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Walking has been a requisite for these rooms (and the value studios) for awhile. If I weren't walking for the reasons why I'm walking, others would be walking simply because it's the start of F&W and cheap Sept points usage. In fact, that is exactly the case. I didn't just "start" walking; I first had to stalk for more than a month for an opening. I knew enough to know that walking would pick up going into Fall Frenzy and I started looking weeks before that to find an "in".Prime examples of how "walking" has gotten out of control! I understand that you are working within the rules that Disney established for modifying a reservation- and therein lies the problem - Disney needs to change it's rules as regarding modifying a reservation. Not sure what that should be ( but some of the people on the "walking" forum have some good ideas)). All AKL owners should have a shot at reserving these rooms for their vacations- not just picking up a day here or there that gets left in the wake of a walker ( assuming you somehow could figure out what time of day the walker was going to release the room).
Availability of these rooms has become dire since the advent of online modifying - it was much less a problem before that when you had to call to modify a resort reservation. Hopefully Disney will notice.
My whole reason for buying AKV points last year was to be able to take a shot at these rooms from time to time. That means, almost by definition, walking. We love AKV, but didn't need to own points to stay there from time to time, especially since we're just fine with Kidani.
So. I don't feel bad about it. It's the whole and only reason that I'm a points owner at AKV. It's not just "working within the rules". It's also working the only strategy that consistently works for booking this room.
If you look at it right now, the rooms are being fully walked. All of them. There will be no more "ins" until at least one of the walkers walks to where he wants to go. The only way to book these rooms for Fall of next year is to walk. So. I'm walking.
All AKV owners DO have a shot at these rooms. I did. If you're an owner, you do. But. It takes the ability (knowledge) and effort to work it. I got up early on multiple days to try to book and spent time learning how to walk. The people who are working their points harder are getting an advantage. A good analogy is people waiting in tents for an iPhone release; anybody can do it if you think it's worth the effort. I don't think that's a problem.
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