Update: 3 hours, 2 iPads, 2 phones, 2 desktops and I got 1 res
DISNEY 
Flights,Hotel, ME, ADRs, MNSSHP what more can a girl want. Just going with the flow, laid back happy outlook....and maybe an ear hat or 2!!!
Yay...glad it worked out for you. We too are pretending no SWGE..Haha. So happy to hear someone was able to get Storybook, it gives me hopeUpdate: 3 hours, 2 iPads, 2 phones, 2 desktops and I got 1 res
Deep breaths and a bit of regrouping
1.5 more hours and using MDE (never got through to dining OTP, but spoke to a lovely man named Freddy in resort res. He wasn’t able to help with dining res., but his kindness meant the world). We have all our ADRs in place...even Storybook which initially showed unavailable for every dinner.
So, SWGE (?) I’m With xlsm and pretending it doesn’t exist; honestly not even all that excited
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I do have confirmation emails and they also show in MDE plans. That being said both the app and web have ranged from slow to unresponsive; so maybe check tomorrow afternoon?
I think the key to this situation is holding on to the good. I’ve never had a Dis trip go off without a hitch. Weather, crowds, reservation SNAFUs, you name it; it happens. You have two choices; roll with it, make the best and SMILE (even when inside you are GRR), SMILE, SMILE some more and laugh. The other choice makes you miserable,everyone around you miserable, causes arguments, upset tummies and creates an all around disagreeable, unpleasant, unhappy environment.Yay...glad it worked out for you. We too are pretending no SWGE..Haha. So happy to hear someone was able to get Storybook, it gives me hope
Wishes for Storybook ADR!!!!
Going to the Maldives....it’s less expensive
How did it go?
I was able to complete my reservations about one and half to two hours after reservations opened. Like Lanemarie I was able to book a couple prior to opening time starting at 5:45 a.m. The earlier reservations I did not an email confirmation but shows up in DME. Like always I am sure there will be changes. Now I am waiting for MNSSHP fireworks party and thr food and wine events to become available. Happy Planning to you all.
which is also why I'm not telling DD9. However, it's due to us most likely getting married in 2020!! We're both a bit stressed about paying for both a wedding and a Disney trip! However, we want to have kids as soon as possible after getting married so we figured we need to get one more trip in!! I'm also going to try and convince him to have our wedding in Disney! Not sure that will happen 
... Excited to follow this thread!
So this is what I got, and our tentative plans:
I have been before though, so won't be too upset if we skip it. If we do skip it This will be a an MK/Epcot day. MK in the morning (It's a MNSSHP night so hoping for light crowds) then Epcot at night for (hopefully) F&W festival! )- No reservations, but just planning on a relaxed morning, last pool trip and packing, probably Kona for lunch before DME picks us up for the airport around 3pm. 
Have you ever eaten "in" while staying at the Poly? Last December we ordered room service, the Twilight Feast. WE only ordered for ONE person and got so much food it was even too much for the two of us. You get everything you get while eating at 'Ohana only you can eat it in your room....in your jammies.....while watching fireworks (if you have a lake or theme park view)!Made dining reservations last weekend, didn't do too badly. We love to do 'Ohana on our first night, especially since we stay at the Poly more often than not... but getting anything before 9pm is IMPOSSIBLE on the first day of the trip
9/6 (Arrival Day)- 'Ohana 9:15pm. Our plane gets into MCO before 10am. No rush to get to the hotel, check-in (hopefully our room is ready) then it's off to the pool for the day! Have yet to make it over to Wilderness Lodge, so might take a mid-day break to go over there and check out Geyser Point for light lunch! Then back to the hotel to shower/get reading for our late 'Ohana reservation. UNLESS I can get an earlier reservation, then things change. Maybe MNSSHP? Since the news of all the new party things, I'm curious to do it again. We weren't planning on it. We'll see!
We are looking forward to trying the Twilight Feast this year! It is our first time staying at the Poly and while the kids want 'Ohanas for breakfast this sounds like a fun idea for dinner! We were thinking of ordering for 2 or 3 for the 5 of us. It would really only be myself, DH and DS12 eating the most as DD9 and DS6 will probably just graze.
This is the first time in years we aren't doing the dining plan and so I didn't have much to book. We still got everything we wanted so it all worked out fine. We are looking forward to slowing down and just having fun seeing what's available when we are hungry this trip. I have loved always having the dining plan but we want to try it without to see what works better for us!
I modified our trip by moving it up 2 weeks so I didn't run into the issue of booking ADRs with our split stay. I will tell you that I could not book all of my fast passes for our May trip, though. I hadn't heard there were issues with booking FPs for the entire length of stay (we're doing 1 night WL, 4 nights CBR, and 2 nights BWV). I was really getting myself upset about it after about an hour of trying and getting error messages. I finally called WDW and was put on hold for a bit. My case was escalated with the MDE people and the CM I was working with on the phone was told she could book my fast passes for me. Bummer was several of the FPs slipped by but in the end I was ok with what I got. I just want to warn you about this since you are also going to have a split stay. I'm not sure if what I experienced was a glitch or a change of policy.Well this is the first time in years I couldn't book dining at 6:00 am as our split stay wouldn't let me book for the second half of our trip. I tried on the desktop and laptop and it wouldn't work. Just before 7:00 I thought I would check the MDE app on my phone and it worked.
