Hello there, Robert. Welcome to
planDisney. I'm so glad you've stopped by to talk about one of my favorite things - Disney dining!
I'm vacationing around the same in December as you, Robert, and I also had a hard time securing
advanced dining reservations. I vacation at Walt Disney World over Christmastime every year and this is the first time I've had trouble like this. I am wondering if it had more to do with a website glitch than anything else. Hopefully, by now you've had some luck securing your dining reservations at this point. I was only able to grab a few but that's okay.
I have some ideas that might help you secure dining reservations for your upcoming trip. One thought is to visit the restaurant's specific webpage and try to make a reservation from there. Once you are on that webpage, you should see a blue button on the right-hand side that says, "Check Availability". You'll want to click that and then input your party size and the time and date you'd like to eat. If there is availability, you'll be able to see it and book your reservation from there. I've had good luck booking dining reservations going directly to the webpage instead of using the general reservation search and hopefully, you will too. If that doesn't work for you, honestly, it probably would be best to call and speak to a Cast Member directly. You can call 407-WDW-DINE starting at 7:00 a.m. Mickey Mouse's time. A Cast Member will be able to look at the entire database of reservation availability and help you from there.
I hope you are able to enjoy some great dining spots while on vacation at Walt Disney World in December, Robert. If you have any other questions before your trip, please feel free to stop back by and
ask me. I'm here to help.
Have fun and enjoy!