MK is the park we'll be at the most but I am glad to hear that the bus ride isn't that bad. I kinda figured it would be the same as like a CBR...with all the different island stops and then the trip to the park it ends up being almost 10-15 mins anyway...but your info set my mind at ease! Thanks! 
I just got off the phone with a really nice CM. I was calling to cancel a couple of reservations I made online yesterday "in the frenzy" (yes, I was one of the double booking people but it was not TA related).
I was one of those people, too!!! I felt bad, but I think Disney set themselves up for that. It would be much easier if you could cancel online. And with rooms being EXTREMELY limited this time, you could have easily lost what you wanted by the time you got through on the phones. Especially if you are trying to coordinate rooms with other people/family (we were trying to coordinate 4 rooms under 3 different reservations!)
We ended up switching resorts for FD. Originally I was really disappointed, but now I am excited. We will be in POR royal rooms for a weekend with a room only discount (which was kinda a joke. 5%?!?!) which is great because that is where we wanted to be and there were things we wanted to do at the resort. Then we switch to CBR to the pirate rooms. So we are going from Princesses to Pirates. It will be fun!
<--- I'm a guy, but I'll cheer for this!!!
So as we awake on this much less crazy morning, how does everyone feel about their vacation at this point?
After this week-long ordeal that seemed to last an eternity, did anyone learn anything valuable that they'll remember for the next time? Something that you should or should not have done?
I've learned to never anticipate, rely, or at this point expect the Disney Visa early booking perk. Last night, while chatting, I was looking down my blog and came upon the free dining posts from 2010. The "leak" date was May 3 and I had posted the DV should be available "on or around May 1" (I like that phrasing better looking back). While the May 3rd date was correct as leaked, the DV actually dropped on April 29...it came early. This was before there was really any kind of rhyme or reason for the DV date in relation to the GP date.
So after looking back at that, I realized that it's twice the DV has become quite unreliable, and now not always even offered at all. Of course, there were no complaints that it came early, as bookings went very smooth and calm as word slowly got out, everyone got what they wanted, and everyone was happy.
What have you learned?
The CM is spoke to just now was freakin hilarious
She was very positive in saying to let things die down and to call back every few days if you didn't get what you wanted.
She said they had a huge influx of cancellations due to switching resorts/not getting the dates. She said most cancellations went into rack rooms, as they were originally booked as rack rates. She said they have an overload of rack rooms and to be on the lookout for rooms being added back in.
****She also made mention of how different free dining is going this fall. She said the CMs at her place were very suprise with no DV, and with so many exclusions.
She said she worked on the day that DV's were calling, she said that when she got there at 7:00, there were over 400 calls on hold and they ended up having a big meeting about it,
She did say that the CMs thought it was a headache to NOT have DV, and that they should have done it
Freakin' awesome! Thanks for dropping the leak, and enabling us to take advantage of this! My family saved $1650.00 and are going back to our "home" resort Pop Century in October!
Sorry meant for Black in response to your reply to him.
We are staying at POR, 11 days, 10 night. It'll be me, DH, DS14, DD12, DS7. So for FD we saved a whopping $2535.30. THATS HUGE!!!!
