SSR/GF/BLT

[Sammie]

Interestingly based on distances, SSR is very centrally located to all 4 parks. Some of course are closer to one park or two, but to all 4, OKW and SSR are the most centrally located.

 

[ClaraOswald]

Yes, it does make sense. You can learn to waitlist another time!

If you waitlist something....can you take yourself off the list at any time? Like, could I book one resort and then waitlist another one. Then a few weeks later just take myself off the waitlist?

Or what if your request comes through but you no longer want stay there and prefer your original booked resort?

 

[Sandisw]

If you waitlist something....can you take yourself off the list at any time? Like, could I book one resort and then waitlist another one. Then a few weeks later just take myself off the waitlist?

Or what if your request comes through but you no longer want stay there and prefer your original booked resort?

You can cancel the waitlist at any time. If they process the waitlist and replace your original booking, you can’t have it back unless it’s still available.

So, you need to cancel it out before it fills.

 

[ClaraOswald]

So I could book SSR for our dates. Then waitlist BRV for a month or so while I wait for my 11-month window to open for our other 2024 trip. Then if we haven't gotten BRV, I can just get off the waitlist. Then bank the rest of my 2023 points (or at least as many as I need, for now) in order to book our VGC trip for next summer.

That way I wouldn't have to check every day to see if our dates magically opened up.

I'm sure we won't get BRV but it might be worth a shot for a few weeks anyway.

And then if we end up just doing SSR....we just need to make sure we bank the rest of our 2023 points by the end of January.

 

[ClaraOswald]

Another question....

Can you have reservations at 2 different resorts for the same dates?

I was able to book some of our dates for BRV but the last 2 nights I need aren't available. So I was thinking I would still book our full dates at SSR. And then just check back daily to see if the days I need for BRV magically appear. And if not, I'll just cancel that and keep SSR.

But I wasn't sure if they let you have overlapping reservations like that.

There's also a chance the dates I booked at BRV could actually work for us. But we'll need to wait and see what nonstop flights are available when Southwest releases those dates.

 

[10CJ]

As long as you have enough points you can have overlapping reservations.

 

[ClaraOswald]

So what's the transportation look like for BRV....

Boat to MK.
Bus to everywhere else?

 

[CarolynFH]

So what's the transportation look like for BRV....

Boat to MK.
Bus to everywhere else?

Yep. There’s a bus to MK too - I think it shares with the Contemporary or Ft. Wilderness, not sure. But in any case, you can choose boat or bus.

 

[AZMermaid]

Yes to two reservations but make sure you dont borrow points. Assuming you have enough points- you can do this:

reservation for available dates at BRV
reservation for SSR for full stay
waitlist for missing dates at BRV, set up to replace the SSR stay if it comes through.

Member services can merge the two BRV reservations if it comes through.

To make the waitlist, go online and try to make the reservation. You don’t need to use modify, you can just make a new one. It will say “dates unavailable do you want to waitlist” or something like that. Then go through that process. It will ask you if you want to replace a current reservation. You can play with it by making a VGC waitlist for like three months from now or whenever you UY opens and just not finishing it. Or you can finish it, just go back in and cancel it right away.

 

[MyDogTink]

As long as you have enough points you can have overlapping reservations.

Can the two reservations be in the same name? I tried doing that and an unfriendly DVC CM snapped at me and said I couldn’t make two reservations for the same dates. When I replied that they are my points and perhaps I was booking a second room for family, she said the second reservation would have to be in someone else’s name.

 

[10CJ]

Can the two reservations be in the same name? I tried doing that and an unfriendly DVC CM snapped at me and said I couldn’t make two reservations for the same dates. When I replied that they are my points and perhaps I was booking a second room for family, she said the second reservation would have to be in someone else’s name.

Not sure I have ever tried to make two reservations for the exact same dates with the same name. I sometimes have things with an overlapping date or two. I sometimes change the lead guest when I think I might need an overlap for a bit.

 

[CarolynFH]

Can the two reservations be in the same name? I tried doing that and an unfriendly DVC CM snapped at me and said I couldn’t make two reservations for the same dates. When I replied that they are my points and perhaps I was booking a second room for family, she said the second reservation would have to be in someone else’s name.

You can book two in the same name if you book online, and you should be able to book the same on the phone as well. You will need to change the guest name before checkin, though, because the same person can’t be checked in to two rooms at once.

 

[MyDogTink]

same

Thanks. And this can be two reservations under the same membership?

BTW, love your picture. It brought back fond memories of when I visited the OKW sale center with my mom and dad in the mid-90s.

 

[Sandisw]

Thanks. And this can be two reservations under the same membership?

BTW, love your picture. It brought back fond memories of when I visited the OKW sale center with my mom and dad in the mid-90s.

Yes, same membership. As already mentioned, by the time of the trip, you have to have the guests assigned to one room only, but until then, you can hold as many rooms as you have points for any dates.

 

[CarolynFH]

Thanks. And this can be two reservations under the same membership?

BTW, love your picture. It brought back fond memories of when I visited the OKW sale center with my mom and dad in the mid-90s.

As Sandi says, yes, you can book multiple reservations under the same membership. I think you got a new, not completely trained, CM on the phone.

And my picture is from our visit to the DVC sales center in 1994. It was our first WDW visit, so we weren’t ready to buy until 1997, on our 4th WDW trip, when we had finally realized that WDW was our happy place!

 

[ClaraOswald]

UPDATE, if anyone is interested.

I was initially able to book January 19th - 25th at BRV. I then put myself on the waitlist for the night of the 25th.
I booked SSR as backup.

Once SWA released flights, we decided to go January 20th - 25th. 5 nights, 4 park days.

A couple days after booking the flight, I went and cancelled our SSR booking. Then, for the heck of it, I checked BRV availability for the 25th (even though we were already on the waitlist for that one night.) It showed availability! So I quickly modified our trip to be January 20th-26th and we'll be doing 6 nights, 5 park days now.

So I don't really get how the waitlist works. We were on the waitlist for a studio on January 25th. But then the calendar actually showed that day had opened up. So why didn't I get contacted about the waitlist??

 

[AZMermaid]

The waitlist has to be manually processed. It’s possible you had gotten that night but it just hadn’t been processed yet. Like it matches but then someone has to go in and make it an official reservation. No one knows how long or what order this is done. Did you happen to go back in and see if the 25th was still available when you cancelled your waitlist? That’s usually a sign that you had it. You can call or use chat to ask if you matched if you see something suspicious like all the days around your night available but not yours.

It’s also possible that theres a short lag between someone cancelling and the waitlist picking it up. This used to be true for sure but the last few years I’m not sure it is. When I drop nights, especially at VGC, I never see them available right away making me think the waitlist now automatically snags them.

 

[ClaraOswald]

I was still on the waitlist when I saw the night was available. So I modified our original booking to add it. Once I got it, I cancelled the waitlist. I didn't look right after to see if it was still showing available or not at the time. But I know I looked later that day or the next and it wasn't there anymore.

I'm wondering if I just got lucky and happened to search shortly after it became available. I had been searching once a day or when I'd remember to keep an eye on it.