If you have actively planned a Disney vacation, you are very aware of the importance of “180 days.”  This is when you can begin making hotel reservations and reservations for special places like Bibbiti Bobbiti Boutique. We anxiously mark that 180 day mark on our calendars, we get up early, and maybe we even call in to the Disney Reservation system on multiple lines to be sure we get through.  This may all be soon changing.

The current rumors on various Disney related sites is that this will soon be changing to 90 days (as it was in the past). According to rumors, this will apply for all but 3 restaurants that will keep their 180 day schedule – Chef Mickey’s, Cinderella’s Royal Table (the Magic Kingdom castle), and Victoria and Alberts.

What I’ve read is starting July 16, no ADR (advanced dining reservations) will be able to be made for any dates past January 16, 2009, and all ADR’s needed for January 17 on can not be made until October 15th (as mentioned previously with the exception of Chef Mickey’s, Cinderella’s Royal Table, and Victoria and Alberts.

Personally I am kind of excited about this. See I always want to analyze the Disney park hours and even subscribe to a service that analyzes them even more and makes recommendations for which parks will be the least crowded each day.  It is slightly stressful to me to get those hours and get the analyzation done before the 180 day mark to be ready for reservations.  As long as Disney continues to announce their park hours well in advance (and doesn’t wait until the 90 day mark too), I think this will make for much easier planning for myself.

According to Touring Plans, this is a temporary change while Disney makes a transition to a different computer system, but Mouse Planet makes not mention of the word temporary.

Source: Mouse Planet, Touring Plans.