Timing for booking ADR's, FP, DVC, etc.

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Mon, 07/14/2014 - 14:09

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Timing for booking ADR's, FP, DVC, etc.

Hi there, friends! I've never worried too terribly much about booking windows because I'm not too particular in most cases about where we stay/eat and what time our FP are for. However, I do have a few instances coming up where I really want to make sure I'm at the beginning of the booking window to get the best chance of getting certain experiences and I wonder if you all can point me in the right direction. I do want to try to get an Anna/Elsa FP for our September trip and when we book Disneyland in the spring, I want to try to use DVC points, but I know Grand Californian can be a difficult reservation to get.

I've tried to hit the beginning of various booking windows before by staying up until midnight or 1am Eastern time only to find out that the particular thing I was trying to book was not open. I've also woken up at 6am to book something to find it unavailable. So...does anyone know the definitive time for when the next day "opens" for:

ADR
DVC
FP+

Please include the time zone you're referencing as we are spread out all over the place! Thanks for your help

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Mon, 07/14/2014 - 15:18

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well speaking from a UK POV (5hours ahead of Florida time) my ADR window usually opens at 11am (6am Florida time) for FP+ I haven't booked any but I've been "practising" for the real thing and I'm not sure of the exact time but whenever I have logged on at around 8am (3am Florida time) they have already been available for the 30 days out so I'm going to take a guess at midnight Florida time?????

hope this helps!

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Mon, 07/14/2014 - 19:01

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I was able to book our FP+ at 11:00pm CST on the dot the night before our FP+ window opened (would have been 12am Florida time)

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Mon, 07/14/2014 - 21:37

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Allie wrote:

I was able to book our FP+ at 11:00pm CST on the dot the night before our FP+ window opened (would have been 12am Florida time)

I had the same experience for FP+ - it was available at 12midnight EST.

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Tue, 07/15/2014 - 03:36

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So we think that ADR's are at 6am EST and FP+ are at 12am EST.

Does anyone know about DVC reservations?

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Tue, 07/15/2014 - 04:12

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alicemouse wrote:

So we think that ADR's are at 6am EST and FP+ are at 12am EST.

Does anyone know about DVC reservations?

I only know about the FP+. I was curious after I read this post so I checked. At midnight(I live in Florida) I was on MDE on the computer and exactly at midnight it added the 31st day and I was able to make FP+ for that day. We only get 30 days out since we are AP but I assume it would be the same for people choosing at 60 days out.

Thu, 07/17/2014 - 10:16

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Big News!!!! The 2015 Walt Disney World(r) Resort, Disneyland(r) Resort and Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa vacation packages will be available to book starting on July 30, 2014. These packages will be valid for arrivals Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2015. Please note the last date of your vacation must not be more than 499 days in the future.

Here are room booking dates from my TA's website.

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Thu, 07/17/2014 - 11:58

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Jmed, I just saw the same dates as being the 2015 Release dates

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Thu, 07/17/2014 - 18:34

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Pretty excited about being able to price out or DL trip in March BEFORE the 7-month wind opens for DVC. Can't decide if it's better to borrow 2016 points or just suck it up and pay cash/ do a good neighbor hotel...

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Thu, 07/17/2014 - 22:41

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Yay thanks JMed! I was getting antsy since the dates for the last couple of years became available around July 10th

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