August 2015, it's early but who's with me?!

[mi*vida*loca]

Did anyone book GF with the magical deal? If so how much was it per night?

 

[Nuts4Dale]

Did anyone book GF with the magical deal? If so how much was it per night?

My quote for the Labor Day deal at GF was $291/night for "garden view - outer building".

 

[disdreams77]

Sign me up .

 

[kallanach]

You need to look at the nightly rate for the "5 days in the discount" - that should be the WOW! factor. It's the "3 days not in the discount" that is dragging your percentage savings down.

We booked 10 days in the discount - 5 at Poly and 5 at YC - and are saving close to 52%. That's not WOW!, it's WOW!

Martin

Okay, got it! Thank you.

 

[kallanach]

I can't decide between Poly and WL for our Aug 13-20 trip. Who can chime in about what the status of construction will be at Poly at that time? I am a little concerned about noise and/or pool closure. I did read that the pool should be opened by early summer, but it makes you wonder considering the amount of construction underway. Thoughts?

 

[ReluctantDisaholic]

I can't decide between Poly and WL for our Aug 13-20 trip. Who can chime in about what the status of construction will be at Poly at that time? I am a little concerned about noise and/or pool closure. I did read that the pool should be opened by early summer, but it makes you wonder considering the amount of construction underway. Thoughts?

I've been following the progress on Tikiman's facebook page and website, and I'm not too worried (we're at Poly August 17-27). From what I've been reading it seems like the quiet pool will be under construction then, but the rest should be pretty good compared to now.

 

[Sue M]

I can't decide between Poly and WL for our Aug 13-20 trip. Who can chime in about what the status of construction will be at Poly at that time? I am a little concerned about noise and/or pool closure. I did read that the pool should be opened by early summer, but it makes you wonder considering the amount of construction underway. Thoughts?

We booked Poly for August, main pool should be open, and then East pool will close for construction.

 

[Ngwira]

10 days at grand floridian. Booked the magical deal too.

 

[MHofeners]

Total newcomer so excuse my ignorance Are there any Late July/Early August deals to be had if I book now? If not, can I expect some to be released anytime soon? Likelihood of a free dining offer?

 

[dizzyinwdw]

Considering the Magical Deal for late August---Poly 1st choice if Pool open! Otherwise there are some sweet deals on the other deluxes!

 

[dizzyinwdw]

Hi folks! I got my "magical" quote. It is very good for 8 days at WL--but it comes to say about a 30% discount. It is good, but reading these posts, I thought it was going to be like WOW! Now, our dates include 3 days not in the discount + 5 days in the discount. Am I missing something? Is there a better deal on Poly? Is that why it looks like so many folks are booking Poly? Just can't decide if we should take the deal now, or wait until Disney releases it's discounts (which historically would be about 30% in the time we will travel in August). Thoughts?

What about a split stay? 5 days with the magical deal and then book 3 days non-discounted room and hope for a discount? Also, you could book those 3 days on 3rd party website and probably stack any deals that WDW releases. This is what I am considering for 2 nights prior to our quote for the Magical deal in late August (these dates are non discounted). Have a great trip!

 

[kallanach]

What about a split stay? 5 days with the magical deal and then book 3 days non-discounted room and hope for a discount? Also, you could book those 3 days on 3rd party website and probably stack any deals that WDW releases. This is what I am considering for 2 nights prior to our quote for the Magical deal in late August (these dates are non discounted). Have a great trip!

We inquired about the Poly deal and it was too good to pass up. 8 days 7 nights Aug 13-20 with 7 day park tix with hopper. $3k. Happy New Year!!

 

[kallanach]

What about a split stay? 5 days with the magical deal and then book 3 days non-discounted room and hope for a discount? Also, you could book those 3 days on 3rd party website and probably stack any deals that WDW releases. This is what I am considering for 2 nights prior to our quote for the Magical deal in late August (these dates are non discounted). Have a great trip!

Ps: I think you have an excellent idea here as well and I may use this strategy in the future. Or say, stay at a mod on non-discount days then move over to the discounted deluxe. Also though--TAs may have flexibility with their dates so ask about that as well.

 

[Sunnyday3]

Can someone please tell me about the last week at WDW in August? We've gone around August 5th before, but the other trips have been in July. The crowds were a bit much. What can I expect at the end of August? I've been checking the crowd calendars, but the numbers don't mean too much to me because I'm not sure what they actually were when we were there before, if that makes sense.
Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[disneymommy1979]

Can someone please tell me about the last week at WDW in August? We've gone around August 5th before, but the other trips have been in July. The crowds were a bit much. What can I expect at the end of August? I've been checking the crowd calendars, but the numbers don't mean too much to me because I'm not sure what they actually were when we were there before, if that makes sense. Any thoughts? Thanks!

We went the last week of August this past year and the crowds were low...... We never waited more than 20 min for a ride and fast passes were 5 min tops. The weather was hot, but we didn't mind...... Went to the pool in the afternoons. I would definitely do that week again!

 

[Disneylover99]

Can someone please tell me about the last week at WDW in August? We've gone around August 5th before, but the other trips have been in July. The crowds were a bit much. What can I expect at the end of August? I've been checking the crowd calendars, but the numbers don't mean too much to me because I'm not sure what they actually were when we were there before, if that makes sense.
Any thoughts? Thanks!

We've been going the last week of August for the past five years. Crowds are much lighter then July/Early August.

 

[amberjean15]

We usually go in November but with our oldest in middle school now we opted for the last week of August last year so she wouldn't miss school. We LOVED it!! Yes it was HOT and very humid but the crowds were low, we could walk onto pretty much everything, we took afternoon breaks for the pool & rest but then went back around dinner time and stayed till closing. We're going again August 27-September 1 this year.

 

[DW2010]

We usually go in November but with our oldest in middle school now we opted for the last week of August last year so she wouldn't miss school. We LOVED it!! Yes it was HOT and very humid but the crowds were low, we could walk onto pretty much everything, we took afternoon breaks for the pool & rest but then went back around dinner time and stayed till closing. We're going again August 27-September 1 this year.

I really hope so. We're going August 29-September 2 .

 

[Sunnyday3]

Thanks, everyone, for the replies. I think that we will plan for the end of August. I'm really looking for low crowds - our first visit in August was incredible (hmmm, first time magic?), so I'm hoping that we can recreate a bit of that.

As far as the "magical deal' that everyone has been mentioning...I'm a bit apprehensive about a travel agency - especially one that I haven't had any experience with. I think that I've found the one that everyone has been mentioning, and the price savings is awesome. Would anyone mind PM'ing me about their experience with this agency? I just want to make sure that I'm not doing something that I'll regret later on...

 

[Jennygt]

never used a TA but might this time, anyone hear of any WDW codes yet?