Anyone else think that THIS IS IT for discounts for next year?

[sharadoc]

As I looked over the discounts, I realized that they cover a good portion of 2011 - basically the same as the bounceback dates. That got me thinking that this may be the only discounts offered for next year. Rather than squeezing them out slowly, Disney may just have decided to do it all at once.

Plus it's probably also an experiment by their marketing department to see what type of response each offer gets. When they offered one at a time, they can't truly make a good comparison between which offers are most popular, or are the highest profit for Disney.

For those of us who have our trips planned out in advance, this is great. But I think Disney will miss out on the last-minute planners who decide that the "new" deal is too great to pass up, or who get an unexpected bonus or tax refund.

I'll be curious to see how this plays out going forward. For us, it works out nicely if this pattern continues. We plan to get a bounceback in December for June, and will be able to book a January trip in August (hopefully).

 

[maroo]

I may be the only one here...but I am not really excited about these discounts...

I have only been obsessed with Disney for a few years (so I don't have much to compare to...) - but both of the times I have done Free Dining, I have only had to purchase a one day ticket. Any more than that and it just is not worth it for me.

And most of my trips are over a weekend - three nights, usually - so none of these discounts apply to me.

I have an AP - so I am sure I will get a % off later...but for me, the discounts are just meh...

I am not upset with them - there are many families that will benefit - but they are not doing anything for me. I will keep my $200 deposit and book a lot later this year. If there are no rooms, I will just stay offsite.

ETA: The dates also don't help me for next year. I usually go for Marathon Weekend (not this year - no discounts) and am planning a trip in June.

 

[ash-n-brensmom]

Considering the available dates for these discounts ends Sept 29,2011, I hope not!! Our trip is planned for Oct, so I'm hoping they don't forget about fall and winter 2011!! But, if you are meaning no further promos for Winter, Spring and Summer 2011, then, I totally see your point. This is a good gauge of promo popularity!!

 

[paxsarah]

I expect that closer to the time the current room-only discounts run out, new ones will follow.

I was able to get a nice discount over marathon weekend with the new rates released this morning.

 

[mistysue]

This is probably their way of reacting to the number of people who now call the morning a discount is added to change their package... can you imagine how frustrating that is from a marketing perspective?

Now we are out of the way so they can focus on drawing in people rather than trying to predict how many of their discount openings we will soak up.

 

[nooneshome]

WDW is addicted to special offers and discounts, With the economy in the tank and no sign of relief expect discounts to continue.

less than a month before the Super Bowl Champs - da Saints kick the Viqueens butts!!!!

 

[KAB1]

As I looked over the discounts, I realized that they cover a good portion of 2011 - basically the same as the bounceback dates. That got me thinking that this may be the only discounts offered for next year. Rather than squeezing them out slowly, Disney may just have decided to do it all at once.

Plus it's probably also an experiment by their marketing department to see what type of response each offer gets. When they offered one at a time, they can't truly make a good comparison between which offers are most popular, or are the highest profit for Disney.

For those of us who have our trips planned out in advance, this is great. But I think Disney will miss out on the last-minute planners who decide that the "new" deal is too great to pass up, or who get an unexpected bonus or tax refund.

I'll be curious to see how this plays out going forward. For us, it works out nicely if this pattern continues. We plan to get a bounceback in December for June, and will be able to book a January trip in August (hopefully).

The discounts for June 2010 were not released until January 2010, so I do believe that summer discounts will follow. This past June we got 40% off GF, but it looks like this year it may only be 30%. Oh well, I have full confidence that the summer discounts will come out after November!!!!!!