Wait List for AKL Value at 7 months?

[DisneyMum2018]

Hoping to get some advice. Our home resort is SSR but I just booked AKL Kidani Standard Studio for 6 nights (Sunday-Saturday) in May. Is it worth waitlisting at this stage for a value studio as I imagine we will be far down the list? We would really like to save points as we want to go twice next year. If I do waitlist I've read it's better to break down into two smaller reservations - but what happens if just one is filled, would they cancel my entire original reservation or just the nights that are replaced with value?

 

[_auroraborealis_]

You're going to be behind everyone who waitlisted during home resort, since they go so fast, and you'll need to match 6 days. If you waitlist 6 days, all 6 have to match. They won't put in two days that come available and keep your other 4 days in Standard. Waitlist is all or nothing.

If you don't have any better use for the waitlist, sure, go for it. But your odds are terrible.

 

[Sandisw]

Are you willing to split stay? You might be able to use waitlist and stalking to get it by dong a few nights at a time. But the risk is you could end up not getting them all

When I was booking my end of March stay at 7months, I ended up having AKV value pop up for 3 of my 5 nights. I wanted the whole stay at CCV but could only get 2 nights to start. So I booked elsewhere. As I was stalking, the value rooms cam up. Booked it. Then, over the course of a few weeks, I was able to slowly get what I want and released those nights.

It was definitely a long shot having them show up, but it shows it happens. Of course, I was willing to do a split stay from the start so that my waitlists were for fewer nights.

 

[skier_pete]

As others have said - the likelyhood of it coming through is V, V small. I have been told that if you waitlist 3 nights of your 6 nights, they SHOULD only cancel the 3 nights to match, but I have heard others tell of them cancelling the whole six, so I am a little leery of this. Would suggest throw the waitlist up for the full 6 nights and then stalk the site if you don't mind a split stay - but I wouldn't say your odds are good.

 

[DisneyMum2018]

Thanks all. Yeah I thought our odds were pretty darn slim. As we have a one year old, packing up and moving rooms for a split stay is probably just too much of a hassle. I'll just throw up the whole 6 days on the waitlist but not keep my hopes up!

 

[Cyberc1978]

I would waitlist a standard view instead, the odds are better for it to match as there are more standard view rooms. I know that it will be more points but IMO the difference is not that big.

 

[Sandisw]

I would waitlist a standard view instead, the odds are better for it to match as there are more standard view rooms. I know that it will be more points but IMO the difference is not that big.

OP has a standard studio booked. So trying for the long shot!!! Lol

 

[DisneyMum2018]

OP has a standard studio booked. So trying for the long shot!!! Lol

Exactly! 21 points is actually a lot if you only have a 100 point contract

 

[ColonialMouse]

Unless you have another use for the waitlist, it doesn’t hurt. You might hit the jackpot and someone cancels exactly what you waitlisted.

Bruce

 

[Wakey]

Or go for a 1 bed, they are regularly available that time of year and summer at 7 months, so if not available, more chance of waitlist coming through.