Problems Booking at 7 months
Poly will be tough at seven months. One thing I recommend if you have the points to burn - tryin 1BRs, they are often the easiest to get.
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Saratoga Springs Owners Threads
Bus Strategy is the number one reason you stay at the Grand Stand. It is the first bus stop so that is great when coming back from the parks and you are tired. However, it is also an easy walk to the last bus stop (the Springs) which gives you a choice when going to the parks. If it is early morning and the busses are
Winning the DVC/Disney “lottery”😉
My favorite DVC lottery story happened in May 2022. We had a waitlist for three nights in a studio at the Grand Californian for October 2022. We were on a Disney Cruise on the Magic in May of that year enjoying a port call in Grand Cayman. While at a beach bar I was checking my email because the place had WIFI. In my i
Have you or would you ever work for Disney?
A couple of years ago my wife and I talked to someone working as a cashier at Mercantile at the Wilderness Lodge. She was a retired snow bird who came to Florida for three months every winter and she worked about 15 hours a week at Disney when she was down there.
Saratoga Springs Owners Threads
When you are doing online check in on My Disney Experience there is a tab for room requests. You can also call DVC and they will log your request.
Saratoga Springs Owners Threads
When you stay there, stay at the Grand Stand (specifically in the 8500 building). It's easy on the points because it is considered "Standard View" but it is actually closer to the Carriage House than some of the Springs buildings which are "Preferred View." Plus in the 8500 building you are right outside the pool with
Polynesian Villas Owners Thread
Thanks, we have eaten at Wailulu in the past and enjoyed and we are looking forward to getting to try other things on the menue.
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
I was just playing with Google Maps in regard to this. If you park in the closest section of the Lime Garage, it is over a half mile walk to the Congress Park bus stop and almost a mile to the Rock Springs Pool and the Springs bus stop. I don't doubt there are some people doing this and who think they are gaming the sy
Polynesian Villas Owners Thread
Don't own at the Poly but our first stays in the Tower are coming up. We have one night there in October before we head to MCO following a five night cruise on the Dream and three nights at Vero Beach. Then we have six nights in a studio in February after a six night stay in a 1BR at Boulder Ridge. What should I look f
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
I will be really annoyed if my ability to access SSR gets curtailed in anyway. Besides the fact that we own there, even when we are not staying there it is one of our favorite places on WDW property to go birding.
Upcoming 2026 Trips (Disney and Other)
Unfortunately with DCL discontinuing the cruises in Australia you no longer get the repositioning cruise that stops in Hawaii.
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
Who is walking from DS to SSR to use the pools? You have to be pretty hard up for a pool to want to do that. The pools at SSR are fine but they are not that great and they certainly are not a convenient walk from DS. I have to believe a lot of this stuff Disney is doing is specific to peak times (such as 4th of July we
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
You mean walking to SSR from DS?
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
Keep in mind restrictions of this sort have been in place for awhile. Back in the day (pre COVID) you could drive to Animal Kingdom Lodge and park and walk around and look at animals. That practice got halted during COVID and it has been kept in place.
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
No I am just pointing out that I love the privacy of SSR and OKW. Even without the Gingerbread House, people will still go to the GF to dine, shop, and look around. Same for the Poly, the Contemporary, and the Crescent Lake Resorts. They are simply too easy to get to between walking access and the various transportatio
Disney Springs Resort Bus Verification Becoming Permanent After July 4th
When I read about resorts being over crowded with people not staying at them it reminds me why I love SSR and OKW. Outside of a few golfers and maybe some people visiting the DVC offices at SSR, people do not visit those resorts just to look around. Just saying...
Best View You Ever Had (DVC)
View of the ARTEMIS II launch from the boat dock at the Wilderness Lodge
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