Disneyland hotels - best time to book to get best price?

meryll83

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We’re thinking about a Disneyland trip at the end of August, but even midweek the resort hotels seem super pricey!
Is there an optimum time for booking to get a better deal?
 
With SWGE opening in July, the sooner the better, I'd say. I think it's only going to get pricier and I doubt they'll offer any specials due to the Star Wars opening.

ETA: if there IS a special that comes up, you can usually adjust your booking to the special rate. Then at least you'd have a room in the meantime. But things are not the usual right now so no telling!
 
Which exact dates are you looking at in August? The D23 expo is in Anaheim Aug 23-25 so I'd expect full hotels, high rates and very busy parks all around those dates (in addition to the aforementioned Galaxys Edge opening effects).

FWIW, the Orbitz and CheapTickets promo codes for 10-16% off usually do apply to the on property hotels so you can squeek out some discount that way. Note that these promo codes are usually capped at $150 total savings which you can reach pretty quickly staying multiple nights. But $150 off is better than nothing!
 

Which exact dates are you looking at in August? The D23 expo is in Anaheim Aug 23-25 so I'd expect full hotels, high rates and very busy parks all around those dates (in addition to the aforementioned Galaxys Edge opening effects).

FWIW, the Orbitz and CheapTickets promo codes for 10-16% off usually do apply to the on property hotels so you can squeek out some discount that way. Note that these promo codes are usually capped at $150 total savings which you can reach pretty quickly staying multiple nights. But $150 off is better than nothing!
Thanks for the advice!

Dates are just after this, from 26th, but do you think the parks will still be busy with some D23 attendees?
How does using either of those sites work? They have promo codes I can input directly on the Disney website?

Thinking of staying offsite with the price difference, EMH is the main advantage of staying onsite that we like - would sacrificing this make a significant difference to what we can achieve if we stayed offsite but bought MaxPass?
 
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Thanks for the advice!

Dates are just after this, from 26th, but do you think the parks will still be busy with some D23 attendees?
How does using either of those sites work? They have promo codes I can input directly on the Disney website?

Thinking of staying offsite with the price difference, EMH is the main advantage of staying onsite that we like - would sacrificing this make a significant difference to what we can achieve if we stayed offsite but bought MaxPass?

I've never been to D23 but there is another whole thread here about it that you might be able to get a better feel for how it might impact the parks post convention. But I would think park attendance and hotels will be impacted for several days before and after the event itself since people will want to stay extra to visit the parks. We are talking about a whole bunch of Disney fans attending a special Disney convention/event... they're probably not going to leave without visiting the parks- especially when one of them has a newly opened Star Wars land that will still be exclusive to DLR since the WDW one won't have opened yet. ;)

For the Orbitz and CheapTickets you have to book the hotel through them to use the promo codes and you have to pay everything up front (but you can easily cancel later on the website). Each will have the promo code listed part way down the page on the main home page. They are the same company (as is Expedia) so its worth checking both to see what the current discount promo is. Orbitz is usually 10%, Cheaptickets can be more like 16-18% but they do cap out at $150 so it may not matter which you use depending on how many days you're staying. Myself and others here have used these sites and discounts multiple times.
 













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