Walt Disney World Holiday Season 2024

Exomonia

Exomonia

Member
FYI it only worked for me in the app, by using the + button to add dining reservations (and scrolling down to "E" for EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays presented by AdventHealth – Candlelight Processional Dining Package, rather than manually searching
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
Exomonia said:
FYI it only worked for me in the app, by using the + button to add dining reservations (and scrolling down to "E" for EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays presented by AdventHealth – Candlelight Processional Dining Package, rather than manually searching
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Still nothing for me…it’s maddening.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
Exomonia said:
FYI it only worked for me in the app, by using the + button to add dining reservations (and scrolling down to "E" for EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays presented by AdventHealth – Candlelight Processional Dining Package, rather than manually searching
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Yeah, that worked for me.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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Also, Biergarten won't accept a reservation for 1. So, I got it for 2. And will have a conversation at a later time with customer service about changing that. <sigh>
 
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DisneyDreamerxyz

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I set an alarm for 5:45 this morning hoping I could try at 6 and nothing popped up and then it was glitching on me and then I tried other dates and it was showing just not on the date I needed finally was able to get the time and place I wanted about 7:30 this morning. I’m so excited to take my mom to see Candlelight for the first time! We are going opening night the 29th with Josh Gad!
Also just a reminder that high school choirs are singing in the first show and Disney cast members only sing in the later two shows. Voices of Liberty are the only ones who perform 3x a night!
 
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chrislegg1

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This is ridiculous. I kept trying between 5:45-6:30 AM and nothing. No option and site / mobile app kept crashing (at Disney's end, not mine: got the "uh-oh things are going to be fixed soon" type of message with a Disney character). Then I had to get son ready and drive to work, and finally got on again about 7:45 AM and according to the website - assuming it is working properly - every choice said there was nothing available. Disney dining reservations are truly horrible!! They ruin the experience of visiting the parks for everyone except those lucky enough to make it through Disney's computer crashes.
 
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chrislegg1

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chrislegg1 said:
This is ridiculous. I kept trying between 5:45-6:30 AM and nothing. No option and site / mobile app kept crashing (at Disney's end, not mine: got the "uh-oh things are going to be fixed soon" type of message with a Disney character). Then I had to get son ready and drive to work, and finally got on again about 7:45 AM and according to the website - assuming it is working properly - every choice said there was nothing available. Disney dining reservations are truly horrible!! They ruin the experience of visiting the parks for everyone except those lucky enough to make it through Disney's computer crashes.
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And why can they not have a calendar that shows availability instead of making you look at each day individually to be told nothing is available? Or just have a message saying "everything is sold out"?
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
chrislegg1 said:
Thanks for the feedback TBellHop! Are others having the same problem (i.e., everything showing as unavailable)?
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I was able to book around 7:15 but everything is unavailable now. I think Disney just has far too many things that need to be booked at specific times now so the moment a new offering comes online, the system simply can’t handle it. I’m sure they have top men working on this as we type.
 
dennis-in-ct

dennis-in-ct

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I also booked this morning shortly after 7am. Not knowing when these went on sale, I tried last night from midnight to 12:30am and candlelight option did not even display and the mobile app was glitching and crashing. I went to bed and logged on this morning right before 7am and I saw a lot of the prime time meal slots were already gone. So we picked a 3:55pm to have a late lunch early dinner! Psyched.
 
Ayla

Ayla

Well-Known Member
chrislegg1 said:
This is ridiculous. I kept trying between 5:45-6:30 AM and nothing. No option and site / mobile app kept crashing (at Disney's end, not mine: got the "uh-oh things are going to be fixed soon" type of message with a Disney character). Then I had to get son ready and drive to work, and finally got on again about 7:45 AM and according to the website - assuming it is working properly - every choice said there was nothing available. Disney dining reservations are truly horrible!! They ruin the experience of visiting the parks for everyone except those lucky enough to make it through Disney's computer crashes.
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LOL You must be new to the world of Disney's world-famous IT incompetence.
 
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chrislegg1

New Member
ToTBellHop said:
I was able to book around 7:15 but everything is unavailable now. I think Disney just has far too many things that need to be booked at specific times now so the moment a new offering comes online, the system simply can’t handle it. I’m sure they have top men working on this as we type.
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Just tried again and there were a bunch of openings. Very few dinner on the date I was looking for (Dec.8), and those were for 4:00PM or earlier - other than the two Japanese restaurants, which evidently are not popular - but I managed to get lunch and that will get me into the show I want at 6:45PM. So not optimal, but acceptable. Experience still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, though.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
chrislegg1 said:
Just tried again and there were a bunch of openings. Very few dinner on the date I was looking for (Dec.8), and those were for 4:00PM or earlier - other than the two Japanese restaurants, which evidently are not popular - but I managed to get lunch and that will get me into the show I want at 6:45PM. So not optimal, but acceptable. Experience still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, though.
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They don’t offer many of these after 5 pm because reasons.

I got 4:15 and plan to show up at 4:15 on the dot so that we are hopefully eating closer to 5.
 

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