Stalking DVC website after waitlisting

[TexasErin]

We are trying to have 10 nights booked in a 1BR at VGC.. I had enough VGC points to book the last half at the 11 month mark. Although I tried walking the first half at about eight months out with our AKV contract, I hit a stumbling block when I ran into Memorial Day weekend since it was already booked. The way things stand now, I have every night booked except our 2nd night and fourth night. I have waitlists for both of those nights. At first, I was trying to book those two nights myself multiple times per day. I got really tired of wasting time and being disappointed and have stopped trying. Is there really any reason to keep trying to book it myself when the nights are already waitlisted? I mean, what is the point of even waitlisting at all if somebody can just book it outright? Seems like it would make actually getting a waitlist filled impossible.

And if I don’t get those two nights, would you cancel the first and third nights? I had thought we could just stay the first night at VGC, second night at the Disneyland Hotel, third night at VGC, fourth night at Disneyland hotel, and then our last six nights at VGC.. Sounds like a crazy amount of work to move that many times though. Even looking at that idea written, it sounds pretty stupid.

I realize a lot of people say that you do not need that long at Disneyland, but we really enjoy our long trips there.

 

[cruisehopeful]

I keep reading that people get the booking themselves before they get the waitlist notification. So, you might want to keep manually looking.

Rather than move back and forth as much as you are planning, maybe do a hotel stay for the first chunk and then go to VGC so that you are only moving one time. Unless you really don't mind moving that much. If it were me and my waitlist didn't come through, I'd do the first 2 nights at DLH, third night at VGC, 4th at the Grand and then finish up at VGC. YMMV

 

[Lexxiefern]

As annoying as it is, I would keep stalking. I have only had a waitlist come thru a few times, whereas I almost always am able to get what I want by stalking. Most recently at GCV, I got the nights needed (also in the middle of my stay) at 31 days out. I stalked every single day, multiple times a day for 4 months

 

[deedubb]

I would keep stalking. I tried booking one night in a VGC studio yesterday but was shut out, so I waitlisted it. Just need the 1 night before family joins us and we move into a 2 bdrm. This morning, the date became available so I booked it. I was still waitlisted for it, even though it became available.

 

[kes601]

Definitely keep stalking. I setup a waitlist for 1 night in an AKV Value Studio as we had 1 night in a standard view followed by 6 in a value. I checked this morning and it was available. I doubt it would have stuck around until the system grabbed it for me.

 

[Calbear88]

I asked member services today how the waitlist system works. I was told if someone cancels their reservation, DVC will match the open rooms to their waitlists before they make the room available for general booking, so there is no need to manually check if you've submitted a waitlist.

Of course, this is just what one cast member says, but wondering if anyone has insight into how their system works?

If a room cancellations result in the room showing up to book on the website even though there are waitlists for those dates, it seems waitlists are not very effective.

Are waitlist matches run manually several times a day to look for a match, and cancellations result in inventory showing up on the website to book right away?

Thanks

 

[Sandisw]

I asked member services today how the waitlist system works. I was told if someone cancels their reservation, DVC will match the open rooms to their waitlists before they make the room available for general booking, so there is no need to manually check if you've submitted a waitlist.

Of course, this is just what one cast member says, but wondering if anyone has insight into how their system works?

If a room cancellations result in the room showing up to book on the website even though there are waitlists for those dates, it seems waitlists are not very effective.

Are waitlist matches run manually several times a day to look for a match, and cancellations result in inventory showing up on the website to book right away?

Thanks

No one knows how often the waitlist runs but I think it runs more often than we think.

I have canceled days and never had any of them show back up right away, canceled and seen a few show up but the others didn’t and other times all show up.

I have also snagged something via stalking that I waitlisted for, booked it, checked, and it was no longer there. Then I canceled my waitlist and went back and sure enough the rooms were there.

It meant I actually had my waitlist filled but not yet processed. But the systems doesn’t show that so I didn’t know it had actually filled. And that haz happened too often to be a coincidence.

But there are definitely times when rooms go back right away which means the systems isn’t constantly running checks.