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Dining reservations (ADRs) arriving with one less person
Will they actually charge you the $10 for a person if you arrive with one less person?
We made our ADRs at our 180 mark to get the restaurants we want and now my dad will have to fly in a day later than he originally had planned. So one reservation we had him on he will not make. The travel agent when she sent me my confirmation #'s along with the spiel from Disney, Disney states that for anyone in the party that does not show there will per a $10 per person fee. I know it is only $10, but I have seen a lot of people on the boards giving advice to people about making ADRs for more than the amount if you think someone is going to come with you instead of showing up with them and trying to add them and if they don't come no worries, so I am wondering if this $10 charge is a big deal or not.
That is what I was thinking. I can understand the policy if no one shows, but if you are missing someone I didn't understand the big deal. They are still going to have to sit us at an eight top anyway. It just kind of took my by surprise when I read that in the email for my travel agent.
I made an ADR for my brother and his friends for their Senior Trip last year as a birthday present. One of his friends backed out last minute and they had no problem with their being one less person when they showed up. I think it's more to cover if no one shows up. I made and ADR for our upcoming trip this summer for the 7 of us but my husband and I may bail if our son is looking like he's too tired for the lunch. It's not a huge deal! Enjoy and don't stress!
If you know he's not going to make it, why don't you have the travel agent call and modify the ADR? It shouldn't be any problem taking someone off of the reservation, and you won't have to worry about it.
I am just worried we will have to cancel the whole reservation and reschedule and it is for Via Napoli and I am not sure how hard it is to get a reservation there.
I am just worried we will have to cancel the whole reservation and reschedule and it is for Via Napoli and I am not sure how hard it is to get a reservation there.
That could happen so I would leave it as is unless you look online and see you can definitely rebook for 1 less person. Several years ago, we had one person have to cancel the whole vacation due to an emergency within a week of our trip. I called Disney Dining to adjust all my ADR's accordingly, thinking I was doing the right thing. It was so stressful because they did make me cancel all my ADR's and rebook (this was long before cancellation fees were charged). I tried saying forget it, just leave the ADR's with the original number of people and the CM refused to do that. I was able to get everything back in a range of similar times but I literally felt sick during the long phone call after all the planning I had done getting everything the way we wanted it.
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I looked a little a bit ago and nothing is available for the evening we want to eat there. Since this $10 fee is new is why I am worried about it. I think I will just check with my TA and see what she thinks. I may just take the chance and if we have to pay the stupid $10 we'll pay it. I understand the fee for complete no shows, but if someone shows then I think there should be a little leniency and maybe there is/will be.
I would leave the reservtion as is, as you may not be able to get a spot at all. Showing up with one less person is still honoring the reservation so you won't be charged the $10 for the person not there. We have been in the situation where our travelling companions decided not to come to dinner. We still went so the reservation was used and we just tole them at the podium that there were only 2 of us instead of 4. There was no problem. You only get dinged if everyone's a complete no show and you fail to cancel. The restaurant's are fine with less people.
Hakuna Matata. For some reason it is policy to only accept reservations for party of 2 or more at Trail's End which requires a cc guarantee. I am travelling solo and called the directly asking about why I cannot make a reservation for 1 but there is availability to reserve for 2. I was told by several cm's that I was transferred to that the $10 fee is just to ensure that someone shows up and to not worry, there will be no extra charges for a party member not joining you.
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there will be no extra charges for a party member not joining you.
That's the way I'm understanding the policy as well. If no one shows up, that's a table that could have been filled by someone else. If you show up but with less people, you're still there for your ADR and using the table so all Disney is "losing" is the revenue from one or two people out of a party, not the entire party/table.
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