Does anyone know the AP rates for early December?

[summer0407]

It looks like the calendar only goes through Oct. I just became an AP last month so it's still new to me. If I call tomorrow can I get the rates or are they only out a few months in advance. Any info would be great.
Thanks!

 

[skiingfast]

The Calendar only goes through October.

You can call and ask, and book if you'd like a AP rate. You only need an actual AP at check in.

 

[Sherry E]

I should point out that the AP rates - the "good ones" that we all seek (the ones under $200 per night) - are not doled out the same way or with as much frequency as they used to be. What the AP hotel calendar will show is simply the lowest available rate that you can get with your AP - but that may only be the standard 10% discount that is available 365 days a year. The actual "good rates" (they used to be called things like "AP7," "AP9," etc.) are going to be tricky to finagle for December. IN the past, the good rates would come out maybe 3 months in advance, and they could cover a good number of days.

But since DLR's attendance has gone up, suspiciously, the AP rates have became harder to come by in December. If they expect certain periods of time to be super-busy, they won't release great rates. They tend to release good rates for times in which they they are expecting lower crowds.

Last year, I visited DLR in early/mid-December and I checked that AP calendar for good December rates all the way up to late November/early December, and nothing good ever appeared on the calendar during that time, although the AP section of the DLR site itself was offering a special promo for the PPH (something like $168 per night, I think?). My dates were within the range of what used to be covered by AP's - the good rates generally go up to the weekend right before Christmas and then stop, and mine were well before that time. No good rates ever appeared on that calendar while I was looking.

I recall one of our other DIS'ers - Jenasweetemotion - saying that a couple of random December dates with great rates popped up on the AP calendar last year (for PPH), and she was able to grab the offer, and then it disappeared almost immediately. See, if there were still as many AP rates available for as many dates in December as there used to be, those dates that she saw wouldn't have vanished as fast as they did.

So IF there are any great AP rates to be had for December at all, they may not turn up on the AP site until right before you want to go to DLR, and if they do appear, they may be gone in the blink of an eye!

 

[gokdog]

Actually called yesterday for another question, but got the same 10% answer. Does anyone remember AP or best available rates for early December rates from last year? We are doing 17 to 22 Dec and really would like to stay close after our recent ART plus Hilton trip.

 

[Sherry E]

Actually called yesterday for another question, but got the same 10% answer. Does anyone remember AP or best available rates for early December rates from last year? We are doing 17 to 22 Dec and really would like to stay close after our recent ART plus Hilton trip.

December 17 - 22 is not early December. You will likely not find any good discounts for December past December 18, if even that late. All good rates (including PIN codes and AP rates) usually stop after the weekend before Christmas (so by 12/18 this year, at the latest), and you're planning to be at DLR until December 22.

If it were actually an early December trip, you might have a better chance at good rates but as I explained in my post above, the December AP rates did not show on the AP hotel calendar until at least early December last year. Eventually I stopped checking the calendar for rates because they were not showing up. Whenever Jenasweetemotion found her PPH rates, they disappeared in the blink of an eye, before anyone even knew they were there. There was a special PPH rate that was not on the calendar. It was something like $168-ish.

You probably will not be able to get any discount other than 10% off with the AP for your specific dates.

 

[gokdog]

Thanks for answers, was really hoping the rates through the 22nd were one and after was considered actual Holiday time, sort of how the December AP blackouts are setup. We have an out in town reservation right now (really far away) lol but I am going to keep trying right up until we fly.

Thanks again!