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Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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Hi guys, I just reached my 75 day mark. I stayed up until midnight to be able to get those beloved Palo Brunch Ressies. However, after midnight the website would not let me access my activities. There was a red box that said I was not paid in full and that I needed to make a payment or contact my travel agent. First, I am paid in full and second, I did not use a travel agent. I sat there refreshing the page and signing in and out for almost an hour with no success, so I emailed Disney about the problem. Now this morning it is working correctly....But guess what NO brunch reservations are available!!!!! I am furious! This happen to anyone else?
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Unfortunately, that's a rather common occurrence. As everyone on those same timetables is also logging in, the system doesn't handle it well and you get error messages or even can't get into the system. Refreshing doesn't always work either as it's better to log out and log back in again. Even without system problems, brunch is hard to get at 75-days out.
I'm sorry that you're frustrated but know that they do keep a number of reservations available to book on board. Best advice is to get in line PRONTO where they are taking Palo reservations. Brunch is by far the hardest to get as there are even fewer tables than at dinner as it's only held on sea days. Ask to be put on a wait list and keep checking back at Palo if you can't get a reservation right away. Good luck!
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Yes, I am a Disney Addict... and I'd rather be cruising!.
I had the same thing happen to me when I tried to book online for my recent cruise. It is VERY frustrating! The good news is that once I got on baord I was able to get everything I wanted. As Lynn said - go to the Palo line as soon as you board the ship and then stop by Palo in person if you still can't get a reservaion. Persistance pays off!
The same thing happened to me on our last cruise. This is disappointing but don't give up hope! Just make sure to be inline for Palo reservations at least 15 minutes before they start. (Don't just show up at 1:00! )
OMG the same thing happened to me just 2 days ago!!!! We are on the DVC member cruise, so I know it's paid in full!! Here I was at midnight, and couldn't make my ressies. I finally got on at about 12:15, and I got the exact same thing...no Palo brunch ressies left! I emailed Disney twice and my answer was to check when I got onboard. I am actually going to bring a copy of the email with me when I get on board.
I hope you get what you want when you get on board!
Good luck with getting those ressies. I tried from 5am last week (that was our midnight LOL) and it kept telling me reservations weren`t available to me. I tried later in the afternoon and got everything we wanted.
I also had trouble a couple of days ago. I am actually kind of relieved to see it wasn't just me. I got up at midnight and I couldn't even get the website to respond without an error message until 4am. I guess my tenacity (certainly wouldn't want to call it patience) payed off and I finally was able to get Palo dinner and brunch ressies. I had to work off of two hours of sleep the next day but small price to pay. I sure hope you get what you want when you get on board! Good luck!
Thanks again for everyone's response. Disney did email me and thanked me for letting them know about this problem. Hopefully, they will get their tech people on it to help with the midnight overloads!
Another potential problem that could happen when you have booked through a travel agent. I booked through mine and paid off my balance a few days before my travel agent required payment (10 days before the Disney cutoff). I figured this was plenty of time for Disney to get my money and lo an behold, when I logged in at 75 days, it said the same thing. I'm sure it depends on the travel agent but they mail the payment to DCL and then it has to be processed. if mail gets held up then you could be out of luck. You paid your TA on time so you won;t lose your room, but could be delayed in booking extras. Luckily my TA fixed everything and I got everything I requested.
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass;
it's about learning to dance in the rain.
THis somewhat happened to me when booking the cruise to begin with. I tried for a couple days to get a reservation through and ended up calling the number and talking with someone while on the site with the payment information. Very nice and helpful then. I called a few months ago to check on things and ask about a credit that I was supposed to get for booking online and was told that I booked it all through them and could not get the credit. First person very nice, but could not give me the credit, told me that she would transfer me to the supervisor who should take care of this. Not only was she not helpful, she was short and told me to cancel the reservation and rebook the entire cruise at an additional $600 ( I booked over a year ago), I somewhat politely told her she was crazy and thanks for not helping me. I sent an email to some sustomer service that received no response. Anybody got any idea what to do, or just eat the credit and not worry about it. THis was the first non helpful WDW or DCL person I have dealt with, but relly left a bad taste in my mouth just from the circumstances being their fault. I know the creidt will not amount to much, but $50 is $50 and they are getting it spent on the boat and alot more, so it is not like they are just giving me money to blow somewhere else.
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The good news is that once I got on baord I was able to get everything I wanted. 
As Lynn said - go to the Palo line as soon as you board the ship and then stop by Palo in person if you still can't get a reservaion. Persistance pays off! 
This is disappointing but don't give up hope! Just make sure to be inline for Palo reservations at least 15 minutes before they start. (Don't just show up at 1:00! 
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