After a lot of silly anguish on my part, I have changed my reservation from YC to BC (which I never even told you about) and now to, GASP, BWI!!! We are so sad not to be staying at the YC/BC, but here is my whole, sorry story: Booked Std view YC CL 7 nights. We are using a CM discount, so on spur of the moment decided to add Dining Plan, but could get "only" non-CL at BC for 7 nights. Was so excited. Called DH. DH was NOT excited. DH was ticked that we were not in CL digs. Tried within 15 minutes to get YC CL no dining back, but nothing available. Tried BC, was able to book CL, but only 6 nights. Later I booked our last night at YC, standard, as was only thing available. Was able to change that to studio at BCV (at least we'd be staying on the same side of the resort) and finally was able to change THAT to BC, standard room. Problem #1 being that we would have to change rooms on our last full day. OK, I would take the hit since it was "my bad", and I was already planning how I would selflessly send family to park whilst I packed up and sent our things to Bell Services until later in the day. Even convinced myself that this would be a GOOD thing, as we would hopefully remain almost fully packed for out departure the next day. Problem # 2 however, was not to be solved. I still had TWO reservations which could not be linked even though it was all BC. I sought the advice of our resident SAINT, Teena, and realized that my CM relative would be using up two of her Friends and Family allotments and that was not fair to her at all (she is actually a step SIL on my husband's side, and she has plenty of friends and family of her own, I am sure, who would also love to take advantage of her CM discount).
I agonized over what to do. Booking our last night at AP or even rack rate would solve the CM 2 reservation problem, but we would still have to change rooms. Suddenly we saw that there was a Deluxe room available, CL at BWI, for all 7 nights. We had never stayed there. It is right across the pond from our beloved YC/BC. We would not have to change rooms, and SIL would only have to use 1 CM allotment. Also, although more expensive than our original room, the BWI deluxe rooms appear to be huge. My DD's are 17 and 22, so we are all fully grown, and the extra space should be very welcome.
When I contacted the YC/BC IPO to let them know that we were changing to BWI, and I asked for the e-mail of the BWI IPO, they told me that they handle that for BWI as well, so that was a happy moment.
I have to tell you that the Yacht and Beach Club boards that you guys put so much effort into are AMAZING, especially when you start reading another resort's boards. NO COMPARISON. I love hanging out here and reading about everyone's plans, vacations, and plain old regular lives back home. Here, it feels like a family. So I am staying on these boards.
Teena, I will still come over to see you if you are there. Our family always takes a picture outside by the butterfly.
Thanks everybody!