I have to disagree with your friend.No. I have a friend who does the room assignments, she said they do not upgrade people who ask but do occasionally pixie dust someone. She said it’s the same reason I got a ton of pixie dust when I got engaged there. She said you never asked, didn’t wear a pin or the bridal ears. She said those people are clearly asking for something and are less likely to get anything other than a free cupcake at the end of a meal.
My daughter was a CM who worked in Guest Relations ans VIP tours. You would not believe how nasty some people were to her and her coworkers. The majority are nice but some were really nasty .Never heard of asking for a free upgrade working. And ROFL at the idea they’d move you to a completely different hotel for no operational reason. Practically speaking your room is assigned days before you even arrive. To move you on check in is extra effort for the CM and I think other CMs because my memory is they have to go check with someone (moved because I arrived early, not because I was upgraded).
AKL kinda got a rep a few years back for pixie dusting parking lot views to savanna views, so much so that the hotel specifically stopped it to make it back into the exception and not the rule.
Disney knows they need to hold a firm line on this particular issue otherwise in a hot second the “free room upgrade hack” will hit social media and then people will start demanding upgrades and being even ruder to CMs than usual.
Anyone every have any luck requesting a free upgrade at a Disney resort?
Maybe for a better room or, move up a hotel? Value to Moderate, etc?
This is without a doubt the best advice.Book where you will be happy staying because that is where you likely will be staying.
As ALWAYS with @HopperFan - the best adviceBook where you will be happy staying because that is where you likely will be staying.
As others stated, asking will likely get you nothing. Any upgrades happen for operational (room out of service or other issues on their part) or because THEY chose you to pixie dust. But even pixie dust is likely to help them in some way.