May/June Codes watch....

[cjsmith]

I just hung up with Disney to make reservations for April 29th for 2 nights and she said that no codes are out but to simply keep checking back. I made the reservations for the Yacht Club and will just keep checking the website for an update for either Florida resident or AP holder.

I asked her about pins and codes tied to our name and she had no clue what I was talking about and even asked her supervisor about this. We spend on average 25 nights per year at the Yacht Club resort and I would think that after all this time I would have received a post card or something, but there's nothing.

 

[tapatia]

It's not a hassle at all, especially if you book the trip yourself. You simply call Disney Reservations and tell them you need to switch. Easy as that.
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I'm new to all this. Don't they charge a fee for changing your reservation? I was told they do by a travel agent, so I was holding out to to see if the codes I've heard so much about come out next week before booking. Then again, I don't want to be left out in the cold - should I make the reservation now? AAA can get me the same package for a little over $100 less than the Disney agent, so I'm stuck debating whether I should book with AAA to save $$ now, or book through Disney in the hopes of getting a better discount with a code later ... Planning a trip for June 9-14. I'm so lost! Any advice would be much appreciated!

 

[BostonRob]

It's not a hassle at all, especially if you book the trip yourself. You simply call Disney Reservations and tell them you need to switch. Easy as that.
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I'm new to all this. Don't they charge a fee for changing your reservation? I was told they do by a travel agent, so I was holding out to to see if the codes I've heard so much about come out next week before booking. Then again, I don't want to be left out in the cold - should I make the reservation now? AAA can get me the same package for a little over $100 less than the Disney agent, so I'm stuck debating whether I should book with AAA to save $$ now, or book through Disney in the hopes of getting a better discount with a code later ... Planning a trip for June 9-14. I'm so lost! Any advice would be much appreciated!

Maybe your travel spent charges a fee, but Disney doesn't.

 

[lmhall2000]

You will get charged a change fee IF....

You booked a package with tickets/and or dining and try to change it after the 45 day mark....it usually is $50-$100...it goes up the closer you get to the trip...I think the CM told me within 7 days of your trip you will be charged $200 to cancel or change.

For example, I booked a trip with a $200 deposit to be taken May 15-21...the 45 day mark is around April 1st....I have to pay my entire trip by that date and if I make any changes after that I get a change fee...

However, if you make a room only reservation and buy your tickets separately you can change your resort/dates as close in to 5 days before your trip...

Hope this helps you!
Tara

 

[tapatia]

Wow! Thanks for the info! I am SO glad I checked here before booking with that agent. When it's time to book, f I decide not to go with AAA, I'll just call Disney directly!

 

[cjsmith]

I just called back and got the weekend of April 15th under the Florida resident discount for the Yacht Club. I would rather wait until the 29th as it's regular season so the rate is better, but I really do hate to pay rack rate since we live so close and can be flexible.
This CM also said that they had no idea when or if the discounts would come out. She did say that the packages are selling so amazingly well that Disney may not release any discount codes if they don't have to. I know that the Florida resident discounts on the Disney Cruise Line were slim this past year compared to years past so I hope it's not a trend.

 

[caitycaity]

As I've been told many times, the more time you spend there, the less likely you are to receive any special discounts or pin numbers. I spent 17 days at Disney last year, 8 so far this year, another 12 scheduled for May - I've never received a postcard either.

i don't know how true that is. from 5/01-12/02 we were there 7 weeks and we got several postcards from 1/02-12/02. recently we haven't been since 8/03 and we haven't gotten any.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

As I've been told many times, the more time you spend there, the less likely you are to receive any special discounts or pin numbers. I spent 17 days at Disney last year, 8 so far this year, another 12 scheduled for May - I've never received a postcard either.

Interesting...I spent 16 days there last year and I never get any postcards...

I got one once, sent to my house, but in my brothers (who does not live with me) name so they told me I could not use it and oops wasn't that too bad they made a mistake...maybe I'd get a real postcard some other time. I was furious. Oh well. They lost a little $$ because I would have booked an extra long weekend trip if I'd been able to use it. Instead, the code went to waste and I didn't spend an extra long weekend there (where I would have undoubtedly bought food, souveniers and such...

 

[Drizzo67]

Keep on waiting, keep on waiting....

 

[bytheblood]

Don't forget to watch your newspapers. My in-laws got a value room for $49 a night from the newspaper.

 

[missypie]

I had a very brief glimmer of excitement last night. I got the mail and saw the Disney logo on a postcard. It was a Disney Visa offer for Disneyland in California.

 

[kutchyone]

I had a very brief glimmer of excitement last night. I got the mail and saw the Disney logo on a postcard. It was a Disney Visa offer for Disneyland in California.

That would have really p#$$%d me off!

 

[barbeml]

I got an email postcard a month or so ago, but it was for DisneyLAND.

 

[Cindie-rella]

Well, Disney had better come out with some AP rates soon! I ended up buying our AP's (1 each for me & my DH ) because I guess I was somewhat "misinformed" by a Disney CM. :rolley I was told that I would get an Annual Passholder discount if I had an AP ! Sooooo....being new to all this and before I found the DIS I went ahead to a Disney store an hour from my home and purchased 2 AP's . Yay!, I thought I did good! Just after the purchase I find out I may or may-not get a discount depending on availability What's that mean ?! But, but the CM said.....
Bottom line here is...Please train these "CM"'s to "know " their job! I have read on so many threads how 1 CM says one thing another says another thing! I have had this happen to me when I have called more than once with a certain question.Come on already!!! Give these CM's some I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N !!!!! Have a trained and informative CM stay with the new one's until they know the answers to our questions! And if by chance they "don't" know the answer to a question...DON'T make an answer up ! Go to a supervisor or Cm that does have a correct answer !!!
Someone told me I cannot get a refund for my AP's even if I haven't activated them ?! I will call the store where I purchased them to find out. If I don't get the AP discount then we may have to cancel our entire stay. It is paid in full and has been for some time, including our airfare. But something has come up that has put us in a predicament that I will need the savings we would get with the AP's to be our spending money at WDW during our stay, And if we don't get the discount we may have to cancel altogether. I may end up losing my airfare but at least I will get over $4000 back from our room and AP's. This just has me so aggravated hearing there may "not" be discounts or I may only get a discount for a few nights. I just wish I had talked to a CM who knew what the heck she was talking about! I would have gone thru a local TA but I thought who would know more about helping me plan a Disney Vacation better than calling "Disney" itself ???!!!! Right?

I don't understand why Disney has to charge such outlandish rates to begin with. Bring down the rates and stop putting all the people thru this unnecessary madness and you know you can fill your resorts and parks all the time if you cut resort prices by a substanial amount!!!

 

[missypie]

I'm so sorry you relied on bad information. I've gotten quite a bit of it frmo the folks at CRO, but I get my GOOD info on the DIS!

 

[cstraub]

Well, Disney had better come out with some AP rates soon! I ended up buying our AP's (1 each for me & my DH ) because I guess I was somewhat "misinformed" by a Disney CM. :rolley I was told that I would get an Annual Passholder discount if I had an AP ! Sooooo....being new to all this and before I found the DIS I went ahead to a Disney store an hour from my home and purchased 2 AP's . Yay!, I thought I did good! Just after the purchase I find out I may or may-not get a discount depending on availability What's that mean ?! But, but the CM said.....
Bottom line here is...Please train these "CM"'s to "know " their job! I have read on so many threads how 1 CM says one thing another says another thing! I have had this happen to me when I have called more than once with a certain question.Come on already!!! Give these CM's some I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N !!!!! Have a trained and informative CM stay with the new one's until they know the answers to our questions! And if by chance they "don't" know the answer to a question...DON'T make an answer up ! Go to a supervisor or Cm that does have a correct answer !!!
Someone told me I cannot get a refund for my AP's even if I haven't activated them ?! I will call the store where I purchased them to find out. If I don't get the AP discount then we may have to cancel our entire stay. It is paid in full and has been for some time, including our airfare. But something has come up that has put us in a predicament that I will need the savings we would get with the AP's to be our spending money at WDW during our stay, And if we don't get the discount we may have to cancel altogether. I may end up losing my airfare but at least I will get over $4000 back from our room and AP's. This just has me so aggravated hearing there may "not" be discounts or I may only get a discount for a few nights. I just wish I had talked to a CM who knew what the heck she was talking about! I would have gone thru a local TA but I thought who would know more about helping me plan a Disney Vacation better than calling "Disney" itself ???!!!! Right?

I don't understand why Disney has to charge such outlandish rates to begin with. Bring down the rates and stop putting all the people thru this unnecessary madness and you know you can fill your resorts and parks all the time if you cut resort prices by a substanial amount!!!

This past Christmas we had ressie's at CR. When we planned our trip we were banking on coming down the day after our ressie's began since it was paid in full. After literally talking to 10 or more CM and getting 10 different answers as to whether or not we could do that I asked to fiinally speak to a hire up. She told us that we had to check in on the actual day to reserve our rate although we had been told otherwise several times. My DD had to change his plane ticket and go down on Christmas day leaving me to take the rest of the gang, my parents and 3 kids, down to WDW by myself!! It all worked out but I was not happy about all the different answers I got especailly on how very important it was that I got the correct info. It really does perplex me as to how you can get so many different answers and no one can be made accountable for the wrong information!!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Well, I just booked. Pop Century. $84 a night with AAA discount for May 18th - May 23rd.

Maybe AP rates will come out between now and then. The CM I talked to told me sometime between March and April...

 

[d76dots]

Ok, I need some help here. Am I understanding correctly that only one member of the family needs an AP in order to be able to get the AP discount/code (and as always, if the room is available)?

Another question about the AP....if a discount becomes available, are there a limited number of days it can be used? I guess I'm getting mixed up with some of the info that's been posted on the board.

And now one final question....does anyone know if you get a code with a PIN attached is it usually a better deal than just a plain code?

As you can tell, I'm new to all of this "code" stuff and I'm getting confused!

Thanks for all the help!

 

[c&ldisneylovers]

Only one person needs an AP to get an AP rate.

You can use the AP rate as many times as you want. There has been occasions where there were blackout dates for AP rates. However, last Thanksgiving, I was able to get a room at BWI with an AP rate during a "blackout" period.

 

[lillygator]

I don't understand why Disney has to charge such outlandish rates to begin with. Bring down the rates and stop putting all the people thru this unnecessary madness and you know you can fill your resorts and parks all the time if you cut resort prices by a substanial amount!!!

There are probably more people that visit and pay full price for everything that those of us scouring the net for savings.....Disney doesn't have a problem bringing us in.