Disney World Dining - How to Prepare Before You Book

Oct 15
08:30

2009

Scarlet Murdock

Scarlet Murdock

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Dining at Disney World can be a wonderful experience. There are tons of dining locations to choose from throughout the parks and resorts. In order to make the most of your experience you need to be prepared. Here are a few tips on how to get the most out of the booking process.

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If you've booked dining reservations before with Disney,Disney World Dining - How to Prepare Before You Book Articles you may or may not have had trouble during the booking process. Either you didn't get the reservation you were looking for and you were stumped on what to do next, you misplaced your list of restaurants you wanted, you didn't know you had to pre-pay for a certain restaurant, or you were new to the whole thing and you just didn't know where to begin. That's why it's better to be prepared when booking your reservations. Let's go through some things you should do.

1) Do your homework - It's a good idea to know what types of restaurants you are looking to dine at. Many guests will call the dining line and tell the agent that they have no clue what they are looking for. How is the agent supposed to know what you're looking for if even you have no idea? You don't want to sit on the phone for hours asking the dining agent what he or she thinks is a good restaurant. Doing research of your own is a far better way to get the results you're looking for rather than asking someone else. Besides, no one else knows your family's diet better than you right? Disney World's website has tons of information on every restaurant. They provide pictures of what the restaurants look like, and they also let you know what the restaurant serves. You can even find out what type of person the restaurant is suitable for. If you don't have access to the Internet, call them up and ask them to send you some brochures. They'll be more than happy to accommodate you.

2) Stay Organized - Being organized is a very important factor when booking your Disney World reservations. Get a small notebook of some sort where you can enter in all of your dining information and nothing else. You don't want things getting mixed up and confusing you. Be sure to write down the time, date, and location of each restaurant. At the end of every booking, the agent will give you a confirmation number, be sure to write that down as well, no matter how busy you are. You'll be surprised at how many guests have had their reservations either mixed up or canceled without their knowing so. For every reservation you make, be sure to put them under the same name and phone number at all times. Otherwise, if you call to change something on your reservation, you have to remember whose name or phone number it was put under. Be sure to write down any Disney transportation you may need to take and how long it will take you to get to your destination. Also, it may be a good idea to get the name of the agent as well. Doing these things will make sure that you're completely organized for the booking process.

3) Listen, Write, Repeat - This may just be the most important step of them all. Before the booking process is complete, make sure you listen closely to the agent. Any advisories they give you are important, so be sure to write them down. Speaking of writing down important information, make sure you write down your reservation information along with the confirmation number. All of this info you can jot down in your notebook. Be sure to repeat everything back to the agent to make sure they got everything correct. Spell out your name for them if you need to. It can be quite difficult for an agent to recover your reservation with a misspelled name. Repeat back your address if need be and any total amount that you are being charged. This will help prevent any mistakes from being made.

Following these three guidelines will assure that you are properly prepared before you book your Disney dining reservations.