People who own VDH can call for points reservations availability now. The rest of us have to wait until July 27, when online booking will open for all.Can a non-Villas at Disneyland DVC member not call in to check on availability?
I called in this morning to check on availability and they told me that they could not tell me as I wasn't a Villas DVC member. I was confused, and after the call was over I thought - 'Wait a minute - what about CASH buyers - can't they ask about availability?'
What gives?
Ah, okay. Thanks! So, DVC members can call Disney reservations to get availability.... at least until Dec 31. Cash bookings aren't available after Jan 1, so I guess we can't check availability after Jan 1 then.People wanting to book for cash can call Disney reservations, not DVC.
VDH can be booked for cash via the Disneyland Resort website - https://disneyland.disney.go.com/hotels/disneyland-hotel/rates-rooms/.Ah, okay. Thanks! So, DVC members can call Disney reservations to get availability.... at least until Dec 31. Cash bookings aren't available after Jan 1, so I guess we can't check availability after Jan 1 then.
Ah, okay. Thanks! So, DVC members can call Disney reservations to get availability.... at least until Dec 31. Cash bookings aren't available after Jan 1, so I guess we can't check availability after Jan 1 then.
Nice! Seems likely there might have been another declaration set to go live early 2024!Excited to say we were able to book a stay in a standard-view studio this morning for the first week of January! I had called about a month ago about booking that, and at that time both standard and preferred view studios were booked for that week. I figured I'd call today before it opens up to everyone and standard view was available after January 1, and preferred view was available if we wanted to book over New Year's. Looking forward to having our 3-year-old experience Christmas at Disneyland!
Are you getting a 2BR in the 7 month window, not the 11 month? If yes, are you generally successful with that? Enquiring minds want to know...what we might be able to do with VDH points.... We will see.... if not, the we will have to "live" with a 2BR at the Grand Cal..... I keep telling my kids how lucky they are, but they don't get it LOL.
Competition at 7 months comes from owners at other DVC resorts. They won’t be able to book VDH until July 27, so today it’s only owners who are booking, and the 7 month window is meaningless.Are you getting a 2BR in the 7 month window, not the 11 month? If yes, are you generally successful with that? Enquiring minds want to know...what we might be able to do with VDH points.
As of right now I think the 7 month window aligns with late February so it would be in the > 7 month window.Are you getting a 2BR in the 7 month window, not the 11 month? If yes, are you generally successful with that? Enquiring minds want to know...what we might be able to do with VDH points.
I'm wondering about that too.Just an update to my above post where I was wondering about declared rooms, as I was a bit worried that I had 0 chance of getting a 1 or 2 bedroom when I called in on my 11 month booking windows. I didn't need to worry. Called in (member services answered right away) and both 1 and 2 bedrooms were available, so I grabbed a 1bd (as well as some studios for other family members for our California family reunion).
Except for VDH DVC owners. They can call DVC and get the information over the phone. Nobody else can.For tomorrow, am I correct in assuming no one knows what dates are already sold out yet? Just curious what my chances are for a deluxe studio, SV or PV, for 4 weeknights in November or December.
Don’t forget a bunch of us sold our first year points back to Disney. As for what Disney actually did with those points so far is anyone’s guess. IExcept for VDH DVC owners. They can call DVC and get the information over the phone. Nobody else can.
I'm not sure what the availability is going to look like. Theoretically, if every VDH DVC owner used ALL of their points before July 27, there would be zero availability, right?
And also theoretically, if half of the VDH DVC owners used ALL their points and ALL their borrowed points from next year.... (twice the points they bought per year) ... wouldn't half of the VDH DVC owners see absolutely no availability at all?
Or does DVC open more rooms than exactly 100% of what owners can buy?
Don’t forget a bunch of us sold our first year points back to Disney. As for what Disney actually did with those points so far is anyone’s guess. I
They have not made any announcements about declaring more inventory, so my guess is noWould that possibly mean more or less rooms will be available to book tomorrow?
It depends on how fast it's selling. Until it sells out, they always have to have more declared in inventory than what has been sold.Does anyone know how often Disney adds new DVC rooms to the inventory at their resorts?
I've seen two ways of declaring inventory at other resorts.I'm wondering about that too.
On July 27, all DVC members can book at VDH. Many nights will be sold out initially because of the low allocation of rooms to DVC.
But those nights will become available when new rooms are allocated to the DVC side. Won't this be a constant thing where one day what you want will be sold out, then a few studios, 1 and 2 bedrooms are added, and the next day it's available?
Thank you for the detailed explanations.2) They anticipate when they'll need in advance and add that inventory at 11m+7d, such that it's an invisible increase unless you're monitoring specific room inventory levels. This is what they prefer to do, based on what I've seen at Riviera.
I suspect they'll try to do as much of #2 at VDH, too.