Is 7-month Reservation possible for this time of year?

[Wendybird55]

Hi,

I'm already looking ahead to next year's trip and haven't even taken this years yet!

Anyway, next year i"m thinkog of going the Saturday after Thanksgiving
(11/27) the the following Saturday. I would love to stay in a 2-bedroom at either Wilderness Lodge, Beach Club or Boardwalk. In your opinion what are my chances of getting a reservation that time of year in any of these DVC resorts at 7 months out?

Thanks

 

[jekjones1558]

That is one of the busiest weeks for DVC members and the 3 resorts you have listed are smaller ones. You will need to call MS at opening exactly 7 months out for your best chance. Good luck!

 

[browniemtb]

But.....if you want to go that week make sure you book your home resort at the 11 month mark and then try the switcheru at the 7 month mark. As already stated it is a very busy DVC time of the year......good luck.

 

[Wendybird55]

Thanks for the input. The "situation" is I don't own (yet) and have been renting. The friends I rent from have SSR as home, plus they don't have enough points for what I need and would have to borrow from the next year (if they want to rent and I think they do as they have discussed selling - but that's another story)

Anyway, I'm debating if I should go to my friends first and see if they want to rent again (the xtra money helps them) or go on the Renting boards and see if anyone with one of my listed resorts choices as a home base (Wilderness is my 1st choice) wants to rent so I can book at the 11 month mark. If I calculated correctly I'll need 275 points.

I love WDW this time of year (my sister and I usually went the week after Thanksgiving) and I want to enjoy it with my husband and son and sister. As far as atmosphere, Wilderness Lodge is my favorite resort and DH hasn't stayed there yet but fell in love with the lobby and such when we had dinner at Whispering Canyon last year...

And I'm not sure if I can book SSR at the 11 mont mark with my friends as their points don't renew until March 2010 and we're using all their 2009 points for our trip in Sept.

Does anyone know if my friend can book a reservation using their 2010 points (due in March) and borrow from 2011 in 2009?

Thanks!

 

[drusba]

Anyone can book 11 months out at their home resort, use year is irrelevant to that issue. If, for example, you have a March use year and are going Nov 27, 2010 as arrival date, you can call Dec 27, 2009 and use those points coming in March 2010 to reserve trip beginning Nov 27, 2010, and there would be no "borrowing" of those 2010 points because trip is during the use year those points are in effect. You could also use for that trip points borrowed from the March 2011 use year and you would do that transcation on that same call you make on Dec 27, 2009.

Understand that if that ressie is made and points are borrowed from 2011, those borrowed points can never be sent back to the 2011 use year if the trip is cancelled.