Resort Change by Disney

[Bjn10]

I’m a little nervous they will give us a room with one bed we are a traveling party of 2 but differently need seperete

 

[Betty Rohrer]

We love the cabins we have stayed there many times but in my opinion you need a golf cart!

our last trip golf cart was out in that we would have had to have 2 as we could not squeeze into one. and as I say granddaughter loved the buses and by end of week I think she knew most if not all the drivers on our route. she really cried when she found out one would not be taking her home

 

[notallboys]

If I had to bet... It was your TA who canceled it... That’s what happened to the one other person.

I’d advise anyone else who booked with a TA to call and tell them NOT to cancel your reservation!

I hope they can work some sort of magic for you. I’d call back to Disney and see what they say. Tell them you didn’t cancel and want to know why it was... Get a Supervisor if you’re not making any headway.... If in fact it was your TA, he/she needs to eat the cost and make you whole again. I’d be livid and they wouldn’t be my TA any longer.

 

[maryj11]

I just read a post from a TA who thought their reservations were cancelled. It turns out when they changed resorts they gave them a new reservation number so it was the old one that came up cancelled. Now if they never changed resorts I would be calling!

 

[runjulesrun]

I’m a little nervous they will give us a room with one bed we are a traveling party of 2 but differently need seperete

This is my fear with 1 of our 3 rooms. My 17 yo daughter and 21 yo son will be in that room. Definitely need 2 beds if/when we get moved for our late July trip.

 

[SamFaniam]

I’m a little nervous they will give us a room with one bed we are a traveling party of 2 but differently need seperete

This is my fear with 1 of our 3 rooms. My 17 yo daughter and 21 yo son will be in that room. Definitely need 2 beds if/when we get moved for our late July trip.

There aren’t actually all that many rooms on property that have only a king bed. If the current pattern holds and you’re moved to a DVC studio or the Fort Wilderness cabins, you will have two sleeping surfaces a regular bed and either a Murphy bed or a sleeper sofa.

 

[runjulesrun]

There aren’t actually all that many rooms on property that have only a king bed. If the current pattern holds and you’re moved to a DVC studio or the Fort Wilderness cabins, you will have two sleeping surfaces a regular bed and either a Murphy bed or a sleeper sofa.

I think my irrational fear came from my perpetual bad luck and thinking that they would move us to a tower studio at Riviera which only sleeps 2. I keep seeing people say that Riviera is only 30% sold which leaves 70% available for Disney to move people to. Since I have 3 rooms with 2 people per room, I could see Disney moving us to the smallest space available. We still have a couple weeks before we will know what they are doing for our late July trip so I just have to wait and see.

 

[SamFaniam]

I think my irrational fear came from my perpetual bad luck and thinking that they would move us to a tower studio at Riviera which only sleeps 2. I keep seeing people say that Riviera is only 30% sold which leaves 70% available for Disney to move people to. Since I have 3 rooms with 2 people per room, I could see Disney moving us to the smallest space available. We still have a couple weeks before we will know what they are doing for our late July trip so I just have to wait and see.

You’re right, I didn’t think about those new tower rooms. To be honest, they are kind of a mystery to me because I can’t imagine who would want to stay there, for Riviera prices.

 

[Sandisw]

I think my irrational fear came from my perpetual bad luck and thinking that they would move us to a tower studio at Riviera which only sleeps 2. I keep seeing people say that Riviera is only 30% sold which leaves 70% available for Disney to move people to. Since I have 3 rooms with 2 people per room, I could see Disney moving us to the smallest space available. We still have a couple weeks before we will know what they are doing for our late July trip so I just have to wait and see.

I would be surprised to see them use Tower for the moves. There are only 24 total with 9 being part of DVC inventory.

Lot more rooms to choose from than those.

 

[Sandisw]

You’re right, I didn’t think about those new tower rooms. To be honest, they are kind of a mystery to me because I can’t imagine who would want to stay there, for Riviera prices.

I am booked in one for January as a solo trip! Just me so don’t really need more than that!

 

[runjulesrun]

I would be surprised to see them use Tower for the moves. There are only 24 total with 9 being part of DVC inventory.

Lot more rooms to choose from than those.

Didn't realize there were so few. I said my fear was irrational, lol.

 

[SamFaniam]

I am booked in one for January as a solo trip! Just me so don’t really need more than that!

Well, that makes sense. They sure are not family rooms!

 

[Beachmom0317]

This may be a random question but are the Ft Wilderness Cabins accessible without a car? I see the site is HUGE and looks hard going without a vehicle? If people who are being moved here don't have vehicles, is it going to be an issue to get about?

We stayed at the fort once with a rental car but we didn’t use it. We did rent a golf cart and found it well worth it in our personal opinion. Either way FW is a wonderful place to be! The camping forum here on the Dis has tons of good info and tips if you need help

 

[LunaMini]

We stayed at the fort once with a rental car but we didn’t use it. We did rent a golf cart and found it well worth it in our personal opinion. Either way FW is a wonderful place to be! The camping forum here on the Dis has tons of good info and tips if you need help

Thanks, we’re small resort people (we’re used to Disneyland Paris!) the thought of being so spread out really doesn’t appeal. I honestly don’t see how a room at POFQ can be compared to a cabin at ft wilderness. Maybe it’s just me.

 

[MomOTwins]

I think the problem I see here is that the so-called "upgrades" are called that because the rooms hold more people. But if you don't need that extra space, it's a downgrade because the higher price of those rooms factors in that more people can stay there. Thus, FT Wilderness Cabins cost substantially more than a single CBR room, but that's because a party of 6 can fit in a single cabin whereas at CBR they'd have to buy two rooms. If you can fit in one room, CBR is in my opinion substantially more bang for your buck on almost every metric--transportation, dining/shopping, pool, decor. The "value" at Ft Wilderness is even worse considering that if you don't have a car, you have to pay a bunch for a golf cart rental or else face a very inefficient internal bus system.

 

[MrsSmith07]

This is my fear with 1 of our 3 rooms. My 17 yo daughter and 21 yo son will be in that room. Definitely need 2 beds if/when we get moved for our late July trip.

I'm really hoping GF is open and I don't have to worry about it, but if not, we're the same. I have 2 rooms, and I booked GF intentionally because of the 2Q + daybed setup. That gives us 6 real beds. If we get moved to 2 studios somewhere, most have sofa beds or the beds under the TV that only fit a small child. I do have one that could sleep there (my 7yr old) but my 10yr old is 5'5" and too big for those beds.

 

[Disneylover99]

I think the problem I see here is that the so-called "upgrades" are called that because the rooms hold more people. But if you don't need that extra space, it's a downgrade because the higher price of those rooms factors in that more people can stay there. Thus, FT Wilderness Cabins cost substantially more than a single CBR room, but that's because a party of 6 can fit in a single cabin whereas at CBR they'd have to buy two rooms. If you can fit in one room, CBR is in my opinion substantially more bang for your buck on almost every metric--transportation, dining/shopping, pool, decor. The "value" at Ft Wilderness is even worse considering that if you don't have a car, you have to pay a bunch for a golf cart rental or else face a very inefficient internal bus system.

I agree. And I think some people get hung up on the notion of, I wouldn’t be able to afford this resort/room otherwise, so let’s go for it!

But the question remains. If the cost of the room wasn’t a factor, do you, or would you really want to stay in the resort they’re offering?

 

[bernardandbianca]

We don't necessarily have to have a king bed, although most accessible rooms we've had do have kings when you have a roll in shower, at least the values we've been in. I'm just worried that because there are so few of these accessible rooms, we'll end up being cancelled.

 

[Rene N]

We stayed at the fort once with a rental car but we didn’t use it. We did rent a golf cart and found it well worth it in our personal opinion. Either way FW is a wonderful place to be! The camping forum here on the Dis has tons of good info and tips if you need help

I agree we love FW. The golf cart is just fun my boys loved to ride around at night.

 

[MomOTwins]

I agree we love FW. The golf cart is just fun my boys loved to ride around at night.

I'm not sure "fun" for me is worth an extra $80 enough (cost of the 6-person cart... we're a family of 5). And if we were moved to FW, with this short notice, we might not be able to get one. Having lost free dining, paying that after being forced to move to a resort we don't want would be hard to swallow.