HOw to get a "PIN" or code?

[sdrsdd]

This may seem like a very silly question, but how do you get these PIN(s) or codes? Do you call and ask for them? We want to go in Dec. 2010 and I would love all of the discounts I can get...Can you help?
We will stay at one of the Disney Hotels and I want the Disney Plan as well. Thanks for your help!

 

[dawnmommy]

Hi, here is what we did, I don't think anything is a guarantee, but worth a shot.

Register at Disneyworld.com ask for the planning DVD. Then, go in and play around with reservations, and save some packages. I saved mine at all Deluxe resorts, with tickets, some with dining, etc.

Save a couple like you are planning your trip (which you are).

I saved some for next November (which is when we are going). But I suspect the key was the two trips I saved for NEXT MONTH. With a couple days, I received an email from "Disney Destinations" It talked about the January 2010 trip, then at the bottom there was a pin that said something like "can't travel now? save later!"

So pay attention to anything from Disney Destinations, and definitely book a trip that is next month, and save it on the website. If a pop-up window asks why you didn't book it then, respond to that too.

Good luck! It is worth a shot. We used the pin and we're saving $171 a night at the Poly in November!!

 

[Ted in Halifax]

dawnmommy described exactly what I did ... and then I got a code

 

[weswife]

Me too!!!!!! It will become you new hobby or obession!!!!! I did all of the above and now we will be staying at WL for the 1st time!!!!! We have stayed at mods. in the past. The pin saved me $1200 !!!! Its well worth the time!

All the best!!!

 

[mlittig]

I was lucky enough to get a pin so we are going in April weswife, I see you will be there at the same time we will Where will you be staying??

 

[danceintherain]

Basically you want to make sure Disney has an e-mail address on file for you. I've heard that they send out snail mail cards as well, but I've never seen one.

I've gotten a few pins over the last couple of and most of them I haven't been able to use. I think what triggered the most recent one for us is the fact that we had a trip planned and booked, and then canceled it.

When I had a trip planned and a deposit made I didn't receive any pins.

You basically want Disney to know that you want to come. If they think they can get you there extra, they'll try.

- ordering planning DVD
- opening a Disney vacation account
- "planning" pretend vacations

None of the above guarantees that you'll get a pin, or that the pin you'll get you'll be able to use, either because of dates or because there's no availability in the resort and room you want. A lot of people have gotten frustrated because they get a pin and try to apply it to an existing reservation and are then told that it can't be applied, because there's no availability for their particular room.

Codes are available for public use, and are usually a set of three letters that you tell the CM when you book. Availability is just as if not more restrictive for general public discounts, and the discounts usually aren't as good.. For next December a deal will probably be released some time in the Fall, usually mid-August, though this year they were released in July.
You can look at this site for the release of past discounts. They only list the type of discount, not usually the amounts.
http://www.mousesavers.com/historicalwdwdiscounts.html

There are usually code watch threads on these boards for particular time periods.

 

[weswife]

I was lucky enough to get a pin so we are going in April weswife, I see you will be there at the same time we will Where will you be staying??

We are staying at the WL!!! I have never stayed at a deluxe before! Where are you staying?