Biscottina
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2013
I am so excited that we were able to book a Porto Paradiso Side Superior Room Piazza for our last night in Japan!
My husband, 10yo daughter and I will be in Japan around Thanksgiving, traveling through Tokyo and Kyoto. I talked my husband into staying the last night in MiraCosta. We will go to DisneySea on the Friday after Thanksgiving, then stay that night the hotel. We couldn't miss this opportunity to experience walking out of our hotel directly into a Disney park!
I was online at 10:00pm Eastern time (exactly 5 months before our stay), and refreshed, refreshed refreshed. At first we saw rooms available, but we weren't sure yet what room we wanted. Before this night we didn't know the prices (as all the rooms were sold out before this and we couldn't check the prices), so it took a few minutes to determine which room we wanted to book. By the time we decided, all the rooms were sold out (even the Tuscany and Venice side rooms). I kept refreshing and remembered reading somewhere (probably on this site) that they release more rooms at 11:30am Japan time (10:30 Eastern). I waited until that time, then refreshed more. I was just about to give up at 10:40 EDT, and refreshed again and the rooms became available! I clicked reserve, then entered an AmEx card. That failed, but the room was still held. I tried a Barclay MC and that said it was denied (but was a different message than the AmEx). I quickly called the card number and sure enough they marked it as fraud (which really, is a great thing). At the same time my husband received a text asking if the charge was fraud. I ok'd it on the phone and he did on the text msg, tried the card again and IT WORKED!
I had read here and other sites how difficult it was to book a room, then to have your credit card accepted and it didn't disappoint. But is was worth it!
Thanks to everyone on this board asking/answering questions and giving trip reports! The information has helped so much.
Now to learn more Japanese
My husband, 10yo daughter and I will be in Japan around Thanksgiving, traveling through Tokyo and Kyoto. I talked my husband into staying the last night in MiraCosta. We will go to DisneySea on the Friday after Thanksgiving, then stay that night the hotel. We couldn't miss this opportunity to experience walking out of our hotel directly into a Disney park!
I was online at 10:00pm Eastern time (exactly 5 months before our stay), and refreshed, refreshed refreshed. At first we saw rooms available, but we weren't sure yet what room we wanted. Before this night we didn't know the prices (as all the rooms were sold out before this and we couldn't check the prices), so it took a few minutes to determine which room we wanted to book. By the time we decided, all the rooms were sold out (even the Tuscany and Venice side rooms). I kept refreshing and remembered reading somewhere (probably on this site) that they release more rooms at 11:30am Japan time (10:30 Eastern). I waited until that time, then refreshed more. I was just about to give up at 10:40 EDT, and refreshed again and the rooms became available! I clicked reserve, then entered an AmEx card. That failed, but the room was still held. I tried a Barclay MC and that said it was denied (but was a different message than the AmEx). I quickly called the card number and sure enough they marked it as fraud (which really, is a great thing). At the same time my husband received a text asking if the charge was fraud. I ok'd it on the phone and he did on the text msg, tried the card again and IT WORKED!
I had read here and other sites how difficult it was to book a room, then to have your credit card accepted and it didn't disappoint. But is was worth it!
Thanks to everyone on this board asking/answering questions and giving trip reports! The information has helped so much.
Now to learn more Japanese