Dining Cancellation policy change?!?

Walt Disney World Dining
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The change hasn’t been confirmed by Disney, but apparently reports are that Disney isn’t requiring 24 hour notice for cancellations or else you are charged…according to this: Surprise Changes to Disney's Dining Cancellation Policy - Disney Dining

The article points out it might just be a glitch. But if it isn’t, I can sort of see the advantage this offers Disney, because if people can cancel much more last minute, it will allow more people to get last minute/walk-up reservations.

The down side, if true, is that those who wait until the day before to look for an ADR for the next day might now have a harder time because there won’t be a mass drop of ADRs the night before.

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I don’t think Disney has ever stated that ADRs that can be cancelled in the app do not automatically have a $10 per person charge. I might be overly suspicious but I would not be surprised if the charge does show up.

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Thanks for flagging! Apparently, this applies to cancellations made in MDE. But the official dining cancellation policy has not been changed (yet). It also doesn’t apply to prepaid dining.

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I’m chat it really seems like it’s a glitch because it’s gone. This was yesterday. This is actually worse because of the adr horders.

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Yesterday the ability to make/modify/cancel ADRs was down for maintenance, and I needed to modify one. A CM was able to do it manually for me.

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Are you sure this wasn’t just for a short period after the Hurricane? We were there during the hurricane when the parks closed for two days and the cancelation policy was change for a short time period

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Of course the charge will show up. Just another way for Disney to make more money. :heavy_dollar_sign: