KCMiller
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 7, 2003
OK, so I was at WDW over the holidays, and it was packed. Our plans kept changing, and I ended up having to cancel most of the ADR's I had made over the past few weeks, and it was very stressful, making sure they were cancelled correctly (I had given my CC for each one, and didn't want to be charged as a no-show). The day we arrived we had no ADR scheduled, but we decided to try for a walkup reservation at Tony's, and arrived at 6:45pm. Not surprisingly, the lovely CM told us they were all full and not taking any walkups (it was a very cold and windy day, and folks were sitting long, etc.). The CM also told me that all TS restaurants were completely booked up - she was looking AT her computer when she told me all this.
I walked 10 feet away and pulled up the official Disney Parks Mobile Magic app on my smart phone that I had downloaded for free from the Android market. I clicked on Dining, clicked on Make Reservation, put in the time I was looking for, the park and the number of guests, and in seconds, I had not only made us a reservation for 5 for dinner at Tony's for 7:50pm, but had my choice of several other TS restaurants, including, and I kid you not, Cinderella's Palace. I walked over to the CM I had just talked to, and showed this to her, and she was amazed! Seconds later, the ADR I had just made on my phone popped up on her screen.
I don't know WHY this worked the way it did - my guess is that the mobile site has a certain number of ADRs assigned to it, but it's just a guess. OH, and did I mention, there was NO requirement to put in a credit card (although for the ADR's that always required them, like CRT, you can see that there's availability, but you still have to call and give a card). I could always find a reservation, the whole time we were at WDW, even when all the ADR's were gone online and when I asked at Guest Services.
Anyway, it was an amazing thing, and felt really, well, Magical!
KC
I walked 10 feet away and pulled up the official Disney Parks Mobile Magic app on my smart phone that I had downloaded for free from the Android market. I clicked on Dining, clicked on Make Reservation, put in the time I was looking for, the park and the number of guests, and in seconds, I had not only made us a reservation for 5 for dinner at Tony's for 7:50pm, but had my choice of several other TS restaurants, including, and I kid you not, Cinderella's Palace. I walked over to the CM I had just talked to, and showed this to her, and she was amazed! Seconds later, the ADR I had just made on my phone popped up on her screen.
I don't know WHY this worked the way it did - my guess is that the mobile site has a certain number of ADRs assigned to it, but it's just a guess. OH, and did I mention, there was NO requirement to put in a credit card (although for the ADR's that always required them, like CRT, you can see that there's availability, but you still have to call and give a card). I could always find a reservation, the whole time we were at WDW, even when all the ADR's were gone online and when I asked at Guest Services.
Anyway, it was an amazing thing, and felt really, well, Magical!
KC