Do you always receive an email when waitlist goes through?

[kniquy]

I made a very long shot waitlist for the week after thanksgiving. I am wondering do i need to bother with checking the website to see if it has come through or should I just wait and expect an email if by some miracle it is fulfilled.

 

[OneOftheB's]

We had a wait list come through and received absolutely no notice. I would not have known unless I called DVC about an unrelated trip.

 

[Spartan86]

Same with us regarding emails. Our WL’s have just disappeared from our dashboard, and then within a week or so the reservation shows up on there. So if you want to stalk your dashboard you will know if it matches.

 

[kniquy]

Same with us regarding emails.

We had a wait list come through and received absolutely no notice.

Good info to know, so I won't feel crazy popping in to check it on a weekly basis.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Almost never receive an email when the waitlist fills. It has freaked me out the time or two I have!

 

[disneynutz]

Years ago they would call you when they worked the waitlist also back then we could have more than two active lists.

Bill

 

[peabody58]

My WL came through last year and I noticed it on my dashboard. About a week later I got an email noting my new reservation details. I have a waitlist pending right now and check about once a week.

 

[GGGT]

Add us to the "Never received an email" list. As others mentioned, I just saw the wait list request was gone from the Dashboard. (Then eventually updated with new dates)

 

[BEASLYBOO]

We had a wait list come through and received absolutely no notice. I would not have known unless I called DVC about an unrelated trip.

Same here. I found out when I received the envelope with the flyer that says, welcome and it shows the resort you'll be staying at and the amenities, and it was Kidani instead of SSR. I logged on to DVC and sure enough wait list fulfilled.

 

[cmwade77]

Personally I check my online account at least once a day when I have am on a waitlist, seems like a simple way to check to me.

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Personally I check my online account at least once a day

I had an existing reservation and waitlisted Kidani because I thought the girls would prefer the experience, never having stayed there. I thought it was a long shot and was perfectly ok if it didn’t come through as the stay was booked so I put it out of my mind. It was a pleasant surprise.

 

[disneyfan314]

I got an email this evening for a waitlist that was fulfilled for GCV June 13-15. I logged in around 2p to stalk the RAT and noticed my waitlist was still on the dashboard, so the turnover for me was quick. Maybe because the dates are only a couple of weeks away? They also combined those 2 nights to the other 2 nights I already had the day before and after the waitlisted days.

 

[bumbershoot]

Personally I check my online account at least once a day when I have am on a waitlist, seems like a simple way to check to me.

Same.

And these experiences are interesting. I had a couple wait lists fill for my February trip and I got an email each time. Though they were actually manually adding it to my longer stay and sending emails of the new dates; someone was very on top of things with my account.

And even though I checked rat and the Booking portal every day I never once saw the availability for any of it go up. So I either checked at the wrong times or they were fast at snagging my days for me.

 

[Wakey]

I got an email BUT it doesn't say your waitlist has come through, it's just a booking confirmation. At first I thought they'd just sent the original booking confirmation again (as we had opted to switch on a waitlist coming through) and it wasn't until I read it again later I realised it had actually confirmed my waitlisted accommodation.

 

[zavandor]

I got an email BUT it doesn't say your waitlist has come through, it's just a booking confirmation. At first I thought they'd just sent the original booking confirmation again (as we had opted to switch on a waitlist coming through) and it wasn't until I read it again later I realised it had actually confirmed my waitlisted accommodation.

That's my experience as well. Happened all 3 times a WL came through.

 

[HHISand]

Booking confirmation is what I received on the 2 times I have used the WL.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I recently received an email confirmation when I changed the people on the reservation.

 

[Luvscrappin]

I have had 2 waitlists come through in the last month. Both times I received an email Confirming the reservation. One of the best emails to get!

 

[gharter]

The 2 times i have had a waitlist come through, we did receive an email. I had already found it on my dashboard before I got the email. But I did receive one.

 

[peabody58]

My WL just came through and I got an email confirming my reservation.