Booking a Value Room at AKV?

[Cyberc1978]

It looks like the availability is coming back starting the 1/27-2020

 

[Jetku]

Was able to book a value studio this morning for starting Jan 27 2020!

 

[Cyberc1978]

Was able to book a value studio this morning for starting Jan 27 2020!

That was exactly what I wrote. The rooms are coming back.

 

[Jetku]

That was exactly what I wrote. The rooms are coming back.

Glad they are. We are new DVC owners (staying first trip at Poly) but I wanted a quick weekend with just the wife at our home resort at the end of January.

Values really appeal to me for longer stays.

Now to see if I can successfully walk it to the weekend. New to DVC so this whole approach seems crazy.

 

[DisneyStarWisher]

I booked a 2 bedroom and a studio in the Value category at Jambo for mid-August of this year. (Then I ended up cancelling both, when we changed our travel plans.)

I did this by stalking the reservation system, at the edge of the 11 month window, and walking. Stalking the reservation system, to me, is when you sign on at 8 AM Eastern time, and run 'dry runs' for multiple mornings over a period of time. Think of it as walking your 'hunting' grounds and getting the 'lay of the land' before you actually start the hunt. You do this to get a good sense of what is happening with the rooms/units you want, to give you an idea of when you need to start Walking.

To get the 2 rooms, I started almost 2 weeks in advance (it wasn't the busiest time of the year) and I needed to get a Studio, and a 2 bedroom Lock Off. It didn't matter which one I got first, since I needed, in essence, two Studios. By that I mean that I needed a Value Studio AND then a 2nd Value Studio + a 1-bedroom, to make the 2 Bedroom Lock off. Clearly, I was only going to be able to do this in one morning IF there were at least several Value Studios hanging around for a number of minutes, so I would have time to get both, but there weren't. I was ready to go, right at 8 AM, and clicking my mouse the instant the clock rolled over from 7:59 to 8:00. Even doing it as instantaneously as I could, I got nothing for the first few days. On the 3rd day I got the 2-Bedroom and on the 4th day I got the other Studio. And then I walked them to the days I needed.

It wasn't easy. If you check things out this way, you will find that ON MOST DAYS there is no availability at all, because there are a very limited number of rooms and people are walking them. The time you mentioned is also not THE MOST BUSY TIME, but it is still plenty busy. You might need to start even earlier, and be willing to walk for several weeks.

This is what I did, too. I was able to get three value studios for Thanksgiving. I booked one each day until I had all three. Then walked all three on the same day to be able to keep up with it.

 

[Cyberc1978]

Just though i’d Update the thread with the official info from dvc.

 

[bumbershoot]

I just saw a brief article on fb mentioning that. I thought “the dis sleuths were right”... (like I should ever doubt that)