Check-in policies - BWV

[bwvmary]

I have read quite a bit about first come/first serve check-in at OKW. I am wondering if BWV has had such a policy.

We are headed down tomorrow for the marathon and some golf. I want to know whether I should check-in as soon as I arrive so I can have a room choice, or whether I will be pre-assigned anyway so that it doesn't matter.

I'm not too picky about rooms, but I want to make sure that we have one of those great tubs for after the marathon! This is not the vacation for a handicap-accessible room for me!

Thanks for any information you may have!

 

[CarolMN]

As far as I know, BWV has never had such a policy (first come/first served).

We were last there 12/1/02 - 12/07/02. I'm quite sure that our room was preassigned, because the CM started off with an apology/explanation of why we didn't get all of our requests. Since the CM hadn't done anything except look up our name at this point, I assume our room was preassigned. Our room was ready even though it was only 9:30 a.m. and I was thrilled. It was the first time I had made any request other than N/S, but I really didn't expect anything beyond N/S. As it turned out, the area I had requested was under rehab, so I was very, very happy with the room we received.

Enjoy the marathon and good luck whether you are running or cheering on someone else!

 

[DebbieB]

When we checked in about 10:00am on December 7th last month, our room was already assigned but not ready (1 bedroom standard view). I called about 2:45 and it was not ready, I called again 3:15 and it was.

With the Boardwalk view being so coveted, I think it would be hard to not preassign those by date of reservation to be fair.

 

[kem330]

Most likely your room will be assigned, but there is no reason you can't ask for a different one. I would check in early, ask what area your room is located and if it is not what you wanted, ask if something else is available.

 

[travelbug]

I checked in at BWV on Dec. 28, arriving about noon. My room was ready, which was a pleasant surprise. I'd been pre-assigned something on the 1st floor, even though I'd requested an upper floor right at the 11-month window. So I nicely asked if there was a standard studio available on a higher floor, and the CM found one that was ready on the 4th floor. I guess in a way that was first come first served, since a later arrival on my part might have meant I would have had to keep that 1st floor room. (That would have been okay really. Ultimately anything non-smoking works for me.)

I was a little mystified why I wasn't pre-assigned that 4th floor room in the first place since I made my request right after 9 AM on the exact 11-month window date??? I'm still fuzzy on how all of that works, but it turned out great anyway.

 

[DebbieB]

The same thing happened to me! I requested "fireworks view" because we had a standard room on the 3rd floor in 2001 and had a view of Illuminations. When I checked in, I asked if our pre-assigned room was on a high floor to see the fireworks, she said no it's on the first floor! I made the reservation day by day at 11 months. She was able to find a 4th floor room but she said she thought it didn't have a great view. Neither room was ready. I said I'd take the 4th floor. It was ready in the afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised when we got there, it was perfect! Right across from the bus stop with a great view of Illuminations over the convention center. I wondered too why they didn't assign us that one in the first place. I'm in the process of making my December 2003 reservations now (day by day) and I specifically requested 4th floor, across from the bus stop. I'm going to followup with a fax 4 days before this time.