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Can somebody help me with my CP package/ADR question? Thanks! :)
So......if my ADR date is before the CP packages get released/go on sale...
What do I do? Make all ADR's as planned and then when they release the CP packages, book one, then cancel my original ADR?
Does anyone know what the CP package ADR time is for the latest showing of the CP?
Thanks!
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There's no reason to make an ADR for a place that you want to do the CP package at since you can't convert a regular ADR to a CP package. I think the latest time you'd get an ADR for with the CP package is 2:15 hours before the show starts. Since I think the last show is at 8:30, that would mean 6:15 would be the latest time you could get.
Yes I would make your ADR and then see what happens with the Candlelight show. You can always cancel and rebook the package if you want or you can just keep your dining and then take your chance on the seating for the show.
FWIW - we were going to book a Candlelight package last year, but seriously had a hard time with the price - we were paying OOP so we ended up eating wherever and going to the show without the priority seating. We didn't even wait in line and we had perfectly fine seats. Not to say that is always a guarantee, but I was happy that we didn't spend the $200 on the package and we completely enjoyed the show.
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There's no reason to make an ADR for a place that you want to do the CP package at since you can't convert a regular ADR to a CP package. I think the latest time you'd get an ADR for with the CP package is 2:15 hours before the show starts. Since I think the last show is at 8:30, that would mean 6:15 would be the latest time you could get.
Well, the thing is, if I don't book the ADR on my day...then if I can't get the CP package for that day either, then we miss out on one of our dinners....I thought I had read the time for dining for the late CP show was like 5:45 (which is early for us for dinner, that's why I was asking), will have to plan early lunch/breakfast etc...LOL
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Yes I would make your ADR and then see what happens with the Candlelight show. You can always cancel and rebook the package if you want or you can just keep your dining and then take your chance on the seating for the show.
FWIW - we were going to book a Candlelight package last year, but seriously had a hard time with the price - we were paying OOP so we ended up eating wherever and going to the show without the priority seating. We didn't even wait in line and we had perfectly fine seats. Not to say that is always a guarantee, but I was happy that we didn't spend the $200 on the package and we completely enjoyed the show.
This is what I was thinking, it's good to know you could still get seats without waiting on line, but I don't know if I want to take the chance. As of now, we're not doing the meal plan, and we're just getting the TIW card, which you cant use for the CP package, but if end up doing deluxe dining, we'll just use that.
Another question....is the CP package prepaid? Or how does it work? Can somebody let me know? Thanks!
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Well, the thing is, if I don't book the ADR on my day...then if I can't get the CP package for that day either, then we miss out on one of our dinners....I thought I had read the time for dining for the late CP show was like 5:45 (which is early for us for dinner, that's why I was asking), will have to plan early lunch/breakfast etc...LOL
It looks like you were posting at the same time I was making my second post. Some people want to make an ADR before the CP packages are released, thinking that this will "hold" a CP spot for them, but it doesn't work like this, which is why I responded the way I did in my first post. Since it sounds like you want to have an ADR for that day whether it's the package or not, then definitely, make the ADR.
Being able to get a seat without doing the package is really going to depend on the narrator. Neil Patrick Harris is usually one of the narrators, and he is probably the most popular one, so I definitely wouldn't try to see him without the package. If you want to eat at a particular restaurant whether you do it as the CP package or not, then sure, book the ADR, and then when the CP packages are released, book the CP package and cancel the ADR. But I still say that if you know you want to do the package, there's no reason to book an ADR first.
No, the CP package is not prepaid. You pay for it at the restaurant and when they bring your bill, they bring your tickets for CP.
We went for the first time last year and I was not sure whether we should spend the money on the package but I'm so glad we did. Whoopi Goldberg was our narrator and she is another very popular one. We ended up having lunch at Biergarten which was the one of the lowest price options. The CP show started at 5:00, but we got in the line (for those with tickets) before 4:00 and were still quite a ways back. The stand by line was outrageously long! They start letting you in about 1/2 hour before the show starts. First all those with tickets, then they fill in with those in the stand-by line.
That's exactly what we did last year - made an ADR for the day we wanted, then when the Candlelight Processional packages went on sale, we got one of those and cancelled the ADR.
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Some people want to make an ADR before the CP packages are released, thinking that this will "hold" a CP spot for them, but it doesn't work like this, which is why I responded the way I did in my first post. Since it sounds like you want to have an ADR for that day whether it's the package or not, then definitely, make the ADR.
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