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The way they do it is truly the only way to do it. The only truly equitable way to do it is to put it all out there, 180 days out, and give people the option of booking it then, without knowing who narrators will be. I wouldn't have a huge issue with that. But, others want to know who the narrator is going to be. But, if narrators didn't matter all that much, then they could open it all up sooner than they do now. It would take a ton of strain off the system when the narrators do come out.
And even now...I'll wager we see a huge outcry if a narrator has to cancel. I can just hear it now...'Are you kidding me???? I spent 2 hrs on hold or getting a busy signal..just so I could hear Whoopi and now she's not going to even be there that night???? I want to be compensated in some way!!!!!'
Yes, I am going on a Whoopi night, which is why I used that as an example. I have had good narration as well as really awful narration. But, it's the music I go for. Good narration just adds to the night.
But, really, there isn't much Disney can do if they insist on waiting until the narrator list is pretty firmed up. And that usually happens about 90 days out...which is pretty much where we are now. Maybe they should have made it that you could only book CP pkg 90 days from the night you wanted it..that would have made things easier. Those going later in the run would have had to wait a few days.
As I posted yesterday morning at 7:11 am I was one of the fortunate handful that got right through on their first attempt without any busy signals or minutes of Disney music. Thank You, Lord! I got my first choice for an early dinner at Le Cellier for the 6:45 show on Dec. 13th (Steven Curtis Chapman scheduled to be the narrator.) Since we'll be on the DxDP the exact cost of this year's options did not matter one bit to us. I've read posts here on this thread where DISers have kindly given all of that information. But if Disney has published this information anywhere on their website I have not yet been able to find it. Has anyone found an official site with this printed information?
I have to say I was amazed that the phone lines were so overwhelmed! I mean, I would have understood being on hold for a long time, but to not even be able to get through???? I of course didn't have access to DIS at the time, so I thought there might actually be something wrong with the system. In the end I called 407 WDISNEY and transferred over to dining from there!
Sorry if this has already been posted--this is a long thread! Where is the CP located as far as the show and where is the location for the preferred seating for Illuminations? TY!
I'm not surprised they were overwhelmed. There is only so much capacity the lines can handle and I doubt there is any way Disney can increase said capacity for a single day's worth of insanity. It also does not help when you have people calling on multiple lines to try and get through. 99% of the time, there is no issue on getting through with a single call... it's only limited situations like this where you get a perfect storm.
The show is at the American Gardens Theatre, which is across from The American Adventure attraction (pretty sure). There has been discussion on the location of the preferred seating this year. One CM said it would depend on when and where you ate. Disney has not released anything definite that anyone has found. Last year it was on the opposite end of World Showcase from the show, near the entrance from the Future area.
So Tier 1 guests who paid more, would get better seating? That makes sense, unless you're just using your 2 TS credits like everyone else.
To clarify, I was answering the question without thinking about terminology. The preferred seating I was talking about was the viewing area for Illuminations, which isn't really seating at all. Somewhere in this thread, someone said a CM told them that the viewing areas would be based on when and where people ate. I'm not too confident that the CM was correct. I'd expect the Illuminations area will be in the same place it was last year, but we'll see once people start going this year.
There are a couple of spots around the lake that are roped off...that would be really nice for some however I can't recall that they were that large. That stated, I too suspect there will not be a change from last year's viewing location.