kittylady1972
Disneyholic
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2003
So I've been going back and forth about our upcoming July 2015 vacation using our DVC points. I've already changed resorts a few times, had two waitlists come through...and today I changed it up again.
Originally I had 7 nights booked in a 1BR Villa at OKW. We know we want to try to save money this time by eating more in the room. However I also thought it might be nice to tack on a few nights (two originally) at Wilderness Lodge Villas. We have stayed there once, for a very short pre-cruise stay (2 nights) in November, but thought it might be nice to stay again. So I waitlisted my first two nights there. I think it only took a few weeks before my waitlist came through....I was so excited!
Then came the announcement about booking the Polynesian Villas. Our last stay at the Poly was in Sept 2003 in a Magic Kingdom View room on the lagoon...with two small kids at the time. My husband has always wanted to go back...but then we had kid #3 and Disney rooms that hold 5 were hard to come by and we purchased DVC. We all know points in the resorts are not a good way to use the points, so I told him his dream of staying there wasn't going to happen...and then came Poly DVC.
This week I logged in on the first possible day and only managed to snag a waitlist for 2 nights in a standard view Poly studio. That was okay...I was willing to wait. A day later I saw people were showing availability for the nights I had tried to book before so I tried again..and this time I had success. Yippee...we would now be staying 2 nights at the Poly (no more VWL but there are always future trips) and then 5 nights at OKW in a 1BR.
Then we thought it might be nice to stay in a 1BR at Bay Lake Tower. We've stayed there before, in lake view room and it was really magical...but that was five years ago. Why not try again? So I waitlisted but to save points I just waitlisted the 5 nights in a standard view room, even though I knew there weren't many to be had there. We'd still be okay at OKW.
Yesterday...more thinking. What about adding one more night at the Poly? Let's make it 3 nights there, and then waitlist only 4 nights at BLT instead. Maybe we'd have a better chance at that? So yesterday I added one more night in a Poly Studio, dropped my OKW and made it 4 nights instead, and added BLT as a waitlist, still standard view.
My husband didn't agree with my tactic and wanted to go ahead and waitlist a lakeview room as well. Why not increase our chances? So just a little while ago I thought I'd look into doing just that, but first...let's see what 1BRs are available currently at BLT for my 4 nights.
I check and what do I see by a standard view room available for my 4 nights! OMG are you kidding? So just dropped my 4 nights at OKW and added the 4 nights in a 1BR standard view at BLT.
Sure we are giving up views but honestly how often do we really sit out there and admire our view. If we are in the room, it's usually to eat or sleep. We've had a great high floor lakeview at BLT with a glimpse at the MK before and it was nice, but that's okay. We can always go up to the lounge!
And now maybe just maybe I can give up stalking the DVC Member site for a while. I still have plenty of time to make my ADRs for July. I'm trying to convince my brother and his family to join us for a few nights but so far they haven't taken me up on the offer. I don't want to be a pain and stress to them that the only way I can put them up using our points is if they decide soon. Oh well...if it's just us that's okay by me. We almost always take trips with extended family. It might be nice to do our first trip with just us.
Just wanted to share my DVC craziness with somebody. I think my poor husband is really tired of me talking about this all of the time. Maybe now I can stop for a while!
Originally I had 7 nights booked in a 1BR Villa at OKW. We know we want to try to save money this time by eating more in the room. However I also thought it might be nice to tack on a few nights (two originally) at Wilderness Lodge Villas. We have stayed there once, for a very short pre-cruise stay (2 nights) in November, but thought it might be nice to stay again. So I waitlisted my first two nights there. I think it only took a few weeks before my waitlist came through....I was so excited!
Then came the announcement about booking the Polynesian Villas. Our last stay at the Poly was in Sept 2003 in a Magic Kingdom View room on the lagoon...with two small kids at the time. My husband has always wanted to go back...but then we had kid #3 and Disney rooms that hold 5 were hard to come by and we purchased DVC. We all know points in the resorts are not a good way to use the points, so I told him his dream of staying there wasn't going to happen...and then came Poly DVC.
This week I logged in on the first possible day and only managed to snag a waitlist for 2 nights in a standard view Poly studio. That was okay...I was willing to wait. A day later I saw people were showing availability for the nights I had tried to book before so I tried again..and this time I had success. Yippee...we would now be staying 2 nights at the Poly (no more VWL but there are always future trips) and then 5 nights at OKW in a 1BR.
Then we thought it might be nice to stay in a 1BR at Bay Lake Tower. We've stayed there before, in lake view room and it was really magical...but that was five years ago. Why not try again? So I waitlisted but to save points I just waitlisted the 5 nights in a standard view room, even though I knew there weren't many to be had there. We'd still be okay at OKW.
Yesterday...more thinking. What about adding one more night at the Poly? Let's make it 3 nights there, and then waitlist only 4 nights at BLT instead. Maybe we'd have a better chance at that? So yesterday I added one more night in a Poly Studio, dropped my OKW and made it 4 nights instead, and added BLT as a waitlist, still standard view.
My husband didn't agree with my tactic and wanted to go ahead and waitlist a lakeview room as well. Why not increase our chances? So just a little while ago I thought I'd look into doing just that, but first...let's see what 1BRs are available currently at BLT for my 4 nights.
I check and what do I see by a standard view room available for my 4 nights! OMG are you kidding? So just dropped my 4 nights at OKW and added the 4 nights in a 1BR standard view at BLT.
Sure we are giving up views but honestly how often do we really sit out there and admire our view. If we are in the room, it's usually to eat or sleep. We've had a great high floor lakeview at BLT with a glimpse at the MK before and it was nice, but that's okay. We can always go up to the lounge!
And now maybe just maybe I can give up stalking the DVC Member site for a while. I still have plenty of time to make my ADRs for July. I'm trying to convince my brother and his family to join us for a few nights but so far they haven't taken me up on the offer. I don't want to be a pain and stress to them that the only way I can put them up using our points is if they decide soon. Oh well...if it's just us that's okay by me. We almost always take trips with extended family. It might be nice to do our first trip with just us.
Just wanted to share my DVC craziness with somebody. I think my poor husband is really tired of me talking about this all of the time. Maybe now I can stop for a while!
