I'm booked into Saratoga Springs for two nights in May. I've come into a couple of extra points that I can use, and I would like to see about switching my resort to one on the monorail or in in the Epcot area. Ideally I want to stay at the Polynesian, but I'm flexible. There are currently no resorts where I can move to, everything is booked.
First - I thought, "No problem, I'll waitlist!" However - because I have already paid for my DDP, and it was done with a credit card that no longer exists, I can't do that. When you waitlist they completely cancel your reservation before making the new one, and they don't have a way to transfer my DDP to the new reservation. They would have to refund the money to the original credit card, and then charge it again to transfer my DDP. That's just not going to work.
The woman I spoke with at member services did however tell me that they modified my reservation, that they could transfer my DDP with the modification. So - I need to check every day between now and my trip to see if there are rooms available and my reservation can be modified. I'm not particularly happy with this, but OK, I'll play what seems to me like a game I'm sure to get nowhere with.
Does anyone have any advice for me on when to check, or how often to check the availability to see if a room opens up? Does anyone know when the DVC inventory turns over on the website? If someone cancels their reservation does that show up right away, or does it just turn over at midnight eastern? Any ideas?
Which means for the next 70 days I just need to sit on the DVC Member site and keep hitting refresh. Or - I just deal with it and stay at Saratoga Springs. I actually love Saratoga Springs, I just thought that if I could transfer to the Poly of GF I would jump on it. I have to wonder what the odds are though to me pulling this off. I'm sure that people who are actually waitlisted would get in first, because I think that happens automatically.