How many have to split stay because all dates unavailable?

[canyoncam]

just curious how many of you have had to split a stay across seperate resorts or even different room categories because they don’t have availabity for all your dates? I’ve had to a few times.

 

[PPFlight75]

We have a short stay in October and we are doing a split stay. One night at Poly and 2 at BC it works out great though bc the first night is MNSSHP and the following 2 days are F and W.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

me mid NOV
2 nights at AS Sports 5 nights at POFQ

 

[Order66]

I just returned from a 10 day trip. 8 at POR pool view and 2 at POP standard. I got a way better deal on airfare leaving 2 days later. POR was unavailable with the military discount for our additional 2 nights and sports was the only value. So for only a few dollars more a night I booked POP with the summer discount instead. I wanted queen beds and wanted to try the new POP rooms anyway. We liked them a lot, but for 4 of us....it was too small. 2 nights we were OK, but no way I could have done 10 days there with myself and 3 teens!

regards

 

[themommy]

This happened to us this past January. We were staying at ASM and needed 1 more night and we ended up at CBR for our last night. Apparently runners booked everything up.

 

[rinnythepooh]

In January we did our first spilt stay of 3 days at BC and 3 days at YC. We were able to get room only promo on both, but could not get it for 6 days at one of the resorts.

 

[SG131]

In dec I have two nights at ASMo followed by 7 at POP. First two days fall within POP warner (don’t worry I’m not going to the park those days) and there was nothing available at POP so I added on at movies. Now that I read a little more about movies I’m actually really excited to check out the resort.

 

[clayfolks]

Starting this coming Saturday, we have one night SSR, one night AKL, followed by 4 nights at the Poly. That’s what happens when 4 days is not enough. LOL. The cool thing is that when we have a single night booked at the start of our stay, we make that be a deluxe dining extravaganza. Since the meal credits are good until midnight of check out day, we end up with 3 table service meals for two days + the refillable mug that we would never actually choose to buy.

 

[Marionnette]

We own DVC and it's almost a given that we will do a split stay. I currently hold two reservations in April for 4 nights at BWV followed by 2 nights AKV CL. I love AKV CL but I didn't have enough points for more nights and BWV will actually be better for the F&G Festival anyway.

It's not unusual for us to save on points by booking a smaller villa or hotel room for one night for arrival day and then transfer to another villa and/or resort for the remainder.

 

[tinabina919]

This always happens to us, we love BW but can never get a full week. Every time we are there we always say next time we are just staying BW, then I go to book and remember why that never happens. At least we get to try a bunch of different resorts...

 

[Average Joes]

I saved about $200 on flights leaving a day later than planned but Poly was full that night. I booked a night at AoA for the same price as what we saved.

 

[tinabina919]

Starting this coming Saturday, we have one night SSR, one night AKL, followed by 4 nights at the Poly. That’s what happens when 4 days is not enough. LOL. The cool thing is that when we have a single night booked at the start of our stay, we make that be a deluxe dining extravaganza. Since the meal credits are good until midnight of check out day, we end up with 3 table service meals for two days + the refillable mug that we would never actually choose to buy.

This is amazing, it will totally work for us. Arrival day is a single night at FW with Ohana for dinner then CG Brunch the following afternoon!

 

[canyoncam]

In dec I have two nights at ASMo followed by 7 at POP. First two days fall within POP warner (don’t worry I’m not going to the park those days) and there was nothing available at POP so I added on at movies. Now that I read a little more about movies I’m actually really excited to check out the resort.

I am at Music in Sept and looking forward to hopefully getting a refurbed room to compare to POP! I have always liked Music and Movies anyway. I only have a short three night stay and fortunately do not need to split!

Starting this coming Saturday, we have one night SSR, one night AKL, followed by 4 nights at the Poly. That’s what happens when 4 days is not enough. LOL. The cool thing is that when we have a single night booked at the start of our stay, we make that be a deluxe dining extravaganza. Since the meal credits are good until midnight of check out day, we end up with 3 table service meals for two days + the refillable mug that we would never actually choose to buy.

That’s a good idea!

 

[Cajun23]

We have a March 2019 reservation at WL but will have to stay at another resort the first night because there isn't any availability for the first night.

 

[kiford]

Unless we intentionally do it (which really only happens if we do a DCL cruise in between two WDW stays) I don't book if I have to split stay. I did think about it last year for a December stay since nothing was available for more than 4 days of a potential 7 day stay. I decided not to go rather than do it. It was pretty much last minute when we started thinking about it so I wasn't completely committed to going nor was I especially surprised at the lack of availability. It's just not that relaxing to me to have to pack up midway through a vacation unless I'm actually travelling to a different place and even then I'm not totally thrilled about that (despite the fact that my next planned trip to Italy has no more than 3-4 days per place and 6 cities in total - not looking forward to that part of it). That's why I like cruising - my hotel moves me instead of me moving hotels. Unfortunately, although Disney has done a good job creating a little Disney bubble/microcosm on their ships, they still can't fit ToT, RnR, EE, or any number of other attractions onboard their ships. Just means I have to exercise early and good planning on my part to get the resort I want for the days I want.