Hi Terry, Thanks for visiting the Moms Panel! Great idea to familiarize yourself with the site so you are ready to roll on your 180th day. You are able to book your Advanced Dining Reservations at 6:00am (as opposed to the 7:00am time for phone reservations). Be sure to have your Resort confirmation number and arrival date handy. As a Resort guest, you are able to book 180 +10. Here is how you will do it:
Let's say that you wanted to book
CHEF MICKEY'S. You'd type in the name of the restaurant in the search box, and then click, "Make a Reservation" on the left side. From there, near the top of the screen (above where it says "Date & Time") you will see this:
Resort Guests & Dining Plan
If you have a Resort reservation or would like to associate your Disney
Dining Plan to your dining reservations, please retrieve your resort
reservation. (Please be advised that not all restaurants participate in
the Disney Dining Plan. Please check your Dining Plan information for
participating restaurants.) Retrieve your reservation.
You will click on the blue link that says, "Retrieve your reservation".
This will give you a drop down screen with boxes to input your
Confirmation number, last name, arrival date and Resort. Then click
"
Retrieve". This should bring it up for you. From there, each
additional reservation you make will be added to your cart until you
"check out". Once you have retrieved your reservation, the computer
will know your arrival date and will allow you to book 180+10 at that
point. If you are not yet 180 days out, it may give you a warning
screen that you are not able to book yet.
Hope this helps and that you are able to get all of the restaurants that you are wishing for,
Kaylene