AKV Grand Villa

[Billyg]

Hello All, Just looking for some input. What do you think will be the availability of a Grand Villa at Animal Kingdom second weekend in January, 7 month window? We are not looking until 2017, but just want to get an idea. We are hoping that the marathon is the following weekend, so we wont have to compete with that. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks

 

[Deb & Bill]

Second weekend should be marathon weekend. So you might be out of luck.

 

[Billyg]

Thanks Deb.

Follow up question. How hard is it going to be to book the Grand villa at BLT(home resort) 11 months out for Marathon weekend? Do I have to worry about people Walking reservations?

 

[magicaldisney]

I agree with Deb & Bill, however just to add, AKV Kidani might have availability, but unlikely you would get Jambo. As to your follow up ?, I personally have never booked a BLT GV, so I'm not sure if you would need to walk the reservation or not.

 

[southerngirl528]

Hi Billyg,

Where do you own? (obviously not AKL) I don't own at AKL and I have booked a GV at Kidani before, so it would have been 7 months or less. It was for either late November or the first week of December as I recall. I booked a GV at my home resort, OKW, 11 mos. out and then wait listed for a GV at AKL. I was able to snag 2 nights via W/L. I could have gotten a 3rd but due to the points difference, finished our week out in an OKW GV.

Can't say about January but the other posters are right that Disney Marathon week is pretty crazy.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I would not think that you need to walk the BLT GV reservation. And you might get a Kidani GV at 7 months.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

If you look at the resort availability tool for 2016 all GVs at AKV are available for that time so that may be no problem. BLT is booked for the marathon weekend so you would want to do that right at 11 months so that you have something in case AKV doesn't work out, but it looks like it would be a decent possibility at 7 months if 2017 is like 2016.

 

[Billyg]

Thanks all for the advise. I forgot that the resort availability tool was out there now. I was already going to book at home resort 11months out(BLT) and then just hope for AKV. The things we do for family.