Disney Priceline Summary Post

[InTheSky74]

All Star Music - June 1 - June 5th for Gay Days... $36 a night!!

Very happy with my priceline bid!

Rob

 

[dustysky]

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.

WARNING TWO: If Disney and the other outlets (Expedia etc) are showing the All Stars sold out, I would assume you won't get them. For several days where people are bidding I noticed that either things were sold out or at least a few of the values were sold out.... In most cases hotels will not release inventory to PL if they have hopes of selling it at a higher rate...

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
All Star Music 5/31 - 6/7 $36
All Star Sports 6/9 $36 (added night of 6/10)
All Star Music 6/1-6/3 $36 (added nights of 6/4 & 6/5)
All Star Music 6/1-6/5 $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
Amerisuites 6/7 (No price)
Amerisuite 6/8
Holiday Inn Nikki 8/19
Amerisuites 5/6 $36
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/22 -5/23 $33
Holiday Inn Nikki 5/4 - 5/6 $36
Amerisuites 6/16-6/18 $36
Amerisuite 6/7 $36 2 rooms.

I know there are a few others....so feel free to post or PM me and I will add to the summary.

Just looking at this without doing an entire Excel spread sheet it lloks like Mondsays and Thurdsays are the key with a few rare exceptions.

 

[MemoryMakers2669]

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

Jean

This is what we did, took the chance. We arrive on the 16th very late, like 2AM (really the 17th). We figured for a few hours sleep that first night, the Tikki Bird wouldn't hurt us, then we would move on over to ASMu (rack rate) for our one night Sat. stay before moving to OKW on Sunday. But since Amerisuites came up, we added Saturday night and the total cost for two nights is less than just the one night at ASMu. Add in the free breakfast and we are super happy. Amerisuites has good reviews too.

 

[summerrluvv]

Okay so I just got June 1st at AS Music and then it asked if I wanted to add the additional night, so I got June 2nd as well, but I was hoping it would allow me to extend my stay saturday night too. Ugh!! I just can't get this right

 

[spiceycat]

it asked me both ways - so I guess Sat night is sold out.

you could only go one way.

 

[summerrluvv]

it asked me both ways - so I guess Sat night is sold out.

you could only go one way.

Well, it's coming up on expedia and the WDW site, but maybe their block is sold out on PL. I guess I could use my AAA discount and book Saturday night.

 

[MemoryMakers2669]

I got the option to extend a day before and the day after, not two extra days after. Did others get that option? I didn't need it, so worked for me really, but it seems others got to extend two days after.

 

[Magnetic]

Did others get that option? I didn't need it, so worked for me really, but it seems others got to extend two days after.

I found that the days I originally requested were proportionate to what I was offered. When I did my original booking w/Priceline for 2 nights, I was offered another 2. When I booked 1 night, I was offered 1 additional.

 

[dustysky]

I found that the days I originally requested were proportionate to what I was offered. When I did my original booking w/Priceline for 2 nights, I was offered another 2. When I booked 1 night, I was offered 1 additional.

Thats a great observation, thanks

 

[summerrluvv]

Well, I tried for Saturday night June 3rd and got the Amerisuites, but that's okay with me because we will just be sleeping there since our flight is at 9am on Sunday. Their pool looks great though!

Now I know I'm straying OT and I apologize, but I was thinking of not doing the parks this time around..DS wants to go to Sea World and maybe Universal and the Pirates Dinner. All these things combined are still cheaper than the Park tickets for WDW. How far is the AS Resorts from these things? I plan to rent a car so transportation isn't a huge concern other than the fact that I have no idea how to get to ANYTHING!

 

[dustysky]

Well, I tried for Saturday night June 3rd and got the Amerisuites, but that's okay with me because we will just be sleeping there since our flight is at 9am on Sunday. Their pool looks great though!

Now I know I'm straying OT and I apologize, but I was thinking of not doing the parks this time around..DS wants to go to Sea World and maybe Universal and the Pirates Dinner. All these things combined are still cheaper than the Park tickets for WDW. How far is the AS Resorts from these things? I plan to rent a car so transportation isn't a huge concern other than the fact that I have no idea how to get to ANYTHING!

When you check out just get directions from the front desk. It is very simple to get to US as well as SW. I cant help with Pirets, we have never been.

 

[spiceycat]

Well, I tried for Saturday night June 3rd and got the Amerisuites, but that's okay with me because we will just be sleeping there since our flight is at 9am on Sunday. Their pool looks great though!

Now I know I'm straying OT and I apologize, but I was thinking of not doing the parks this time around..DS wants to go to Sea World and maybe Universal and the Pirates Dinner. All these things combined are still cheaper than the Park tickets for WDW. How far is the AS Resorts from these things? I plan to rent a car so transportation isn't a huge concern other than the fact that I have no idea how to get to ANYTHING!

you would have been better off with Amerisuites for your entire stay...it is closer to SW and US/IOA - going the backroad ID.

anyway from AS to SW and Universal - get on Osceloa Parkway - then hop on I4. - pretty easy. not a ton of traffic this way - unless they are doing something at WWoS - then it gets very, very slow and acts more like a parking lot....

 

[Sammie]

Checking Expedia has nothing to do with Priceline, you might as well cross your fingers and go for it. The inventories are not the same. Just because Expedia has rooms does not mean Priceline will or vice versa. Online travel services get their inventories by purchasing a block of fares or hotel rooms at a reduced rate directly from the airlines and hotels. They can then sell those to you for whatever price they determine.

Good luck, but don't depend on Expedia to help you make your decision

 

[CarolA]

I disagree. If the hotel is showing sold out on the major outlets your chances of getting it on a PL bid are lower. That ties consisently with what you see on www.biddingfortravel.com

Plus it is pretty apparent that the Disney agreement with the travel agencies does not allow the "to sell for whatever they determine" It pretty much has them selling at Disney deteremined prices.

 

[Lewisc]

Checking Expedia has nothing to do with Priceline, you might as well cross your fingers and go for it. The inventories are not the same. Just because Expedia has rooms does not mean Priceline will or vice versa. Online travel services get their inventories by purchasing a block of fares or hotel rooms at a reduced rate directly from the airlines and hotels. They can then sell those to you for whatever price they determine.

Good luck, but don't depend on Expedia to help you make your decision

Why do you keep posting misinformation? PL is not a consolidator, hotels load PL rates and inventory into the GDS system and can change the rates and room allocation at any time.

It is rare for a sold out hotel to have rooms available on PL. You may be half right, I'm not convinced Expedia is the best way to determine if a hotel is sold out.

 

[DISUNC]

tried to get my piece of the action & LOST 48.00!!!!! 36.00 + 12.00 for tax & services...Got Amerisuites 7/23

 

[DMRick]

What I don't understand is some people during the first week of May (when we'll be there) have been upgraded...I don't remember which values, maybe it was only POP, to Saratoga. Now they are practically giving rooms away. I thought that was grad time, and I would think the values would be packed.

 

[CarolA]

What I don't understand is some people during the first week of May (when we'll be there) have been upgraded...I don't remember which values, maybe it was only POP, to Saratoga. Now they are practically giving rooms away. I thought that was grad time, and I would think the values would be packed.

I think part of the upgrade may have been a "selling" point for DVC???? It does appear to have been targeted and they were only offered SSR, not a mod or any other resort.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I got the option to extend a day before and the day after, not two extra days after. Did others get that option? I didn't need it, so worked for me really, but it seems others got to extend two days after.

That was the option I had gotten so I added the night before (making a total of a 2 night stay). I did want more though since my original stay at Pop was for 8 nights, so I went & tried another bid for the remaining 6 nights but didnt' get Disney

 

[A Mickeyfan]

What I don't understand is some people during the first week of May (when we'll be there) have been upgraded...I don't remember which values, maybe it was only POP, to Saratoga. Now they are practically giving rooms away. I thought that was grad time, and I would think the values would be packed.

Many grads do not go & stay at Disney.. more would rather leave the country since our legal drinking age is 21 & out of the country it is like 18. At least that is what I would think. I know that May is usually a slower month & the begining of June isn't too bad. The first week or 2 of June is more us Fl Residents than others since it is just before the seasonal black out & many want to go.. Our schools here get out before Memorial Day...