Adding people to reservation at check in

[Dean]

I'll offer a cautionary tale that this doesn't always work. While staying at BCV this past summer, I asked about adding my parents to our room. Adding them would have made 4 in a studio, so we were within the official occupancy. We weren't on any dining plan. The front desk wouldn't allow me to do it. I also called MS, and they also said it couldn't be done.

Fortunately, it didn't cause us any hardship. My parents had a room at their own timeshare. I was just trying to add them to our room so we could do SAB together.

You didn't push hard enough or in the right way. They can't deny you the right to add people to the room at check in or after if you're within the occupancy. They can charge you if you're on a dining plan.

 

[dianeschlicht]

I'll offer a cautionary tale that this doesn't always work. While staying at BCV this past summer, I asked about adding my parents to our room. Adding them would have made 4 in a studio, so we were within the official occupancy. We weren't on any dining plan. The front desk wouldn't allow me to do it. I also called MS, and they also said it couldn't be done.

Fortunately, it didn't cause us any hardship. My parents had a room at their own timeshare. I was just trying to add them to our room so we could do SAB together.

I can't imagine how they could you prevent you from adding people up to the occupancy of the unit, no matter when you added them. I think in that case an email to Member satisfaction would be in order.

As for the original issue and Disney finding a way to prevent it. I'm not sure why they would want to. If you are under occupancy and staying in your unit when someone else comes to join you unexpectedly, then I think it would be to Disney's benefit to add them. They are, after all, getting extra revenue from those people at meals and park admissions etc.

 

[mjc2003]

I'll offer a cautionary tale that this doesn't always work. While staying at BCV this past summer, I asked about adding my parents to our room. Adding them would have made 4 in a studio, so we were within the official occupancy. We weren't on any dining plan. The front desk wouldn't allow me to do it. I also called MS, and they also said it couldn't be done.

Fortunately, it didn't cause us any hardship. My parents had a room at their own timeshare. I was just trying to add them to our room so we could do SAB together.

we switched from AKV to BCV last year, and 4 members of our party who were scheduled to fly home that day had to stay b/c my niece got such terrible food poisoning that she was not going to be able to fly. So they pushed their flights back a day. There were originally 4 of us checking in for a 2BR at BCV, so at check in I just added the additional 4 people. They never questioned it, never hinted that it wasn't allowed. By any chance did you specifically say that you were only adding them so they could use SAB? Not that it should matter, but I wonder if this wouldn't have been their issue? Either way, I don't see how they can tell you that you can't add people as long as you are within the allowed occupancy.