about walking the ressie

[paults]

I called this morning 9 am to drop 1st 2 days of ressie and add 2 at the end. The CM I had said I had to cancel the ressie and rebook I said no I don't and even if I did there were no standard room left, only preferred. I said I think your wrong and I would call back. I forgot her the CM's name . I hung up.
Called back 5 minutes later and got CM Curtis and told him what I wanted too do and he said no problem. We made changes to 3 rooms withour cancelling any.
Just be careful as some of the CM have no Idea how to do this. I asked the fisrt CM when this rebooking started and she said it's been in effect for about a year now. Let's go DVC start teaching all the CM the rules.
I just tried this afternoon and again all the standard rooms were going for today. Glad I walked my rooms.

Last year for OCT I called at 9 am and booked 1 2 -bed standard and 7 standard studios at BWV and got them all.
The year before I called at 9 am and booked 1 2bed and 4 studios standard with no problems. Never had a problem at 11 months since 2002 getting all my rooms by calling.

I believe these days are gone with the new on-line booking at 8 am ( at least for me)
I have one more test to do on Nov 13, 2012

 

[n2mm]

So you walked the ressies? Or at least some of them?

I was a little surprised to see the first day of a 7 day reservation already booked up on the first day of the 11 month window. I don't have to make my ressies until next week, just saw your earlier post and was curious of how fast availability was going. Though I've seen this happen for a standard studio at BLT once during the 11 month window too.

Wow, 7 studios? Sounds like a big group!!

Looks like you're traveling around Columbus day weekend, which would also add to the demand. I do find alot of it is because of F&W and the holiday. I recently got May for 8 nights in a standard studio at the 7 month +1 day window and was shocked.

Wish me luck next week!

 

[travelbug]

I feel kind of dumb asking, but could you please explain the term "walking the ressie"?

 

[kristenrice]

I was a little surprised to see the first day of a 7 day reservation already booked up on the first day of the 11 month window.

I saw this today too. I'm hoping to go to WDW next year with DH for the Wine and Dine 1/2 Marathon but the only way we can squeeze it in is if we get the value studio at AKV. Just for funsies, I checked out the availability today at the 11-month mark and, yup, 11 months from today is fully booked already.

I guess I will be walking the reservation, even though I am still not 100% sure we will be going. I know that the ONLY way we can go is if we have that value studio so that is something I have to secure. If we have to cancel, then perhaps someone's waitlist dreams will come true!

 

[sweetdana]

Walking the ressie..

Booking your ressie prior to when you actually need it.
IE if your intention to stay 12/25 -01/31 you book dates of 12/22 -01/31 or even 12/22 -12/28 and then call back later ( like on the 25th and cancel beg dates and add ending dates ( if you didnt have enough points to book orig). *


I do this when I book 7 month window, or when I booked spring break and Christmas. You do not need to do for non-busy time, only when you think your dates might be gone.


... * this may change at any time as I know lots of people who do it.

 

[travelbug]

Walking the ressie..

Booking your ressie prior to when you actually need it.
IE if your intention to stay 12/25 -01/31 you book dates of 12/22 -01/31 or even 12/22 -12/28 and then call back later ( like on the 25th and cancel beg dates and add ending dates ( if you didnt have enough points to book orig). *


I do this when I book 7 month window, or when I booked spring break and Christmas. You do not need to do for non-busy time, only when you think your dates might be gone.


... * this may change at any time as I know lots of people who do it.

Thanks for explaining. Sounds like a good strategy!

 

[paults]

just checked on-line and all standard rooms at BWV are already booked for starting my trip on Oct 13. So glad I walked my rooms. This also means those that need to call at 9 am are out of luck for Oct 13.
If I waited till 9am today to booked I would only be able to get preferred rooms(at this time 8;30 am) they could also be going by 9 am.
I know it's Columbus Day week but we go this week every year since 2005 and always booked by phone at 9 am because I needed a lot of rooms. Now that on-line is here it's going to get tougher to get want you want without walking.

 

[Anal Annie]

Walking isn't something I normally do but we're hoping to go to VGC at DL for a few nights before moving on to Aulani next summer. I am afraid we won't be able to get a studio at VGC at 7 mo. since it's such a small resort (and I really don't want to book a 1 bedroom there nor do we want to waste weekend points) so it's something that's already on my radar. We prefer to save our points for more options at Aulani. What I realllllly want at VGC is 3 nights Sun-Wed in August. But so I might book Thurs-Wed or Fri-Wed online then call back the next day to cancel the extra Thurs-Sat nights so I have the points freed up to then add on Aulani for 5 nights Wed-Sun after our DL stay. It shouldn't matter when I call back, right? I mean the next day after I book isn't too soon to cancel them is it?

 

[BrerNashville]

I do this when I book 7 month window, or when I booked spring break and Christmas. You do not need to do for non-busy time, only when you think your dates might be gone.

You should note that walking a ressie at 7 months is no guarantee -- someone with home resort booking privileges can still book your "out" dates if they decide to arrive then. It will, of course, put you in front of others using the 7 month booking window.