How to avoid error code when booking at 8am?

[Ellen]

Site was down last night and again this morning. So frustrating especially when trying to book early December. My son was helping and he finally got something. Wanted lock off which I did not get but at least did get resort view. Good luck to everyone with booking

 

[TheDailyMoo]

It’s a tough one. My successes are load the search parameters. Only search for exactly what you are attempting to get. Right at the top of the hour moment..search..if shows it’s there..quick click it..then quick click that continue (or whatever that says).

I always forget...you have to press update AFTER 8 then book if it's there right? If you update and queue it up before 8 and click book it won't work regardless if the room is available or not?

In other words no faster way than wait for exactly 8:00:00, click update, click on book room.

 

[kes601]

I always forget...you have to press update AFTER 8 then book if it's there right? If you update and queue it up before 8 and click book it won't work regardless if the room is available or not?

In other words no faster way than wait for exactly 8:00:00, click update, click on book room.

Since the new booking interface rolled out a couple months ago (?) you no longer have to hit update after 8 am. Have the room you want selected and then hit continue right at 8.

 

[Judique]

Since the new booking interface rolled out a couple months ago (?) you no longer have to hit update after 8 am. Have the room you want selected and then hit continue right at 8.

I'll be trying this tomorrow morning. But I'm skeptical as I have hit continue after selecting the night very recently and got tossed backwards and had to enter again. Tomorrow is not an essential booking for me, just a 'nice if I can get it'.

 

[kes601]

I'll be trying this tomorrow morning. But I'm skeptical as I have hit continue after selecting the night very recently and got tossed backwards and had to enter again. Tomorrow is not an essential booking for me, just a 'nice if I can get it'.

All I can say is it worked for me at the 11 month mark for booking at VDH for Thanksgiving week.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I'll be trying this tomorrow morning. But I'm skeptical as I have hit continue after selecting the night very recently and got tossed backwards and had to enter again. Tomorrow is not an essential booking for me, just a 'nice if I can get it'.

Let us know how it goes!

 

[TheDailyMoo]

Since the new booking interface rolled out a couple months ago (?) you no longer have to hit update after 8 am. Have the room you want selected and then hit continue right at 8.

I'll be trying this tomorrow morning. But I'm skeptical as I have hit continue after selecting the night very recently and got tossed backwards and had to enter again. Tomorrow is not an essential booking for me, just a 'nice if I can get it'.

Yeah so this morning I had it queued up...pressed update 10 seconds before...waited for the stroke of 8 am...probably a good half second after...clicked book and got an error message and had to go back/refresh. I guess if I try tomorrow I can wait a full second before clicking book but that's probably the difference between getting it or not. Will also report back.

 

[Judique]

Let us know how it goes!

Didn't actually get to test it as the night I was looking for disappeared sometime between 6 and 7:58am (logged in early and it was there. Logged in to try the booking and it was not available to check.

But, I was able to grab another night, replacing my more expensive view and saving me 5 points. Then I created a waitlist for todays objective but kept checking also for a while. I already have a split stay so now it's good but could be better as replacing the next 4 nights would save me 20 points on those 4 and 29 points overall on seven nights (I think that math is correct.) It's obviously still early in the game and I could snag the nights or a waitlist could come through. Not worried as I always have a car and travel with a plan. As a single or even double, we just pivot on a move day and have plans in place. Moving is not a big deal for me - small carryon and small rolling cooler, unless I'm checked into the same room for the whole stay, then I need a luggage cart and it's driver (<g>).

I don't recommend this strategy with kids (they usually need a bit of help) or picky, unorganized adults.

The full stay is 9 nights at Disney and a separate offsite week. I want to be away from snow for as long as possible in 2027!

 

[TheDailyMoo]

Similar here. Didn’t even matter because somehow since yesterday the inventory for the next 4 days was taken. Yesterday was there well into the day when I stopped checking. Not sure how that happens considering all the walkers would’ve grabbed whatever they needed by then? Perhaps a Febuary use year thing. Not sure but will keep looking to stalk.

 

[Judique]

Similar here. Didn’t even matter because somehow since yesterday the inventory for the next 4 days was taken. Yesterday was there well into the day when I stopped checking. Not sure how that happens considering all the walkers would’ve grabbed whatever they needed by then? Perhaps a Febuary use year thing. Not sure but will keep looking to stalk.

I think it was probably walkers as their night usually stays until they pick it up or 8am when someone can grab it whichever happens first. That's why I immediately put in a waitlist just in case the walker is just moving through what I actually want in February.

I 'could' have checked with my BCV points but 2 minutes goes by fast and I didn't think fast enough. BCV is not all booked up like my BW rooms are, and I already have a BCV reservation when I want it.

Bottom line I'll have a room. I'd just prefer the cheaper rooms as that's my preferred area. I can get in the same area using garden view but then I'm paying 29 points a week to just be across the hall. Enough to make me play with it.

 

[intamin]

Yeah so this morning I had it queued up...pressed update 10 seconds before...waited for the stroke of 8 am...probably a good half second after...clicked book and got an error message and had to go back/refresh. I guess if I try tomorrow I can wait a full second before clicking book but that's probably the difference between getting it or not. Will also report back.

Hrmm so I assume it is still wait to search until after 8AM based on this? I meant to try at 8AM a couple weeks ago to test it but I keep forgetting lol

 

[TheDailyMoo]

Hrmm so I assume it is still wait to search until after 8AM based on this? I meant to try at 8AM a couple weeks ago to test it but I keep forgetting lol

I'll be on tomorrow morning again even though I'm sure there won't be any availability opening back up for what I want. But I will make a dummy booking or at least try to with the new method of updating before 8 and then I'll wait a solid 3 or 4 seconds after 8 to click book. That should be the definitive answer.

 

[JackosinDIS]

I am pretty sure it allows you to search pre 8am. You just have to be careful not to book before 8am. If you are trying for a hard to get room then it may error anyway even if you follow this method, as you may not be quick enough…

 

[Judique]

I am pretty sure it allows you to search pre 8am. You just have to be careful not to book before 8am. If you are trying for a hard to get room then it may error anyway even if you follow this method, as you may not be quick enough…

This is what I am getting:

The booking window for your selected Resort(s) opens at 8:00 AM Eastern Time.
Please check availability once the booking window opens.

Then it says: 'Start a new search', or 'Close and refresh results'.

I closed out the window and started a new search. At very slightly after 8:00:00 I hit continue (2 nights available and I had selected them) and immediately got an error message - service unavailable - start a new search. It was already gone, off course. I won't bother trying again. I guess it's possible I was a nano second too early but it was definitely past 8:00.

The good news is I have a Boardwalk View for 4 nights and my first three nights are resort view (previous weekend (Fri, Sat and Sun.)
That was what I was trying to match for Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs which is when I already have BW view.

Now I'm thinking I will upgrade myself to a 1 bedroom. I have plenty of points available. I also have the Beach Club room for afterwards for a few days.

 

[VGCgroupie]

This is what I am getting:

The booking window for your selected Resort(s) opens at 8:00 AM Eastern Time.
Please check availability once the booking window opens.

Then it says: 'Start a new search', or 'Close and refresh results'.

I closed out the window and started a new search. At very slightly after 8:00:00 I hit continue (2 nights available and I had selected them) and immediately got an error message - service unavailable - start a new search. It was already gone, off course. I won't bother trying again. I guess it's possible I was a nano second too early but it was definitely past 8:00.

The good news is I have a Boardwalk View for 4 nights and my first three nights are resort view (previous weekend (Fri, Sat and Sun.)
That was what I was trying to match for Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs which is when I already have BW view.

Now I'm thinking I will upgrade myself to a 1 bedroom. I have plenty of points available. I also have the Beach Club room for afterwards for a few days.

Darn, I have an 8am booking this coming week. I will report back what happens.

 

[intamin]

I am pretty sure it allows you to search pre 8am. You just have to be careful not to book before 8am. If you are trying for a hard to get room then it may error anyway even if you follow this method, as you may not be quick enough…

Yeah I need to test it on like an SSR or something just for proof sake

 

[Genie+]

7 Dwarfs constantly for me, whether different/private browsers/devices, booked from home page or vacation planning or dashboard. I have to keep toggling ‘content blocker’ on and off and at some random point I stop getting Dwarfs. Once I get the balloons with the ‘You’re almost there’ message, then I know I’m in. From there it starts working. What a pain needing to play with system every time we want to check availability.

As fas as 8am booking - I’m beginning to think our desktop is king because we are hard wired into the internet and not using wi-fi. When we try time sensitive things from multiple devices, the desktop keeps winning. It may be worth trying to figure out which device/connection is your strongest and use that for the 11m competition.

 

[VGCgroupie]

7 Dwarfs constantly for me, whether different/private browsers/devices, booked from home page or vacation planning or dashboard. I have to keep toggling ‘content blocker’ on and off and at some random point I stop getting Dwarfs. Once I get the balloons with the ‘You’re almost there’ message, then I know I’m in. From there it starts working. What a pain needing to play with system every time we want to check availability.

As fas as 8am booking - I’m beginning to think our desktop is king because we are hard wired into the internet and not using wi-fi. When we try time sensitive things from multiple devices, the desktop keeps winning. It may be worth trying to figure out which device/connection is your strongest and use that for the 11m competition.

Im going to use my world clock and desktop. Trying for a hard to get one but not quite as hard as BW resort.

 

[Genie+]

Im going to use my world clock and desktop. Trying for a hard to get one but not quite as hard as BW resort.

Goodluck! Fingers crossed for you.

 

[Judique]

7 Dwarfs constantly for me, whether different/private browsers/devices, booked from home page or vacation planning or dashboard. I have to keep toggling ‘content blocker’ on and off and at some random point I stop getting Dwarfs. Once I get the balloons with the ‘You’re almost there’ message, then I know I’m in. From there it starts working. What a pain needing to play with system every time we want to check availability.

As fas as 8am booking - I’m beginning to think our desktop is king because we are hard wired into the internet and not using wi-fi. When we try time sensitive things from multiple devices, the desktop keeps winning. It may be worth trying to figure out which device/connection is your strongest and use that for the 11m competition.

Sorry about the dwarf situation. I'm using Edge but when I've had problems I move to Chrome. I keep both running. In the past I've hopped around to Firefox also, but strangely Edge is doing well. For years it wouldn't work with the DVC website but would work on the Disney resorts end. I don't know - not into this stuff, just need to book the rooms!

I'm using a laptop. I had decided to get DD to help me out on her desktop. She has a gaming computer and hard wired internet - I use the same internet over wifi and it's plenty fast but nothing is fast enough if the room is gone before booking time which has been the problem on some days. I'm physically probably not fast enough, but if I get frustrated enough, DD will help me. Saying she's fast is an understatement.

All that said I added 2 more resort view nights to my existing 3 plus I have to use some BCV nights on either end as they will expire in September 2027. I had added a waitlist also this morning. I can tweak if I get a chance but I'm pretty satisfied right now. It will be 7 nights at BWV and 2 at BCV for a total of 9 nights. Debating increasing BWV, or adding some other nights at 7 months. I have 2 sets of DVC resort rooms I haven't stayed in - CCV and Poly tower. Would like to do a couple of nights at Poly Tower.