Waitlist for BLT

[merrittmom2]

We are going at the beginning of December....we already have reservations at GF, but were kind of wanting to change to BLT. We are on the wait list...it will be a 5 night stay, Sunday - Friday. So my question is, what are the chances that you will get your waitlist reservation??

 

[rlovew]

I assume you waitlisted a lakeview room since that is the largest category. You have chosen one of the most popular weeks of DVC to try and go. I did not try for that time this year but last year most of those dates were waitlist only by 9 months out for BLT owners. I would put your chances at well below 50% more likely close to 20%. You can increase them if you are willing to keep trying for 1 day at a time and are willing to do a split stay but for needing 5 nights at that time of year at BLT I would say your chances are very slim.

 

[merrittmom2]

I assume you waitlisted a lakeview room since that is the largest category. You have chosen one of the most popular weeks of DVC to try and go. I did not try for that time this year but last year most of those dates were waitlist only by 9 months out for BLT owners. I would put your chances at well below 50% more likely close to 20%. You can increase them if you are willing to keep trying for 1 day at a time and are willing to do a split stay but for needing 5 nights at that time of year at BLT I would say your chances are very slim.

That's kind of what I thought...bummer Thank you though

 

[Millionaire2K]

I think if you have extra points your best bet would be to become a "DVC stalker".

Check the website for the days you need multiple times a day. Book any single days at BLT that are free until you get all you need. Then cancel old reservation and have MS make 1 reservation out of the days you got.

This only works if you have free points to book BLT and GF at once.

Also create a waitlist request for single days. If they fill 1 day create another waitlist for 1 day. Dec is a LONG way off. You have a good chance of getting your days by "stalking".

I was able to do this 2 years ago at a standard room at BWV during F&W. I was able to do it this year at WLV in Oct.

PS. I have NO faith in the waitlist system.

Best of luck.

 

[merrittmom2]

I just now saw your response...Thank you Millionaire2k...I do have enough points to book both. So to understand, anytime I can find 1 night for the time that I want...book it? Do I have to call DVC or can I check that on the member site?

Also, what do you mean single day waitlist? I'm not sure that I understand :/

Thank you again for responding!!! Hopefully you will see this post!

 

[npt2010]

My wife and I had a 5 night BLT reservation and also had extra points. We really wanted to stay at Beach Club. We checked regularly and booked anytime one of our nights at BCV was available. When all was said and done, we had one Bay Lake Tower reservation for the full stay and a bunch of individual reservations for BCV full stay.

We booked all the individual reservations through the members website. After that we called member services, and they joined all of our individual reservations into one. Then, they deleted our Bay Lake Tower reservation leaving us with the full stay that we wanted at BCV.

Most importantly, don't cancel your full reservation until all of the individual reservations have been merged into one.

This took us about a month to accomplish but at the end of the day, we are staying at the resort we wanted to.

 

[merrittmom2]

Just curious...why didn't you want to stay at Bay Lake???

 

[Rockahula]

New to the DIS.. but not DVC
I'm stalking the MS board daily
Im peice mealing my October stay at the Boardwalk day by day.
Its working I just have one more day to fill!
Good luck to everyone who is on a waitlist or stalking...

 

[npt2010]

Bay Lake Tower is actually our home resort. We are new DVC members and this is our first trip as such. We really like Beach Club (stayed there for our honeymoon) and wanted our first stay to be there. We booked in February for a July stay, and BLT was the only "guarantee" that had all five days available. Next year, we do plan to stay there.