skier_pete
DIsney-holics Anon
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2006
Are you saying you priced out RPH 'when' you were there in February? If so, you'd likely be looking @ rack rate. Did you check last year's date & rate thread here to see what people were actually paying during that time period for an accurate comparison?
NO - I priced it out when we were planning our trip. I bought an AP, and was thinking of getting a discounted room for one night during our trip to get FOTL...called in October and they told me no discounts but they weren't out yet, call back later. Then I called again in November, and again in December...no AP discounts, call back later. I was sort of surprised that they didn't have AP discounts out less than 2 months before the trip...but I couldn't argue because they were the employees and should know.
Then I called in January ...discounts are out, but none for my dates. At $400+ for the one night I said "forget it" since I already had a room elsewhere in Orlando I was paying for - we had a 2-bedroom unit at Sheraton Vistana that cost me $900 for 7 nights. Easier just to spend a little more time at Universal and keep the $400 in my pocket - other than our first day their really weren't lines to speak of anyways.
I didn't know anything about the "date and rate" thread...I just checked back on it - there's no prices of anyone staying President's week in 2017 and even back on the 2016. It must really just be the wrong week to go to Universal - because it seems like the hotels really gouge you. Looking at the rates on those threads, there are definitely some deals for prices not during that week - maybe good to know for the future. What's weird though is it seems like people got AP rates for Memorial Day, and 4th of July and lots of other dates...seems very odd they just target February break as black out dates. Is there anywhere on-line I can look at when AP rates apply?