How to walk if you want more than 7 nights?

[funcinderella]

So we want to stay 12 nights. Are you not allowed to book more than 7 now? Or is that restriction only there when you are booking your checking date ahead of the 7 month window. Trying to figure out how to get 12 nights....

 

[Marionnette]

So we want to stay 12 nights. Are you not allowed to book more than 7 now? Or is that restriction only there when you are booking your checking date ahead of the 7 month window. Trying to figure out how to get 12 nights....

You cannot book more than 7 nights at the 7-month booking window if it's not your home resort. The same applies if you are booking at the 11-month window at your home resort. Once you've gone 7+ days beyond the opening of the booking window, you can book more consecutive nights.

To book 12 nights at a non-home resort at 7 months, walking may not help your because a member who owns at that resort can book any of the nights which come after your first 7 nights. However, to add the remaining 5 nights you would have to call MS every day to add one more night to your reservation. This still won't guarantee than an owner at that resort won't jump ahead of you and book those nights, but by calling each day, you at least lessen the chances. Skipping just one day would ruin the "walk".

After you've secured all 12 nights, you can begin walking, but you would still need to call daily to drop the first day and add the next day. Skip a day and you've defeated the purpose of walking.

 

[funcinderella]

Thanks, that helps!

 

[Dean]

So we want to stay 12 nights. Are you not allowed to book more than 7 now? Or is that restriction only there when you are booking your checking date ahead of the 7 month window. Trying to figure out how to get 12 nights....

Walking is still viable for the 7 month window but it only offers a minor benefit simply because that once you get the reservation you're still a week ahead of everyone else. It's possible though that you'll be walking and hit a roadblock because all rooms are booked at a later point by home resorts points. It's a lot of work for a minor benefit but it might make the difference for a given reservation. I would add day by day though if walking at 7 months.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Can you book more than 7 nights out at your home resort or do you have to book the first 7 and then add them one day at a time until you get what you need?

 

[Dean]

Can you book more than 7 nights out at your home resort or do you have to book the first 7 and then add them one day at a time until you get what you need?

To book the first day available you'd have to book 7 days and add the rest later.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Can you book more than 7 nights out at your home resort or do you have to book the first 7 and then add them one day at a time until you get what you need?

If you are right at the 11 month window you can only book 7 nights and then either add on day by day. Or for example if you wanted 10 nights you could book the first 7 and then wait 3 days and add on the last 3.

Or, if you are not booking a difficult to get reservation you can wait the appropriate number of days and book up to 14 nights online at once. In that case for the 10 nights you could wait until 3 days after your 11 month window and then book all 10 at once.