May/June Codes watch....

[CarolA]

Things don't look good. Disney will probably keep that room at rack rate for any "walk ups" (Like airlines do on thier seats!)

 

[dudspizza]

CrazyboutWDW are you saying the resort only had one room? Then I don't think any discount is going to help!

I just called and switched from POFQ to a value since that is what I am willing to pay IF AP codes don't come out. At least I will have a value room.

Here is what I was told. I changed our ressie with no problem to ASMo (June 14-22). I then tried to book a room for our friends (June 16-23) at the same resort and was told there were no more rooms available! WHAT! You are telling my ASMo is fully booked for mid June? That is not a good sign for codes, in my opinion.

I then had to change my ressie to POP and I was able to get my friends in there too. We will upgrade to POR IF AP codes come out. I am starting to get nervous though......

I will say this..... I will not renew my AP again. I only go 1 time a year, so the AP is for the room discount. In fact, it got me to go a second time within the year.... if no AP discounts come out, I don't renew and maybe I don't go to WDW for a few years...... lost revenue for WDW!

Duds

 

[SuBeat]

We had trouble booking rooms with the discount too. There were no rooms available at WL or CR for our original week, we had either a mod or the Poly to choose from. We really wanted WL so we decided to be flexible with our dates and got 3 rooms at WL the following week.

 

[CarolA]

I will say this..... I will not renew my AP again. I only go 1 time a year, so the AP is for the room discount. In fact, it got me to go a second time within the year.... if no AP discounts come out, I don't renew and maybe I don't go to WDW for a few years...... lost revenue for WDW!

Duds

Well, yes and no.... If Disney still fills the room then there really isn't lost revenue. As a matter of accounting there is more revenue. The room has now brought in more then you were willing to pay.

If Disney does not offer AP discounts and the rooms aren't sold then there is the potential that if they had given discounts the rooms would have been sold along with all the other stuff (food, toys etc.)

With the MYW tickets I might have considered not doing an AP. I tend to do lots of "small" trips. However, the combination of the DVC AP discount and the DDE for AP holders will keep me paying!

 

[weluvpluto]

Well, if codes come out I bet a lot of rooms at the value will become available - since that is what a lot of people book when they book what they're willing to pay

 

[d76dots]

A friend just suggested buying the AP tix so when the codes come out you can get the cheaper rate...but she also said to double your savings you make sure to plan your next vacation a couple of weeks earlier so you can still use your AP Tix (for those of us that go yearly only)! You get 2 trips on the same tix for additional savings....and if you can get AP rates again...double bingo!

Never thought of that one! Thought I'd share that thought since I've not seen that hint on this thread.

 

[EEyorelover22]

I can't remember where I posted this, but I said Disney doesn't have much data on what will happen to bookings if codes don't come out, but I would think they have information on what happens to bookings when codes do come out and the movement from levels of resorts and even levels of rooms within a resort. They must know people book and move rooms around when codes become available.

 

[maggie mfg]

D76....I called my Board of Ed last year b4 our April trip to find out when April vacation would be for 2005. Because of the timing we decided to buy the AP's. I'm not sure if we actually "saved" money though since I snuck in a third trip last August.

 

[lovethattink]

A friend just suggested buying the AP tix so when the codes come out you can get the cheaper rate...but she also said to double your savings you make sure to plan your next vacation a couple of weeks earlier so you can still use your AP Tix (for those of us that go yearly only)! You get 2 trips on the same tix for additional savings....and if you can get AP rates again...double bingo!

Never thought of that one! Thought I'd share that thought since I've not seen that hint on this thread.

That's how we did it too when we lived up north! Usually booked 1st one in Nov and second one in Oct.

 

[ciera321]

After hearing several times that the resorts are booking up well, I went to the website and tried to book a room for our time period May 26, for 9 days (over a holiday at that) and you can book ANY resort for ANY view. I would think if the resorts are filling so well that at least some of the resorts would not have standard views left, especially WL... Any thoughts??? Maybe I have too mcuh spare time on my hands...

 

[missypie]

After hearing several times that the resorts are booking up well, I went to the website and tried to book a room for our time period May 26, for 9 days (over a holiday at that) and you can book ANY resort for ANY view. I would think if the resorts are filling so well that at least some of the resorts would not have standard views left, especially WL... Any thoughts??? Maybe I have too mcuh spare time on my hands...

That's so funny...I just did the exact same thing...even for the exact same days!!!

 

[LSUDis]

I found out late that I had a pin code (yes, I had called earlier in the year, but it was under a different address). What I found after 2-3 hours on the phone Friday was that, since I apparently found my code late, a lot of the rooms for that code are gone---FOR THAT CODE!

Three things that I gathered from this:
(1) All the CMs said that rooms were available, just not for that code, so rooms that we hear are sold out may be the ones blocked for the pin codes--even then, only CBR was sold out. WL, AKL, CSR, Poly, CR, and POR were all available.

(2) Rooms ARE available for the end of May-first 2 weeks of June.

(3) Maybe codes will be coming out soon if these pin codes are getting old??

 

[brooke1]

I agree with CIERA 321,also I dont believe the resorts are as full as some think..Lets just hope for those general codes.
brooke

 

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

I just checked expedia.com. There are only a couple of hotels that do not have availability from May 21st to June 1st (BCV and a couple concierge level rooms at some of the deluxe resorts). I definitely don't think that the rooms are as full as some people have been saying. I hope the AP codes come out tomorrow.

Here's to hoping!

 

[missypie]

You've got to realize that most people aren't compulsive vacaton planners...a whole lot of people start thinking about summer vacation after spring break. I'm sure the good folks at Disney have armloads of statistics about when people book vacations for what dates.

 

[dizluvr71]

I found out late that I had a pin code (yes, I had called earlier in the year, but it was under a different address). What I found after 2-3 hours on the phone Friday was that, since I apparently found my code late, a lot of the rooms for that code are gone---FOR THAT CODE!
:

I had the same issue as you. However, after spending forever on the phone with WDT, I made a room only reservation with a Travel Agent with my pin (the savings were substanial enough to warrant doing this, plus the agent was going to keep an eye out for additional discounts). Once that was complete I called WDT to cancel my reservation and the gentleman I spoke with told me that he was unsure why the previous person told me I could not get the discount. He said that it was a little more involved since I already had a reservation and the Resort we are booked for had no more rooms available, but that he just needed to contact the Resort to make the changes. After everything was said and done we kept our original package at $537 less than before.

Sometimes, I think it depends on who you talk to!

 

[dudspizza]

After hearing several times that the resorts are booking up well, I went to the website and tried to book a room for our time period May 26, for 9 days (over a holiday at that) and you can book ANY resort for ANY view. I would think if the resorts are filling so well that at least some of the resorts would not have standard views left, especially WL... Any thoughts??? Maybe I have too mcuh spare time on my hands...

The exact quote from the CM I talked with said that if you actually go through the booking process online, you will eventually be told that you cannot get that resort. He said they offer all of the resorts at first, but when it comes down to booking, they then tell you it is not available.....

I personally can't believe that 2000 rooms at ASMo are all booked for mid June.....

Duds

 

[bratus913]

Gotta say i love your name--same as mine-Lucinda!!

Always good to meet another fellow Lucinda!! There are so few of us

 

[EEyorelover22]

The exact quote from the CM I talked with said that if you actually go through the booking process online, you will eventually be told that you cannot get that resort. He said they offer all of the resorts at first, but when it comes down to booking, they then tell you it is not available.....

I personally can't believe that 2000 rooms at ASMo are all booked for mid June.....

Duds

Me either

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Always good to meet another fellow Lucinda!! There are so few of us

Actually I met a woman about 10 yrs ago who had my exact name- middle and last- she was in her 40's and I was around 26-- it was really weird until I went to get my gas turned on when I moved and they thought I had a huge $800 back bill---THEN it was not cute having the same name!