Disney Guests Face Outrageous Hold Times of Over FOUR Hours

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28 Comments

  1. THX1138

    What! They’re not gonna make enough money off of Genie to hire extra people? How about raising the price on the parking? How about not taking millions in executive bonuses?
    Remember stand in line wait your turn pass it on!

  2. Hunter

    They pay resort phone agents $9 an hour. Several weeks of unpaid training. Wonder why the have a shortage?????

    1. K

      Unless the unpaid training is new. That is not new. Plus the pay scale for the reservation center is higher than any other position minus corporate. They do get commission too.

    2. May

      You sure about the unpaid training?

  3. Debby

    I doubt it’s for Space 220. I had a 4 hour wait in July. I’ve heard that’s pretty normal, actually 🤷🏻‍♀️

    1. Bekki

      You’ve called the wrong number. That was the old ticketing number you were calling so you must have gotten rerouted into the wrong queues. The correct number to call is 407-WDISNEY (407-934-7639).

  4. Edna

    Called today at 7am. Was on hold for 3 hrs and 45 mins. No reservations available at any restaurant for dinner in Epcot on Nov 1. Was told to keep trying. This was not my first time calling. It was my 8th time. Shortest wait time was 1 hr. Since we are a party of 10 I need 2 reservations and you cannot do this online. If my grandkids did not know we were going I would cancel. This will be my last Disney trip. There is nothing MAGICAL about this

    1. You need to book with a trusted travel advisor! They will be on hold until they fossilize…lol

    2. MadHatter

      Use MouseWait I scored Oga’s Cantina for 9:00pm reservation. If you want texting alerts it’s $9/month. If you only want email it’s free alerts.

    3. Tlaw

      Customer service cost money, and spending money on silly things like this minimizes my bonus.

      Bob Chepak

      P.S. Disney is not going to get any better unless you get my a$$ fire. Good luck with that because I am giving the stockholders what they want. They don’t care if I wreck the company, as long as next quarter’s numbers look good.

    4. May

      Wow. Feed family quick service. They won’t notice, they’re in Disney World!

  5. This is why you book with a trusted travel advisor!!! They donthe heavy lifting, stay on hold and more so you can enjoy your vacation!!

    1. Joseph

      Maybe they need to have a lightning lane for phone calls… Give us 100 dollars and ur wait time to chat “may be under an hr” but like life there is no guarantee of that!

      1. yoyo

        Give,,, Greedy man chapek is never ever going to give anything. He takes, destroys, ruins and keeps his toe out of the destruction he creates. Non disney fan creep.

  6. Oliver

    So you called just to test this without and actual question and tied up the phone line further. Great move ITM.

    1. May

      One person doesn’t tie up the phone.

  7. Nathan Turtle

    I think having an article like this is unfair.
    Could I also remind you that yesterday it was announced that the restrictions on the UK were bein GB lifted in November, so there’s bound to be an influx of calls. Plus it’s the 50th anniversary, it’s gonna be busy. No matter the size of the company, there’s always always only going to be a certain amount of cast members answering phones, as opposites to the probable thousands of customers trying to sort their vacations out. Be patient guys, everyone will be served eventually, but an article like this makes the guys who face abuse and more everyday worse. And if you don’t like it, get a travel agent.

    1. Joseph

      Really… U must be one of the phone agents… Disney is short handed and would never admit it… But they don’t mind taking your money…

    2. yoyo

      lets guess, you are a disney phone person. I have been trying to talk to a live person since the end of June… Never happens. I work for living and have a family at night. Try answering your once in awhile Nathan.

    3. May

      It’s not unfair, it’s true. It’s worthy news. That way people are prepared.

    4. May

      Makes everything worse? I would think it makes things better. Every phone operator is like Cinderella — people wait in line for hours just to talk to you! How special is that?

  8. HelloThere

    Thought this was about the Space 220 line yesterday! My family and I arrived at 2:10 to a line that almost stretched to Test Track. We waited and got in around 5:00, an almost 3 hour wait. Others waited a lot longer than us, a family arrived at 11 and didn’t get in until 3-4PM.

  9. Faron Mar

    Nothing new. Waited 2.5 hours only to be cut off. Had to wait an additional 2 hours after immediately calling back trying to make reservations, when Port Orleans, Riverside opened for reservations.

  10. yoyo

    Soaking up the magic????????????? What magic. Greedy man chapek has removed all the magic and ease of Disney. Vomit, Vomit, Vomit…

  11. CaryGDS

    Travel restrictions from the UK are being lifted in November. Hence the call volume.

  12. Tlaw

    Customer service cost money, and spending money on silly things like this minimizes my bonus.

    Bob Chepak

    P.S. Disney is not going to get any better unless you get my a$$ fire. Good luck with that because I am giving the stockholders what they want. They don’t care if I wreck the company, as long as next quarter’s numbers look good.

  13. May

    When wait time is long, better to hang up and call later. Disney might be having a computer problem or something. They do quite often.

  14. Carey

    I had to call Disney 2 separate days in order to do my dining reservations due to us staying at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace at Disney Springs. I couldn’t make the reservations online like I did back in January. Sept. 16th I waited 4.25 hours and by the time I was done it was over 5 hours total of holding and talk time. Since we are staying a few weeks I couldn’t make my other reservations after the 10 day mark. Had to call back 2 days later and this time 3.50 how wait time and 30 minutes talk time. The agents said for some reason they are having issues with their systems. I don’t know what’s up but something needs to change.

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