2008 Rates and more

[RK13]

I spoke to a CM last night around 10pm, no 2008 rates available and he didn't mention when they might be available.

 

[Sabrina90744]

I spoke with a CM this morning, she told me to call back on the 5Th

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Quick ?-- The 5th is a Sunday-Do they do reservations on Sunday? I thought it was Mon-Sat. Maybe I am wrong!!! That would be better than waiting til Monday!!!

 

[Bibbidi]

Quick ?-- The 5th is a Sunday-Do they do reservations on Sunday? I thought it was Mon-Sat. Maybe I am wrong!!! That would be better than waiting til Monday!!!

Yes, they are open on Sundays

 

[bornwiththeears]

My AAA travel agent talked to a disney rep this morning. She was told it would be around the 10th before the rates are released. I looked on the WDW website yesterday and it showed that WL standard room was $10 more in value season of 2008. However, the site also showed no available rooms.

 

[JulesAna]

I finally got a message other than the "3 days out" message when attempting to book 2008 dates.
This one said something to the tune of "2008 rates are not yet available".

Now why didn't they just say that earlier?!

 

[Grendalynn]

I looked online this AM an dI was able to book our reservation... I didn't yet, but I could have put a deposit down if I had wanted to!! How exciteing!! Good luck with your planning!! Disney WOrld here we come!!

 

[mousescrapper]

About a month ago, I booked a pair of rooms at AKL (I have a family of 6, with DMIL coming as well). I would definitely say book whatever you can as soon as you can, to help guarantee getting exactly what you want.

From the "sneak peek" at pricing that we got when the system was partially showing info yesterday, I saw that the price range at AKL went from 215-460 in 2007 to 225-540 in 2008. At the low end, that's a modest 5% increase, at the high end it's 17%. Since we're talking about summer season (value season when you're talking about a deluxe), you'll probably be closer to the lower end of that scale. What isn't certain is if there will be a weekend premium; if so, that helps to explain the huge price increase at the top of the range, but at the same time, also suggests that the weekend rates aren't going to be all that much higher.

With all of my planning thus far, budget-wise, I have a big spreadsheet made out, listing all of the components of my trip (air, hotel, tickets, ddr, any special tickets like P&P that I'm hoping will be relevant, etc), and I've just been assuming 2007 rates + 10%, and filling in more accurate details as I get wind of them (eg. DDR)

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply and tips. Checked online yesterday (8-5) and got a new quote for our Poly stay in 08. It seems to be about a $14 a night difference, and not really a huge difference in our tickets. I roughly figure it will cost us about $170-200 more than in terms of the 07 rates, that on an already $5000+ trip is not a huge dent. Now we are just deciding about wheter to do DDP or not. We may book before Dec. to ensure a good room request and the 2 rooms together.

Good luck with your planning too!

 

[bornwiththeears]

My AAA TA booked our packages (WL) this morning for our Feb. trip. I am so pumped.....I was afraid to see the total because last night I read another post on this board which listed the rates, which are now divided by weekday vs. weekend. But to my happy surprise, the total was about the same as it would have been if we went in 2007. WDW here we come!!!!

 

[KyDerbyMan]

Wish there was an easy way to do a split-stay reservation (stay at one resort for a few days and then switch to a 2nd resort for the remainder of the trip).