Also, it’s 6am eastern, so 5am central. That can make a big difference. Even a few minutes can make a difference.I even checked at 6 a.m (central) and there was nothing at exactly 180 out. How can that be? Same for the Royal table.
On property guests can book at 180 days from check in for the entire length of stay up to 10 days, so the hard to get reservations like BOG and CRT are often already full at 180 days by people whose trip started before that. I learned this after the fact! I highly recommend the Touring Plans Reservation finder for setting up alerts of openings. People cancel all the time. I was unable to get a BOG lunch even at 180+2 but exactly a month after my 180 I got an alert for an opening!
Ugh. I thought opened at 7 a.m. eastern for some reason. These were just trial runs anyways.Also, it’s 6am eastern, so 5am central. That can make a big difference. Even a few minutes can make a difference.
Ugh. I thought opened at 7 a.m. eastern for some reason. These were just trial runs anyways.
Thanks so much for great info! We are planning to go back in Feb. I’m not even a newbie, we’ve just always skipped BOG the last few years hoping the hype would die down...but might as well try at this point.
I am not able to book our trip online yet since it’s so far out, would you recommend me calling to book the trip, then that way I’ll have 10 day early access? Can I even do that? I’ll also add that alert list you mentioned. Thanks!!!
You are very smart to do a trial run!! "If I knew then, what I know now..."Ugh. I thought opened at 7 a.m. eastern for some reason. These were just trial runs anyways.
The Plus 10 (180 + 10) will only open after you have an onsite resort reservation and are within that window. So your "trial runs" are not validUgh. I thought opened at 7 a.m. eastern for some reason. These were just trial runs anyways.
Right, but just to practice the process of searching for ADRs and seeing what is actually available at 180 (rather than 180+). I had never been on MDE before or tried searching for an ADR when my planner emailed the morning of our 180 that she could only get about half of what we planned. I had to frantically try to figure out what to do. Wish I had practiced going through the motions beforehand. Ex- I notice that BOG reservations sometimes say "unavailable" if you put in "Breakfast" but if you put in an exact time like "8:00" some pop up. Not sure why. I may have know this if I had played around with the website a bit before 180 days...The Plus 10 (180 + 10) will only open after you have an onsite resort reservation and are within that window. So your "trial runs" are not valid