Hi,
I know that this might sound weird, but we were going to be staying at AKL for Dec 26 to Jan 3 using the AP rate. We had originally wanted to stay at Pop Century but on 8/28 we were told that there were no rooms left under the $49 AP rate, so we took AKL at 171.71 a night.
I promised my girlfriend I would keep checking, but it did not look promising. I just checked with CRO reservations agent named China 45 minutes ago and was able to get the $49 ($54.88 w/tax) rate for our entire Dec 26 to Jan 3 stay. Trust me I was very suprised that they had any left for this time.
She did seem alittle confused about why I was changing, but once I explained that you can't bet $49 a night during this time period, she agreed.
My girlfriend knows nothing about being able to get CP and she really wanted to stay at the new resort, so I am going to try and keep it from her and put the information in a wraped box and surprise her Christmas Day, since we were going to be leaving on the 26th anyways.