I have a couple of searches running right now on the TP res finder. And every now and then I log in to see when they were last checked.
Before, like, I don’t know when, but earlier than present day, it seemed when I would check on my searches it had been a while since they were checked.
But now? I swear they are checking hourly if not more. I mean right now the searches show checked times of 3:53pm and 4:08pm. It’s FANTASTIC! I have always loved ResFinder but seeing this huge uptick in the frequency of searching just reassures me more that what I’m looking for will be found eventually.
Anyone else notice this? Anyone know when it changed in this way to be more frequent?
I haven’t observed this but I did notice that it was checking very infrequently for my trip past this summer. I remember in the “before times” that it would check more frequently like what you are observing now.
It must be a fairly recent change bc it was definitely few and far between in October. Maybe not as many people are using it anymore since they had poor results.
For what it’s worth, I recently got back from a trip that was planned with only about 40-days advance notice (and so could not benefit from leading reservations, for example).
I used all three reservation finders: TP’s Res Finder (free/2 searches), Mouse Dining (free/6 searches) and Mousekepros (paid/50 searches).
Had pretty good success with Mousekepros. Had no problems getting what we wanted: Topolino’s, Hollywood Brown Derby, Oga’s, Sanaa, Candlelight Processional, etc.
I was wondering of something changed. TP and Moise Dining were finding my ressie at the exact same time, which makes me feel like they are somehow now able to scrape the data from Disney instead of looking it up by hand.
Yup. It is supposed to open sometime in January according to rumor. I don’t want to miss the news. But, I figure it is an easy No, Not Available for anyone checking because they’d be in the know.
You mean the physical restaurant sign? That is disappointing. Our trip is first two weeks of Feb, so the finder is for somewhere in there. But if the sign is gone that sort of quashes the opening rumor. Oh well, I’ll tell myself what I’ve told myself many times before when eagerly anticipated Disney dining either doesn’t open or opens as too much less. “At least I’ll save some money.”
Reservation Finder came through for me yesterday with a Topolino’s breakfast I’ve been wanting for next week! When I logged in to check a few times, it definitely looked like the searches were very frequent.
I had picked that for our first day (and rest day) because it had a bunch of characters that we have to meet and they serve steak. Daughter has loved steak since our last USF trip. Those were really the only reasons. But, since then I’ve heard so many good things about it, I’ve gotten more and more excited. In fact, I think I am going to need to set expectations and tell the family “This will probably be our best meal at Disney.” Otherwise they might be disappointed in everything else.