Discounts... wahoo. A couple of questions.

[Wes1stTrip2016]

On Monday, does one call 407-560-2428 to adjust their reservations to hopefully reflect the new discounts?

Also, am I reading it correctly that if I am booked in a value hotel, and have the quick service dining... it works out to approx 50% off the dining portion? I am trying to determine how much it would cost per/day vs my out of pocket expenses if used the room only discount. (Per day if it is 50% off... Approx. $42 savings total for the 2 adults and $17 for the 2 kids- although how much of that are we going to actually utilize vs if we paid out of pocket). At approx. 15% room only discount...it looks like a total of $108 total savings for the room.

Thanks in advance!!

It was a 10% savings for our family with the Visa SP&D discount. 2 adults, 1 child, 7 nights at Pop (preferred), 5 day park tickets & the regular dining plan.

 

[boufa]

I don't know how people are getting such large discounts.

As a visa card holder, I was able to call today and request the SDP discount. I have a six night stay at pop in January, with a six-day park ticket & the quick service dining plan. After the discount my total went from $2980 to $2890. I waited 20 minutes on hold to have them knock off $90. woopty doo. I asked if moving to an all star resort would save a lot more and she said it would knock $50 off. I kept pop.

I also asked if I could do port orleans at all and it was completely unavailable. The other moderates don't interest me much so I didn't ask about them.

After the packages become bookable on the website next week I will see if I can get any better deal. But as of right now I am pretty unimpressed.

A quick run of your numbers and it looks like you are getting a room only discount. I would definitly call back, as soon as you can, and see for sure if they did it right. The $300 number could sound close to correct, but then something else would be screwed up. I have a kinda similar set up to you, pop, 5 nights, 2 adults on QSDP and my quick math comes out to close to $200 in savings.

 

[Princess Serendipity]

I wanted to update my previous post and say that with the release of the general public discount, I actually got an additional $230 off for a total discount of $630 bringing my cost down to about $5100 instead of $5300/$5700. Not as fantastic as previous years, but much better than just $400.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

BREAKING NEWS (for all of you discount nerds out there!)

I believe I have cracked the code on the SPD Discount for Moderate Resorts - here it is!

TICKETS: No Discount (no surprise there);
ROOM: $1.00 Off Rack Rate per night (no that isn't a joke!);
DINING: Adult #1 = 55% OFF Dining Plan; Person 2-5 = 45% OFF Dining Plan (regardless of adult or child).

There is no price break when changing or upgrading Tickets or when changing or upgrading the dining plan. See here for more details...http://www.disboards.com/threads/2016-stay-play-dine-calculation-thread.3451389/

If I can get motivated I'll look at how it works at values and deluxe too!

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

MORE BREAKING NEWS (for all of you discount nerds out there!)

First Off - huge thanks to Don @ Mousesavers for some help with this one! If you haven't visited the site - Mousesavers is one of THE BEST Disney websites out there. http://www.mousesavers.com/ - go there, you won't be disappointed!

VALUE RESORTS
TICKETS: No Discount (no surprise there);
ROOM: $1.75 Off Rack Rate per night (no that isn't a joke!); (with the hotel tax this actually comes to $1.97 per night off at POP and $1.98 off per night at All Stars)
DINING: 40% OFF Everybody.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

LAST BREAKING NEWS (for all of you discount nerds out there!)

Deluxe Resorts work the same as Moderates - see below! Thread with the details is here: http://www.disboards.com/threads/2016-stay-play-dine-calculation-thread.3451389/

MODERATE & DELUXE RESORTS
TICKETS: No Discount (no surprise there);
ROOM: $1.00 Off Rack Rate per night (no that isn't a joke!); (with the hotel tax this actually comes to $1.13 per night off)
DINING: Adult #1 = 55% OFF Dining Plan; Person 2-5 = 45% OFF Dining Plan (regardless of adult or child).

That is that folks - SPD has been cracked once again! For everybody except solo travelers this years SPD is most certainly lower than last years. More people should consider the room only discount (especially if your eating habits don't jive with the dining plan and you think you would spend less!).