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View Poll Results: Do you make a room request?
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I always request a room location.
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I pay for a preferred location.
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I let the resort assign me to a room.
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It depends on the resort/ my travelling party.
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Do you request a particular room or section of a resort?
When you make a resort reservation, do you request a particular section/ building on your reservation (other than the preferred room location)? On previous trips, we have taken whatever was assigned to us, and for two of the three trips, the room was ready at our early morning arrival time, and I was happy with our location. For this trip, DH has asked me to look into making a room/ location request.
-Laura
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I have found locations I like this way. Also, I once paid for preferred and was farther away than usual, so I gave that up.
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There are so many factors that go into my resort planning. Most of the time, I've just gone where I was told to go. However, my kids like me to go get them breakfast and they eat it in the room. If I let them veg out in the morning, the day is much more pleasant. So my last trip and my upcoming trip, I have requested to be close to the food court area. That way I don't have too far to deliver breakfast to my kids and coffee to my mom. I think they just take me on vacation to be their pack mule and room service provider. Maybe this trip I should ask for tips
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We always pay for preferred, pool view, or river view and then I request a certain location. We have not always gotten our request but have only been unhappy one time. That was at AKL when we payed for a pool view and we had a room that if you bent over the balcony really far and cranked your head to the right you could see a corner of the pool. We were too tired from traveling all day to request somthing different so made the best of it. We still had a great vacation and enjoyed our stay there. We'll be back again in 4 weeks and have booked a pool veiw again.
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I Always request my rooms. I typically stay in the same places (OKW and Poly) so I know which rooms/building I like and have good reason to request. If I was to stay in a different resort, I always do my homework and research which rooms I will be requesting once I am there.
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Stayed: Contemorary (1), Polynesian (Many), Old Key West (Many), Floridian (1), Yatch Club (!), Boardwalk (1)
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I don't request specific rooms or buildings, though in the past I've made these general requests to good effect, though I'm not sure how things will work out this summer. I guess in two weeks, we'll find out!
- Wilderness Lodge, 1998: Paid for a Woods View
- Coronado Springs, 1999: Paid for a Water View
- All Star Music, 2003: Paid for a Calypso Room
- Port Orleans Riverside, 2010: Requested proximity to Main Building
- Pop Century, 2012: Will request proximity to main Bus Stop, but otherwise we got a standard room
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OCT '99: Coronado Springs, 8 days, Halloween
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AUG '12: Pop Century, 14 days, My Dream Trip!
AUG '17: Hoping!
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....I too am one that always requests a specific section / room location. As a staunch devotee` of POP....we always book a preferred room location...and ask for the 60's buildings...ground floor...poolside. We've been accommodated 99% of the time....
...and since we drive to WDW...and usually arrive at about 11am....if the room location isn't immediately available....we just leave the bags in the car...and head to a park 'till a room (where we requested it) is available.
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Originally Posted by E-OR
We always pay for preferred, pool view, or river view and then I request a certain location. We have not always gotten our request but have only been unhappy one time. That was at AKL when we payed for a pool view and we had a room that if you bent over the balcony really far and cranked your head to the right you could see a corner of the pool. We were too tired from traveling all day to request somthing different so made the best of it. We still had a great vacation and enjoyed our stay there. We'll be back again in 4 weeks and have booked a pool veiw again.
Sounds like the same view we had. It was awful to pay extra for a pool view and not really get it. We have a pool view this November and requested to not have a solid balcony and a better view. So we shall see. Our first AKL visit we had awesome pool view rooms.
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11/02-POFQ * 07/04-Disneyland PPH * 11/05-AKL * 10/08-CBR * 12/10-WL * 11/11-AKL * 11/12-AKL * 11/13-GF * 11/14-AKL * 06/15-Poly * 12/15-YC * 5/16-BWI * 12/16-BC * 5/17-Poly * 10/17-GF * 12/18-POFQ * 12/19-YC * 12/20-CSR * 12/21-BC * 3/22-CSR
Next: 9/22*BWI
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The only request I make are top floor and AWAY from the pool.
18 Previous Visits
Most Recent December 2011 (POP)
May 2012 (Disney Fantasy !)
Sept 2012 POP Mom/Daughter Trip
Sept 2013 40th Anniversary Adventures Disney Ireland
2014 Check out MK Makeover!
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I have made specific requests but ususally I do not. Once I did make a request at Coronado Springs and did not end up with that request. I was really unhappy with the location we did end up with but there was a convention in and they were unable to move us to the section I had wanted.
Kathy șoș
LET'S GO BUCS!
Next trip - June '14
Past trips:
6/13, 4/13, 7/12, 7/11, 1/11, 8/10, 7/09, 3/09, 8/08, 8/07, 12/06, 9/05, 7/03, 7/98, 5/96, 8/93, '70's X 2
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felt like answering with two choices.
I let them place me wherever, as preferred rooms aren't worth it to me. however the only thing I ask for is a top floor as these are a little quieter and i prefer being up top anyway.
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April 2008 (offsite)
Feb 2009 (All Star Music)
Feb 2010 (POP)
Sept/Oct 2010 (Sports)
Jan/Feb 2012 (ASMovies)
Sep/Oct 2013 (offsite)
Feb 2015 (POFQ)
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The more specific a request, the less likely a resort can deliver it. We always want a higher floor with balcony room (we stay deluxe) so, that is what we ask for. If we specified a building or location, the upper floor balcony request might not work out. So, we usually just make a request with what we really want and let the resort decide where they can best make that happen.
Sherri
Next: Aulani Celebration 10/2018 (50th)
Past Stays: Contemporary, GF, Poly, BC, POP, POR, Dolphin, AKL Kidani, BLT
1990 August Honeymoon- GF
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The two times we asked for an exact room number, we got it.
Keneva
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Oct 1995 Off-site
DL
1967-69 Several Visits (Green Lantern Motel?)
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I only request something specific when my dad is in my travel party. He has some pretty serious back problems, so we ask to be close to transportation. Other than that, I don't really care!
Meg
40 trips (plus two to Disneyland, and one to Disneyland Paris) and counting!
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I've always requested the 50's section at Pop but never get it. So this year I'm not going to bother.
șoș Joe șoș
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our requests have generally been granted, but our requests are fairly general....say upper floor facing a particular view. the only time we requested a specifc room (WL) we got it.
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We have started requesting specific room numbers and it has been accomodated or pretty close anyway. For me the most important part of our trip is our resort choice and our room view. For others it is more about the parks etc., but I am there for the relaxation as well. Nothing beats the views we had last week with a balcony in the tower at the CR overlooking Bay Lake and the pools and then a balcony at the Dolphin overlooking DHS with a great view of fantasmic's fireworks. If the view is important you better make a specific request or risk being disappointed on your vacation.
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Originally Posted by SHORTY
I've always requested the 50's section at Pop but never get it. So this year I'm not going to bother.
I requested the 50's section for my upcoming trip. I paid for standard pool view. We'll see if I get it.
Bern
WDW - 85,88,89,96,08,10,12,13,16,18,19
Universal - Cabana Bay, May 2019
August 2020 - Port Orleans Riverside
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I ALWAYS request, and NEVER get it. First time at POR I wanted Alligator Bayou...got the mansions. Second time there I wanted the Mansions...got Alligator Bayou. Requested a renovated room at a resort in the midst of renovations, and didn't get it. Etc. I'm at AKL for part of our trip in Spetmber and asked for a pool view...I'll probably get the room mentioned by two respondants above, LOL. The rest of the time we're at CBR and I'm paying for a preferred, so at least I know I'll get that! I want to stay in Martinique, so I should probably request the other building....
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This thread made me think about this more. With modern technology what it is, why couldn't we book specific locations or at least specific buildings when we do book our vacations? They block out the rooms as they are booked within certain categories now anyway so this would just carry that one step further. It's done on cruise ships and airplanes all the time.
Kathy șoș
LET'S GO BUCS!
Next trip - June '14
Past trips:
6/13, 4/13, 7/12, 7/11, 1/11, 8/10, 7/09, 3/09, 8/08, 8/07, 12/06, 9/05, 7/03, 7/98, 5/96, 8/93, '70's X 2
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