ADRs only bookable through first resort stay despite continuous Disney hotel bookings – advice?

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Hi all,

I’m running into an issue with ADRs and hoping someone here has navigated something similar.

We’re traveling to Disney World this August and have a continuous stay from August 7 to August 23, all at Disney-owned resort hotels. However, instead of one long reservation, our trip is split into four consecutive 4-night bookingsat different resorts.

All reservations are back-to-back, no gaps, and all made directly through Disney. Today (June 8), at 6:00 AM Eastern Time (60 days out), I tried to make our dining reservations. But the system only lets me book ADRs through August 11 – the end of our first reservation.

As a Disney Resort Guest, I expected to be able to make dining reservations for the entire trip (up to 10 days) starting from our first check-in day. It seems the system isn’t recognizing the consecutive resort stays as one continuous stay.

Has anyone dealt with this before?

Did you manage to get it fixed – maybe by calling, linking the reservations manually, or requesting help through the My Disney Experience app?

Would love to hear your tips or success stories. Thanks so much in advance!

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This is how I understand it to work. The workaround would be a “fake” reservation for the entire trip length which you can then cancel once you’ve reached 60 days out from your last booking.

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I agree with @gingerSnaps543222 . Although LLs can be booked across split stays, dining and “extra” reservations are made separately for each resort stay.

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Ugh sorry. Like others said, this is “normal” functionality which is dumb but doesn’t help you!

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Thanks so much for the quick replies and info, everyone!

It’s definitely frustrating, but I appreciate the confirmation that this is “normal” behavior (even if it doesn’t feel very guest-friendly). I’m relieved to hear that Lightning Lanes should work across the split stays — that’s honestly more important to us than the ADRs.

Thanks again!

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To expand on this based on excellent work by @Jeff_AZ . See The Lightning Lane Thread! All WDW Info Here

  • For on-site guests, LLs can begin to be purchase at +7 days
  • Based on emperical testing, the purchase window will span multiple contiguous split stays for up to 14 days (not the full 16 days of your stay)
  • Multiple LL related items for a given day can be purchased / booked the within the same transaction. Each day is handled in a separate transaction.
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