Want to add a day, no room available, seeking advice

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Hello … I’ve been lurking, er, reading, since January 2019 and have learned A LOT from your posts. Back story: My DS’s (15) HS marching band will play at MK on 11/25, with trip spanning 11/22-11/26, staying at one of the All-Stars, so DH (42), DS (4) and I have decided to tag along and tack on a few days for a family trip and to celebrate my youngest’s 5th bd on 11/28.

Before the last price increase, I purchased 8-day park hoppers for the three of us (yep, over-bought, too late now) through UT and booked a room-only standard room at CB, 11/22-11/28. I’d like to add a night, am unable to edit my trip online and must call to make changes. I called once about a month ago and as you might expect, given the timing, there are no standard rooms for an extra night. They tried to sell me a pirate room, which is a big nope as DH and I are not small people and would never make it. Anyway, I need to book airfare in the next few days, which means I need to figure out what I am going to do about this room. Does anyone have insight as to how likely it is that if I call every day that I might eventually be able to add a night in a standard room at CB at this time of year? I hate to buy a plane ticket to stay an extra night if I don’t know that we can stay.

Thanks in advance for your insight and/or advice.

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Have you checked Swan, Dolphin, and the Disney Springs hotels? I think Disney will even transfer your luggage to the Swan or Dolphin, but hopefully someone with split stay experience can chime in on that.

Are you planning to rent a car? If you’re doing that anyway, I’d just tack an offsite stay onto the end of the trip. If not, there might be transportation questions to figure out.

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Are you set on CB resort only? I just checked availability and there are rooms at Coronado and POR.
Luggage will be definitely transferred in this case and you get to experience another resort.

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Check airfare for both days too. You might find that the airfare is cheaper when you stay the extra day and will offset a more expensive room. Not exactly what you probably want to hear, but it could help.

Also I’ll add another vote for Swan/Dolphin. Fantastic hotels with a great pool!

At the very worst, remember that 8th day only added about $10 per person to your tickets, so I wouldn’t spend a bunch trying to recover that cost.

Edit: and welcome to the Forum!

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Thanks for your replies, @eug2506 and @heidelj. I ended up deciding to keep the dates as they are but appreciate your suggestions and will certainly bear them in mind for our next trip.