Waitlist Limbo - I don't think I can make it!

[DVCTiff]

Forget me ever having to go through ROFR, I can't even manage being waitlisted!

I called for HHI March '05 to use up our banked '04 points (used them up exactly. Loved that. You can start to sense the sickness, can't you?). I could have handled being told NO, but I think waitlisted is almost WORSE. It's like saying, "Ooooh, we can almost get you in, but if you'll just hang around in tortured suspense we might send you a letter saying Sure!" I did have a back up (after losing sleep over the propect of no WDW for almost 2 years since we want to bank '05 for a big trip), we'd try BCV in May! What's a couple extra points? Silly me forgot about the 7 month window (in my waitlist panic) so now I have to wait for a month to see if we can get a BCV studio (God help me if I get waitlisted then too). I may actually be running around on my WDW vacation next month panicking over my next one!

Something tells me I will not be the first.

Does anyone else feel their heart skip when they think they might have NO WDW vacation coming up? Will an add-on help me? How about drugs? Maybe Mickey ears that offer shock treatment?

 

[dis-happy]

ROTFLOL!!!!

GOOD LUCK! Sending you all the pixie dust in the universe! (bet you will end up with BOTH WL coming through---then what???)

 

[CarolMN]

Originally posted by DVCTiff
Forget me ever having to go through ROFR, I can't even manage being waitlisted!....(snip)..... I may actually be running around on my WDW vacation next month panicking over my next one!

Something tells me I will not be the first.

Does anyone else feel their heart skip when they think they might have NO WDW vacation coming up? Will an add-on help me? How about drugs? Maybe Mickey ears that offer shock treatment?

Nope. No cure. Not even drugs! Not even an add-on (although that helps with other problems, LOL).

The ONLY thing that will help is making your reservations as soon as your 11 month window opens. I can't stand to be waitlisted either and that is why I must call as soon as the window opens. It's an obsession that I can't control! Heaven help any guests who cannot commit!!!

Good luck - hope everything works out this time.

 

[OneMoreTry]

Book a unit where you can confirm one and then wait list the other so you have an option to fall back on. They'll switch your reservations when the wait list comes through. My wait lists have always come through.

 

[DVCTiff]

Originally posted by OneMoreTry
Book a unit where you can confirm one and then wait list the other so you have an option to fall back on. They'll switch your reservations when the wait list comes through. My wait lists have always come through.

Genius!

Someone just asked specifically about this. You have to have all those points available to do that, right? So I could have used 2005 points to book a confirmed reservation (while my "leftovers" were holding my waitlist ressie), then when my waitlist came through cancel my confirmed reservation and get my points back which I need to bank into the next year anyway? Hmmm, I beginning to like this drug-free alternative. Although, if the wait list didn't come through, wouldn't I have to cancel my confirmed reservation anyway and rebook it with my banked points?

DON'T THEY REALIZE I'M A BRUNETTE WITH BLONDE ROOTS!

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Originally posted by DVCTiff
So I could have used 2005 points to book a confirmed reservation (while my "leftovers" were holding my waitlist ressie), then when my waitlist came through cancel my confirmed reservation and get my points back which I need to bank into the next year anyway? Hmmm, I beginning to like this drug-free alternative.

If I follow completely, I don't think you need to get that complicated. You can have a booked reservation and go on a waitlist for another resort at 7 months to replace your existing reservation without having to use more points. If the waitlist comes through, your original is canceled and the points go to the new reservation. If the new reservation costs fewer points, the other will go back into your account.

HBC