All About Fixed Weeks (RIV/CCV/AUL/VGF/POLY/TOWER/VHD/FWC Charts)

[intamin]

Yep.

That's crazyyy I know for awhile that the FW reservations weren't showing up til like the 9 to 10 month mark for people and you just had to trust that they held your room lol.

 

[VGCgroupie]

That's crazyyy I know for awhile that the FW reservations weren't showing up til like the 9 to 10 month mark for people and you just had to trust that they held your room lol.

Yeah it confused me so much when I got the email since I had a stay at WDW last weekend and a stay this weekend at VDH. Took me a minute to figure out what the email was about.

 

[juliebee]

Well I forgot to call ahead to cancel I guess. View attachment 1049136

well, that is a hot reservation.... that is Super Bowl Sunday when it's playing basically just down the street.

 

[Flash_Sloth]

Yeah it confused me so much when I got the email since I had a stay at WDW last weekend and a stay this weekend at VDH. Took me a minute to figure out what the email was about.

I'd rather have this problem than fret about them not making the reservation once we are within the 11 month window when all owners can book.

They seem to be doing a better job making the FW reservations closer to 12 months. A few months ago, I received the FW41-2026 booking email on same day I was arriving & checking-in for my FW41-2025. That could get confusing.

 

[J-Dog]

Oh wow they booked your fixed week already?

In the first few years we had our FW, the reservation was being made around the 12-12.5 month mark each time. Then in the last 2 or 3 years, it's been around 10-ish months. Maybe they're getting back on the ball again?

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

They booked my FW52 at the 12 month mark this year - huge relief given last year they didn’t until well within 11 month booking window and I didn’t get the correct room type…hoping this year’s trend continues!!

 

[VGCgroupie]

well, that is a hot reservation.... that is Super Bowl Sunday when it's playing basically just down the street.

Yep, I saw that and was like oh man this is a good one! VDay, Super Bowl, Presidents Day all in one! And my granddaughters bday. Even though I knew I likely wouldnt ever use my FW I chose this week just in case due to her Bday trips.

 

[Mikey15]

Yep, I saw that and was like oh man this is a good one! VDay, Super Bowl, Presidents Day all in one! And my granddaughters bday. Even though I knew I likely wouldnt ever use my FW I chose this week just in case due to her Bday trips.

That’s such a good booking for next year in particular I’d consider renting it out as a confirmed reservation instead of canceling, if you’re not going to use it yourself!

 

[VGCgroupie]

That’s such a good booking for next year in particular I’d consider renting it out as a confirmed reservation instead of canceling, if you’re not going to use it yourself!

If I was able to cancel it myself I would've last night, since I completely forgot about the super bowl. We will be traveling that time but the family hasn't decided on WDW or DLR yet. They have 2 weeks to decide. If it's WDW I will hold it and not cancel since I dont need VDH to book 11 months at WDW.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Does anyone know if you can book a day in front or end of your FW and then have the reservation merged?

 

[Flash_Sloth]

Does anyone know if you can book a day in front or end of your FW and then have the reservation merged?

I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" just because if you then cancel the reservation, it is a mess with the extra points involved with a FW.

But I think you can have MS or the resort make a note to "link" the 2 reservations together, if that is the right word, so that you probably won't have to change rooms. But they still remain as separate reservations on your DVC dashboard.

 

[Sandisw]

Does anyone know if you can book a day in front or end of your FW and then have the reservation merged?

They definitely can not be merged…they have to remain seperate.

 

[VGCgroupie]

They definitely can not be merged…they have to remain seperate.

Darn. Thanks.

 

[J-Dog]

Does anyone know if you can book a day in front or end of your FW and then have the reservation merged?

I've done this almost every time we've used our FW. You can't merge them, but I have just had MS make a note that they're linked. It's slightly more of a pain dealing with 2 reservations, but we've never had to move rooms. It's even worked to our advantage one time when we had the DDP, because they didn't make us buy it for the second reservation, only the FW reservation (although the DDP isn't worth doing again for us).

 

[VGCgroupie]

I've done this almost every time we've used our FW. You can't merge them, but I have just had MS make a note that they're linked. It's slightly more of a pain dealing with 2 reservations, but we've never had to move rooms. It's even worked to our advantage one time when we had the DDP, because they didn't make us buy it for the second reservation, only the FW reservation (although the DDP isn't worth doing again for us).

Thanks. Was really wanting a merge to be certain it’s all one reservation. I would probably just not book the Saturday before the start of the FW.

 

[Brian Noble]

Even if they can't marge it, there is a 99.5% chance* that you will not have to change rooms. They don't want to clean it any more than you want to move. I have done back-to-back un-mergable stays before, and it was pretty seamless. Note that I did not do dining plan, etc. which might complicate things.

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*: Totally made that up.

 

[Sandisw]

Even if they can't marge it, there is a 99.5% chance* that you will not have to change rooms. They don't want to clean it any more than you want to move. I have done back-to-back un-mergable stays before, and it was pretty seamless. Note that I did not do dining plan, etc. which might complicate things.

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*: Totally made that up.

Well, I do it all the time with reservations on two different memberships and I am at 100% for not having to move rooms!!!

 

[thadhouse]

Well wait.. here to show my ignorance. I guess I dont know when "golden week" is.

I didn't actually know that either. Turns out our Aulani Fixed Week (17) is right around then. That would explain why it was one of the net positive weeks, because in 2023 when they priced out the fixed wheeks chart, it was early and missed that week. We're excited for our first favorite week trip this year to Aulani.

This really does make me wonder if Disney will ever refresh the favorite week chart. January 1st being on a sunday that year really made a lot of good weeks. Like week 51 most years includes Christmas, but on the fixed week charts week 52 is the one priced for Christmas.