Will my wish be granted?

[MNDisneyChick]

Are the preferred rooms really that much closer to the main entrance? I have one booked for October and now I'm curious...

 

[dansdad]

Are the preferred rooms really that much closer to the main entrance? I have one booked for October and now I'm curious...

Here's a map. The preferred rooms are in the buildings highlighted in Blue.

http://www.portorleans.org/maps-and-directions.php

 

[Samar]

We were in Building 26 and it really wasn't bad. The walk to the main area was fairly short as was the walk to the West Depot busses (which got us great seats a couple weeks ago). It is also close to a quiet pool and laundry building which worked perfectly for us

 

[JennyDrake]

I run at a little better than 50% but I don't make a request every time I visit (3-4x/year). As PP said, your chances are better for a GENERAL suggestion. My "dream list" (I'm mostly at the values) is top floor, not facing a pool. At Pop I request lake view. I have gotten lake view 2/3 times at Pop.

 

[TheRatPack]

We never got request the first few years so we just stopped making them. Last year we did make a small one and got it.....YAY. It's really just a toss up...but never hurts to ask

 

[Masonmj84]

My experience, your most likely to get your building request the broader the request is...if you ask for room 3233 you are unlikely to get a request. If you ask for Building 11 you maybe have a good chance. If you ask for buildings 11,12 and 13, you have a greater chance.

This is the strategy I used for the Poly. We booked garden view and want to be close to the GCH and not too far from the TTC or laundry. We also want a balcony.

Under that criteria, Tokelou, Samoa, and Raratonga were the most attractive longhouses. But I didn't want to lower our odds of getting what we want by requesting a specific longhouse.

Then I noticed that all of these longhouses basically border the quiet pool (the only other longhouses that border it are Nuie, but this lacks a 3rd floor, and Hawaii, but this is CL, so getting assigned there would just mean we got some massive pixie dust).

So I requested, "3rd floor in a longhouse close to the quiet pool."

We'll see how it goes.

 

[nkereina]

As someone who has worked in the hotel industry, I can tell you that your room request solely depends on occupancy rates. Whether or not others have has success is irrelevant because occupancy rates change nightly. If you arrive late at night, your chances are lessened because hotels can and will move around room assignments to appease guests checking in that complain about their rooms. I used to work for a luxury resort and if Joe was in front of me complaining and Mary hadn't checked in yet, there's still a chance that Mary could be a no show so I would have to mover out of her assignment to take care of Joe. Of course, this was only if nothing else was available but it can happen. Also, if room request is important to you, don't do online check-in. We got the exact opposite of our request the one time we did online check-in, and come to find out, they prioritize room assignments for online check-in for rooms that will be ready when you arrive before considering your request.

 

[serene56]

my request was to be close to a laundry room. we were placed as far away from that laundry room as possible

 

[HLAuburn]

If it's really going to be a big deal for you and impact your trip, I would pay the $ and get a preferred room. When we stayed at POR, we were not granted any of our requests (none of them would be considered an upgrade, just a matter of convenience). It ended up being a real issue for us, and I definitely would have doubts about staying there again for that reason. The resort is just SO spread out, we felt like we weren't close to anything (pool, bus, main building, parking lot).

On the other hand, we just got back from CSR, and not only were we granted our requests (1st floor, Cabanas), but we were upgraded to a waterview - it was a great room. But we were there celebrating DDs birthday, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

I would recommend online check in since it will allow you to (again) note your requests, and if you get there and don't like the location, it can't hurt to ask to change!

Have a great trip!

 

[dburg30]

Will your wish be granted?

Well it sounds like you are fortunate enough to be able to take a trip to the happiest place on earth... So IMO it has already happened. Just my opinion.

 

[momof2minnies]

You can see from my sig how many times we have been there and my answer is never-I even call ahead to make sure it is on the reservation, they say yes ,I get there and they say they see no requests and we end up in the woods somewhere.

Many times this was before everything went preferred.


Linda