Walking Reservations

[Chuck S]

Is there a time of day the bots typically drop the days they were walking?

I don't think anyone knows, but I would assume it is early morning, as soon as reservations open so they can also have a better chance to extend the reservation. I know the one time I walked a reservation for a HA GV at OKW (there are only 3) I was online as soon as I could be since there is such a limited number of those HA units, but there are 27 GVs overall at OKW.

 

[muppets3d]

Is there a time of day the bots typically drop the days they were walking?

Depends on the rooms you're looking for. If you want an Animal Kingdom Lodge value studio, your best bet is to book a resort view studio and waitlist a value studio. The days that are dropped due to walking almost never make it back to the booking engine, they go to waitlists. Ditto for the club studios.

 

[muppets3d]

Were you not able to utilize the modify feature of changing a DVC reservation? If you were trying to replace one DVC res with another, you really shouldn't need to cancel, let alone lose both reservations. Sorry to hear this.....

You can't modify across coasts, so if you had a WDW trip booked and want to switch to VGC that's a cancel and rebook. Or member services can do it over the phone, but that takes a lot longer than doing it yourself online - so it's possible the room will be gone then.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

You can't modify across coasts, so if you had a WDW trip booked and want to switch to VGC that's a cancel and rebook. Or member services can do it over the phone, but that takes a lot longer than doing it yourself online - so it's possible the room will be gone then.

Thank you - learned something new there. I didn't realize that was a restriction.

 

[toesmom]

Is there a time of day the bots typically drop the days they were walking?

Just asking: how does anyone know that bots are booking rooms? This week I was able to get standard studio at boardwalk for my trip next May, booked right at 8am.