Have you ever recieved a complimentary upgrade when checking?

[cetacean01]

I am curious. My last two trips to Vegas I recieved upgrades for no apparent reason....not a big gambler, don't spend thousands on shopping or dining, etc. Has this ever happened to you at Disney? Have you ever been upgraded from Value to Mid or Deluxe?

[Strmchsr]

Nope. I've heard of it occasionally happening when they are overbooked, or trying to promote DVC, but it seems pretty rare. In Vegas and cruise ships they upgrade people in hopes you'll enjoy the "high life" and book that next time instead.

[TinkerbellsMom]

Last May we got upgraded at AKL from a standard room to Savannah room in the Arusha Rock area!! It was incredible and unexpected!! My DD (then 8) was in tears when the CM told her she had a great smile and that he gave us a Savannah view!! This was our 3rd stay at AKL and the 1st time we were upgraded.

[CaptSmee]

We've been upgraded several times (not resorts, but room upgardes). At AKL we've been upgraded to Savannah rooms 4 times. At Contemporary we were upgraded to a tower room.

[TheVBs]

We were upgraded at Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort last Nov. It was our first visit there, we'd booked a studio with a pin code, and I was floored when they told me we'd been upgraded to a 2 bedroom villa!! We were only paying $66 a night! It was right by the pool, food, gift shop and recreation counter too.

[poeticeclipse]

My co-workers were upgraded from Pop to Beach Club water view about 2 weeks before their departure date. It was right after Xmas so i'm assuming that they overbooked Pop. It was their first trip to WDW and definitely spoiled them to the point they never want to go back without staying deluxe. haha!

[Fastpasssteve]

Three years ago, myself and my two travel companions got upgraded at Saratoga Springs Resort from a Studio to a One-Bedroom Suite for free at check-in. It was a delicious week at Disney...this really added to our trip.

[Mousemates]

never been upgraded to another resort, but we have had view upgrades at the AKL and a tower upgrade at the CR.

[TikiLounger]

We've never been upgraded to a different resort but, when we booked a garden view in the Club Level of The Beach Club, we were pleasantly surprised to find we had been upgraded to a water view. Nice.

[DadTriton]

booked garden view Poly and got water/park view on the beach!

[FriendsofMickey]

A couple of years ago, we were upgraded from a standard view at POFQ to a water view. It was really nice, but I still will not pay to have the water view. We are just not in the room enough to pay the extra.
But it was a really nice and unexpected plus!

[Bohms4]

At WL we were upgraded from a woods view to a courtyard view and didn't know it until we went into the room...nice surprise.

[Soph and Han's Mom]

checking in a few years ago at the poly i was informed that they had overbooked all of the garden view rooms, so i was being upgraded to concierge for the length of my stay! i had to ask about 5 times if he was sure...he laughed and said of course! that was pretty awesome!

[southerngirl]

We've never received an upgrade at a Disney-run hotel, but last summer, we received an upgrade at the Swan from a standard view to a pool view. We could see the fireworks at the Studios from our room, which was fun.

[Giselle]

no maybe next trip . . . . 5 days away!

[mjm12000]

I was upgraded to a King suite with a park view at the Grand Californian at Disneyland once while travelling alone and we just got a call two weeks ago that our state room on the Disney Cruise we are taking in a few weeks has been upgraded from an ocean view room to a varandah room. So exciting...

[MariMouse]

A few years ago, my daughter and family and my husband and I stayed the first part of our trip at the AKL. We then went to the GF for the rest. We were upgraded to a concierge room, I think in Sugar Loaf! Talk about fantastic!

[Seasonscraps]

Yes, DH & I were upgraded from a regular room to a garden suite at the BW on our HM trip. There was a misunderstanding with our reservation which resulted in us being charged more then we should have been - they upgraded us to make up for it.

I am sure being the end of Sept (value season before free DDP programs) and being on our HM helped but it wasn't one of those pure pixie dust type situations.

[mickeefan]

Yes, we were surprised with an upgrade to Sugarloaf club level at the Grand Floridian for our 50th anniversary. When we arrived the guard said there would be some one waiting for us at the entrance. We had never stayed there before and assumed this was normal. There was a castmember waiting for us with our package and she loaded us on a cart and off we went. We did not realize we were club level until we entered and saw where we were.
They brought us champagne, glasses and roses.
This turned out to be a magnificent trip and one we will never forget.

[teambricker04]

My family was upgraded for an entire 2 week stay at BC from a regular room, garden view, to concierge garden view. It was HEAVEN. DH and I didn't really care about the view so much as we really wanted a balcony and we got one that overlooked the valet area. We could watch the fireworks at both EPCOT and MK. It was the best vacation EVER.... it will be hard to top!