Room upgrades

[krinicone]

Has anyone ever gotten a room upgrade with doing online check-in? Just curious.

 

[niroc]

Ironically, I just got a call from Disney 10 minutes ago wanting to upgrade our one bedroom club lvl room at the GF to a suite for our stay there next week. I did do online check-in.

 

[krinicone]

Ok, wow! I just read some others that have gotten upgrades doing online check-in as well! I know it's a super duper slim chance of happening to me but hey, I can dream right?

 

[tcherjen]

That is awesome! I would love an upgrade.

 

[egjlsmommy]

We did last month at BW. We had a standard view booked and we were upgraded to a deluxe club level room. It was so fantastic!

 

[demilu]

Is this common at the value resorts or just deluxe etc.?

 

[AngiTN]

Yes

 

[AngiTN]

Is this common at the value resorts or just deluxe etc.?

Not common anywhere

 

[demilu]

Got it. Thanks.

 

[Lynne M]

Is this common at the value resorts or just deluxe etc.?

Upgrades are commonly discussed on these boards, but they're not common at any resort. Only a very small fraction of the thousands of guests who check into a Disney resort every day get an upgrade.

 

[demilu]

Thanks!

 

[aleh021]

Room upgrades can happen to anyone, you never know what can happen.

 

[ellie05]

Room upgrades usually happens because of hotel inventory not "extra magic". We were "upgraded" at pop to a pool side room which to us wasn't an upgrade at all. So we paid for a preferred room end at a standard room because they didn't have a preferred room available. Good thing we were only there for one night and we weren't using Disney transport.

 

[Vixster]

We did online check in for animal kingdom lodge and paid for a standard room and we were given an animal view room was amazing

 

[Babsy]

We have been going to WDW since 1971 almost every year. Many years for the past 25 we have gone three to four times each year. During all those hotel stays with WDW, we have only been upgraded twice. The first time (probably about 10+ years ago?) we were put in the last room available at ASMu and it was badly damaged. It was 2:00 am when we discovered the problem! We were eventually moved to CSR, to a standard view room there. We didn't get to our room until after 5:00!!! That was painful! We lost the better part of our first day to that 'upgrade'. Up all night from 1:00 am to 5:00am checking in after travelling all day to get there was so tiring! WE slept that morning away and was tired for the rest of the day.

The other time we were staying in BWI CL (2 years ago) and my Mom experienced an allergic reaction to something outside her room (Plants/trees we weren't sure what it was but she couldn't stay there). Again, it was her the end of the evening when we arrived (about 10:30 pm). Again, no where to move us. So they found a room at the AKL. It was a 2 bedroom suite! That was an upgrade that I would have liked to pass on, but my Mom needed to move. When we arrived we were at the far end nearest to Kidani, but in Jambo house. It felt like forever to walk that long hallway, cross the lobby and take the elevators to the AKL lounge. I had a cold at the time and wasn't feeling well either, so we would stop to rest on benches along the way. It was a lovely suite, but it was bigger than we needed. I would have preferred a regular room near the CL, but that wasn't an option.

neither of my 'upgrades' would have been my choice. I would have preferred to have the room that I booked.

Upgrades DO occur, but they are rare. It would most likely be when the room type that you have booked is unavailable or if there is a problem with your room. If your room type is unavailable, they can, and sometimes do, DOWNGRADE you to something less than you booked. That can be really disappointing.

Our strategy is always book what we want or will make us happy. My dream is to get a nice room in the category that i booked with everything like balconies and daybeds. You can't always get that.

 

[rlovew]

Is this common at the value resorts or just deluxe etc.?

There are probably more upgrades a resorts with different room categories. The values have standard and preferred rooms- not much to upgrade there. Deluxes have various categories of views, room types, and concierge for choices- lots more possibilities for upgrades.

 

[caracarn]

No, have never gotten an upgrade doing on line checkin.

 

[Southernswthrt]

We did online check-in for our standard room at Poly and were upgraded to a Studio Villa

 

[maryj11]

Yes last month! We did online check in. We had booked a garden view at Grand Floridian and was upgraded to a lagoon view !!

 

[maryj11]

We did online check-in for our standard room at Poly and were upgraded to a Studio Villa

Did you make any requests on the online check in?