newbie thread

[jodiey]

You need to understand that anything other that booking at your home resort at 11 months can be challenging. At 7 months you cancel your 11 months booking and try to book at another resort. Depending on the time of year, resort, room size, room category, you may not have an issue or availability may be limited. Waitlists, based on what I have been told by DVC are run at night after hours and worked the following day by CM's. Other members can swoop in and take your available room because the reservation has not been matched and worked yet. The rules for waitlists was changed a few years ago, yes DVC changes the rules and policies, so you can only have 2 active waitlists at a time. If you want AKV you can have a waitlist at Kidani for a savanna view. If a standard view opens up, that isn't a match, Jambo isn't a match either. You can use up 2 waitlists and never get what you want so you have to go for the largest category and the least popular room size if you want a good chance and getting what you want. We gave up on waitlists and bought several home resorts. That improved our satisfaction with DVC availability. Spending thousands on buying DVC and spending thousands on annual Disney vacations doesn't make sense if you can't guarantee where you will be sleeping and hanging out. Bill

Ok so going on the wait list you need to cancel any 11 month booking you have? So then if you don't get the wait list you don't have your home resort to fall back on? So basically you're saying you're SOL if the wait list never comes through

 

[disneynutz]

Ok so going on the wait list you need to cancel any 11 month booking you have? So then if you don't get the wait list you don't have your home resort to fall back on? So basically you're saying you're SOL if the wait list never comes through

No, you book at your home resort at 11 months so you have some where to stay for your dates. At 7 months you check availability at the resort you want. If available you have to cancel your 11 month reservation if you don't have enough points to have 2 reservations at the same time.

You book the new reservation at your non-home resort.

If there isn't availability, you can try to waitlist, You instruct MS where you want and what points to use, and that they need to cancel the original reservation.

Problem is, the more people and actions involved, the greater that chance for a screw up.

Bill

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Ok one more question and then I'm done for the day (maybe). Can you be on a wait list for more than 1 resort? Say BLT is my home resort but I'm interested in trying out Animal kingdom or WL, can I be on 2 wait lists and whichever one becomes available just take that one?

If the non home resort you want to try isn't available at 7 months then you are allowed up to 2 waitlists. You would set it up to replace the room you have booked and if one fills then the second waitlist cancels - or is supposed to. Since the waitlist match is finalized by a CM every one and then there have been reports of the second waitlist not canceling and people getting a surprise when it fills. However you can see the waitlist online and verify the cancellation.