We just bought
DVC at the beginning of the month at Copper Creek. I'm trying to navigate booking for two vacations one for September of this year and one for February of 2019. If I'm understanding correctly, I can only have two active waitlists at a time. For September, since we were just under the 7 month window when we bought I have a studio booked at Saratoga Springs. We waitlisted for BLT and BWV. From my understanding, these are very unlikely to come through? We then hit the 11 month window for February so I booked a studio at Copper Creek with the plan being to try and switch somewhere else at 7 months. I believe if I want to enter a waitlist for February I will need to cancel one of the September waitlists. Is there a better one to cancel or if it has not come through by July will it not really matter?
Sorry if this is confusing!
You are correct that you can only have 2 active waitlists per membership.
Your chances of getting a studio at BWV during F&W are pretty slim and will depend highly on which view you waitlisted (std. and BW views have the lowest chances of getting filled while garden/pool view has the best chance but even then, not a good one).
The same goes for BLT (std. and theme park views are less likely to get filled, lake view stands a better chance).
And of course, the number of days you need will also have an impact on your chances. Needing one or two days in the middle of the week will meet with a better chance ofsuccess than trying to get a full week, including weekend nights.
The 7-month mark for a Feb. 1, 2019 stay is July 1. Your 7-month date is probably after that. People cancel or change plans all of the time. One of your waitlists may come thru by then. However, if neither comes thru then it's a real toss up. You could be content with staying at your home resort in Feb. (CCV is very nice) or you may be successful in booking that alternate resort at 7 months without a problem.
Should you decide to cancel one of the waitlists in July, consider this: BWV has more studios than BLT but they are in very high demand during F&W. My recommendation would be to look at the views that you have chosen to waitlist and decide accordingly based on the numbers of each at their respective resorts.
BWV has 52 std. view studios, 29 BW view and 164 Garden/Pool view
BLT has 30 std. view studios, 16 TPV and 101 Lake View