Waitlist success with less than a month?

Pygmypuff07

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Was just wondering if anyone has had any success in getting the room they wanted with less than a month to go. I have the Poly and GF Villas waitlisted for September and am losing a bit of hope that anything will come through.
 
I had a one day waitlist at VGF in July that never came through.
 
If it is only for a day or 2 their is a slim chance they would come through if it is for longer I would say your chances are exponentially lower for each additional day. If you really want to go then check availability at SSR and waitlist that it has a much higher likelihood of coming through than either place you are waitlisted for.
 
If it is only for a day or 2 their is a slim chance they would come through if it is for longer I would say your chances are exponentially lower for each additional day. If you really want to go then check availability at SSR and waitlist that it has a much higher likelihood of coming through than either place you are waitlisted for.
Thanks for the advice. We are booked at Kidani Village already but had waitlisted a those 2 resorts 5 months ago. We are there for six days so it probably makes sense why it hasn't come through.
 


Keep in mind that most members will cancel before the 30 day mark to be sure that their points do not go into holding. A few members might make a mistake and cancel late, but most know better. All the other cancellations within 30 days of check in are emergency cancellations and we all hope that are far and few between.
 
Keep in mind that most members will cancel before the 30 day mark to be sure that their points do not go into holding.

That's what I'm hoping for on an Oct waitlist at VGF. Flight prices shifted our plans by a day, so I'm at the mercy of someone else adjusting their trip like I had to in the next 3 weeks.

Speaking of, I probably just fulfilled someone else's waitlist when I dropped my Sunday night yesterday. Hopefully the good karma comes back to me. If not, we'll just have the first night at AKL instead.
 
Bad luck Bill here.
After years of trying waitlists with little success and understanding, we sold the cow and bought at our favorite resorts. Haven't used a waitlist since.

:earsboy: Bill
 


Hang in there, you might have some last minute magic. I also have a WL for the Polynesian for the end of Sept. If it comes through, we will have 2 rooms at the Polynesian (instead of 1 at the Contemp and 1 at the Polynesian). If it doesn't come through, I haven't decided who will sleep where, yet, but either way we have a nice place to stay. :).
 
I would call if you go within 10 days and it has not filled yet. They have provided magic in the past for us within 10 days and moved rooms back from resort to DVC. it even states it on the DVC website to call within 10 days because they have more inventory on the phone
 
With 5 nights, all nights would have to open at once for the wait list to fill. So if 4 of the nights open, it goes to someone else. Have you been checking the website? I once pulled 5 nights at BWV that way. Nights 4 & 5 opened, I booked it and changed the wait list. Then 2 & 3 came open, I booked it and changed the wait list to night 1. Night 1 came by wait list, Member Services then combined them into 1 reservation.
 
Some guest just recently back out of our trip at the end of October and now we'd like to add a couple days to our trip. We are staying at bwv standard view. Of course there are no available nights to add. Wanted to add one night b4 and after (24,31). We are currently wait listing. What are the odds?
 
Some guest just recently back out of our trip at the end of October and now we'd like to add a couple days to our trip. We are staying at bwv standard view. Of course there are no available nights to add. Wanted to add one night b4 and after (24,31). We are currently wait listing. What are the odds?

Highly unlikely. If you waqnt to be at Disney no matter where book something else along with your waitlist (if anything is available) otherwise plan you trip as is and make sure you can change plans on the off chance (10% possibility maybe less) that it will be extended. Your are waitlisting the hardest rooms to get outside of AKL-club rooms at that time of year. If you are willing to take anything at the BWV and move and you are on the website checking numerous(5 plus) times per day you have a possibility of something opening (maybe 30% chance).
 
we got our waitlist yesterday, I wish they sent out email confirms. I went on last night to change the waitlist because I was thinking BLT in 3 months for the week of MLK day was never going to happen. I clicked on waitlist and nothing was there, I then figured out that I got it. So don't give up. Last year I got AKV 1 bdr at 33 days during Halloween week, ended up cancelling due to airfare but it does happen.
 
we got our waitlist yesterday, I wish they sent out email confirms. I went on last night to change the waitlist because I was thinking BLT in 3 months for the week of MLK day was never going to happen. I clicked on waitlist and nothing was there, I then figured out that I got it. So don't give up. Last year I got AKV 1 bdr at 33 days during Halloween week, ended up cancelling due to airfare but it does happen.

Wait - they don't send out e-mail confirmations if you get your waitlist? That doesn't make any sense.
 
Wait - they don't send out e-mail confirmations if you get your waitlist? That doesn't make any sense.

Yes, they should sent out a new email with the new reservation. Sometimes, it comes a few days after it fills. Now, I have heard of others never getting them, but I have always gotten a new email when my wait list has worked!
 
Wait - they don't send out e-mail confirmations if you get your waitlist? That doesn't make any sense.
Never received anything stating that we filled our waitlist. It has now been almost 4 days and I even checked my junkmail area. They need to be consistent because I would not have known had I not gone in to look at the Disney Experience Website
 
Well, we just had to cancel the 4 nights we had booked this weekend in a Poly Studio, so it does happen. I hope whoever gets it has an amazing time!
 

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