With our last large group trip (9Adults) we booked all separate 4/5 or 6/3 reservations. Then about 1 hour before our ADR time, if we were in the area, we asked if they could try to have us placed close together. Often they were able to combine us to sit together (at Skipper Canteen they did, and it was super fun), and sometimes we were near each other (50s Prime Time- we even had our own little “room” but we were in two tables), but we were always able to be seated together at the same time, even if our tables weren’t pushed together 100%.
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Thank you!!!
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Thanks for your help!
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Just to make sure it is clear. Assuming that have to make two ADR’s for the same time. They don’t need their own leading reservation. But when you make the first ADR change the lead guest to be one of them. Then you can make the second ADR with you as the lead guest. If you were to do the reverse, you couldn’t use your leading reservation for the second ADR because it would see that you already had an ADR during that time period.
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If you add another member of your party as a guest on your leading reservation, you can make ADRs on both your accounts (assuming you have access to their account). I found that easiest so I didn’t have to transfer them around.
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I am in a similar situation for our June trip. We have a group of 14 so I will be splitting us into two groups. So as long as we are all linked I dont need to make leading reservation/ADRs on my sons MDE? I can do them both on mine as long as I have him added as a guest on the leading reservation? Just want to make sure I understand
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No, you will need to use his MDE to book the second set of ADRs, but you won’t need to do a separate leading reservation for his account as long as he’s a guest on the leading reservation you have booked.
Recap:
- One leading reservation
- Each person that’s a guest on that leading reservation can book ADRs at 60+10
- One MDE cannot hold multiple ADRs for the same time
- Easiest thing to do is have multiple devices open at the same time, each logged into a different MDE so you can book them all at the same time
Depending on where you are getting ADRs, for party of 14 you may need 3 MDEs because a few places have max party size of 6, I think.
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We have gone with a group of 9 with no issues. I was planning on splitting 6/8. Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense to me now
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How can I make this work? We rented DVC points for two rooms for our June 2-9th trip, one on my MDE and one on my sons MDE. We decided to arrive a day early and have rooms at SoG for one night. With the new 25% off discount I am considering booking rooms at POR for June 1st instead. If we decide to do this is there any way to book a leading reservation? Could I leave someone from my account and my sons off the POR reservation to use for the leading reservation and then add them to the POR reservation after I cancel the leading reservation? I hope that makes sense 
You can have multiple room reservations booked at the same time for the same or overlapping dates. Just book the leading reservation on your MDE to cover all the dates you want to book ADRs. Handy calculator:
On rare occasion, if you have to call Disney for some reason, a CM might ask if you are aware you are holding multiple reservations. “I’m still finalizing my plans” is a sufficient answer. They really don’t seem to have an issue with it, more just making sure you are aware.
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Even under the same name? I guess I always thought that it only allowed one per name and that MDE didn’t recognize the DVC rentals which allowed you to book or w DVC and one w MDE. I must have misunderstood that part of it
Yep.
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You are right, for a while it was working that way. The system hasn’t blocked two reservations for a long time.
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It shouldn’t be a problem to have more than one reservation. For my trip in 28 days, I had 3 reservations in my MDE account for around the same time, with varying length of stays. A couple of the stays overlapped on some days. It was like that until we were about 45 days out. DH couldn’t commit because of work.
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Currently booked at CBR 3/13-3/18, and have decided to stay ASM the day we drive down on 3/12. Can I book ASM as a leading reservation to book ADRs early and then reduce to it to the one day we need once I’m within 60 days of the last ADR, or would I need to have three separate reservations (CBR, ASM one night, and a leading reservation)? TIA
We are going to be going on our second (likely last) trip 2/10/24-2/21/24. We will stay at Shades of Green and buy military tickets. I’m going to make reservations next month because SOG starts booking a year out and fills. I will have to pay in full for our tickets when I buy them through SOG or the military base. A bonus I will receive 3 months before the trip will pay for the rooms and tickets.
I’m thinking I could book a package for 1/31/24-2/21/24 with the 10 day park tickets, allowing me to gain the 10 day ADR window and book park reservations well in advance.
SOG doesn’t automatically link to MDE and neither do military tickets. I was thinking once we are less than 60 days out from the real SOG reservation, I’d link SOG and military tickets and cancel the package.
Any reason that would backfire? ADRs and park reservations should stay (as long as I link other tickets at that time), right?
Thank you for any advice!
You can book room only. You don’t need to book a package.
Thank you. Won’t I need tickets to make park reservations? Concerned if tickets bought less than 3 months out, parks will be sold out on President’s week.
It is entirely possible that park reservations will not exist in 2024.
If you look at the current park calendar, there is still plenty of availability in January and for Presidents Weekend.
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You don’t need park tickets to make dining reservations.
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