Another waitlist fail

Hello, I never post anything but figured I would give an update on the "glitch". I had originally booked at wilderness Lodge but needed another night in the beginning of our trip which I booked on cash at all stars. When I saw availability open at animal kingdom Jambo value room for the entire stay I grabbed it and cancelled the cash stay and wilderness Lodge.
Anyways we checked in on Aug 29th no problem and check out on the 4th. Our room was available around 5 but we flew in later so it really didn't matter
That's good to hear as we booked 4 nights at AKV Jambo in a standard studio for 9/26-9/30 on August 13th. Had been monitoring for weeks and was shocked when availability was there that morning, had no clue it was an IT glitch. Good to hear you had no issues with yours and hopefully ours will be fine in a couple weeks as well. Will report back after we return!
 
I love me a good Waitlist VS Stalking post! Yesterday I put in a waitlist for Old Key West near Hospitality for 1 night.. 14 days out.. this morning I give it a checkeroo on the RAT and it's available. I check my waitlist and it's still showing on my dashboard so I book the room and cancel the waitlist. Either way, I'm one happy lady!!!!
 
So, apparently, based on what people have said, once someone drops a reservation the waitlist does not necessarily pick it up immediately. It sits there for an undefined amount of time and people can grab the reservation if they see it.

This Means either that the waitlist, and the computer that is running it, are not running constantly, or the program itself is not running constantly. So when does it run? How often does it run? What are the times of day that it runs? Or is it just running all the time but slow?

Has anyone tried to use this Gap to drop something from one reservation, and one membership number and then pick it up immediately using a different membership number. If they tried this did they get it to work or did they lose it?
 
So, apparently, based on what people have said, once someone drops a reservation the waitlist does not necessarily pick it up immediately. It sits there for an undefined amount of time and people can grab the reservation if they see it.

This Means either that the waitlist, and the computer that is running it, are not running constantly, or the program itself is not running constantly. So when does it run? How often does it run? What are the times of day that it runs? Or is it just running all the time but slow?

Has anyone tried to use this Gap to drop something from one reservation, and one membership number and then pick it up immediately using a different membership number. If they tried this did they get it to work or did they lose it?
It’s not as cut and dry as that. Sometimes a room never show back up on the RAT once it is canceled. One can only assume that it went straight to the waitlist.
 


So, apparently, based on what people have said, once someone drops a reservation the waitlist does not necessarily pick it up immediately. It sits there for an undefined amount of time and people can grab the reservation if they see it.

This Means either that the waitlist, and the computer that is running it, are not running constantly, or the program itself is not running constantly. So when does it run? How often does it run? What are the times of day that it runs? Or is it just running all the time but slow?

Has anyone tried to use this Gap to drop something from one reservation, and one membership number and then pick it up immediately using a different membership number. If they tried this did they get it to work or did they lose it?

I have a ressie for January but also waitlisted two other resorts for the same week. I figure if I see something on my own I will use two different browsers and grab my new week and have it sit while I cancel the other ressie in the other browser. Im hoping this will work and if anyone can confirm or deny I would appreciate it since the ressie is for January and dont want to loose a week trying something that just wont work. I know there is risk but if this just cant happen at all, I wont try. I will have enough points to book so if I did that could I call MS back and have them borrow and take the correct points if they were allocated incorrectly?

Thank you.
 
I have a ressie for January but also waitlisted two other resorts for the same week. I figure if I see something on my own I will use two different browsers and grab my new week and have it sit while I cancel the other ressie in the other browser. Im hoping this will work and if anyone can confirm or deny I would appreciate it since the ressie is for January and dont want to loose a week trying something that just wont work. I know there is risk but if this just cant happen at all, I wont try. I will have enough points to book so if I did that could I call MS back and have them borrow and take the correct points if they were allocated incorrectly?

Thank you.

Two browser method doesn’t work anymore.
 
Two browser method doesn’t work anymore.

Wow thank you so much! So I will have to cancel my ressie and then hope for the best, which going during a busy time, January 5-12, will be nerve wracking!
 


The 2 browser method doesn't work, but you could use the new modify option - as long as it is actually working when the time comes!
 
The 2 browser method doesn't work, but you could use the new modify option - as long as it is actually working when the time comes!

Thank you so much! Just learned about the new feature yesterday. Thank you!
 
Have a ressie for January 5-12 and had a waitlist for January 4. Stalked since Friday and found many studios became availabe for January 4 about 90 minutes ago. Got what I needed/wanted, and then went in to cancel my waitlist. All the studios are gone again with exception of BLT standard studio. I was able to get my SSR preferred view studio and its same category as my January 5-12 so Im very happy. So, for me, stalking won vs waitlist.
 
I have been stalking for a SSR preferred view for one night in October for over a month. Never saw it. earlier today the email came in saying I had cleared the waitlist.
 
I have been on a wait list for three days at SSR in early November and it just came through .
 
Just got my one night needed in mid January at WL BR. We shifted the trip by a day so we gave up the 12th and needed the 19th. So happy, and this came thru in just 3-4 days. Now we have a full week.
 

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