Leota said:
My complaint is that the Boards lead people to believe they are entitled to an AP rate, even if they aren't AP holders - That it is perfectly fine to book the AP rate & get a child's AP just for the discount, which possibly shuts an AP holder out of the rate designed for them. Yes I know Disney allows this loophole & yes allows folks to exploit it, but I do find it disappointing.....
I wasn't aware of this "loophole", I thought Disney made their rules, and one of them was you could use a child's AP to get a room, as long as a child was with you, Just like you can have four adults in a room, and just one AP, or ho wyou can have one adult AP and get three rooms. I think the people to complain too, would be Disney, not the people who are following Disney's rules. No "loophole" here.
Keep trying for AP rooms. In the past, I've gotten one night at a time, and "hooked" them all together in the end. I know some have posted they don't go back in the pool, that once someone cancels, that AP room is lost forever and reverts to rack rate, but then there would be no explanation to why I can call back and get an AP, when I didn't first succeed.
As far as high expectations, boards like this help you to get the most for your money, but often it's more for people who can change plans to make the discounts fit. I've often had to change my dates, to get a discount, not something you can easily do for a honeymoon. Just like using any discount, that may only begood on certain days of the week, or certain food..it's just the way it works. Disncounts are usually most prolific when the offering company (such as a rental car) needs to fill cars, or rooms, or restaurants.
It just doesn't work out for all, all the time...just liek when we brought our family over the winter break..the deals were far and few, because everything was already full.
