On-Line ADR is coming!

SWHorn · Post by **SWHorn** » Jul Fri 18, 2008 5:26 pm

meticulus9 wrote:im glad they are getting rid of 6 months and will use 3. who knows where they are eating that far in advance

Yeah, but the article says that once they get the new system in place, they will return to the regular 6 month window.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Jul Fri 18, 2008 7:44 pm

The biggest fear I have is people gaming the system.

Making reservations and then making ADRs and trying to e-bay them. Since I can "cancel" them 48 hours before arrival that is a resource that Disney is "giving" me at very little risk to me.

So no one can get ADRs unless you pay a scalper err middleman

johno

ghostelias · Post by **ghostelias** » Jul Sat 19, 2008 12:34 pm

Good idea but i think it will make it even harder to ADR's if they go online and become easily accessible to everyone.

briar_rose_59 · Post by **briar_rose_59** » Jul Sat 19, 2008 4:43 pm

rdeacon wrote:This will be a nice plus for web centric folks.

That and international guests. Heck, my building doesn't even have long distance calling, I need to buy a phone card if I want to make a long distance call.

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Jul Sat 26, 2008 3:12 am

SWHorn wrote:This is really cool. How convenient it will be. I wonder how it will change ADRs, though. I mean, I can imagine with the ease of being able to make the reservations online yourself, coupled with the fact that it doesn't cost anything, that people would be willing to make much more of them, thus filling up the ADRs even more.

I'm personally hoping the online system will only let you make one ADR for one time period (like, you can't have 2 within 3 hours of each other, or something). Take that, double bookers.

I think this is a neat idea, but it just sounds like it's going to be utter chaos. I find it difficult to believe that they're going to have a server that can take hits from the number of people who are likely to use it without it exploding all the time (versus controlling the number of people booking at once by using agents). Should be interesting to see, anyway.

epcotgirl · Post by **epcotgirl** » Jul Sun 27, 2008 3:52 am

I think that if this is done right, it could be an absolute dream... ie, if they prevent double booking, etc.

But if they don't put those kind of things in place, it could be a complete nightmare. I'm really hoping that they've thought it through and are going to put systems in place to prevent abuse of the system.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Jul Sun 27, 2008 4:54 pm

Yea I'm really afraid of how it's going to effect ADRs.

DisBeamer, server hits shouldn't be an issue (even a commodity PC today could deal with it.) Assuming they make you put in a valid resort reservation. Because if they don't make you do that, then there really isn't any reason not to write a robot that goes and books every seat at Cindy's every day, and post them to e-bay.

johno

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Jul Sun 27, 2008 7:55 pm

Hopefully they'll anticipate the capacity they'll need accurately, then. Good point about botting the reservations, though. You don't need a resort reservation to make an ADR (otherwise locals wouldn't be able to make them, right?). I wonder if that'll be a restriction they impose and thereby lock out certain people from making them - peopele staying offsite included, I guess.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Jul Sun 27, 2008 7:59 pm

You need a reservation code to make them 180+10 days. I don't remember how many days ahead locals can (I want to say 30 days.) Quickgold do you know?

johno

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Jul Sun 27, 2008 8:56 pm

Given the way people start calling early in the morning on certain days, this could easily turn into a situation like eBay, where a casual user can never, ever get an object in high demand. I forget what they call the bots that wait until just seconds before a deal closes ("stingers" or something), but it makes the entire system unusable unless you want to take it up as a second career.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Jul Sun 27, 2008 8:59 pm

Captain Schnemo, it's called 'sniping' on ebay, and there are sites that do it for you now. In MMORPGs it's called 'farming'.

johno

cordray2643 · Post by **cordray2643** » Jul Thu 31, 2008 7:25 pm

meticulus9 wrote:im glad they are getting rid of 6 months and will use 3. who knows where they are eating that far in advance

me.

sherabby · Post by **sherabby** » Aug Tue 19, 2008 9:25 am

I also like the 3 months in advance. 180 days seems like so long and then I read on other boards about how many people that change their ADR's many times. I'm not sure if I would use an online system though. I like talking to the CM's and they often tell stories of their experiences.

jmcgahey · Post by **jmcgahey** » Aug Sun 24, 2008 1:31 pm

This seems like a great idea to me. I would much rather be able to reserve and cancel what ever time I choose!!

I can't wait.

sherabby · Post by **sherabby** » Sep Wed 24, 2008 11:30 am

I read on the DIS boards that they are still keeping the 180 day reservation system. I really wish they would change it to 90 days. I read on other boards about how many people keep changing their reservations. If it were closer they probably would be less inclined to make those changes.