Disney Investigating Websites Selling Walt Disney World Dining Reservations To Guests

This is terrible! Some people are so low. Disney needs to eliminate the ADR system and go back to same day reservations. At most, 24 hour advanced ones. They have created a monster.

How does this work with ones like Cinderellas Royal Table and BOG if they have to have a credit card to secure the reservation? :thedolls:

I can see one of two things come from this. Either Disney will require you have a resort reservation in order to book dining or they will ultimately require you have a PAID resort reservation before booking dining. They could also take away the 10-day allowance. I'm not entirely opposed to these ideas if they also change from the 180 rule to a 45 day rule. That seems MUCH more reasonable to me. They could also set aside an allotment of same-day reservations for those staying off site.

Eh, where there is a will, there is a way. People will always find a way to buck the system.

texas211;2468928 wrote: Eh, where there is a will, there is a way. People will always find a way to buck the system.

So you're cool with it then? A company taking up the entire block of reservations and making a profit off of it while normal people get up at the crack of dawn x number of days out only to be denied a chance of dining where they want via the legitimate system?

Wow.

Goofeygal;2468922 wrote: How does this work with ones like Cinderellas Royal Table and BOG if they have to have a credit card to secure the reservation? :thedolls:

I assume what this really is is a company making a reservation, listing it as "available", and then charging $15 to coordinate a "cancel and immediately rebook" the reservation under the customer's name and credit card number, or simply coordinating the timing of the release of the reservation so that the customer can take it as soon as it shows as an option.

So, this is why I can't get 'Ohana in November!

Well, that and maybe the fact that I did not book until 74 days out.

Are they providing the same credit card? So, although different names. I would think the same credit card....that disney could block "their" system if they upgrade the system to check CC#, instead of just names. I haven't had any trouble, but also haven't booked CRT or BoG lately.

I've seen this site pop up on my facebook feed numerous times. I figured there had to be more to them then just "we'll watch for cancellations and let you know when to book." I hope Disney squashes them.

I just checked out this web site. It just sickens me that this is being done and people are paying for their service. They have reservations that I would like. Will I use this site. Absolutely not, no matter how much I want those reservations. Some may feel I am being stupid but I hope Disney can put a stop to this ASAP.

texas211;2468928 wrote: Eh, where there is a will, there is a way. People will always find a way to buck the system.

This certainly does not make it right in my opinion. I really hate when people take advantage for their own purposes and try an convince others there is nothing wrong with it. Slimy. :(

That does make you wonder if this is why so many popular restaurants are unavailable for the entire 3 weeks of your stay when you log on at the first minute into your 180 day window.

I also noticed that for MNSSHP that the dessert party was gone as soon as it was released. Every ticket to every party date. That was a bit weird . . . :confused

I hope Disney fixes this hole quickly.

Pirate Granny;2468942 wrote: Are they providing the same credit card? So, although different names. I would think the same credit card....that disney could block "their" system if they upgrade the system to check CC#, instead of just names. I haven't had any trouble, but also haven't booked CRT or BoG lately.

I doubt they are using the same number but even if they are and disney blocks it, that is very easy to circumvent. You can get "online purchase/one time use" credit card numbers. Some banks do them and there are also services that do it where you enter your real credit card number and it then issues you a one time use number to go buy something online.

I am not surprised to hear this is happening. I had wondered if anyone was doing it but didn't take the time to look because I despise the 180 day ADR system anyway.

There are a couple of ways to fix this problem. One would be to require someone to already have a resort reservation or tickets linked to an MDE account you have to log into and then monitor those accounts for frequent dining reservations and cancellations or put limits on them. The other way and probably the best way to fix this is to put random release timing on dining reservations where when one is cancelled, it may be available in 2 minutes but then again it may be 20 hours 17 minutes and 42 seconds. That way this company can't reliably know when their cancelled reservation would be available for their "customer" to purchase and their system would fail.

Watch Disney start to charge you, say $20.00 at the time you make your ADR. That charge will then be a credit towards your reserved meal.

I know a lot of former WDW travelers that will not go. They have found other places to spend their money. Planning vacation dining and ride schedule so far ahead has turned the vacation planning into too much work.

And as much as I would like a BOG dining for December, I will not pay someone else to get one for me.:(. Not fair they can scoop up these dining openings and profit from them.:down::down: