Holy Cow! I beat the walkers!

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Well I actually don't know if I beat the walkers, so much as the walkers didn't take up all of the Christmas Week AKV Value Studios. I was able to snag a value studio from Dec 27th through December 31st today. So psyched! Now I have 20 extra points burning a hole in my pocket. I have been watching the resort availability for a few weeks now, and it was clear all the AKV-Value and Concierge Level rooms were being walked. I decided on a whim to try for the room anyways this morning and to my shock it worked!

Anyways, just wanted to say don't ever give up if it looks like walkers have already blocked out your reservations, try anyways.
 
We booked a BLT 2BR for next Christmas 12/17 - 12/28. I have to say, watching availability up to our booking window was interesting. There were days that 2 nights of that 11-month window weren't available (check-in day and next day), days that only the first day wasn't available (what I expected), and days you could have booked the full week late into the day. We got our dates without problem on the 17th, but I was curious given the sporadic availability up until that point. Same was true for a 2BR lock-off (which is obviously also impacted by those who want studios or 1BRs). It's an interesting exercise to check availability each day.
 
We didn't make a final decision on a Dec trip until the first day to reserve 11 months out had passed by 1-2 days. I've pieced together 4 villas for a week the week before Xmas all BWV standard (two 2BR & two studios). I've done so 1 or 2 nights at a time for each and every one. It was clear walking was involved because I got many of the days one day at a time on the front end a week out fairly early morning but after MS was open as they would have been being dropped from walking reservations. I actually have one day in the middle left to get as I matched 2 single days on the WL today. Since I have the 2 days before and 4 after I'm assuming someone else is holding it with a WL as well. I'm going to outlast them, and theres on doubt in my mind I'll get that other day.
 

















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