James Bucanek
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2024
Has anyone managed to book the 3-bedroom Grand Villa at the Disneyland Hotel, and how did you do it?
I'm planning a big family vacation next year and wanted to get one of the (only two!) Grand Villas for four nights.
I've been getting up at 5 AM in the morning (8AM Eastern) for the past few weeks hoping to grab a reservation, with zero success.
My frustration is that there are simply no available dates for the 3 bedroom villas. None. Zip. Zero. Nada. Not a single available day in the entire 11 month calendar. If I look at any other resort, I'll find at least a few days here and there that are still available, no matter what the resort or the size of the villa. But not the Grand Villa at the Disneyland Hotel. The entire calendar is solid grey.
The really frustrating part is I'm now thinking that they are simply not available for booking online. I discovered recently that when booking on the website you can select the date of your stay after midnight (11 months out), but if you try to book it you'll get a pop-up message that says you have to wait until 8AM ET. Select the farthest date for any other villa at any other resort and it will show available between midnight and 8AM. But selecting that day for the Grand Villa at the Disneyland Hotel and it always says "waitlist only"—that's hours before the time anyone could have, theoretically, booked the room.
I've called DVC member services and they "assure me" that the 3-bedroom villas are available for booking online—but I'm not convinced.
I'm now sitting on the waitlist for two of the weeks, as that's the best I can do at this point.
I'm planning a big family vacation next year and wanted to get one of the (only two!) Grand Villas for four nights.
I've been getting up at 5 AM in the morning (8AM Eastern) for the past few weeks hoping to grab a reservation, with zero success.
My frustration is that there are simply no available dates for the 3 bedroom villas. None. Zip. Zero. Nada. Not a single available day in the entire 11 month calendar. If I look at any other resort, I'll find at least a few days here and there that are still available, no matter what the resort or the size of the villa. But not the Grand Villa at the Disneyland Hotel. The entire calendar is solid grey.
The really frustrating part is I'm now thinking that they are simply not available for booking online. I discovered recently that when booking on the website you can select the date of your stay after midnight (11 months out), but if you try to book it you'll get a pop-up message that says you have to wait until 8AM ET. Select the farthest date for any other villa at any other resort and it will show available between midnight and 8AM. But selecting that day for the Grand Villa at the Disneyland Hotel and it always says "waitlist only"—that's hours before the time anyone could have, theoretically, booked the room.
I've called DVC member services and they "assure me" that the 3-bedroom villas are available for booking online—but I'm not convinced.
I'm now sitting on the waitlist for two of the weeks, as that's the best I can do at this point.