CarolynFH
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2000
New DVC owner here and I have a few questions!!
Some background: I'll be running the Princess Half Marathon weekend and want to stay in a DVC studio for 4 nights (2/21-2/25). I currently have 2/23-2/24 booked at CCV and have each of my missing nights (2/21 and 2/22) individually waitlisted. I'm obsessively stalking the website for availability for those nights at CCV and nothing has come available. My 7 month booking window for booking at all resorts opens on 7/21 and I'm reasonably confident I'll be able to book a studio somewhere on property if I log in and get it done right at 8am on 7/21.
I'm fortunate that I've got enough points to book whatever studio I can get for those nights as a backup while still keeping my two nights at CCV I've already got (in hopes that my two waitlisted nights come through), but I'd really like to stay at "home" for my first trip as a DVC member. Knowing that others have probably booked those dates at CCV as their home resort with every intention of changing out their reservation once the 7 month booking window opens up, what are the odds of my waitlisted dates coming through?
Thanks!!!
I think your chances are very good, especially since you have the two nights waitlisted individually. Remember that not all of CCV has been declared into the condominium yet, which means that not all rooms are available to be booked on points. As more units are declared, more rooms will come open and your waitlist will fill.
I've been watching studio availability at both CCV and BRV the last few months, waiting for my 7-month window to open for Jan. 21-25 because I wanted to switch my reservation at BWV. Both have had at least one or two of the four nights shown as unavailable for the last couple of weeks, but when I logged in on "the" day I was surprised to find all four nights available at CCV. We grabbed it!
So be patient. I suspect your waitlist will fill before you reach the 7-month date.