Nice to read in this day in age of pure selfishness...
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Room Upgrades
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Princess Sara
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We did too at Saratoga booked a studio was given a one bed villa.
Pluto15
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My experience is that all my friends and family who travel from overseas to WDW always get upgraded. I don't know if its to attract overseas guests back or die them having long stats but at least 20 of my family friends have been upgraded over the years. Actually I don't know anyone that hadn't. My colleague at woek was upgraded last month to club level for two weeks which saved thousands of dollars.
cat hem
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The last time we stayed at BC I booked a "standard" view room. When we arrived we opened the door to our room and ta-da! we had a balcony water view room. Fantastic!. I have found that asking never hurts. But in this instance we didn't ask at all. We were there in August so maybe they just had rooms to fill. Who knows but it was great!
Missymoe4
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The only upgrade I have gotten was due to overbooking. My party was booked at Coronado in a business-type room (suite or whatever they are called). The resort overbooked a convention and moved us all the way to the back of the resort in the "family section" as they told us. We were all single adults--we certainly were not looking for the family section...at least not at that time...
So we asked to see a manager to clarify the issue and perhaps get back some of the money we paid (since our room, after all, was more money). The manager walked up to the counter and said: "We're moving you directly to the Wilderness Lodge. We have a van outside waiting for you." So, possibly my reservation was already red-flagged, because she seemed to have the answer without really knowing what was occurring.
Otherwise, in my 34 years of going to Disney, I have never had a room upgrade. In fact, I plan accordingly and book the room that I want in the beginning. And some room upgrades I probably wouldn't be happy with. For example, when I book at the Contemporary, I want a lake view. I have never gone to WDW with the mindset of expecting a room upgrade, or for something special to happen. If it does, then great.
So we asked to see a manager to clarify the issue and perhaps get back some of the money we paid (since our room, after all, was more money). The manager walked up to the counter and said: "We're moving you directly to the Wilderness Lodge. We have a van outside waiting for you." So, possibly my reservation was already red-flagged, because she seemed to have the answer without really knowing what was occurring.
Otherwise, in my 34 years of going to Disney, I have never had a room upgrade. In fact, I plan accordingly and book the room that I want in the beginning. And some room upgrades I probably wouldn't be happy with. For example, when I book at the Contemporary, I want a lake view. I have never gone to WDW with the mindset of expecting a room upgrade, or for something special to happen. If it does, then great.
totaldisneygirl
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I've been upgraded many times from a garden wing to an MK view at the contemporary but not recently...I have to say the last time this happened was like 7 years ago. Recently though, I did get upgraded from a standard room to a preferred suite at All Star Music and it was awesome!
LoveDiz
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Interesting reading here....we have been upgraded three times, but I do ask every time at check in.
First time, we booked a standard view room at the Poly and got upgraded to an MK view. This was our 2nd trip to Disney ever which I guess spoiled me and began my quest of always asking.
Second time, we booked a standard room at GF and got upgraded to a parlor room. Not a huge upgrade, but was offered a separate area with another tv and a pull out which my daughter loved! Still an upgrade to me
Third time, we were upgraded at the Contemporary from a garden wing room to Tower room Bay Lake view.
We have since stayed at both the Poly and GF again and did not get an upgrade, but did get our building requests. We have stayed at WL twice and received no upgrades. In all our stays at moderates we never received any upgrades.
After reading this, I now feel really lucky to have ever been upgraded! I certainly don't expect it, but glad some fairy dust was sprinkled on my family My motto is it never hurts to ask!
First time, we booked a standard view room at the Poly and got upgraded to an MK view. This was our 2nd trip to Disney ever which I guess spoiled me and began my quest of always asking.
Second time, we booked a standard room at GF and got upgraded to a parlor room. Not a huge upgrade, but was offered a separate area with another tv and a pull out which my daughter loved! Still an upgrade to me
Third time, we were upgraded at the Contemporary from a garden wing room to Tower room Bay Lake view.
We have since stayed at both the Poly and GF again and did not get an upgrade, but did get our building requests. We have stayed at WL twice and received no upgrades. In all our stays at moderates we never received any upgrades.
After reading this, I now feel really lucky to have ever been upgraded! I certainly don't expect it, but glad some fairy dust was sprinkled on my family
My motto is it never hurts to ask!
Blairnicol
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We were at POR in December at booked at Garden View but got a Royal Room with a River View. It was a fun upgrade, although I felt sorry for my brother-in-law, haha. In the 20+ times I've been, that's the only upgrade I remember getting.
S. Paridon
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Back in June 2011 my wife and son and I (before daughter) got an upgrade at WL from a 5th floor woods view to a 2nd floor inner courtyard view bunk-bed room. The A/C in our original room did not work and the supposed only other room available was the 2nd floor (room 2109). It turned out to be the best room we have ever had at WL, and have longed for it ever since.
Fizban
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AS a Matter of fact I think we probably got the biggest unexpected upgrade that I've ever heard of. We booked 2 adjoining rooms at CSR with a requirement of 1 king room and a 2 queen room for my girls. When we got there they didn't have any openings so they gave us the Executive Suite for the week. When I get home I can post some pics. The suite took up half the second floor of the building we were in.
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iYazmo
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My family has been upgraded twice. The first one being us getting upgraded from a standard to a preferred room at Pop Century. The second one was on our last trip when we stayed at Coronado. We paid for a standard room but hoped to be closer to one of the bus stops. We asked (politely) to be moved to another standard room building with a closer bus stop, but we were upgraded to a preferred room instead.
DisneyGigi
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We were lucky enough to receive an upgrade from a standard view room at Coronado Springs to an amazing lakeview room right beside the laundry and quiet pool. It was our anniversary and was noted on our reservations. We did not ask for it! The sweet lady at check in just said she had the perfect room for us. We checked in at 7:00 am on our arrival day, may have been a factor too. I was really worried if we would even be able to do that so it was an amazing dose of Pixie Dust! I would never ask for a free upgrade.
We checked in at 7:00 am on our arrival day, may have been a factor too. I was really worried if we would even be able to do that so it was an amazing dose of Pixie Dust! I would never ask for a free upgrade.
Pluto15
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4401DisneyMom
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We have stayed at GF five times now and were lucky enough to be "Family of the Week" one year and were assigned a room with a view of the Magic Kingdom. SO nice watching fireworks and enjoying the Electrical Water Pageant from the balcony. Also, on another trip, we were upgraded at GF to concierge, which was truly amazing.
