VGF reservation available/last day waitlist??

[3Anderboys]

We currently have a reservation for 26-2nd/Oct. at VGF in a 2 bedroom lake. We ideally want 27-3rd due to husband's travel schedule. Everything was available but that Friday the 2nd. Hmm? thoughts behind this? Chances my waitlist for that Friday, the 2nd will come through? (it's our big family trip so I"m a bit stressed. )

 

[Fangorn]

I'm assuming you're meaning the 2nd of November?

That weekend - November 1-4 is the RunDisney Wine and Dine 5K/10K/Half Marathon. The weekend has been pretty much sold out (especially the 3rd) for months. There are a smattering of 1 bedrooms around (SSR & Kidani).

Since we're right at the 7th month mark now, there has been a lot of activity and rooms are moving in and out of inventory a lot.

I got a late start myself for that week, wanting to go from 10/27 through the 11/5. We're Poly owners. Two weeks ago I was able to book only two nights in a Standard view - Monday and Tuesday. I waitlisted Sat & Sun as separate waitlists. This past Monday, the waitlist for Sun had disappeared from my dashboard. At the same time, Wednesday night appeared on the RAT. I booked Wed and called MS to confirm Sun. They did and combined the 3 reservations I now had into a single 4 night stay. After getting off the phone, I went back into my account to waitlist Thurs. While there, I noticed that my waitlist for Sat was now absent from the dashboard. Called MS again - sure enough, that waitlist had come through in the 15 minutes since I'd last spoken to MS. They booked it and combined it. 5 nights now. I set up another waitlist for Friday night (the 2nd). 30 minutes later I went back to my account to check on something unrelated to the trip and noticed that the Thursday waitlist was now gone from the dashboard. MS confirmed that night as well and combined things again. 3 one-day waitlists filled separately within 2 hours. Friday filled the next morning. I now have a 7 night reservation with the 3rd and 4th (Saturday/Sunday) waitlisted. I don't really expect the other two nights to come through so I've been monitoring the RAT for everywhere else. Availability has been moving around for the weekend, but basically just within expected resorts - SSR, OKW and Kidani.

Granted, not seeing a night show up on the RAT doesn't mean waitlists aren't filling for that night. But given the races that weekend, you'll want to plan for your waitlist not filling.

Steve

 

[Sandisw]

One nights are much easier to fill than multiple days so don't give up hope! I would also keep trying the website on occasion to see if it shows up on its own. This has been known to happen!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

We currently have a reservation for 26-2nd/Oct. at VGF in a 2 bedroom lake. We ideally want 27-3rd due to husband's travel schedule. Everything was available but that Friday the 2nd. Hmm? thoughts behind this? Chances my waitlist for that Friday, the 2nd will come through? (it's our big family trip so I"m a bit stressed. )

There's always a chance although I don't know quite how good it is. Have a backup in place!

 

[bumbershoot]

Book something cancellable for that last night, book what you need, and waitlist the last night.

I ended up with a fabulous 5 night stay at VGF that I booked and waitlisted almost one by one once I was inside of 7 months. And that was for princess weekend. I was still getting nights as the trip closed in, so don’t give up on that night.

But book something just in case and be prepared to move.



Editing to add specifics. I made my late February booking at my home resort at 11 months. Went to change it at 7 months and there was nothing. Kept checking.

10/29 I found two nights and booked them. At some point in there I messed up a waitlist and things get hazy about the third night (at one point I was going to have stays at GF then BL then GF), but I waitlisted the two individual nights I still needed. On 1/19 I got them both, for a trip checking in 2/22.

 

[3Anderboys]

Thanks, everyone! It already came through
! I checked my DVC dashboard and the waitlist was missing. Went into the waitlist specific drop down it was there. So I called and CSR said "Oh looks we may have a match!" Surely enough we did. Super happy to have that finalized!