September 2008 Wilderness Lodge

[JRS1984]

I tried to book for September 27 - October 4th 2008 with the Wilderness Lodge. The standard and Woods view rooms are not listed only courtyard and club level. Are all the rooms already booked 12 1/2 months in advance? I booked for September 30 - October 7 2006 only 6 months in advance and got the woods view just fine. What's going on here???

 

[salmoneous]

Disney's online computers are extremely quirky. Never trust them. If a category of room appears to be completely booked, call. Or just wait a few days and try again. If Disney really is out of a category, you can also check places like Expedia or Hotels.com, which often has rooms Disney does not.

 

[JRS1984]

thanks! I was getting a little worried for a second. I didn't want to pin those dates down exactly yet. I am waiting for the F&W Festival dates for 2008 first. I thought it looked a little fishy for the standard rooms to all be booked a year in advance.

 

[JLKennedy]

You never know. We booked the first day possible for our Sept. 2008 trip. Staying at WL, with woods view room...so did the outlaws...so my party is 4, outlaws 4 and cousins 5, so between the 3 of us, we've got 4 rooms booked.

 

[WildernessBride]

I booked WL for Christmas 2008 and online it only lists Courtyard, Courtyard w/ bunk beds or Club levels available. I booked through a travel agent and she said Disney will open up more rooms at a later date, because we wanted Woods w/ bunkbeds. We ended up with courtyard for now but can change it when more rooms are made available by Disney. I don't know why they hold back but they seem to do so.

 

[JRS1984]

they probably hold the rooms back so that all the people who try and book a year or more in advance can't take all of the rooms from people who book 6 months in advance. They probably are releasing the rooms in stages so that everybody gets a fair shot, or at least I hope so. If not, all the rooms would be booked at the farthest date out possible (499 days). Not everyone can do that.

 

[WildernessBride]

True, I was shocked when she said all she could book was Courtyard. I couldn't believe so many people wanted to book a vacation that far in advance. I needed to because it gives me motivation to save money for the trip and gives me time to get up the big bucks that kind of trip requires .