Stalking vs. WL
Stalking won for me
I came back from Disney in September and we (my mom and dd-24) decided to go back in January before my dd goes back to school.
End of September, I was able to first book January 5-12 in a SSR Standard View Studio. WL, Preferred View Studio and Poly Studio.
Decided to add January 4, so WL it and took off Poly Studio. Stalked for a week, non stop and was able to get January 4 in a standard studio.
So, January 4-5 (I stalked and got it) and canceled my WL. So now have a ressie booked for January 4-5 then January 5-12 in a standard studio at SSR.
I really wanted to overlook DTD and stalked ALL.DAY and found a full week come up for January 5-12 in a Preferred Studio at SSR and kept January 4 standard since it wasn't available. WL the day for Preferred View and by the end of the day or the following day, I was able to get it by stalking and canceled my WL for the one day.
Then had a WL for Poly Studio and SSR One Bedroom Preferred View.
However, I really want to overlook DTD and we thought having a one bedroom may work better with a fridge and washer/dryer so last week, I refreshed ALL day. I would go in to work, get on my emails and then open up DVC in another browser and just hit refresh ALL day. ALL DAY. Then, last Thursday, I decided to take my ipad to work and did that while we were sitting around at lunch and that actually is when I was able to get my first one bedroom, but standard view. Then about 4:30 pm before I shut down at work, I saw full availability for my category, SSR one bedroom preferred view. I tried to modify my standard one bedroom ressie but it kept saying not available. I tried a different browser and still saw all the dates. Left work, went to gym and came home and showered. Still saw both one bedroom categories available but still couldn't get it.
Sat on my couch with ipad and kept refreshing and it went through, got my confirmation email and its confirmed on
MDE and DVC. Went and canceled my WL.
The most hardest dates to get are/were Fridays January 4 and January 11 (end of New Years and then Marathon weekend begins). When I looked after getting my ressie those Fridays are gone again.
My stalking the week should have went to someone on the WL before me or should have went to me before being put up for grabs but I'm so happy I made it work.
Going to sit and keep trying while home watching TV or when a work to see if I can get a monorail resort and know my chances are extremely slim, but I have seen a two bedroom Lake View open at GF (didn't have enough points) and a studio a while ago for 6 nights at BLT, so maybe closer to 60 day mark, I'll see more cancellations.
Good luck to all both WL and Stalking!