ADR Cancellations

[Tinkwings]

Ok so last year in January it was before they implemented the cancellation charges....now today I reserved a few and it made no mention of the $10 per guest charge w/o 24 hours notice and did not take a credit card number. Did they soften up on this? Or is only now at certain restaurants.
Sooooo if I decide to change my mind same day and even do cancel....am I in trouble?!?!?

Sure hoping Diamond Horseshoe will be open into the New Year like last year....was not able to pull up ADR's for there.....

What's up with ADR cancellations these days!?!? THANK YOU ever so much!

 

[Monty]

It's only ever been certain restaurants.

 

[rufio]

It's only at restaurants that require a credit card to reserve.

 

[TheMouseFan]

It's only at the highly sought after restaurants, such as character meals. I had to give a cc number for my Chef Mickey and Tusker House ADRs, but not Via Napoli and Sci-Fi.

 

[Mukta]

"To provide consistent Guest service, adjustments will be made to the Walt Disney World Resort cancellation policy beginning October 26, 2011. At that time, additional table-service locations will begin using the cancellation policy already in place at select restaurants on property. When booking a reservation at these restaurants, Guests will be required to provide a credit card to hold a reservation and will be charged $10 per person if the cancellation isn’t made at least one day in advance.

Pre-paid locations will continue to retain the full, pre-paid amount if Guests are unable to honor the reservation and are unable to cancel the reservation one day in advance. Special dining events and packages such as Fantasmic! packages, New Year’s Eve dinners, Victoria & Albert’s reservations may have different cancellation requirements.

Dining locations participating in the credit card guarantee policy will be as follows:

Pre-Paid Locations

• Cinderella’s Royal Table
• Disney’s Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
• Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
• Mickey’s Backyard BBQ

Credit Card Guarantee Locations

• 1900 Park Fare
• Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
• Artist Point
• California Grill
• Cape May Café
• Chef Mickey’s
• Cítricos
• The Crystal Palace
• Flying Fish Café
• The Garden Grill
• Hollywood & Vine
• Jiko – The Cooking Place
• Le Cellier Steakhouse
• Narcoossee’s
• ‘Ohana
• Tusker House Restaurant
• The Hollywood Brown Derby
• Victoria & Albert’s (cancellation policy is $25/per person)
• Yachtsman Steakhouse
• Be Our Guest (dinner only) opens November 19, 2012

A special phone line that only handles dining cancellations is available for Guest convenience: 407-WDW-CNCL. Dining reservations may be booked or canceled by visiting any table-service restaurant podium, Walt Disney World Resort Hotel front desk, concierge or Guest Relations, or by calling 407-WDW-DINE. Guests may also make and cancel reservations by visiting www.DisneyWorld.com/Dining.

Guests with questions about a cancellation policy for a dining reservation are encouraged to visit any table-service restaurant podium, Walt Disney World Resort Hotel front desk, Concierge or Guest Relations, or by call 407-WDW-DINE."

 

[Tinkwings]

Mukta...Oooh thanks so much...now I understand....Think Crystal Palace will be only place I'll have to be wary off....we go there simply for location location location on first day arriving. Now if I can somehow snatch a BOG ADR it would displace that need....or even if Diamond Horseshoe is open per chance on Jan 3 for dinner....only ate there once for lunch and we are big Wally Boag fans...it was fun to think of him preforming his routine on that stage long ago....

 

[Mukta]

Mukta...Oooh thanks so much...now I understand....Think Crystal Palace will be only place I'll have to be wary off....we go there simply for location location location on first day arriving. Now if I can somehow snatch a BOG ADR it would displace that need....or even if Diamond Horseshoe is open per chance on Jan 3 for dinner....only ate there once for lunch and we are big Wally Boag fans...it was fun to think of him preforming his routine on that stage long ago....

Wally Boag performed at the Diamond Horseshoe? I never knew that. I thought he only performed at the Golden Horseshoe in Disneyland.

 

[Tinkwings]

Wally Boag performed at the Diamond Horseshoe? I never knew that. I thought he only performed at the Golden Horseshoe in Disneyland.

YEP!!! He opened and wrote the intial show for the opening of WDW and think was there for a few years too preforming his Pecos Bill role...travelling salesman etc. His autobiography or somewhere mentions things being rather tense at DL during that time and it was a welcome escape....not sure the extent of that, but it's true he was there and wrote their scripts. Who better to pull that off!!!