best way to plan trip 9 months out?

[kman1011]

My wife and I are taking all three boys this time(2, 4, 7) as well as her parents. I want to prebook with disney I think to have the ability to make payments and stuff. If I book thing now tho, do I miss out oppurtunitys when special deals come up? With a party of seven (may go to 9 if my parents want to go)do you have any recommendations for saving money and such?

 

[Cheshire Figment]

What you might want to do is initally make a "room only" reservation useing "Central Reservations Office" (CRO) instead of a package with Disney Travel Company (DTC).

CRO reservations can be changed and/or cancelled without penalty. Package reservations through DTC have (fairly extreme) penalties for hanges and/or cancellations.

Onc you have made the required down payment, you can make additional payments.

If you are abvle to later find a package which you consider a very good deal, you can have the reservation changed from the room only to the package. You can have all the money which you hav paid in transferred to the new reservation.

Not that when you call 407-WDisney the people who answer can usually handle both CRO or DTC reservations.

 

[CheapMom]

If room only codes come out for your dates you can apply them- even if you have paid in full you get a refund- you just have to call reservations with a valid code.

 

[scootron]

If codes do come out which can be applied to room only reservations or for a package you want to change to, call as quickly as you learn of the codes. The rooms subject to codes run out FAST.

How do you find out about the codes? Stay tuned in to the boards, and first you may see a rumor that codes are coming out soon. Then you'll see it posted that codes are out. Call as soon as you get a code.