For our 9 night stay at WL next week, I'm hoping for an upgrade out of our standard view room to a courtyard view. Should I request the 'best' standard view in case I don't get upgraded, or just wait until we get there in hopes of an upgrade???
this is to funny! I just booked the WL on Monday for May 12th thru the 16th. with an AP rate. I got the courtyard view and just called to see about getting just a standard view!! oh well! not sure if you are there at the same time as me, I did not want to pay as much as as I am, it is still discounted, but I upgraded from a mod. and did not want to spent to much!
Boxer
As there are so few Standard View Rooms available at the Lodge. There are 9 located off the Lobby on the 4th floor over the check-in desk on the south side of the lodge, then 39 room that are located on the north side of the Lodge floors 4-6 over looking the service area but may have a great view of the fireworks & Magic Kingdom.
Just keep your request simple off the lobby or north wing.
This shouldn't keep you from receiving an upgrade if one is available, over the years I have found that at the Lodge most upgrades are one level higher standard/woods wood/courtyard yet I have received upgrades for both wood and courtyard views when I have booked standard view rooms.
Good Luck and sending PIXIE DUST for your trip.
$246.37LOL, I have the AP rate also, but I'm there longer than you, so we can't switch ..........how much per night is the AP rate for courtyard view??? I may just pay to switch if its not that much.
Some wait hoping for an upgrade & are disappointed when they don't get what they want. If you want a better view pay for it now instead of waiting until you get there
$246.37
that is with tax. courtyard view. what is the price for a woods view?
well, if you are coming in on the same day...let me know, because you can stay longer, there was availability but there was no woods view rooms. and I am only staying 4 nights! lol
While this statement is very correct, Boxer booked standard view he was asking if he put a room request in would it effect a possible upgrade if the room assigner saw the request.
The answer is no it shouldn't if he keeps the request simple, as the request he/she is making could be for any room view not just standard view rooms.
what makes them give you an upgrade? I've never even heard of that till here! I am happy to just be onsite and not in a broom closet but if they gave me an upgrade I would take it!!!
My .02: as others have said, if the view is important to you, then book it. I didn't read your post to say the view was that important. Thus, if you really don't care about the view, stick with standard view and keep the money. We were upgraded two years in a row, both times from standard to courtyard with bunkbeds. But if we had gotten exactly what we booked, we would have been ok with that as well. It was only b/c we had the view that we spent time looking at it.
In my estimation, the Wilderness Lodge has about the best standard rooms. While the view may not be all that hot, it's not as depressing as say staying at the AKL and getting a parking lot view. Plus the standard view rooms at WL mostly have convenient access to the main lobby. Some woods and courtyard views can be a bit of a schlep.
Whatever you decide, I hope you write a Trip Report. I remember you wrote one a few years ago and it was full on funny.