They want us to move from the Poly too!

[tink2dw]

There is always one in any thread ...... Just ignore it!! It may not go away but Know it is 1 in 1000's who wish you well!!

And have a GRRRR Great Trip!! As soon as you arrive all will be well!! Here is a ton of Magic Pixie Dust for your family!!!!!!!

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[smfnj]

Originally posted by Sammie
Many of the guests attending the Disney parks do not stay at Disney resorts, therefore Disney resort occupany does not affect park hours. The hours for Nov are reflective of what hours in the fall have always been.

Just because many guests to the parks are not resort guests you can't say resort occupancy doesn't affect park hours. If resort occupancy is up, my guess is that hotel occupancy outside WDW is probably also up, and so is park attendance.

I believe that if twenty-some thousand rooms are nearly fully booked the parks will be very crowded.

Park attendance in the fall of '01 and '02 are the lowest they've been in years due to 9/11 yet the hours this year are about the same as the last 2 years.

We go to WDW twice between Nov and Feb (excluding Thanksgiving and Xmas) and have NEVER had a problem getting a room where we wanted.

steve

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by HauntedMansionFan
Why should you be upgraded? You are still paying the same price for a deluxe room, granted is might be an inconvenience in the minds of some at the Poly's proximity to everything. But you aren't owed anything else, like an upgrade, discount, etc...

Just my two cents.

Well I am not one to ask for upgrades and never do BUT if this happened to me I would be raising all kinds of you know what. Not everyone feels all deluxes are equal and they are all priced appropriately to that fact. I base my entire vacation around the Poly as it is as much of the vacation as the parks are to me. I would be very upset if they tried to stick me in any other deluxe and especially AK or even the WL. They are far from deluxes if you ask me and not worth half the price. They might as well suggest the Allstars as I feel they are about the same! The only way to pacify me and to shut me up would to install me in either concierge or a suite at the Poly or at the GF. Even the GF would get me upset as it is still not as nice as the Poly IMO. I think the OP has every right to ask and receive an upgrade in this instance. Not only she is not getting the hotel she booked but now she has to move in the middle of her trip. We do not move once we get in our room and would be livid if someone even suggested it.

 

[paulinesa]

Originally posted by skiwee1
[BII would be very upset if they tried to stick me in any other deluxe and especially AK or even the WL. They are far from deluxes if you ask me and not worth half the price. They might as well suggest the Allstars as I feel they are about the same! The only way to pacify me and to shut me up would to install me in either concierge or a suite at the Poly or at the GF. Even the GF would get me upset as it is still not as nice as the Poly IMO. I think the OP has every right to ask and receive an upgrade in this instance. Not only she is not getting the hotel she booked but now she has to move in the middle of her trip. We do not move once we get in our room and would be livid if someone even suggested it. [/B]

WOW, exuse me!! Poly is not all that great as well. Don't be comparing the WL and AKL to the ALL STARS. GF is as nice as the POLY?! yeah I think not. Poly lookls like old apartment buildings with themeing.

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by paulinesa
WOW, exuse me!! Poly is not all that great as well. Don't be comparing the WL and AKL to the ALL STARS. GF is as nice as the POLY?! yeah I think not. Poly lookls like old apartment buildings with themeing.

That is your opinion and that is fine. I have my opinions and that is fine too.

 

[HauntedMansionFan]

Originally posted by tink2dw
There is always one in any thread ...... Just ignore it!! It may not go away but Know it is 1 in 1000's who wish you well!!

And have a GRRRR Great Trip!! As soon as you arrive all will be well!! Here is a ton of Magic Pixie Dust for your family!!!!!!!

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Who said that I didn't wish them well on their trip? I'm sorry for sharing my opinion, next time I'll run it by your censor board before I post. But I apologize, I'm new to posting on the resort boards... if I had posted {{{hugs}}}} or some pixie dust would that have made things better?

 

[Tonyspad]

Here we go again!!!

 

[mep319]

I agree to not compare AKL to the Allstars...having stayed at GF & CR I prefer AKL!! To each is own but please... that is way off base!

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by mep319
I agree to not compare AKL to the Allstars...having stayed at GF & CR I prefer AKL!! To each is own but please... that is way off base!

It isn't off base to me. I do not like the looks of AKL. How can an OPINION be off base? You like AKL better then GF and CR and I don't.

 

[Aisling]

They are far from deluxes if you ask me and not worth half the price.

AKL is far from deluxe? ROFL!

Don't be comparing the WL and AKL to the ALL STARS. GF is as nice as the POLY?! yeah I think not. Poly lookls like old apartment buildings with themeing.

I'm cracking up reading these! To compare AKL to All-Stars is hilarious! And I LOVE All Stars!

My opinion on all this is that if Disney can't honor her ressie for the Poly, they should either give her any other resort she wants with something reasonably extra thrown in (not a suite like someone said LOL), or else give her a free ressie for the Poly for a later date.
However, with 150 families to make nice to, I don't see how Disney will be able to please them all. Sincere good luck to those families.

 

[mep319]

You've never stayed there so how would you know? But you are right you are entitled to your opinion. I try not to comment on things I have no knowledge of & try to keep an open mind; you never know you may be pleasantly surprised. DH had no interest in AKL until I practically begged to stay there...now it is favorite. But I do have knowledge of the Allstars, WL, & AKL…there is no comparisons.

A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof: “The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion” (Elizabeth Drew).

 

[AspiringCindy]

What a person thinks or feels about a resort is totally subjective!
Personally, you can't go wrong with any of them! They are all wonderful in their own right! It is just a matter of what atmosphere or decor appeals to you!

Have a wonderful trip!

 

[LadyLt]

Originally posted by smfnj
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How about this..Delay the renovation of the Tuvalu longhouse for 4 - 6 weeks, problem solved! My guess is that's "What Walt Would Do". Oh no, delaying a renovation would screw up our whole long term schedule and might cost us a few $$$$.

steve

It might be nice if you knew what you were talking about!! Tuvalu is not scheduled for re-hab. At least until after the holidays. And it is a very small building with only 54 rooms. It would not solve this problem.

This terrible, unfortunate situation was caused by a computer glitch. That is awful, but in this day and time, it does happen in all kinds of businesses. They started trying to correct it as soon as they realized what had happened. Better now than when people started showing up to check in and there were no rooms. They are actually limited in what they can offer because there are limited choices. As mentioned by others, it is "Jersey" week and Soap Opera Week, and Wine and Food Festival. Many , maybe most, other resorts are booked at 100% or close to it. So for all on this board demanding that they give should "this or that", this or that is probably just not available.

 

[Sammie]

Originally posted by smfnj
Just because many guests to the parks are not resort guests you can't say resort occupancy doesn't affect park hours. If resort occupancy is up, my guess is that hotel occupancy outside WDW is probably also up, and so is park attendance.

I believe that if twenty-some thousand rooms are nearly fully booked the parks will be very crowded.

Park attendance in the fall of '01 and '02 are the lowest they've been in years due to 9/11 yet the hours this year are about the same as the last 2 years.

We go to WDW twice between Nov and Feb (excluding Thanksgiving and Xmas) and have NEVER had a problem getting a room where we wanted.

steve

Many times in the fall Disney will be very booked due to special events and conventions. That does not necessarily reflect the bookings of off site hotels. I live in the area and have seen this happen many times.

The hours for Fall have been the same for years regardless of bookings at the hotels. If you want longer hours, then summer is the time to go. Then all Disney hotels and off site hotels will be busy and there will be many more in the parks than just Disney resort guests.

I guess busy is relevant to each person. I don't consider 25,000 a busy day at the parks.

As to saying Resort occupancy does not affect park hours, Disney states that all the time in their official releases. They do not set their park hours based on the occupancy levels of Disney hotels. Park hours are based on park attendance levels. If park attendance truely is higher during this period, then it would not be a surprise to see park hours adjusted on a daily basis.

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

I think there is an important issue not being discussed here... most people plan their whole wdw vacation around which resort they will be staying at. People make PS's and plan their itinerary around their location... so switching from the Poly to AKL would be a big deal to me. It's not easy to start all over from scratch with new PS's during a peak time. People like me, with two small children, are very careful when choosing a resort. We try to stay as close to the parks as possible because our 2 year old has to take breaks. We almost always eat dinner in or near our resort because the kids don't wake up from their nap until about 4-5 pm. So if we had ps's for O'hana and Kona I'm sure we wouldn't keep them... it would be a pain to travel from AKL to Poly. That means canceling ps's and making new ones... if their are even any left at this point! Also we don't like loading and unloading our huge double stroller off the bus 20 times a day... so we like the monorail resorts and epcot resorts for that reason. I think Disney should have at least offered some free meals or park passes to someone that has to change resorts. I understand that everything is booked solid, so obviously people can't pick and choose which resort they want... but disney could make it up in other ways.

 

[freediverdude]

I guess this is just my opinion, but if someone has a deposit guaranteed reservation, and it's Disney's computer glitch that caused the problem, it should be Disney trying to offer people something that would be acceptable for them to switch hotels, in order to make it up to the guest expecting to stay at the Polynesian. If it really is that booked, to where 100% of the non-suite rooms are booked at all the other deluxes, then they need to decide on what to offer the people to make up for not being able to provide what they had contracted to provide, whether that be upgrading them to a suite, or offering a moderate or value room with tons and tons of free stuff, like comping a bunch of meals and park passes, etc., or offering to move them to different dates, or cancelling the reservation with a full refund if absolutely nothing else is available that the guest is willing to take. But just saying "We'll have to move you to this resort with a completely different location and theming, you don't have a choice" doesn't cut it. These people and Disney contracted for a stay at a Polynesian-themed resort, with expectations of monorail service to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot parks. If Disney cannot provide that, then it's Disney's responsibility to try to provide something that will accomodate the guest instead. I know under the law they are only required to provide a similar type of room, but I think we have a unique case with Disney, where we're not talking about a generic deluxe hotel room that you can find in any city vs. another generic deluxe hotel room. In this particular instance, location makes a huge difference, as well as types of transportation, and also the theming is unique to each resort, which is part of the experience that is contracted here. That's why I think some extra measures should be taken by Disney besides just putting the displaced guests in any deluxe rooms they can find.