DisneyMusician2
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Does anyone knowany real financials on the profits of the dining plan? I would be interested to know some before and after profit lines for the resorts.
Actually, the $38.99 is per night of hotel stay, so a 4 night/5 day stay gives 4 sets of dining credits.But I don't think that's right, either. The $38.99 is per day, not TS meal, I believe.
If you are two groups of 8 and they are 1 group of 8, they will almost ALWAYS get a table before you will because your two tables will be side-by-side and they only need one. So if 1 table for 8 is next to a table for six, then yes, they'll get a table before you. If you ever have an issue with this, let them know you don't mind being seated seperately, and you should get your tables in less time.I've gone in the first week of December, which is historically one of the slowest times of the year at WDW. Every year we go, we have to juggle our ADR times in order to find an opening. I actually had two years in a row when I was told that Liberty Tree was sold out for the day I picked.
And here's an interesting fact I didn't know (and any CM please feel free to correct me). When you book your ADR, you are assigned a table number. So when the day comes for your reservation, you don't get the next table for 4 around your time. Your table for 4 was chosen for you a LONG time ago.
If the people before you decide to just hang out and drink coffee for 45 minutes, you are SOL. They are basically just sitting at YOUR table while YOU wait.
I was explained this policy by the manager of Le Cellier on my last trip in December. We had 2 seatings for our 2 groups of 8 at 730 and 745. So when 830 rolled around, we wanted to know what the deal was. The manager explained that the tables werent ready because the previous guests were still there. As he explains this, a group of 8 that had arrived about 2 minutes before us had their table called!
So we flipped out and wanted to know why we had ADR and aited an hour with no table ready, but this same size party waited 2 minutes? So explained the stupid seating policy about being assigned tables. And judging by the pile up behind us, these people were probably waiting on my table which I had yet to even sit at!!
Long story short, we all missed the fireworks and didn't leave until 1030!!! The only salvation was that we got to basically walk around Epcot by ourselves during Xmas. Nobody even asked us what we were still doing there an hour after the park closed. We took the long way around from Canada counter clockwise around the lake. Got great pics of the arch all lit up at Xmax.
So it wasnt a total loss, but I just wanted to tell you all about how I was told the table seatings work. Any CM's want to confirm this? Or is this ONLY how Le Cellier does it?
To answer the first part, no, your table number is not assigned in advance.
There might be something different behind the scenes from my perspective as a guest it was a change in name only.What is the difference between priority seating and advanced dinner reservations? Has anyone noticed a difference? Did the change have anything to do with DDP (keeping this on topic!)?
(and isn't 'advanced' implied in the world 'reservation'?)
If you are two groups of 8 and they are 1 group of 8, they will almost ALWAYS get a table before you will because your two tables will be side-by-side and they only need one. So if 1 table for 8 is next to a table for six, then yes, they'll get a table before you. If you ever have an issue with this, let them know you don't mind being seated seperately, and you should get your tables in less time.
To answer the first part, no, your table number is not assigned in advance.
Anyone who was at Ohanas at least 3 years ago will agree that Ohanas now is nowhere near what it used to be.
I heartily agree. We have been Ohana regulars every trip since 1999, but our last trip last month we didn't even bother. It had gone downhill so much it's fallen off our must-do list.
And whats odd about it is that we're not talking about a fancy gourmet meal. But those cheesy potatoes were not that good and just didn't fit with the meal. The wings have become so overly gooey and syrupy. Yeck. The only constant remains the excellent Grilled Turkey. MMMMMMMM
Actually, the $38.99 is per night of hotel stay, so a 4 night/5 day stay gives 4 sets of dining credits.
My previous example math was direct from Mousesavers at http://www.mousesavers.com/diningplantips2007.html
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