my first time on the waitlist - have questions

[ellenmiele]

I am currently on the waitlist for a BLT 2br over Easter week and I am getting a little anxious as we get closer and closer. BLT is my first choice because we will be travelling with my parents and my mom loves BLT. I know I can book OKW (I called to check yesterday) and I want to do that if I can't get BLT. We've never stayed at OKW and I've been wanting to stay there for a long time. So anyway, here are my questions...

1. How long to most people wait before giving up on their waitlist? Since it's a holiday week I'm afraid maybe I won't be able to get anything if I wait too long. But I just don't know what "too long" is.

2. Do I correctly understand that my points have to be available - in other words I can't book OKW and still stay on the waitlist for BLT unless I have enough points for both? If BLT came available I would cancel OKW but is that something I have to do myself and not as a contigency of my waitlist?

Any tips are much apprectiated from anyone who has been in a similar situation. Thanks!

 

[MDFam]

I am also going at that time and am on two wait lists but booked and confirmed at SSR. You do not need both amounts of points. Book what you can and then you can have two active wait lists at any one time. If either wait list comes through, the system rebooks you and cancels your original booking, and the other waitlist if you had two, automatically. You just need to make sure you have enough points available to cover whichever booking requires the most amount of points. Also tell them whether you want the wait list(s) to stop at 30 or 7 days before your checkin. At least this is what I've just gone through with member services a couple of days ago for my first DVC booking! One of the more experienced folks will come along and correct anything I said that is wrong! Good luck!

 

[n2mm]

OP, you need to book a confirmed reservation now. That's a very busy time to go. No you don't need both sets of points. If you WL comes through they will move your points that you are using for OKW to your new reservation and will take whatelse they need. How long to wait.....hmmmm....I've been waiting since the first day of the 7 month window and tomorrow is my 7 days away from checking in (I'm pretty sure my WL for 5 nights at BWV-standard view is not coming through--I'm at OKW as a backup). That is as long as you can wait. After 7 days I believe you will have to call each day. Since you WL for BLT, hopefully you WL for lagoon view since that has the biggest availability. You can have 2 WL at the same time per UY, so you could WL for a lagoon view room and a MK view room at the same time. Forget about the standard view rooms, often they are gone when us owners call at the 11 month window. Good luck!