Did you "upgrade" anything b/c of the deal?

[Poohbear Family]

I'm posting a poll because I'm just curious if anybody else changed their original plans because of the deal.

By "upgrade" I mean, you are either staying longer (adding days), switched your location or room type, staying onsite instead of offsite, etc.

So I guess for the poll answer:
"yes" if you did change something
"no" if you're just saving money now
"other" if it didn't impact your reservation, you're now staying offsite, now waiting to go at another time or anything else

I know that we were toying with either staying offsite or at a moderate. Now, with the code, we're staying at CR so this made a huge difference for us since we've always wanted to stay there.

 

[Cupcake88]

We ended up giving up business club level at CSR for standard rooms at AKL AND we saved $700 between the two OR about $1100 off rack rates (incl. the gift card) so I think we did pretty good! Because the club level rooms weren't discounted, in order to save ANYTHING (since no rooms were available in any of the mods) we had to upgrade

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

We also upgraded because our original room was not included in the discount. We still saved $1250!

 

[JackieLand]

My original AP room rate was a better deal, so I kept it. Did not use the new deal so selected "other" on the poll.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Went from POP to CBR. CBR was my very first choice but I really didn't want to spend all that money at rack rate. I upgraded and still saved $300 plus got the $200 GC!

 

[RachaelA]

We stayed at AKL Club level, but added a day at the beginning with dining (we were going to stay originally at POP for a night room-only). We still saved $1100 even with the extra day with the meal plan for 2 people.

 

[DonaldTDuck]

We had to switch to a premium room at ASMovies from a standard at POP, so I said yes, but it wasn't by choice.

 

[cjnix29]

Yeah, we were orginally only going to go for five nights, with only two days of tickets. Now we are going for the full seven. Probably will be upgrading tickets to no exp., and maybe WPF&M and use them on another trip.

 

[sms]

I did. Original plans were CBR 6 nights. I changed them to Poly for 7 nights!! I have never stayed at Poly before. I couldn't resist 3 free nights!!

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

I was tempted, and admit I still am. Last year we stayed at Pop and loved it, and this year upgraded to POFQ. I am still considering Poly or AKL, but keep thinking "We were happy at Pop, are saving money and staying at POFQ, we only really sleep, swim and shower there, why not just save the $$ and use it for food?".

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

I was tempted, and admit I still am. Last year we stayed at Pop and loved it, and this year upgraded to POFQ. I am still considering Poly or AKL, but keep thinking "We were happy at Pop, are saving money and staying at POFQ, we only really sleep, swim and shower there, why not just save the $$ and use it for food?".

You'll be happy at POFQ, and then you can upgrade from there! That's what we've done... steps up each trip.

We went from AKL standard conference rate of $238/ nite to AKL savannah for around $330/ night, but after being upgraded for free last year from standard to partial savannah, I don't think we'd be happy with anything less. AND, we have one-day tickets included that DH can use since I'm an AP. Ultimately, we're spending more above the conference rate, but it's spring break week here and I wanted to make sure we got a savannah room for sure.

 

[dbarker]

I got the Poly. Original plans were to stay at POP this year and figure some way to stay at Poly next year (probably a split stay). Now I can afford the Poly for the whole vacation. DH & I are so excited.

 

[saffymom]

We were booked at CBR for 1/19-1/26,but with this deal we upgraded to the Contemporary Garden Wing/ Garden View. I've always wanted to stay on the monorail and I figured I was never going to get a better price!

 

[carmiedog]

I'm an "other." I didn't upgrade. Instead I'm using some of that savings and adding a few days to our trip. And still coming out a little ahead.

 

[cjackearl]

This is contingent on our TA actually getting on the change before the promo rooms are gone, but this is our plan: Originally 5 nights POR with dining plan and 3 nights BC without dining. We'll now stay all 8 nights at BC with dining plan and 8 day base tickets.

 

[Tisha_PA]

We were originally booked at POR with plans to upgrade to AKL, but with the promotion, we decided to upgrade to the Poly.

 

[Charleston Princess]

We upgraded from CBR preferred room to Beach Club standard view for $6 less! I love this new discount!

 

[Luvamouse]

Same dates, same 7 nights at Poly GV with same 7 day hoppers. Saved $1430 over our AAA discount of $398. Total off rack--$1828. Over 35% off rack. Easter week. Works for me.

 

[melancholywings]

We were originally doing 9 days at POR and had to 'downgrade' to POP when our water heater went out (the savings was enough to replace it). This deal saves me $450, which I got to feel good about for a day till a bill came in from our lawyer for $500 (city's trying to steal our land to widen a road).
So our disney savings has allowed us to replace the water heater and pay the lawyer if it hadn't been for those we would have switched to poly.

 

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

While I do see the new offer as a deal, it doesn't beat free.

I am blessed to have a loving partner who travels for a living. Most of the month, she lives at the Hampton Inn, Doubletree, or the Hilton. Therefore, she has lots of Hilton Reward Points banked at the moment. She also knows that I need my pixie dust, so she very sweetly has offered to share her points with me so that I can get my fix. We are going to book a room at the Hilton for me. I already have tickets, so other than gas, parking, tips, food, and a MP&PP ticket, I will be all set to enjoy a week with my main Mouse during the F&G Fest the last week of April. I should be able to go and have a blast for about $1000. While it's not a Disney hotel, I will still have access to EMH.