I’ve never tried this, but wondering if anyone has as the idea just came to me.
Dining Reservations open 60 days prior to the first day of your stay and you can book for your entire trip. I’ll use this example below.
We have a trip coming up for MNSSHP starting Sept 27-Oct 2. Our 60 day window for dining reservations opens on July 29.
If I were to add let’s say a week on to the front end of our reservation to start Sept 20 instead of Sept 27, our reservation window would open July 22. I can then book reservations for my intended window of stay and then modify my reservation without penalty until 30 days prior.
This would be subject to availability but has anyone ever tried this and does it work? Maybe I’m missing a detail but my understanding is your 60 day window allows you to book for your entire stay which could unlock some really good times on tough to find reservations.
OP please don’t. It’s not even necessarily anymore for 90% of dining venues. It just ties up a room that someone else can’t book, and it’s cheating/line cutting others who respect the 60day start.
I don’t know how reservations will be for your time frame. Ours last month were easy - which were made back in March, if memory serves. I got everything I wanted, even plenty of times available for Storybook Dining.
I’ve been seeing others comment similarly, recently.
I will second @ryan1 's comment that leading reservations aren’t considered ethical.
The booking window does open. Also, cancelation of an ADR is penalty free as late as 2 hours before the ADR, day of. Which may or may not have helped with initial ADR availability.
I have found that ADRs are really easy to get these days even for harder reservations. I don’t know if it is the 2 hour cancelation window or increased costs of being at Disney these days, but there is definitely a difference.
As far as the ethics go, mileage varies depending on who you ask. So thought I would share another thread on the topic (I know its long) Leading Reservations for dining?
I’m staying off site for my upcoming tip and therefore had to book each day right at the 60 day mark. We are a party of 6, so reservations tens t be a little harder - that said, we got EVERYTHING we were looking for with no issue. Including CRT, Toppolino breakfast, Space 220.
It isn’t like it was years ago. So much easier now.
We also went over March Break a couple of yers ago - it was a last minute trip…booked maybe 2-3 weeks before we left we were STILL able to get EVERYTHING. Toppolino, Storybook, CRT - prepark open, Hoop de do. (For these we did have to spend some time looking as people cancelled things, but it was all fine in the end.