Saratoga v. Boardwalk

[ALEXanderJames]

I tried to make reservations for the week of Dec 3rd at the 11 month window for a 1 bedroom and none was available. I will be staying at SSR for the first time.

 

[Sammie]

Leaving Saturday for 7 nights. Staying at Saratoga. Could not get into Boardwalk or Beach Club even though I called 7 months to the day.

Any thoughts on why?

Any comparison thoughts between Boardwalk and Saratoga?

Does the bus to MK from Saratoga take you to the Transit Center or right up to the park like when you stay at Boardwalk?

Thanks,

It will be the same bus stop right outside the Magic Kingdom.

 

[KyleRayner]

It shouldn't be. I don't think MS and reservations work like that. I wonder if it is room category is the deciding factor. We booked a 1 bedroom villa. What were you looking for?

oogsdaughter,

I was looking for a 1 bedroom as well.

 

[KyleRayner]

No, you didn't mess up. The dates may not have been there day-by-day either.

However, my guess is that if you had waitlisted you would have gotten it. I waitlisted myself for the week after new year in a standard view studio only 5 months out. I got a couple days when I called and I popped off the waitlist for the other days within a couple months. Then, I made someone very happy a couple weeks ago and cancelled the whole week and they popped off the waitlist .

I did waitlist myself for both BCV and BWV, but unfortunately it didn't pan out.

 

[KyleRayner]

I tried to make reservations for the week of Dec 3rd at the 11 month window for a 1 bedroom and none was available. I will be staying at SSR for the first time.

Same thing happened to me but at the 7 month mark. My home resort is OKW, but I'll be staying at SSR for the first time 12/2-12/10.

 

[robinb]

I did waitlist myself for both BCV and BWV, but unfortunately it didn't pan out.

Did you waitlist for the whole time, or day by day? If you waitlist for the whole time then all of those days have to become available at once. That could be a problem, especially if you starting mid-week and staying over a weekend into the next week. If you waitlist for each individual day, then when one or more of your days becomes available you get those days and you wait for the rest to come through. It works, but it's not for the faint of heart if you don't have enough points for a back-up reservation.

ETA: I see you are staying from a Friday to the next Saturday. So much for the mid-week theory. Weekends are usually fairly easy to get, even in the busiest of times.

 

[KyleRayner]

Robin,

Thanks to helpful people like you, I found out about making reservations day by day. So I'll try that next time. I was trying to reserve the whole time at once.

 

[missymagic]

I am still in the clouds when it comes to booking, yes the rookie. Anyway you can book 11 mo window at home resort and 7 mo at another??? Do I have that correct??? confused.....

 

[robinb]

I am still in the clouds when it comes to booking, yes the rookie. Anyway you can book 11 mo window at home resort and 7 mo at another??? Do I have that correct??? confused.....

Yes. If you want to book at SSR you can do so starting at the 11 month window. If you want to book at the other DVC resorts, you need to wait for the 7 month window. That's one of the reasons why people here advise "Buy where you want to stay." In this case two familes wanted to book outside their home resorts during a very busy (for DVC, that is) time and were locked out. If you don't want to stay during the busy times (early Dec, Christmas/NYE, Easter, Jersey Week, the Boardwalk area for Food and Wine) you should be OK.