cash availability??

[kenny]

Had a question about paying cash for a room.

I was trying to get a block of 6 nights at a studion in OKW and 1 day in the middle was not available. MS looked to see if it was available for cash and said no. I asked if it was just no discounted rooms or no cash at all. She said no cash at all.

However after I hung up I looked on the disney website and I can indeed rent a studio for that day.

Was confused why MS said no rooms but disny had rooms.

Also if I did points for every night except 1 and paid cash for that one (thrrough CRO) could I link the ressies so I could stay in the same room or do I have to change rooms?

Thanks

 

[MrsNick]

MS inventory is separate and discrete from the Disney CRO inventory. So, yes, Disney CRO can have available rooms while MS does not.

If you make a reservation through CRO, the reservations can NOT be linked because it is two different systems. You would need to check out of your DVC reservation, check-in to your CRO reservation, then check out of your CRO reservation and check-in to the 2nd DVC reservation on each day.

While the reservations cannot be linked, you can ask that each reservation include notes that you are staying on a DVC reservation/CRO reservation prior to/after and that you would like to be able to stay in the same room.

On the day that you check in to your first reservation, make sure the CM checking you in knows your situation so that they can tell the room blocker to keep you in the same room. That way, it just becomes a matter of swapping out room keys, rather than moving rooms.

The couple of times I've done this, the CM's were helpful and we didn't have to move, but this isn't guaranteed, and you do run the risk of having to move. They'll accomodate you if they can.

P.S. You will get mousekeeping each time you check in to a new reservation, which is great if you like having your room made up. This would not be the case if the cash night were reserved thru MS.

 

[chalee94]

stolen from DVCMike:

There are two separate inventories -- one for booking with cash and one for booking for points.

Anyone can book a cash reservation via Disney CRO, and DVC members can book one via DVC MS at a 25% discount, subject to availability. There are four major sources of inventory for cash reservation:

Exchanges: The number one source of cash rooms is actually from the Member inventory. This occurs when members exchange/trade outside of the DVC resorts. This includes using your points to book the Disney Collection (hotels at the Disney theme parks and the Disney Cruise Line), Concierge Collection, and the Adventurer Collection. When a member trades outside of DVC, the points used to book the outside reservation are assigned to DVD to rent out. This does not apply to the World Passport Collection.

Breakage: Another source of cash reservations includes Member inventory that has not been reserved by members using points. Any Member inventory not reserved by members using points is made available to Disney CRO at the 60-day mark for cash reservations by the general public. This is actually beneficial to DVC members, in that the association earns “breakage” income on these rooms rather than letting them sit empty.

ROFR: Another source of cash reservations is the inventory of declared points owned by DVD. These points are typically acquired by the ROFR process. Since DVD owns the points, they can rent them out.

Undeclared: These are the units that have been built by the developer that has not yet been declared into the condominium association. Since DVD controls these units, they may be rented out for cash reservations.