I'm afraid we're calling CRO too much !!!!!

[simpsonps121]

Great. That is exactly what I was looking for.

So, the AP counts like a year round ticket? WOW. And then the savings on top of that... hmmm...

Another off topic question then - Is there a way to see PAST AP rates and dates? I would be willing to buy it if it would show up for us to use the first week of December.

I always knew Tinkerbelle was cool. (my kids shout out Tinkerbell when she shows up on the Disney DVD screen.)

 

[hapandpam]

I am not sure what the discount amounts were, but on mousesavers.com you will find a historical listing of past discounts. I believe that there are usually AP rates for early December.

This link will show you past discounts.
http://www.mousesavers.com/faq.html#historical


This link will give you a general description of the kind of discounts you may be able to get from Disney. It is a good place to start.
http://www.mousesavers.com/wdw.html


Hope this helps.

 

[keishashadow]

JMO but, occupancy seems high for late June. Many of the deluxe resorts lower priced rooms (and I'm talking RACK RATE ) were booked months ago. We had trouble finding a AAA rate ($95 a night, no less) @ any of the Values also.

I gave up waiting for AP rate for June & booked 1/2 of trip offsite, the other @ BWV/DVC.

Was encouraged to at least find that AAA rates were available for our trip over Columbus Day week in October. I'm told there is a certain percentage of rooms that are designated AAA & when they're gone, they're gone.

Evidently, tourism in general is rebounding. Airfare is still relatively cheap (post 9/11 pricing) & w/the ME; you can eliminate other transportation costs. Lots of advertising, coupled w/free dining & people are returning in droves.

Unfortunately, I'm starting to think that AP rates will be announced 30 - 60 days out, ONLY if they need to fill up the rooms.

 

[EEyorelover22]

Someone posted elsewhere that pre 9/11 they were released on short notice.

Even if you look at the history in mousesavers, some are released only days before they start. This was the case I think in spring of 03 and even in January of this year, they were released close to when they could be used.

from mousesavers:
4/28/03-7/3/03 Annual Passholder room-only rates released 4/21/03, exp 7/3/03

 

[DWDreams]

I agree with the OP also, every day or even more than once or twice a week seems excessive to me. Especially when the rates for this timeframe haven't been out at this point yet historically. That said, my bigger fear is when I see people mention they have more than one ressie in place for the same time period. Since it's a given that the release of AP rates and how generous they are is likely based on booking numbers, making the resorts more booked than they actually would be can't be a big help. Beyond that, I just book where I plan on staying anyway with the hope that an AP rate will bring some savings.

 

[hapandpam]

That said, my bigger fear is when I see people mention they have more than one ressie in place for the same time period.


I haven't seen people mention that they had more than one ressie. I remember people used to do this a lot, but I didn't think Disney still allowed it.

 

[CarolMN]

Hi! BRP stood for Best Rate Plan, but that has been done away with. CRO is customer relations/booking, and AP is an Annual Pass(basically unlimited admission to parks). Hope this helps! Tink

I think CRO is Central Reservations Office.

 

[buzzgirls&dad]

I just think travel is up in general. In mid march we tried to book a 1 BDRM at BCV with AAA for either of the last two weeks in Oct. Nothing. Then first two weeks, nothing. Okay, last two weeks of sept. nothing. Okay, anything in Nov., nothing. We finally have the second week in Dec. During this time I was also asking about BWV as well. There was not much difference between the two. There was availablity at rack rate, but I truely believe that big discounts are going to be a thing of the past and I doubt I will ever see an Ap rate at the BCV like I did in 2005.