Disney Priceline Summary Post

[dcgrumpy]

I tried for May 5th and got the Holiday Inn Nikki Bird. If I had gotten AS then I would've planned a little weekend trip, but now I'm eating the cost.

When I checked online last week all of the values and mods and most of the deluxes were sold out 5/5 and 5/6

 

[rgmartin]

I just confirmed 5/21 - 5/25 for $36 at All Star Sports!! I originally bid for 5/21-5/22 (not a big risk taker ), when PL said ALL STAR SPORTS, opted to add two nights. Then went back in with separate bid for final night of our stay. Hopefully the two separate reservations won't mean we have to move rooms mid-stay. SO EXCITED!!!

 

[spiceycat]

when you went back - to add more dates - PL tells you that you might have to move then....

 

[Alice Sr.]

I'd agree EXCEPT the PL regular booking engine doesn't offer Disney hotels and I'm not sure the competing services would give PL excess inventory.

Most of the reservations seem to be within 45 days. Could these be travel insurance claims? Disney trying to stick the insurance company with the cost of the rooms, or at least the cancellation penalty.

This makes more since to me than any of the other suggestions. Disney and Expedia have a large enough client base that if they offered All Star at that price they would sell out. JMHO but there is no reason for those two or the like to offer AS on PL at that price. Plus it doesn't sound like there are tons of rooms available and the booking window is relatively short. Some entrepreneur may have bought these "insured vacancies" for pennies on the dollar and hooked up PL to market them. If this scenario is at all accurate it's ingenious

 

[Tink10]

I'd think Disney could just offer 50% discount, 100% prepay no changes rate.

I think that would be a great idea, but if you look at the fits people were throwing over the Best Rate program, it probably wouldn't last long......

I know that the BRP was specifically for AP holders, but there were people who didn't have AP's complaining about it....

FWIW, I think that Priceline was a great option for Disney because this way, CRO CM's won't have to deal too much with guests getting angry about the no refund/no change/no cancellation policy, they can just point the finger at Priceline.

 

[jessiesue]

Received All Star Sports for 5/30 at $36. Extended 1 night to 5/31.

 

[CarolA]

Bumping the summary post. Let me know if I missed any!

 

[DisneyFreq]

$33 for ASSp on May 18th.

 

[CarolA]

OK. I think this is my last update for a while. I won't have much access tomorrow during the day, but I will update tomorrow night if anyone thinks this is helpful.

 

[mommyoftwinfants]

No Luck HERE, Nikki, May 23rd, $36

 

[r5moores]

subscribing

 

[LakeAriel]

OK. I am going thru the existing threads and the others I have found to post the results.

WARNING: ALL BIDS ON PRICELINE ARE FINAL. Once you hit the buy my hotel room if they accept your bid you own it! So if you get the Holiday Inn, Ramada Inn, or any of the other 2.5 star hotels in that area you are stuck You can't call and ask for your money back.

Also, I do not expect that you will be able to add dining etc. to this deal. I have no idea on ME. Maybe someone will find that out.

Feel free to add
All of the below were 2.5* bids in the Disney area on Priceline. If we get anything else I will modify!

Disney Wins
All Star Sports 6/1 one night $36
All Star Music, 2 rooms from 5/31-6/7 $36.00 a night
All Star Sports 5/5-5/7/06 $36
All Star Sports 4/30 - 5/2 $36
All Star Sports 5/3 No price posted assume $36. Poster extended one day.
All Star Sports 5/7-5/9 $36
All Star Sports 5/22 - 5/23 No price posted assume $36
All Star Sports 5/1 -5/4 $36
All Star Sports 5/21 - 5/25 $36 (done as one bid with add on nights and then a second bid for last night.)
All Star Music 6/1 $36
All Star Sports 6/2 $36
All Star Sports 5/30 poster extended one day. $36
All Star Sports 6/10 - 6/11 poster added on 6/9. $36
All Star Sports 5/18 $33
All Star Music 5/29 - 7/3 $36


Other Wins

Holiday Inn Nikki 5/12 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/14 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/20 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/16 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/5 $36
Amerisuites 6/3- 6/9 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/23 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 8/19 $36
I know there are a few others....so feel free to post or PM me and I will add to the summary.

Have added my 8/19 so you can update your chart

 

[CarolA]

Updated as of 1:30 EST. (Note. My hotel this week has the worst wireless network ever so updates may be limited! For $9.95 a day I think it should WORK!)

 

[nowellsl]

05/06/06 - Amerisuites, Calypso Cay $36.00

 

[chuckbarr21]

Im a long time priceline user and I thought I would give it a try for part of our 5/13-5/23 trip, saw that someone got All Star for 5/21-25 tried for only 2 days 5/21-23 bid $33 got the Nikki Bird but I new that could happen and for only two nights I think we will be OK since we only spend about 7 hours in the room anyway,the only reason I tried at all was to get a few more hours at the parks with EMH.

 

[nlugo]

Hi! Thanks for all the info. Thanks to you I just booked ASSP on May 29 for the $36 rate.

 

[DisneyFreq]

Im a long time priceline user and I thought I would give it a try for part of our 5/13-5/23 trip, saw that someone got All Star for 5/21-25 tried for only 2 days 5/21-23 bid $33 got the Nikki Bird.

Wow..sorry you didn't get it but I'm glad you tried because I think you've settled it for me. I'm the one that got AsSp for $33 for the 18th. I already have ASMu booked at an AP rate for the 19th-23rd. I would rather stay at music..but if I could get Sports for our whole stay at that rate I would gladly cancel. I was debating retrying for the 20th-23rd b/c I could always extend either reservation one day to pick up the gap. SOOOO glad I didn't try. I'm not willing to give up ASMu to stay off property and I have a feeling I would have wound up with Nikki Bird.

 

[MemoryMakers2669]

Just bid and got $36 for our stay in June. We got Amerisuites, which we are happy with actually! Free breakfast. I extended one night to cover our first two.

June 16-18th, Amerisuites, $36

 

[tinkychloe]

We got two rooms at Amerisuites for $36 each on 6/7.

 

[jonestavern]

Even the slightest chance that it might be Nikki Bird would be enough to keep me from submitting the bid! We stayed there once and were given the worst room/location of any hotel we've ever been to. We were assigned a room in the section that faces the front parking lot/road...plus we had the room with the exercise equipment on the other side of our bathroom (everytime someone used the treadmill we would hear this thump, thump, thump as the belt went around). They were really nice about it and comp'd us one night but the experience was enough that we would never stay there again. I realize this is probably an isolated incident as I've read threads were people have really enjoyed their stay...to each his own, right?

We had a room facing the road which was dank, sported a dirty carpet & was generally nasty, this was in early 2005~And it was just a tad more expensive than rack rate for the Values!

Yep, that would keep us from PL!

although, like OP said, I might press that button for a 1 nite stay, then burn it if HI Nikki came thru!

Jean