Is there a min stay for campsites

[geniegirl]

heading down later this month and wanted to get a site for 1 night but it's not available. When I put in 3 nights it's avilable. I check into SSR and just wanted to check it out. We jut got a camper so figured this would be a nice test to look around and get the feel.

 

[snowmedic]

Just looked at the booking options on the web site, and yes, you can book only one night. Not sure of the dates you are looking for, but available for mid-week.

 

[tiggerdad]

Call them instead of using the online service and I bet you get a better option

 

[thegoof121]

FWIW, we had the same problem for our RV's first Fort Trip. Couldn't reserve only Saturday night, but could book it if we also booked Sunday and Monday. (We wound up getting Saturday only, but couldn't book it until that Saturday morning.) I'm curious if any Fort insiders understand what Disney's goal with this is?

 

[geniegirl]

Yep I called as well and she couldn't make it work but was clueless if there was a min or not. I was looking for Saturday night only which didn't pull but when I put in Thursday-Saturday it did work so I know there are sites but I guess not for just Saturday.

 

[Disneypeach]

you might want to reserve all 3 days and then call Disney later and drop the two you don't need.

 

[tiggerdad]

you might want to reserve all 3 days and then call Disney later and drop the two you don't need.

This.

Especially if you found the date was open with the surrounding days. Just drop the ones you don't want afterwards.

 

[geniegirl]

Really I can do this? I should book Thurs-Sat night then drop the first 2 nights - is that allowed - will there be a fee to cancel those days?

 

[parrothead64]

Really I can do this? I should book Thurs-Sat night then drop the first 2 nights - is that allowed - will there be a fee to cancel those days?

I wouldn't, there has been a crackdown, a new policy by Disney since late last year not allowing you to cancel days without cancelling the whole reservation and than rebooking the days you need. The idea behind it is Disney doesn't want the short term visitor, and by giving you one day, they are potentially losing two other days.

 

[tiggerdad]

Haven't heard back from anyone stating that policy is being enforced. Only one way to find out.

 

[amcc]

You definitely can't drop those days online unless the reservation is rebooked. I just tried yesterday to drop 5 days in an 11 day reservation around New Years. I will try to call today and report back.

 

[tiggerdad]

Appreciate that amcc. No, you can't online. Only way I ever made changes was on the phone.

Let us know how it goes.

 

[geniegirl]

So I called and talked to a rep who said yes it can be done, I even asked if it was legit and while he couldn't say outright that it was ok he kept saying you can modify a room only reservation at any time up to 5 days prior. Still trying to figure out my travel, may be able to leave a day earlier and actually use the 2 nights anyways.

 

[tiggerdad]

I knew that it had been discussed on here earlier about a possible new policy which is what Parrothead64 was noting but we had yet to hear if anyone had tried this and been denied.

 

[bama_ed]

I have read on the Restaurant board that Disney has instituted the "cancel the entire reservation" and "book a new one" in response to the Free Dining crowd trying to make a room-only reservation and then then try to simply "switch" it to Free Dining once that offer comes out.

People would book up the CBR, for example, during dates that historically offered FD and then wait for the FD offer to come out. FD has a set number of rooms available at each resort and once they are booked up there are no more. So simply HAVING a reservation at a FD resort doesn't guarantee getting FD during the same dates.

Also geniegirl might be encountering the old bias of the the short term guest versus long term guest as parrothead64 said. That bias has been in the system a long time.

I dropped several days about 2 months before my stay at the Fort last month (did it on-line even) but they were days at the end of my stay. I think Disney may have tougher rules about altering the arrival day (first day of the ressie, for example) or similar early days since that drives so many things like when you can book ADR's (180+10) and FP+ (60).

I've given up trying to understand it or make sense of it all. If an answer seems bogus from a CM I might try a second CM to answer-shop in the hopes of getting the correct answer.

Bama Ed