Disney resort on priceline, good or bad?

[DVC SSR Owner]

Found an article on orlando sentinel:
Is this good for DVC or bad?

"For the first time ever, the resort has grudgingly agreed to offer its Disney-owned hotel room on the discount site Priceline.com. Starting in mid-November, Mickey Mouse can be had at a deeper discount than before."

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Disney will not allow its hotel inventory to appear in the William Shatner-promoted "Name Your Own Price" section of Priceline, but only in the regular search results.

While Disney has sold its theme park tickets on Priceline for about four years now (and not at a deep markdown), it held off on expanding its nearly two dozen high-dollar hotels -- such as the Polynesian Resort, the Animal Kingdom Lodge, and the Beach Club -- to the site. Priceline, which offers both standard booking engine results and blind name-your-own-price bidding services, is a budget traveler's friend, but the perception of bottom-scraping discounts chafes against the premium image Disney strives to cultivate for itself.

 

[Chuck S]

Since they apparently won't be heavily discounting the rooms, I don't see this as being too different from Expedia, Travelocity or a regular travel agency.

 

[JimMIA]

When I was looking for a hotel and rental car in Washington DC recently, I never found anything other than standard rates on Priceline. Priceline was a waste of time, but I did find good prices on Kayak.

 

[lisaviolet]

When I was looking for a hotel and rental car in Washington DC recently, I never found anything other than standard rates on Priceline. Priceline was a waste of time, but I did find good prices on Kayak.

Off topic but for everyone looking for deals -

Priceline's Name Your Own Price certainly isn't a waste of time. Not even close. I've stayed in fabulous hotels for peanuts.

 

[Granny]

Off topic but for everyone looking for deals -

Priceline's Name Your Own Price certainly isn't a waste of time. Not even close. I've stayed in fabulous hotels for peanuts.

I believe Jim was talking about Priceline's straightforward booking option...not the "Name Your Own Price". The original post quoted that NYOP won't be available for Disney properties.

 

[JimMIA]

I believe Jim was talking about Priceline's straightforward booking option...not the "Name Your Own Price". The original post quoted that NYOP won't be available for Disney properties.

That's correct, and in Washington, I wasn't willing to specify a large region of the city, pay my money, and then find out what I got. In a lot of towns I would, but not in DC.