VDH Opening

[take36]

Imagine selling a $31,000 timeshare to someone and then having them not be able to book on opening day because you haven't adequately staffed your phone lines. Disgraceful.

Believe it or not, many timeshares have horrendous customer service. Anyone have or even experience Wyndham timeshares (or just google) will tell you that DVC is like rolling out the red carpet by even putting you on hold!

 

[Dobermanns]

Hubs told me I oughta buy a lotto ticket after learning that I got through at 6am PST and done with two bookings in 11 minutes (bday staycation in Oct and runDisney weekend).

 

[pineapplepalms]

I booked my Oogie Boogie stay but still need to score the tickets.

I’m debating whether to try to book a VDH stay to go to OBB. We haven’t done a short trip since we only had our oldest, since we like to stay for longer if we’re going to make the drive. But OBB is tempting since we haven’t done a Halloween party at DLR in years, when it was Mickey’s Halloween Party.

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

I’m debating whether to try to book a VDH stay to go to OBB. We haven’t done a short trip since we only had our oldest, since we like to stay for longer if we’re going to make the drive. But OBB is tempting since we haven’t done a Halloween party at DLR in years, when it was Mickey’s Halloween Party.

Just booked this morning! Of course they haven’t officially released dates yet but in theory…

 

[pineapplepalms]

Just booked this morning! Of course they haven’t officially released dates yet but in theory…

I just called and booked! No wait to get through to MS at this point. Now to wait and hope that there’s actually a party during our stay… This would be our only chance to all stay in a studio at VDH together since my youngest will be turning 3, and also the last trip he could get in for free.

 

[Sunnyore]

I’m debating whether to try to book a VDH stay to go to OBB. We haven’t done a short trip since we only had our oldest, since we like to stay for longer if we’re going to make the drive. But OBB is tempting since we haven’t done a Halloween party at DLR in years, when it was Mickey’s Halloween Party.

Out of all the after hours parties, OBB is the best. There’s a reason why it sells out so fast. Obviously dates aren’t available yet but if it follows patterns from previous years, parties should be every Sun, Tues, Thurs from like early Sept on. If you got points, maybe grab some days and then decide when it gets closer?

 

[pineapplepalms]

Out of all the after hours parties, OBB is the best. There’s a reason why it sells out so fast. Obviously dates aren’t available yet but if it follows patterns from previous years, parties should be every Sun, Tues, Thurs from like early Sept on. If you got points, maybe grab some days and then decide when it gets closer?

I booked! I love Halloween theming at DLR and we haven’t gone during that time since before our younger two were born. They would have so much fun seeing it all, especially Halloween Cars Land.

 

[longboard55]

For a few years OBB was not that good, but the recent ones have been great. I love they way they put the villains around the park. Seems like it is better in California Adventure

 

[DMPicone]

For a few years OBB was not that good, but the recent ones have been great. I love they way they put the villains around the park. Seems like it is better in California Adventure

Was 2015 a bad year? I made my only trip to Disneyland that year during the 60th and used the halloween party to gain an extra day beyond the max 5 day tickets. It was so crowded and they included paint the night so it was really lacking overall. Turned me off parties entirely since it was my first, but I ended up at a MK Christmas party in 2017 and loved it. I've been considering it the DL vs WDW difference.

 

[NVDISFamily]

Has anyone looked at the photos of their reservations when they link them to the Disneyland app/website? Are these renderings or photos of the room models?

 

[nlenguyen]

Has anyone looked at the photos of their reservations when they link them to the Disneyland app/website? Are these renderings or photos of the room models?

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Those are the renderings, but they look so real to me

 

[ehh]

Viewing the rooms on the DL cash bookings side confirms these are artist renderings:

Oddly, the 1BR images includes images from a Deluxe Studio ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[ehh]

Did anyone get a confirmation email for their VDH stay? I did not.

 

[soniam]

Did anyone get a confirmation email for their VDH stay? I did not.

No, but it shows up on the DVC site.

 

[NVDISFamily]

Did anyone get a confirmation email for their VDH stay? I did not.

No, but it shows up on the DVC site.

Was able to link to the Disneyland app/website with no issues too.

 

[Sunnyore]

Was able to link to the Disneyland app/website with no issues too.

I forgot about the 120 day rule so couldn’t book reservations yet for a couple more weeks. Was hoping to use the hotel stay to bypass the normal MK reservation pool.

 

[pineapplepalms]

Did anyone get a confirmation email for their VDH stay? I did not.

Not for the ones I booked first thing in the morning, but I did get an email for the one I booked in the afternoon. I think their system wasn’t fully setup for it in the morning. That morning my waitlist said “undefined” for room type and now it says the proper room type.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Not for the ones I booked first thing in the morning, but I did get an email for the one I booked in the afternoon. I think their system wasn’t fully setup for it in the morning. That morning my waitlist said “undefined” for room type and now it says the proper room type.

I also had "undefined" for my waitlist but now it's showing correctly.

I also booked in the morning on 5/16 and still have not gotten an email, but it showed up on my dashboard immediately.

 

[ehh]

Not for the ones I booked first thing in the morning, but I did get an email for the one I booked in the afternoon. I think their system wasn’t fully setup for it in the morning. That morning my waitlist said “undefined” for room type and now it says the proper room type.

Interesting about the morning/afternoon difference. My Member Services CM told me to expect two: one because she rushed to book it under my name only, then a second to add the rest. I got none, oh well

I'm sure I can do a zero-change modify post-July and trigger a resend, if I even care by then.

 

[Kidguile]

Same here. No confirmation email yet but shows up on DVC dashboard and added reservation to the Disneyland app. Waiting to make park reservation and hoping to catch Oogie Boogie Bash in Oct