted By darcy-becker <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/09/make-your-disneyland-resort-dining-reservations-online-beginning-october-3/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...tober-3/</a> The timing is perfect for my trip the first week of December.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz Awesome. I like doing it that way instead of waiting on hold for the next available Cast Member.
Originally Posted By WestWind I usually make my reservations by email with no problems. Phoning has also worked and I don't recall waits being too long. If the online system is easy it should be good and I will try it.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Wow, look at DL website acting like they're living in the year 2000.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I didn't see this in the article; how far in advance can you make your reservations?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'm assuming it'll be the regular 60 days that it's always been at the DLR.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Isn't it a much longer window at WDW? That's why I asked; they might keep it the same 60 days, but if they're making it more like the WDW system, they might change that.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance 180 days at WDW. But they also have about a million more choices than DL has, so who knows what they will do.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I hope they keep it shorter, actually. Less chance of getting shut out for those of us who don't necessarily know months advance when we'll be there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that the shorter booking window is better; I'd prefer if WDW also had a 60 day limit (heck, even 90 days! That's still a quarter of a year!) since it's just crazy to pretend like you know what you want 180 days in advance. At that point, most people haven't even begun to book their flights or hotel rooms, but restaurants are already filling And I agree that this is definitely a sign of things to come for DLR. WDW's dining reservation system opened their online portal shortly before the infrastructure improvements for NextGen began. While I think DLR has surpassed the proposed 18 month delay between the two properties (at least with this element of it), I think we can start to get an idea of the timeline
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 The only advance dining reservations I have ever had were for Club 33. Guess that's one benefit of going during a somewhat non-peak time. Earlier this month on a Sunday morning at 10am we were able to walk up to Steakhouse 55 and get seated immediately for breakfast.
Originally Posted By TP2000 Online dining reservations?!? What's next, online plane reservations? Welcome to the year 2004, Disneyland.
Originally Posted By ecdc Am I missing something? The dining pages now say you can book online, but then they say "Use the check availability tool" to book. I can't see that anywhere. Disney, stop making me sound like my mom when I use the internet. I should be able to book without throwing up my hands and going "I don't get it!"
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't see it either. Since today is the first day that they're going live with it, maybe they're having some delays or other technical issues. Certainly wouldn't be the first time for Disney to have technical problems...
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Disney, stop making me sound like my mom when I use the internet. I should be able to book without throwing up my hands and going "I don't get it!"" LOL Amen to that! I feel like I'm my mom when I'm on their site!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The problem with their site is that it's designed as a marketing tool with little substance. It looks pretty, but when you actually try to find something it's impossible.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I feel like I'm my mom when I'm on their site!<< LOL, seriously. As soon as I typed, "it says this but I don't see it!" I thought, Oh heck no! I am not *that* guy! I am a tech savvy, internet junkie with way too many gadgets. Make fun of me for that all you like (and believe me, people do), but not for the opposite!