This is not good news for us either. We have AP's because we go to WDW 3 to 4 times a year, in the winter season. I don't care if they call the room only rates AP, ABC code or Jolly Holidays, this is what keeps us coming back, more than once per year. We go during the slow times and it appears that many rooms are available then. Room only rates are good, mainly for people that go to WDW for several days during the 12 months. The packages appeal to those that that go to WDW no more than once per year or once every 2, 3 or 4 years or once in a lifetime. Maybe Disney can fill-up the rooms without regulars like us, if so then we are out of luck.
We have been to WDW so many times, we like to spend time at the resorts and skip the parks on certain days. On the days we skip the parks, we will still enter the parks to eat and then leave, which is another good thing about the AP. Without room discounts, no more WDW for us. Rack rate is way too much and we are lucky enough we can
afford them, but this is an insult to the loyal people like us. If a person goes to WDW with packages, then after the first trip in a year, add about $50 plus per night, to your room cost that "the discount" gave you. This would be the park entrance cost you are paying without the AP.
We AP holders are good customers. We spend money on their expensive and in most cases mediocre food and gifts. We also help fill the empty rooms in slow times, with room only discounts.
I know WDW is there to make a profit, but forgetting its loyal customers, doesn't make sense unless this package thing fills their resorts. Starting Dec. 14, WDW will have more rooms to peddle when Pop Century opens. Time will tell.
