April 2008 - Waitlist?

[CTPinkPrincess]

We have a reservation at SSR for our April vacation and called today to see if we could get into BCV for that same time frame instead ( 1 bedroom villa). The were two nights (Wed and Thurs) that weren't available - so I asked to be put on the waitlist for the entire week (DH doesn't want to move mid-trip).

What do you think the chances are the entire week will come thru?

Anyone else want to wait with me?

 

[Jillpie]

What are your dates? We have a 1 br. BCV, April 19-26th. This is a big Ma./northeast school vacation week.

 

[CTPinkPrincess]

CT (at least for us) is the week before - we'll be at SSR April 12-19 if the wait list doesn't come thru.

 

[KevGuy]

I'm waitlisted for BCV for a 1 bedroom, April 17-25th.

 

[n2mm]

Wow, I'm surprised. This generally is a slower time considering that Easter is March 23rd. The kids out our way get off the week of March 21 to 28th. I'm hoping to go the last week of April (27th), anyone going on spring break then?

 

[monami7]

What are your dates? We have a 1 br. BCV, April 19-26th. This is a big Ma./northeast school vacation week.

We will be at AKV this whole week April 19 - 26th. We'll probably run into you. We haven't booked flights yet but I am wondering if we should?
Heidi

 

[Jillpie]

We will be at AKV this whole week April 19 - 26th. We'll probably run into you. We haven't booked flights yet but I am wondering if we should?
Heidi

Before we go over to the BCV, we'll be at AKL for three nights, from the 16th to 19th! Can't wait for that. Anyway, I'd say yes, book as soon as possible. The rates are ridiculous from Boston already.

 

[dznymom1]

Wow, I'm surprised. This generally is a slower time considering that Easter is March 23rd. The kids out our way get off the week of March 21 to 28th. I'm hoping to go the last week of April (27th), anyone going on spring break then?

New Hampshire is on vacation that week, but even if everyone from the entire state went to WDW it still wouldn't be crowded Seriously though, I often book at 7 months with no problem and it is usually a very manageable week. The weather tends to be beautiful, too!

 

[wilma-bride]

We tried yesterday to get either BCV or BWV for April 19th thru 24th and nothing. We ended up with a 2-bed dedicated at OKW, which I'm more than happy with

 

[ScooterL]

We tried yesterday to get either BCV or BWV for April 19th thru 24th and nothing. We ended up with a 2-bed dedicated at OKW, which I'm more than happy with

Yeah, the same thing happened to me this morning, when I tried to book April 19-26 at BWV (two bedroom). The CM commented that it's a really busy time for some reason. So I went with OKW...which is fine, but we are taking friends (first-timers) with us and I was really hoping for an Epcot resort!!! I'm on the waiting list now...I sure HOPE it comes through!

 

[jjohnson]

I'm on the BCV waitlist too. We have a 1 brm for 4/22 & 4/25. I need the 2 nights in between.

 

[mathgeek]

There's a poll on the Theme Parks board for spring breaks 2008. It seems that there are a lot more people off in April considering when Easter is.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1416135

I feel fortunate that ours is the week of 3/31 and we were able to reserve a studio at BCV last week (not our home resort, and less than 7 months out). Can't wait!

 

[SleepyatDVC]

NYC schools are out 4/19-4/26/08 for Spring Break (aka Passover) So, it is a busy time at DVC.

We have reservations for that week in a BWV std. studio. Was thinking about switching to AKV (we liked it that much last trip). But airfare is still so sky high ($500+/pp non-stop from NYC), so unless it becomes more reasonable, we may have to cancel.

 

[OlderMan]

Here in Brevard County, FL--east of Orlando--public school Spring Break is April 7 through April 11.

 

[DVCJones]

I'm on the waitlist for a studio at at BWV and a 1BR at BCV for the week of April 20-26. I am not going to hold my breath.

When I called I was told only SSR and OKW had availability.

I was really hoping to get BWV for my mother. She really wants to try the resort. We will be at VWL and SSR if the waitlist doesn't come through.

 

[HeatherAnne]

Hi all,

We are waitlisted for a 2 bedroom at BCV for 4/19-4/26 as well. I called about a month ago and that was all I could get at the time. I then called on Wed. the 26th and was able to book a 2 bedroom at SSR for our back up. I was also told by MS that SSR and OKW were the only resorts with any availability at that time. Besides a grand villa at AKV. We like SSR so if the waitlist doesn't come thru - not a problem at all. We are just really looking forward to getting back to Disney.....

HeatherAnne

 

[laughinplace199]

Wow, I'm really surprised that some resorts are filling up so quickly. I would have thought April would be a little slower this year since Easter is in March. Our school vacation is the week of Apr 21-25, but we're going from Apr 16-24 in order to get decent airfare. I called MS last week and had no problem getting a 2BR Savanna view at AKL. I guess I was lucky. I hope you all get what you're hoping for!

 

[n2mm]

Whew! you guys had me worried. I just started my calling this AM for the week after the week you are are waitlisted for and the CM said pretty much everything was available to me starting April 27th. I started my day-by-day for the BW-preferred. She did look at the long range reservation and said it looked pretty good in terms of availability. She even said the BW-BV was available for the 12 nights I needed. I stayed with preferred view. While standard was available for some nights, there were a few nights that had no availability (I've had luck with the waitlist before, but didn't want to deal with it this year). I generally like to get a solid reservation before taking a chance of waitlisting. I'm going to need another studio the last 5 days of my reservation for my daughter, so needed to choose something that would work for them too. Since the babies will be 1 and 2, we need to stay within walking distance to several of the parks. We were all at OKW and BCV in August, so thought BW for April would be good.

 

[goofball04]

I booked a 2 bedroom villa at AKV for April 19-26th. Our schools split vacation this spring for the first time. Four day in March for Easter and One week in April for Passover. I noticed air flight are very high do you think they will go down or no because of passover?

 

[jjohnson]

Part of my waitlist came thru I just cancelled 1brm AKV savannah for 4/21 & 1 bedroom BWV preferred for 4/23 & 4/24 and a discounted cash ressie for BCV 4/25 1 bedroom. I hope someone can use it.