Class of room booked: One 2BR savanna view, one studio savanna view
Method used: Touring Plans fax
Room requested: 7212 and 7214 (or 2nd floor on that wing
Additional circumstances: We had 7 adults and 1 child travelling togetherr, so requested that the two rooms be as close together as possible
Result: got 7232 and 7240. Floor and wing as requested, and as close together as I could reasonably expect.
Before that
Resort: Bay Lake Tower (Oct 2017)
Class of room booked: Lake-view studio
Method used: Touring plans fax
Room requested: 8038
Additional circumstances: none
Result: 7440. 6 floors lower but facing the same direction (toward marina, which was the preference). I think I liked the lower floor view better in this case
The time betore that was a Jambo studio that I got 3 doors away from my request. Iâve had really good luck with the Touring Plans fax service. Before that, putting the request in through early check-in, I felt like no one even looked at the request.
Resort: Riverside
Royal Room, pool view
TP Fax
Exact room number requested, canât remember number, it was a corner room
Resort: French Quarter
Standard
TP Fax
Requested connecting rooms in building two - got the connecting rooms one room down from what I requested - I added a note saying we were bringing grandparents with us for their first trip to Disney with mobility issues and would love to have them next to us.
*Weâve been very happy with the room request faxes from TP!
We are 50/50, but it was OK because the important 50 worked out.
Resort - Pop Century
Class of room booked - Preferred Studio
Method used - TP fax
Room requested - Building 6, high floor, corner room
Result - Not even close. Building 10, 3rd floor, middle of the hallway
Resort - AKV Jambo
Class of room booked - Deluxe Studio (NOT savanna view)
Method used - TP fax
Room requested - I asked to be near the lobby, and listed a half-dozen room numbers we would like
Additional circumstances - added a note indicating it was our anniversary
Result - 5522, which was one of the requested rooms. Not near the lobby at all, but still a great room with a savanna view
Resort : Boulder Ridge Class of room booked : 2 bedroom Method: TP Fax Request Room requested : 3535 or another similar facing room on an upper floor where we would be able to have views of the water. Additional Circumstances: Nothing. Result: We ended up on the 3rd floor, but in a different room further down the hall. We had the view we wanted and were able to look over the pool area and had a lake view. We could see the Electric Light Pageant from our balcony.
Weâre 8 days out from our next trip where Iâve requested: Resort : Port Orleans Riverside Class of room booked : Standard View 5th sleeper Method: TP Fax Request Room requested : 3733 Additional Circumstances: I added that we would like a room in the refurbished area if possible that was near transportation and had a bathtub for our youngest. I used my best manners!
*Result: Womp womp wooooomp. Building 16âŚnot refurbishedâŚnot close to the west depotâŚnot a corner room. However, the location was pretty good and we ended up using Lyfts more than Disney transportation and they would pick up/drop off right outside room. IF building 16 was refurbed, it would have been a clear win and HONESTLY the room wasnât too beat up so it wasnât that bad (I just really wanted the under the bed storage for suitcases since there were 5 of us crammed in the room âŚnever again).
AoA Nemo Suites
TP fax request and similar instructions in MDE
Requested 4832
Wanted early check-in. Arrived at 11. At 1:30 checked on status and took what they could offer me which was 3rd floor landscape view )requested landscape 4th floor).
Room 4379 - technically on edge of playground so mixed results.
On a related note, weâve been asking survey participants to provide the room number they got, whether it connected to another room (and if so, that room number), and the bed configuration for the room.
Iâm pleasantly surprised that weâve got more than 10,000 responses for these in the past year or so. Weâll be updating the database shortly. Besides keeping the bed configs current, itâll allow us to provide more information on connecting rooms.
I guess my suggestion was more directly related to the effectiveness of the Room Fax Feature. If the system automatically sent a follow-up question just regarding the room that they got, then one might be able to get more insight into which types of requests are more likely to be met.
Hooray for information on connecting rooms! My family of 7 relies on connecting rooms, especially since suite prices seem to increase dramatically beyond 6 person occupancy.
For our most recent stay:
Poly
Deluxe studio (DVC), standard view
Fax request via TP
Room requested: 3914
No additional circumstances
Result: 3941
Body of fax read:
Tokelau 3914 or 1914 as a second choice. If neither is available, any room on the third or first floor of Tokelau on this same side of the building (facing toward Oasis Pool/Ceremonial House/Grand Floridian - rooms 1-14 or 39-48) would make our day! Thanks for considering our request!!
Since we got 3941 I was happy with the result. I could see a glimpse of the castle (and fireworks) and was overlooking the pool. I suppose it could have been a typo on part of room assigner? In any case, great room, great location, would stay again.
May 2018
â˘Resort: BC
â˘Class of room booked: Standard
â˘Method used: TP Fax
â˘Room requested: 3262
â˘Additional circumstances: 40th Birthday Trip!
â˘Result: 2664 (Itâs the Hospitality Suite - was pretty neat)
June 2018
â˘Resort: Contemporary
â˘Class of room booked: Garden Wing, Garden View
â˘Method used: TP Fax
â˘Room requested: 5349
â˘Additional circumstances: None
â˘Result: 5349 (theme park view, and we got yummy chocolates and chocolate covered strawberries)
Resort: POFQ in 2016 Class of room booked: Garden View x2 Method used (e.g. fax request, note on reservation, on-line check-in, etc.): TP fax request Room requested: 5148 and 5147 Additional circumstances (anything that may have affected your request): two different reservation numbers on the same request, one was ADA accessible Result: got the exact rooms we requested.
One question: why the 1st or 3rd floors? Is this a case of âweâd rather be on the top floor, but if we canât itâs better to avoid the stairs at allâ? Just trying to figure out if thereâs something bad about 2nd floor.
Resort : Pop Century Class of room booked : Standard Method : TP Fax Request Room requested : 5213 or similar Additional Circumstances : Nothing special, just put a polite message and thanked them. Result: Room 6234 which was the next building over, still 2nd floor. In the same vicinity and similar view. Worked fine for us.
