I really think they should do this by a lottery system. Have a three day window on the member website where you can fill out a request form and then DVC can randomly fill the staterooms and waitlist the rest. It's better than spending ... well six hours now ... on the phone not knowing if I'll ever get to talk to someone and even if I do, will ... holey carp! They just answered during Wishes!! Finally!
That is the same thing my DH suggested. A lottery. Well, it's 2:30P so 6 1/2 hrs to book a 4 day cruise...hey that's not bad huh? It took the res agent less than 10 minutes. We're doing the happy dance now
Good luck all of those still on hold.
OK, six hours of dialing and getting worried that we won't make it through.
Only cat 5c, 5b, 5a, 4d, 4c, 4b, 4a are left. Once in the que, another 2 hours to try and book a cabin.
4th drop after reaching member services.
On hold 30 min w/ phone plugged in. Afraid to touch it. I really can use a nap. I started to fall asleep right before I got through. I figure minimum one hour mire if hold time according to Web site. This has been more stressful than I realized. If we do get a room (and we did want a verandah- it's going to cost quite a bit. I checked prices for cash Sept cruises- much more reasonable. I figure if it is meant to happen it will. I doubt I will do this again next year.
We just got dropped for the 4th time too! This is ridiculous!
at a certain point it feels like a challenge
So here's a question:
If you reserve the Member Cruise with cash and then decide later to use points, can you do that? Or do you just have to then pay the $95 fee?
Or is the vice versa true?
Just a question as we're killing time on hold.