ADRs are made!

So let me tell you about getting advanced dining reservations. You can make them 180 days prior to your arrival if you're staying on site, which we are, so on November 4th I was ready, at my computer at 6:15am since reservations open at 6:30. It wasn't a big deal, waking up, since I had a pharmacology class at 8, I was normally up at that time anyway. Well here's the thing: the online reservation system didn't give me the option to book all of my dates, only the one for arrival day. UUUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH < that's the sound I made when I figured this out. So I was ready to call the dining line when it opened at 7am. By ready, I mean at 6:58 I started dialing "We're sorry, but no one is available to answer your call at this time. Our hours are..." as soon as I heard the word "sorry" I would hang up and redial. after doing this about 6 times, I finally got through. And had to wait for 45 MINUTES to talk to a real person. I did get through, but by the time I got off the phone, it was 7:58. Did I mention pharmacology lecture starts at 8? It's a good thing I'm a kick ass student, because by that time my bed (and the sweet baby sleeping in it) were calling my name in a way I could not ignore. One lecture won't hurt. Thanks, Disney!


But, we got all of them! Here's the list:

5/4: Mama Melrose's Fantasmic! dinner dining package, 6pm, Fantasmic! at 9pm
5/5: Donald's Safari Breakfast at Tusker House, 10:30am
5/6: 'Ohana dinner, 5:00pm
5/7: Play and Dine Breakfast with the Disney Jr. Characters at Hollywood & Vine, 11am
5/8: Coral Reef lunch, 11:30am; Via Napoli dinner 6:20pm
5/9: Bella's appointment at Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique, 3:30pm; Cinderella's Royal Table dinner, 5:30pm,           Fireworks Dessert Party, 9pm, fireworks start at 10pm

So there you have it! It's official! Over the next 176 days I need to pay off our trip, buy luggage (we've never been on vacation, so we don't have any!), buy all the rest of the things we need for the trip (photopass!), buy plane tickets, reserve a rental car, figure out what surprises Tinkerbell will be leaving in the room for the girls. The list goes on. I feel like my plans are pretty solid though. My next post will probably be about the list of Tinkerbell gifts I've compiled so far, because it's SO EXCITING!

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