Potential Scheduling Issue??

DisneyKingDude

DisneyKingDude

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I have been tinkering with our plans for our trip next month and I think I have created a problem and want to get some feedback on it.

I have FP for me and my oldest son for TOT from 12pm to 1pm and my wife and youngest son (who don't want to do TOT) have FP for Disney Jr. Live for the 1:30pm show.

Now comes my issue, I have a ADR for Hollywood & Vine at 1:45 as part of the Fantasmic Dinner package. My question is, if me and my oldest son go to the ADR at 1:45 and my wife and youngest son come after the show will there be issues getting seated or am I fretting for nothing?

Thanks in advance for your feedback, everyone has been super helpful planning this trip!!
 
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Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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You will not be seated until your wife and son arrive, and they will be very late for the 1:45 pm ADR. If their FP time is for 1:30 pm, that is the time they are to show up to the line and the show likely begins at 1:45 pm. Even if the show does begin at 1:30, it is a good 20-25 minute show which means, at best, they will be at least 15 minutes late to lunch.

I would change the time of the Disney Jr. FP or have them wait in the standby line for an earlier show. Since all the seating is on the floor, all the FP does is give a more central seating section. Your wife and son will be able to see the show just fine from wherever they sit. We were in the back on the far left and did not miss a thing.
 
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DisneyKingDude

DisneyKingDude

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Tuvalu said:
You will not be seated until your wife and son arrive, and they will be very late for the 1:45 pm ADR. If their FP time is for 1:30 pm, that is the time they are to show up to the line and the show likely begins at 1:45 pm. Even if the show does begin at 1:30, it is a good 20-25 minute show which means, at best, they will be at least 15 minutes late to lunch.

I would change the time of the Disney Jr. FP or have them wait in the standby line for an earlier show. Since all the seating is on the floor, all the FP does is give a more central seating section. Your wife and son will be able to see the show just fine from wherever they sit. We were in the back on the far left and did not miss a thing.
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Thanks!!
 
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MissingDisney

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A few years ago my son lost his shoe on BL-SRS. It got stuck in the moving track when he stepped into the 'spaceship" and it snatched it right off. A worker rode the ride over and over with a flashlight looking for it and they ended up shutting down the ride to find it! Incredible, I tell you. They said it had to be there, nowhere for it to go, just needed to find it. Amazing cast members!

Meanwhile, our Crystal Palace ADR time was approaching so I took the other little over to check in. They WOULD NOT seat myself and the 2-shoed little until the DH and one-shoed little showed up. I explained what happened, didn't matter. "Ma'am, you will NOT be seated until all members of your dining party are present and if it exceeds 15 minutes, you will forfeit your reservation." What a difference in service, eh?

Well, it did take more than 15 minutes. Thanks to amazing and persistent cast members, one-shoed little came skipping over to Crystal Palace two-shoed with a very relieved Dad in tow! After a brief chat with a manager, we were seated without hesitation. :D
 
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ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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missingdisney said:
A few years ago my son lost his shoe on BL-SRS. It got stuck in the moving track when he stepped into the 'spaceship" and it snatched it right off. A worker rode the ride over and over with a flashlight looking for it and they ended up shutting down the ride to find it! Incredible, I tell you. They said it had to be there, nowhere for it to go, just needed to find it. Amazing cast members!

Meanwhile, our Crystal Palace ADR time was approaching so I took the other little over to check in. They WOULD NOT seat myself and the 2-shoed little until the DH and one-shoed little showed up. I explained what happened, didn't matter. "Ma'am, you will NOT be seated until all members of your dining party are present and if it exceeds 15 minutes, you will forfeit your reservation." What a difference in service, eh?

Well, it did take more than 15 minutes. Thanks to amazing and persistent cast members, one-shoed little came skipping over to Crystal Palace two-shoed with a very relieved Dad in tow! After a brief chat with a manager, we were seated without hesitation. :D
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That's very rude of the CM checking-in at CP. I wonder if they would have then had the audacity to charge you the cancellation fee? Glad it worked out for you.
 
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Rob562

Rob562

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missingdisney said:
A few years ago my son lost his shoe on BL-SRS. It got stuck in the moving track when he stepped into the 'spaceship" and it snatched it right off. A worker rode the ride over and over with a flashlight looking for it and they ended up shutting down the ride to find it! Incredible, I tell you. They said it had to be there, nowhere for it to go, just needed to find it. Amazing cast members!

Meanwhile, our Crystal Palace ADR time was approaching so I took the other little over to check in. They WOULD NOT seat myself and the 2-shoed little until the DH and one-shoed little showed up. I explained what happened, didn't matter. "Ma'am, you will NOT be seated until all members of your dining party are present and if it exceeds 15 minutes, you will forfeit your reservation." What a difference in service, eh?

Well, it did take more than 15 minutes. Thanks to amazing and persistent cast members, one-shoed little came skipping over to Crystal Palace two-shoed with a very relieved Dad in tow! After a brief chat with a manager, we were seated without hesitation. :D
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While perhaps the tone of the CM wasn't the best, the "everyone in your party must be present" is a pretty steadfast rule. If you sit down and the rest of your party takes 20 minutes to show up, you will most likely wait to order until the rest of the group shows up. That's 20 minutes of just sitting around with beverages, taking up the table space, making others with reservations after you wait longer. It also isn't fair to the CM who will probably seat one less table and thus earn less tips. Now say that they have a dozen groups that do that. That's many lost tips, lengthened waits and lost revenue in the restaurant.

So while it may stink for the Guest when all they want to do is sit down at a table, they have to have the rule and stick to it to keep the entire system from getting jammed up.

-Rob
 
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DManRightHere

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ISTCNavigator57 said:
That's very rude of the CM checking-in at CP. I wonder if they would have then had the audacity to charge you the cancellation fee? Glad it worked out for you.
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Come on! They've already made an entire attraction shut down for a shoe! Lol!

The rule is there for a reason, people will exaggerate "they're on their way", then it's "they were stuck on a ride", then it's "oh, they were in another park, they're on the bus now!".

If someone is literally present, I'm sure there would not have been a cancellation fee. The cancellation fee isn't to make money (or that isn't the main goal), it is to prevent Disney from wasting reservation on no shoes.
 
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MissingDisney

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Rob562 said:
While perhaps the tone of the CM wasn't the best, the "everyone in your party must be present" is a pretty steadfast rule. If you sit down and the rest of your party takes 20 minutes to show up, you will most likely wait to order until the rest of the group shows up. That's 20 minutes of just sitting around with beverages, taking up the table space, making others with reservations after you wait longer. It also isn't fair to the CM who will probably seat one less table and thus earn less tips. Now say that they have a dozen groups that do that. That's many lost tips, lengthened waits and lost revenue in the restaurant.

So while it may stink for the Guest when all they want to do is sit down at a table, they have to have the rule and stick to it to keep the entire system from getting jammed up.

-Rob
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I would have sat and started eating and drinking. ....immediately! I'm a stress eater and I WAS STRESSED!
 
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MissingDisney

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DManRightHere said:
Come on! They've already made an entire attraction shut down for a shoe! Lol!

The rule is there for a reason, people will exaggerate "they're on their way", then it's "they were stuck on a ride", then it's "oh, they were in another park, they're on the bus now!".

If someone is literally present, I'm sure there would not have been a cancellation fee. The cancellation fee isn't to make money (or that isn't the main goal), it is to prevent Disney from wasting reservation on no shoes.
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My younger kept saying "Buzz Lightyear ate his shoe!" and pointing at his feet. In hindsight, it's hilarious now and we joke about it everytime we step on that ride but that day. ...woah, I was a mess-o-stress. I get the reservation thing but, I do believe in accommodating unusual situations. Buzz Lightyear doesn't eat just anyone's shoe, y'know. Lol!
 
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docdebbi

docdebbi

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i agree with the earlier posters, i have never seen Disney Jr fill up and all seats are equal. so I would use the FP for something else, although everything in DHS that little ones can do really don't need FP. I always feel we waste them that day as our kids are too little for the good stuff.
i would try to get them to an earlier show, hopefully one during yuor TOT FP
 
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