Resort Thread Walt Disney World SWAN, DOLPHIN & SWAN RESERVE Resorts

[anjuan]

I also have the same question about the Boo Bash. I'll be there on October 10 and am trying to decide if it is worth going. I currently have MK booked for that day so I'm also trying to decide whether I should change that reservation to another day.

 

[samara]

I feel like such a dummy. Ages ago I booked two days of cabanas (one at the Grotto and one at the lap pool) for our trip next week and I was looking at the reservations again today and FINALLY noticed that I booked them both for the same day!! And now of course there’s nothing available for our second day. I was just wondering if anyone has had success getting a last minute cabana reservation?

 

[Gitelfor]

I feel like such a dummy. Ages ago I booked two days of cabanas (one at the Grotto and one at the lap pool) for our trip next week and I was looking at the reservations again today and FINALLY noticed that I booked them both for the same day!! And now of course there’s nothing available for our second day. I was just wondering if anyone has had success getting a last minute cabana reservation?

If you cancel one of the duplicate reservations, you may want to post here, when you cancel, as a courtesy, for anyone else looking. Hope you have luck - sometimes, people do make last minute cancellations.

 

[samara]

If you cancel one of the duplicate reservations, you may want to post here, when you cancel, as a courtesy, for anyone else looking. Hope you have luck - sometimes, people do make last minute cancellations.

You are absolutely right, I should have thought of that! I just cancelled a Swan cabana for Wednesday, June 9th. Hope it helps someone!

 

[Momtothtee]

“chatted” with Disney and received the following information:

Swan guests can purchase Boo Bash tickets on June 8th by phone

and, (please confirm if this makes sense)..Swan guests can book ADRs for the length of stay only by phone at 60 days. (Is this accurate?)

 

[Grasshopper2016]

Swan guests can purchase Boo Bash tickets on June 8th by phone

That's great! I hope it's true. There seems to be some confusion about whether anyone can purchase online during the pre-purchase period. I hope so. The phone lines will be miserable!

and, (please confirm if this makes sense)..Swan guests can book ADRs for the length of stay only by phone at 60 days. (Is this accurate?)

I recently booked ADRs online (rather than by phone) at the 60 day mark for my upcoming July stay at the Swan.

 

[fivikse]

I also just booked ADRs online (not phone) at the 60 day mark for all the days of my upcoming Swan stay.

 

[Momtothtee]

CM did say that before the 15th..all access to Boo Bash will only be by phone.
But, considering she might not have been accurate about ADRs.. who knows?

 

[ms_flo]

Regarding ADRs...

I recently booked ADRs online (rather than by phone) at the 60 day mark for my upcoming July stay at the Swan.

I also just booked ADRs online (not phone) at the 60 day mark for all the days of my upcoming Swan stay.

Were you able to book 60 days out + the length of your stay, or were you only able to book each day individually at 60 days out?
Also, were you able to book more than one reservation per day?

My guidebook says that Swan & Dolphin do not get the extended ADR window for the entire length of your hotel reservation, and it also says that we can only reserve one restaurant per day. This will be our first stay in this complex, so I'm not aware of all the caveats.

 

[samara]

Regarding ADRs...



Were you able to book 60 days out + the length of your stay, or were you only able to book each day individually at 60 days out?
Also, were you able to book more than one reservation per day?

My guidebook says that Swan & Dolphin do not get the extended ADR window for the entire length of your hotel reservation, and it also says that we can only reserve one restaurant per day. This will be our first stay in this complex, so I'm not aware of all the caveats.

I had no trouble booking 60 days out plus the length of my stay, and reserved multiple restaurants per day. I know some people have had issues with the 60 days plus, but I have never heard of only being able to book one per day. Can I ask what guidebook you are using?

 

[Grasshopper2016]

I also had no problem booking 60+3 and multiple meals per day.

 

[Jillfo]

Count me among those able to book ADRs at 60 days + length of stay. I did so just last week for a trip at the end of July.

 

[sophy1996]

Count me among those able to book ADRs at 60 days + length of stay. I did so just last week for a trip at the end of July.

Same here back in March for our May trip.

 

[Chaitali]

Yep, I just booked ADRs yesterday for restaurants at the 60 day mark for our whole length of stay.

 

[ms_flo]

Can I ask what guidebook you are using?

The Unofficial Guide by Sehlinger & Testa
The information is at the bottom of page 278 in the 2020 version. I got the 2021 version a few days ago but haven't scoured the ADR section of it yet.

Thanks to everyone for all the feedback! ♥ I wasn't seeing anything in MDE that indicated there would be restrictions based on staying at Swolphin, but I normally give a lot of credence to the information in The Unofficial Guide. (I guess I've been a big fan of it for over 2 decades now. ) Feels weird, but I'm pretty relieved to have so many people contradict what the book said!

 

[stitchfan18]

Has anyone paid to upgrade a points reservation to a better view or a room with a balcony? If so, what was the cost per night?

 

[mickey916]

Has anyone paid to upgrade a points reservation to a better view or a room with a balcony? If so, what was the cost per night?

I'm wondering this as well..Just booked my May 2022 on points but would be willing to upgrade to a balcony if given the option.

 

[tripplanner2]

I called the dolphin directly. They quoted us 351.00 for our ten nights with triple A. Two rooms at Pop were more. Have a great trip.

My total for 10 nights, 2 rooms at Dolphin is down to $4002. Not as good as your price but getting closer.

 

[hsmamato2]

Yes this is normally the Marriott dynamic pricing engine at work or an error when they are doing maintenance. In the case of the dynamic pricing engine as room inventory drops the prices go up for the remaining rooms.

So if there is a convention or business group meeting and there a limited number of available rooms even if they are the lower tier rooms the rates may be nuts like your experience where saw rates above $1100 per night.

A group may have a large block of rooms on hold or it could just be one night that has limited availability. Are you looking at the rate per night or the average price for the entire week?

You can just keep checking and the group may still cancel or release any rooms that their group did not book by their booking window.

You can see some examples on this page but the week of July 12th does not show as sold out: https://swandolphin.com/value-days/

Note: The Swan & Dolphin are Convention resorts and they only offer the big discounts to fill blocks of rooms that would otherwise go empty when they have high availability.

Dave

FWIW, I love seeing all these various rates y'all are finding....whenever I've stayed S/D,the cash rates are never below $350 a night.....

 

[BrotherCraig]

nice. We are being quoted $1640 for four nights. I believe we are jumping on that. Great deal. AAA Discount.