free night for escape couples?

[aduck126]

Does the escape wedding package come with a free room the night of your wedding day at a disney resort of your choosing? I know the wishes package does, but not sure if escape couples get the same. probably not, i thought i read that somewhere though. can anyone elaborate?

 

[Skylarr29]

Only the Wishes package get the comp night IF they meet their room block requirements.

 

[aduck126]

wow you guys work fast

thanks! thats what i thought. i read somewhere that this escape couple got a free night, maybe they were wrong or i read it wrong.

 

[34Angels]

I was told when I talked to my planner that the Escape brides can get that discount as well if they have 20 night stays from everyone in their group. Is that what you were asking? I was also told once my group (because they can book via my wedding page) hits 10 night stays there's a discount applied.

 

[CharacterFan]

You can get a 10% discount for rooms with an Escape wedding. At least this is what I was told in January, but no free room.

 

[lurkyloo]

If you can guarantee 10 or more rooms (not just room nights) will be reserved by you and your guests, you may set up a room block to receive a 10% discount on Disney resort accommodations.

However your guests can probably get far better deals just using the discounts Disney is offering to the general public right now, or booking through a Travel Agent or using the AAA discount.

 

[34Angels]

They must have changed it over for Escape weddings because I talked to my planner a week ago and she told me it was stays and 10 nights got a discount and 20 nights got the bride a groom a comp night. I thought it was 10 rooms as well but my planner assured me that it was stays, we're staying 6 nights so she told me that we only needed 4 more nights for our guests to get the discount and 14 more nights to get the free night for us. I'm just explaining it how she explained it to me.

 

[lurkyloo]

I believe you!

I think Disney is scrambling right now to fill the hotels, so it makes sense that they would change the policy to be more friendly to Escape couples. How cool!

 

[34Angels]

That's the only reason I could come up with, I must have asked her like 20 times to explain it again so I could make sure I was hearing her right. I also asked, because we'll have some military members that are eligible for the 40% off discount at various resorts so will book with that discount as it's the better deal, if they're rooms counted towards my count and she said yes and they'd keep their 40% discount.

They must be hurting if they're going to all this trouble to make sure the wedding guests stay on property.

 

[Scrap_Vamp]

Just out of interest, do you know if this would only apply to new room bookings? DF and I have 21 nights in Disney hotels, and my mum and dad have 7. Would be great to get one of our nights comped!

 

[Chilly]

Just out of interest, do you know if this would only apply to new room bookings? DF and I have 21 nights in Disney hotels, and my mum and dad have 7. Would be great to get one of our nights comped!

Yes I'd be interested to I've got 18 nights booked and my parents 8 nights, so 26 nights booked total.

 

[Knelson85]

wow you guys work fast

thanks! thats what i thought. i read somewhere that this escape couple got a free night, maybe they were wrong or i read it wrong.

I'm pretty sure in the Passporters Disney wedding book, it says that Escape couples get a free night.

 

[Bride-to-be]

Well we are on the topic of hotel rooms. Did I read correctly on another thread that wishes wedding room blocks are 30% off the rack rates?

What are the typical discounts?

 

[lurkyloo]

The room block discounts range between just under 10% to about 30%, depending on resort. Values get less than 10% off, Moderates get just under 15% off, Deluxes that don't have a convention center get 15% off, and convention center Deluxes get 30% off.

At the moment your guests will probably save more by booking one of the numerous deals Disney is offering to the general public and then just applying their reservation numbers to your block so that they count toward your requirement.

 

[meryll83]

I'm pretty sure in the Passporters Disney wedding book, it says that Escape couples get a free night.

We will have a total of 76 room nights booked through Virgin Holidays with all our party staying at Pop Century, so should I ask my planner if we can get a free night? I guess we would then have to cancel one our Virgin nights though if we can do this....

 

[orangetiggs]

its harder for the uk brides to get a room free if booked as a package as the tour operator would ahve got a good deal anyway as they buy so amny rooms

If this is the case that escape brides get a free room I would suggest booking the free night at another resort as I doubt the tour operator would allow you to cancel one night without a penalty

What we did was keep our CSR booking with Virgin holidays and then our comp night was at the poly so we just took an over night bag with out stuff in there instead of checking out and then back in again

 

[Chilly]

its harder for the uk brides to get a room free if booked as a package as the tour operator would ahve got a good deal anyway as they buy so amny rooms

If this is the case that escape brides get a free room I would suggest booking the free night at another resort as I doubt the tour operator would allow you to cancel one night without a penalty

What we did was keep our CSR booking with Virgin holidays and then our comp night was at the poly so we just took an over night bag with out stuff in there instead of checking out and then back in again

If I could get a free night i'd use it the night before the Wedding so that DF and I could have seperate rooms.

 

[orangetiggs]

yes we booked a night for dh from our room block and he stayed with the best men the night before the wedding.

It was weird as we could see each others rooms but didnt see each other till the moment down the aisle

 

[meryll83]

If I could get a free night i'd use it the night before the Wedding so that DF and I could have seperate rooms.

That's a really good idea, I've already rented 2 DVC nights at the BWV for the wedding eve and night of, and DF would only be joining me on the 2nd night, this way we could get him a seperate room there for the wedding eve, and then he wouldn't have to travel as far...

Or..... we could pick another night and stay at the Poly later on in the holiday, I'd love to stay there.

For the DVC stay we're staying booked into Pop as well, so this would be the easiest approach again rather than cancelling.

Soooooooooooo, has anyone verified this yet, or shall I email my planner?

 

[meryll83]

Okay I got impatient already and emailed my planner

I'll let you know the outcome.

It wouldn't surprise me if this is a new thing for new contracting brides only or something though. 34Angels, when did you contract?