Festival of Fantasy Dining Package?

[scottishgirl1]

That is really strange ! I just checked mine again as I was hoping for July 3rd but nothing is available. If they have skipped out a few months looks kind of like a refurb

[moosha]

Originally Posted by Frange

I just booked this package for 12.50pm on Sunday 16th July. But I couldn't get anything for July before that date.

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Originally Posted by scottishgirl1

That is really strange ! I just checked mine again as I was hoping for July 3rd but nothing is available. If they have skipped out a few months looks kind of like a refurb

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. That does sound like a refurb then. I would have expected them to offer the package at another restaurant in the meantime as I would have expected Disney to maximise the opportunity for these up-sell events. Very strange indeed.

[Frange]

I was hoping for 3rd July also but nothing available for July at all until this one came up today. I just took it while it was available and will rearrange my schedule around it a bit. Will keep checking for 3rd July though.

[scottishgirl1]

Thats a good idea. Out last day is the 8th of July though!

[Floridatilly]

I have just booked this for the 17th, I wanted earlier in July really too. I will keep an eye out for any other dates earlier coming out

[moosha]

I was wondering if it is just completely booked so I checked a random March date which had availability for four of us on the FoF dining package, and then the next random date I could book was mid July.

As I said yesterday, it sounds completely un-Disney that they would have three months where people cannot book an up-sell dining package for that parade. I would have expected them to move it to another MK restaurant if Tony's is closing for a few months for a refurb.

I had a look around some US forums this morning to see if anyone had any answers there and someone said they can't get an ADR (non-FoF dining) for April either. So it seems it is not just the package and applies to all reservations. Definitely suggests refurb or someone said maybe it's going walk-up only like The Plaza, but that doesn't explain being able to book in July.

Someone on that forum called Disney Dining last month and the CM knew nothing about it and was as surprised as the caller that there was no availability.

I've got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about this now as I hadn't realised until yesterday that you can't book FP for FoF anymore. We're really not fans of staking out a spot for the parade half an hour in advance with all the pushing in and stuff, we've much preferred using the FPs in the past as it's much more civilised . Not massively excited about the idea of eating at Tony's (had a rough meal there on our honeymoon in 2001 and haven't been back since) but would definitely suck it up for the parade package.

I'm going to keep checking availability every day and will update if I have any success and would appreciate it if anyone else with any luck does the same. Or if anyone finds out anything definitive about the restaurant or the package during those few months, please let us know .

[scottishgirl1]

It really is frustrating. I keep checking all the time as well. There is a similar situation for Hollywood and Vine l and I have ended up booking Fantasmic for July at Hollywood Brown Derby just in case it either never appears at Hollywood and Vine or I miss it being released!

I also check on here most days in case anyone has any info

[moosha]

Originally Posted by scottishgirl1

It really is frustrating. I keep checking all the time as well. There is a similar situation for Hollywood and Vine l and I have ended up booking Fantasmic for July at Hollywood Brown Derby just in case it either never appears at Hollywood and Vine or I miss it being released!

I also check on here most days in case anyone has any info

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Comforting to know I'm at least not the only one . Keeping fingers crossed it sorts itself out and we both get our bookings. I didn't realise Hollywood and Vine was a similar situation, how frustrating for you. Hope that all works out too .

[scottishgirl1]

Just booked this for 3rd July, guessing most dates are released now!

[timnlaura]

Me too! Yay !