Based on the excellent advice on this board, I kept checking and was able to book AP rate for garden view and YouFirst Gold upgrade to Bay view and have requested our favorite room!
Congrats jsmla. We currently have Sapphire Falls booked 10/5-10/10, but really want to move up to a deluxe hotel for this trip. I check for APH rates every day, but no luck so far. Too bad we can't go in late September instead...