yes, in the last few years, unless you book THE FIRST day you can, you will get nothing for xmas, from last week of nov. to about dec 14th go almost as fast as when kids are out of school. so unless your booking the 11 months out forget a studio. I LOVE our DVC, however you really do have to plan and be willing to compromise.
I have to disagree with the above post. I waitlisted 10 months out for a studio at BWV for 12/2 through 12/7/18 and my waitlist came through about a week ago. I will say that I had pretty much given up hope that it would come through, I was pleasantly surprised when it did. Don't get me wrong, I am a major planner so DVC works very well for me and so far I have had very good luck with the waitlist function. I guess you just can't give up hope when waiting for that waitlist to come through...may the pixie dust fairy smile on all who are waiting....