Sadly that’s become the norm for DVC. The spoils go to those who put time into stalking or walking reservations. Either you do that or you accept paying for preferred views/less desirable booking categories. I don’t mind doing the legwork but I’ll admit its been somewhat of a pain.
I'm hoping the days pop up at the time go by.
All the standards at BLT seem to be walked. I think they are moving into later Dec but I could be wrong. I looked at all the low point rooms across properties and today was pretty much gone at nearly every premium resort. I like scoring the standards but have come to appreciate some of the lake views.
People want it especially at BLT for the MVMCP dates so they can just walk back to their room afterwards and I don't really blame them.
We once had a gorgeous lake view. Next time, our lake view was on the inside of the C, if you looked through the trees, past the pool, oh look, there's the lake. Last time we what we consider a great view....the north shore....sit left, look right - lake, sit right, look left, fireworks, look down parking lot.
Limit to 2 modifications of an existing reservation, after the 2nd change (eg 3 chances to get it right), you need to cancel the reservation (freeing up all the days) and create a new one. This would significantly cut down on the ability to block dates through the walk process.
Many people make more than 2 modifications just in normal bookings, not walking. Adding more than 7 nights at 7/11 months, changing the start and /or end dates for flights/schedules, piecing a reservation together as nights come available, etc.
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If I learned anything from my research before buying, it was:Just pick a bad use year like December and you never have to worry about it because Christmas is already being walked by the time December 1 hits and Thanksgiving is after our banking deadline so summer vaca for us unless a waitlist for December comes thru
Not sure I see the issue since everyone can do it, only an issue if your use year sucks like mine
Unfortunately this was our dilemma as well since my wife is a teacher so our vacations follow a school calendar. We knew October would be optimal for the very hard to get Copper Creek Christmas vacation, our home resort, but the October banking deadline didn’t align with the summer months. Since we vacation more often then not between June and July then November and December we went with the better summer banking window. And the hope of maybe a CCV miracle waitlist here and there in December
We got somewhat lucky and were initially assigned August by our DVC Guide on the ship (no discussion of any options at time of purchase
) which works well for our fall trips—by the time we were looking for resale, we became educated here and ruled out December because we often travel over Thanksgiving and wanted the flexibility to book late Nov into Dec. I would have picked Oct/Nov if it was available, but now I’m glad I have BCV in September because I suspect as it is increasingly owned by die hard fans (like me) and for profit rental agencies in the final decade, it’s going to get walked further and further out for the holidays—though by 2035, it’s possible people could start walking in June/July/August. 
This is us! And small contracts at CCV make it impossible to book in Dec. lolJust pick a bad use year like December and you never have to worry about it because Christmas is already being walked by the time December 1 hits and Thanksgiving is after our banking deadline so summer vaca for us unless a waitlist for December comes thru
Not sure I see the issue since everyone can do it, only an issue if your use year sucks like mine
They need to raise the cost of rooms in December and decrease it during the summer. Even the most difficult to book resorts usually have availability during the summer because nobody wants to deal with Florida heat but that is absolutely the reason why it should cost even less on the point charts.
THIS!
Early/mid-December also has one of the highest rack rate :: points ratios, further supporting your 'raise the points of rooms in December' as they've already been adjusting on the cash side.
