Walt Disney World Launches Major Dining Reservation Upgrades with Enhanced Search and Calendar View

nicb8818 days ago

Unfortunately, international versions of the dining reservation system (e.g. disneyworld.co.uk) are still utilising the old version (VPN does allow use of the new one). Side note that for some reason if you’re not in the US, the app now kicks you onto the website where you have to sign in again to look for reservations. Small pet peeve of mine as VPN doesn’t work to prevent this. Any idea if and when the new system will be used and if the above issue will be rolled back to in app reservations?

MisterPenguin18 days ago

It's working now. https://disneyparksblog.com/disney-experiences/disney-app-updates-make-booking-dining-reservations-easier/

Chi8424 days ago

I’m not seeing that kind of availability for California Grill.

Sirwalterraleigh24 days ago

Not arguing that…difference of opinions on the “Why”? And this one is tremendously easy to debunk…more on that to follow Let the company know… First…they were in a mighty bad spot when that quarterly hatched. I didn’t put them there…so it’s not my fault. It was “surprising” for sure. You know who else was surprised? Pretty much everyone. Including Wall Street. “Faked”? No. Conveniently prepared to suit their situation? Yeah…time for the big girl pants…welcome to Los Estados unidos. Now we get to see how the plot thickens. Park/resort demand is not there…it absolutely isn’t and every travel article published since that posting supports that…let’s see how it plays? Don’t fall for stupid ambiguity like “demand is Strong”. That’s claiming you won a Game that doesn’t have a scoreboard. Zero accountability. I know the Dubai park is gonna be awesome with cruise missiles flying over head. Cost savings on fireworks at least. Back to restaurants…Is there significantly less demand now than 6 Years ago? Is that good for business? Wait a minute…I just checked the new dining app…and I like it. Looks good. But from 4-12 today not only are those tables empty…they are available. Not quite the “goal” There is it?…staff standing around waiting for “walk ups” that aren’t Coming…1995 called…they want your thinking back. Holy crap…every 5 minutes at California grill all night long like Lionel Ritchie. 7 o’clock tables in the summer at beaches and cream? Shirley ye jest? Check it out.. I’m completely on the team of parks being underbuilt being the Big dog problem. Opinions vary but that’s absolutely mine. The parks direction is not what I like. On record and I’m not a party of 1. I still enjoy the bones built long ago to varying degrees. Currently there are people showing up today (but not that many) with prepurchased line skips from 7 days ago because it’s still under the fog or war. Unaware you don’t actually need them based on 2015 patterns. That gonna last and sustain them? It might…never doubt the “skills” of the wdw customer. I don’t predict doom. I point out awful management. Coward ceo quit…left yutz in charge…the had the board coup him in a Bolshevik style move and reappointed himself… You literally can’t write this stuff But he’s leaving soon…fear not…to be soon replaced by the very capable…ummm…I know it’s written down around here somewhere… Now are we done or is it gonna be a long night? I can put on a pot of joe ☕️

Kamikaze24 days ago

My ... shift? Here's the thing. Go to a restaurant. See if there are empty tables. Go on the app. See if you can book said empty tables. The answer will be no. Just because a table is empty doesn't mean its available. Did they? Did the bottom fall out? Did 'the company' suffer long term irreversible damage? Do you want to go back to when you accused 'the company' of faking their quarterly numbers and then tried to change the subject? Is it empty? Is it? Ah, but being underbuilt everywhere is more broken than only selling 60% of tables. The parks just aren't what you want them to be. And thats okay. They can't be everything everyone wants. And you can want something else. But just because they aren't what Captain Literal Man, Esq. wants doesn't make them damaged. You can view that as the wrong path. Viewing them that way doesn't make you right. People much wiser than I hint at this on these forums every day with more frequency…don’t believe the jester…read what the kings advisors are saying in the court. Respectfully…you don’t quite understand my message. I’m a fool…but a consistent fool at that. There’s a few posts to browse in case you want to verify the pattern. You won’t find “THE COMPANY IS FAILING…they’re going bankrupt!!” In any of them. I get accused of saying that by a few frequent contributors all the time. They are wrong…don’t join their ranks. Your message is to predict doom repeatedly with no evidence. And to hightail your way out of any conversation that says otherwise.

Sirwalterraleigh24 days ago

It was “nametag talk”‘long before there was even message boards. I’ll let you off the hook on that one 🪝 I’ll accept that title…do I get to wear a cool pin lanyard with that? 🤔 I have no idea what you “know”…I know you apparently like bad movies…but beyond that I don’t know much. You have a grasp of most things…but the “company speak” Gets in the way sometimes. As it does here Whoever told you during your shift that they are intentionally leaving sections open and having open tables all over the place and the dining plan is now useless to them was “by design” Is straight up lying. They overplayed their hand…systematically…squeezing people while also cost cutting and the bottom has fallen out. Not hard to follow. Dump the excuses. But hey…only been in those restaurants systematically for more decades than I care to admit…maybe the trend reversed TODAY! (It’s empty there…we know it) As you probably know (I hope?)…the table services is more than just a vehicle to Charge a 4 year old $49 for breakfast. It is an important system to balance crowd flow and reduce strain throughout the park day. All these things work together. Designed as such. Wasn’t broken and they “fixed” it. It was the best environment ever built until Napoleon weasel decided he had “better instincts” than everyone who came before him. Believing your own hype. Such a low brow egomaniac pattern. That’s a Fail…of management. Not a catastrophic fail as a one off…but those parks are certainly damaged as they continue on this path. People much wiser than I hint at this on these forums every day with more frequency…don’t believe the jester…read what the kings advisors are saying in the court. Respectfully…you don’t quite understand my message. I’m a fool…but a consistent fool at that. There’s a few posts to browse in case you want to verify the pattern. You won’t find “THE COMPANY IS FAILING…they’re going bankrupt!!” In any of them. I get accused of saying that by a few frequent contributors all the time. They are wrong…don’t join their ranks.

Kamikaze24 days ago

No, 'the company' is The Walt Disney Company when you're on a Disney message board. If I was on /r/tesla and I said 'the company', I'd be talking about Muskrat's stock scam. If I had said 'a company' in the context that you're calling me a mark for, it wouldn't be completely clear that was talking about TWDC. But when I said 'the company' it meant specifically TWDC - since, you guessed it - we are on a Disney forum. The words 'the company' don't mean anything other than a reference to the company, and people who don't like what they're doing will refer to it as such. But you know that, you're just looking to deflect off your silly points. See, but now you're just being Captain Literal Man, Esq. We both know that you think the company is failing. (Going the wrong direction, mismanaged, wrong leadership, whatever you want to brand it, its all the same thing.) Thats exactly what I was asking - how literal you were going to be. Because your entire gimmick is saying how bad everything is and how it could be fixed by ... I don't know, what kinds of things do you like? Thoughts and prayers? Again, they don't sell 100% of the tables. The reasons are not always completely clear, and why they only sell such a low amount is strange, but its not an issue with demand. If those tables were available, they would sell. Most table service doesn't sell 100% of tables at all times. Just doesn't work that way. But Disney routinely sells 100% of AVAILABLE tables, even if thats not every single table in the place. Just doing the 'I can show you with my eyes empty tables' isn't proof of anything other than a table is empty. It doesn't mean that table wouldn't be full if it was available. It also doesn't mean it would be either. It just means its not full at that moment. An outside observer can't know all the information because they are not privy to it.

Laketravis24 days ago

Not for me. My transition over the last 15 years from all-meals-eaten-at-WDW to no-meals-eaten-at-WDW was due to my lack of excitement at paying $70+ per head for (among other things) cafeteria grade mac & cheese.

Sirwalterraleigh24 days ago

“A” company is an abbreviation “the” company has only been said by one group of people with a straight face Important distinction I just answered it for you so you don’t even have to look. Management failing is an indictment of the bad decisions of management…not a stock rating. But don’t sleep on the effects of FAILING management in the long run. But go ahead and dig…find “THE COMPANY is failing” posted by This medieval good times cat I covered it for you… But I’m sure we will do our dance as always. Dining has been systematically mismanaged for 20 years. Yeah…you can chart it on a graph. They need corrections. Now do we want to acknowledge they need to make changes on a variety of levels for both revenue and ops? Or do two people on this thread want to say “they want it that way…”? Like every stupid decision that has had negative consequences for years? What’s for lunch? 🌮

Kamikaze24 days ago

So saying 'the company' instead of spelling out 'The Walt Disney Company' makes me a mark? Is that what you're saying here? Before I go through and pull out your posts, are you going to try to argue that because you specifically don't use the old 'fail', you're not saying its failing? I'm not sure if you can call yourself a messenger if you can't admit to what your message is.

lentesta24 days ago

I think that’s what it’s for. Will it work??!?

networkpro24 days ago

That didnt last long, looks like they rolled back.

Sirwalterraleigh24 days ago

I say the “company” (which means your in the tank…i will own THAT statement) is failing? oh do tell…get your research team on it. What is it that I actually say is “failing”? Which does not involve bankruptcy or even financial losses… Not the same thing and that’s not accidental on my part. Decisions failing leading to bad policy and potential trouble are “fails” Too A wise man told me: “people are so eager to shoot the messenger that they don’t hear the message first” That’s very prevalent in discussions about “the company” As far me joking? It’s only 96% of the time +/- Haven’t noticed? But like they say: there’s always a bit of truth in every joke

larryz24 days ago

Welcome to the 20th Century, Mr Banks...