If we book for 5 people how easy would it be to drop down to 4 people if we needed to later in the year?
it's failry easy. Just call and ask for the change. As long as it's not a flight inclusive booking, there will be no issue at all.
Note that since your booking will have a lesser value, you will be charged £50 or 65€ amendment fee (depending wether you book with the UK or with the Irish branch of WDTC)
You also have the option of not telling anyone about the drop out.
You would still pay for their tickets, even though you wouldn't use it (non refundable, not transferable, expires 31/12/2017) but you'd keep the fifth person's dining credits. If it's an adult, you could split the dining credit berween all other party members.
A 14 days ticket is £309, so let's say you stay for 12 nights, at a deluxe, that would make 12 additional TS credits, which in turn would make 3 "free" TS meals for each of the remaining 4 party members (or 3 Signature meals), for £309 total. (just an example)
Anyone know why OKW and SSR aren't letting me see prices and are requiring a phone call? That didn't happen last year!
I would think that it's because those 2 usually don't link until 11 months out as they're not in the system before it opens for owners at 11 months out.
There has been lots of complaints on UK forums regarding those bookings that could not be linked. So I guess this year they have changed to "'pre-register" as mentionnend in place of the "book now button".
That way disney might be able to inform the guests that it's only a pre-registration and that the actual booking will take place later in the year. (just wild guessing here)