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SDO March weeks

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just reserved two consecutive March weeks at SDO. The Vistana site worked very well. Thank you Vistana!
 

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I had just the opposite experience. Like last March, when I attempted to book March 10, 2018 using my red week there was nothing found. It seems Vistana has limited what was once a very easy to book week. I did see platinum weeks and even SO weeks, but no red. I tried last night at midnight and failed to book what was probably the only red week in inventory for March 11. I don't know why this is so hard to book when for 15 years it was so easy.
 

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I was able to get a March week in a 1bd standard using a platinum week. Is your ownership the 1-52 floating?


I had just the opposite experience. Like last March, when I attempted to book March 10, 2018 using my red week there was nothing found. It seems Vistana has limited what was once a very easy to book week. I did see platinum weeks and even SO weeks, but no red. I tried last night at midnight and failed to book what was probably the only red week in inventory for March 11. I don't know why this is so hard to book when for 15 years it was so easy.
 

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I was able to book my SDO one bedroom premium for March 10th at midnight eastern. It's a 1-52 floating week.
 

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I was able to get a March week in a 1bd standard using a platinum week. Is your ownership the 1-52 floating?

I have a platinum and 52 week red. The platinum returns an available reservation but as I prefer to use it for star option reservations, I like to reserve my red week for cactus league play. I have been able to do this for 15 years but last year was a struggle and this year worse.
 

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I was able to book my SDO one bedroom premium for March 10th at midnight eastern. It's a 1-52 floating week.

So that was you? Actually, I checked March 10th well into the day and only tried the midnight snatch for March 11th. Saw a unit but after selecting it, it said it is no longer available. You gotta be quick.

But don't you think that with inventory lasting only seconds after its release, Vistana is surely restricting our access to popular weeks?
 

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It's hard to same - the same thing happens at the other popular resorts for the most popular dates - like the Maui resorts and Harborside.

However, it is note-worthy that there really was no release of summer Staroption reservations for Maui and Harborside at 8 mos.
 

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I was on on the Vistana site at exactly 12:00 EST for each reservation. They were for Weeks beginning on a Friday, the first two weeks of March. One was a premium villa and one a two bedroom lock off.
 

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What type of SDO do you own? Red (weeks 1-52) or Platinum?
 

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Seems like they went even faster this year for Plat owners too. No standard 1BR availability for March 9-14 and 16-21 currently; and March 3-8 and 15 is low.
 

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Seems like they went even faster this year for Plat owners too. No standard 1BR availability for March 9-14 and 16-21 currently; and March 3-8 and 15 is low.
I was able to do a midnight snatch of a Red March 16, 2018. But that quantity of inventory is gone in seconds.
 

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...midnight eastern.
I've never tried to book March at SDO, but wonder if using Eastern time might be an advantage for anything I try. That could be 9 p.m. here, only a half hour before my bedtime!
 

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Wish for booking I did not live on east coast. The midnight booking is painful but usually works. The problem comes in if you want to change your dates. Was planning to go for Easter now changing to November/December.
 
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