mmackeymouse
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2008
Hey all. We are planning/hoping to do the Disneyland 5K next January. Registration doesn't come out till June, so we'll know then. Fingers crossed.
Our hope was to do VGC; the plan was to do a 1 or 2 BR. 2 BR preferred, but well...we'll see. I cannot book until the 7 month mark, as I am not an owner. I had hoped that going for a 1 or 2 BR would give us a decent chance, as those rooms at the 7 month mark are slightly more doable than the studios. However, with it being race weekend, it is booked solid. We are planning for 5 nights. The race is Friday.
We are trying to decide between 1/28-2/2 and 1/30-2/4. Herein lies the math equation.
I have a February Use Year. I currently have 2 points remaining for 2024. I intended to borrow from 2025. I have 160 points. But...potentially also borrowing from 2026 for the February nights.
If we do 1/28/-2/2, the 1/28-1/31 portion will be 194 points. So, even with my 2 points, my borrowed points, and even if I bought the additional 24 points I could buy...I am still short. The thing is...1/28 and 1/29 are currently available, and I feel like I might have a chance at those, and maybe I could luck into 1/30 on a waitlist, and maybe we could work out a split stay somewhere else. My point being....I feel like, those earlier nights probably give me a better chance at getting the room, even if it's just 2 or 3 nights.
Now, if I go with 1/30-2/4....I should be able to borrow from 2025 for 1/30-31, and still have some left over for 2/1-2/4, but I could also borrow from 2026 for those as well. Currently 2/2-2/3 are available. Maybe I might luck into 2/1 on a waitlist, but with it being race weekend, I am thinking it isn't likely that I will luck into a waitlist for the full weekend. But...at least if I do happen to get lucky, I would have enough points to cover those nights.
I am aware that I am many weeks from being able to book and a lot could change. And I am a few weeks from race registration, and a lot could change. But, we'd like to start booking airfare, and so we'd like to at least narrow down the plans a little bit.
So, with all that said, would you:
Plan for 1/28-2/2, drop back to a 1BR, so that if wait list does come through, I have the points for it.
Plan for 1/28-2/2. Hope that 1/28 and 1/29 are available, hope waitlist may come through for 1/30, and then do a split stay elsewhere?
Plan for 1/30-2/4. Hope that 2/2 and 2/3 are available. Hope waitlist comes through for the rest of the weekend and/or 2/1 if possible, and split stay elsewhere?
Any other recommendations?
Our hope was to do VGC; the plan was to do a 1 or 2 BR. 2 BR preferred, but well...we'll see. I cannot book until the 7 month mark, as I am not an owner. I had hoped that going for a 1 or 2 BR would give us a decent chance, as those rooms at the 7 month mark are slightly more doable than the studios. However, with it being race weekend, it is booked solid. We are planning for 5 nights. The race is Friday.
We are trying to decide between 1/28-2/2 and 1/30-2/4. Herein lies the math equation.
I have a February Use Year. I currently have 2 points remaining for 2024. I intended to borrow from 2025. I have 160 points. But...potentially also borrowing from 2026 for the February nights.
If we do 1/28/-2/2, the 1/28-1/31 portion will be 194 points. So, even with my 2 points, my borrowed points, and even if I bought the additional 24 points I could buy...I am still short. The thing is...1/28 and 1/29 are currently available, and I feel like I might have a chance at those, and maybe I could luck into 1/30 on a waitlist, and maybe we could work out a split stay somewhere else. My point being....I feel like, those earlier nights probably give me a better chance at getting the room, even if it's just 2 or 3 nights.
Now, if I go with 1/30-2/4....I should be able to borrow from 2025 for 1/30-31, and still have some left over for 2/1-2/4, but I could also borrow from 2026 for those as well. Currently 2/2-2/3 are available. Maybe I might luck into 2/1 on a waitlist, but with it being race weekend, I am thinking it isn't likely that I will luck into a waitlist for the full weekend. But...at least if I do happen to get lucky, I would have enough points to cover those nights.
I am aware that I am many weeks from being able to book and a lot could change. And I am a few weeks from race registration, and a lot could change. But, we'd like to start booking airfare, and so we'd like to at least narrow down the plans a little bit.
So, with all that said, would you:
Plan for 1/28-2/2, drop back to a 1BR, so that if wait list does come through, I have the points for it.
Plan for 1/28-2/2. Hope that 1/28 and 1/29 are available, hope waitlist may come through for 1/30, and then do a split stay elsewhere?
Plan for 1/30-2/4. Hope that 2/2 and 2/3 are available. Hope waitlist comes through for the rest of the weekend and/or 2/1 if possible, and split stay elsewhere?
Any other recommendations?