Itinerary Planning Office. They are your pre-arrival POC when you have a booked Club Level reservation. If you aren't booked in a CL room, you would instead place your request in your reservation by calling the WDTC/CRO.
That piece of mail is just the start of your WL/WDW adventure
. I was excited when my magnet arrived
Hopefully, they haven't already assigned your room. Rooms are usually assigned as soon as your reservation is dropped into the resort's system, at about the 5-day mark. If the Room Assignor has already assigned your room before seeing your request, you can just ask when you check-in upstairs if one of your requested locations is available. You have a very good chance of getting a CV room, but specific room numbers can be more difficult, especially if they're already occupied when you arrive.4 more days!!!I can hardly stand it--I need this vacation SO bad!
I put in my room request with the IPO office. I requested 2 different specific room numbers OR a courtyard view. What do you think the odds are of getting one of the two rooms???
That's a great memory and you're right, it is addicting, but for us, thus far, only the OFC seems to be addicting.If it ever happens for you (and I hope it does someday), I must warn you it is addicting. We visited WDW for the first time in 2008 and upon checking into the front desk at the WL the cast member smiled and said, "you are going to have a very magical visit with us." and then informed us that we were being upgraded to CL. I had no idea what it was at the time. Ever since that day we have done nothing else but CL. Three times at the WL, once at the YC, and this upcoming June the CL at the Contemporary. I'm sure I will enjoy the Contemporary, but the WL will always be my favorite resort and the one I will go to most of the time.
Yay for your TR!!Just a wild guess here, but I bet one of your changes will incorporate the WL at some point
Hope everyone is staying warm today! A little cold down here in South Georgia...to cold for my bones
Heather
Nice!!!! And a super long trip,too
I do love a good upgrade DH gets a little miffed at times when I pull one of my upgrade stunts. But it's all for family fun, right 
For those of you who travel with babies, do you use a stroller or baby carrier? Or both? We will be taking a City Mini stroller, and I just bought a Beco Gemini carrier. I am not used to a baby carrier yet, so just wondering what everyone else does? My daughter will be 8 months old when we go to Disney. Also, if you use a baby carrier how do you tote around a diaper bag for things you will need during the day? Do you use a baby carrier, then have hubby tote around the diaper bag? Thanks in advance for any tips!
Yeah!!! Thanks for checking on the status of the villas!! Enjoy your trip!We arrived this morning at 11:00am without any travel problems. We were met outside the door by a CM who looked totally frozen, since it was only about 50 degrees out. It took about five minutes for check in and our room was ready. I couldn't wait to see it. I was really happy that we finally got our open balcony. The sun was streaming in the balcony window when we walked in. It felt very warm and inviting, especially after the cold and dreary winter weather we have had this year. I just love the location. Our courtyard view room is located very close to the bear face rooms. We can see Bay Lake from the balcony. I'll post some view pictures tomorrow. And I will post the room number after we check out. We had a really nice afternoon at MK. We spent most of our time back in Frontier land and Liberty Square. We ended up using the fp+ s I had scheduled weeks ago, and were glad we had them. Standby lines were at least thirty minutes. Even though it was only about 57 degrees today, the sun felt great. Tomorrow will be colder. They have some of the plants covered up to protect them from the frost. The buffalo topiary just outside of the WL gate is covered up, as are a lot of the flower beds over at the GF. Since we had a big lunch we decided to go to the Territory Lounge for dinner. I was able to knock two more things off my "to do" list, the cheese fondue and the berry cobbler. My husband really liked the cheese fondue. He would definitely have it again. We also had some edamame, which was good, and healthy,too.Sent from my iPad using DISBoards
Just call the central reservations number 407 W DISNEY anytime to add the request to your reservation. The rooms are assigned a few days to a week prior to your trip, but you. An add the requests anytime before that so there's no need to wait.
For those of you who travel with babies, do you use a stroller or baby carrier? Or both? We will be taking a City Mini stroller, and I just bought a Beco Gemini carrier. I am not used to a baby carrier yet, so just wondering what everyone else does? My daughter will be 8 months old when we go to Disney. Also, if you use a baby carrier how do you tote around a diaper bag for things you will need during the day? Do you use a baby carrier, then have hubby tote around the diaper bag? Thanks in advance for any tips!
I'm dying to know.....what are your "upgrade stunts"??
I'm dying to know.....what are your "upgrade stunts"??
We have only booked Standard view, and have been lucky enough to get upgraded to a Courtyard view on our honeymoon and Woods View rooms the last two trips. We have never asked for an upgrade, just taken the room we were assigned. We might have helped our chances with our room requests, which were "high floor and open to lobby" which lead to a non-standard view room, but I think the biggest factor is that we visit at low crowd times. If they can meet your requests they will do so.
I really see how location and view are personal preferences. We have found that for us, we enjoy having a room that opens to the lobby more than we enjoyed having the Courtyard view from the balcony. We aren't sensitive to noise, so that's not a problem for us. We also don't spend a whole lot of time on the balcony, but we do enjoy having something to sit and watch out there in the mornings. We have found that we love watching the park buses come and go in the early morning.
I think the biggest thing is to book the minimum level you would be happy with, and then anything above that is just pixie dust.
The "Bear Face" rooms are on the 4th and 5th floor on the East side of the lobby. They have balconies that face to the East directly towards Bay Lake and are considered courtyard view. There aren't many of them, but we consider them to be the ultimate.
