***Official April 2013 thread*** SEE POST # 4028

[TJDisneymama]

thinking about upgrading to POR from AOA LM room, killing me to wait till Jan 3rd to find out the difference....can anyone that has booked at POR with the Disney Visa tell me how much they got off??

i just got a quote for por for our week and the cm said its about a 20% discount

 

[TJDisneymama]

CSR came out about $100 cheaper than POR. this was for 5 nts. with 5 day base

 

[momtwoboys]

right now our package at AOA in a LM room is 4,088.12, plus a 1 nt room only. Of course no discounts at all for that type of room. I am wondering how much to switch to POR. Rack rate is 4,618.94 I believe....once the discount kicks in would it be worth it?

I am glad that I don't have to keep this a secret from my kids...half the fun it the nonstop chatter now that christmas is over! Good luck keeping the secret!!

 

[BradleyB]

We booked nonstop tickets too! We leave at 945 pm from Seattle and arrive at MCO at 630 am with the time difference. It was almost $1300 for 3 people even with the cheaper companion fair.

The spring promotion looks good, but no discounts for us since we rented points to stay at BCV.

 

[TJDisneymama]

right now our package at AOA in a LM room is 4,088.12, plus a 1 nt room only. Of course no discounts at all for that type of room. I am wondering how much to switch to POR. Rack rate is 4,618.94 I believe....once the discount kicks in would it be worth it? the secret!!

if you want, lookup rack rate for POr for 4/15-4/20 with 5 day base and reg. DP for 2A, 2C and see what the discount works out to be. total with disc. is $2590

 

[TJDisneymama]

right now our package at AOA in a LM room is 4,088.12, plus a 1 nt room only. Of course no discounts at all for that type of room. I am wondering how much to switch to POR. Rack rate is et!!

thats with dining plan, right?

 

[momtwoboys]

thanks! I hope that is right?! its about a 400 difference...so I could technically maybe upgrade for about 200.00 more.....I think! seeing as I am already paid in full, it wouldn't hurt as bad~

 

[katiereeve]

Hi all!... another New England teacher family here! We're actually both teachers, and are from RI. The Disney promo saved us quite a bit...we are 4/12-4/19 at POR, Garden View, with 7 Day PH, and Dining, for 2 adults and 2 children (11 and 7) for 3850.00...(guess that makes it 3 adults and 1 child by WDW pricing standards.) It was originally about 4450 for the same. We also saved quite a bit on airfare by deciding to fly out of Newark... we have a 3 hourish drive, but get a non-stop flight, and save $500 from anything we could find out of New England.
I'll let you know later if we are crazy, or if was worth it!

 

[momtwoboys]

yes with the dining plan! right now I have this:
April 12-19th 2 adults, 2 kids (12, 14)
5 day hopper/water park more tickets
Dining plan
7 nights at AOA LM room, and also
19th-20th 1 night room only at AOA LM room

thinking I want to make that a 6 day ticket and move us to POR riverside for the 7 nights package, and add a 1 night room only at the end still.

I am paid in full so the only confusion to any CM is just figuring out the difference and moving our hotel choice

 

[trtl6941]

so now that the excitement of xmas is over, i am 100% focused on Disney and i realize that it may not be possible for me to keep this a secret ' til easter as planned. its only been a week but its been pure torture! i' ve been talking about WDW a lot "hypothetically" and since its my job its normal for me to talk about it, but they just arent all that interested in hearing about it as they would be if they knew they were going. i dont want to tell them this early because i feel like this is just way too long for them to have to wait so i guess i' ll just see how long i can hold out.

I am having the same problem!! My kids are young so it's not *that* bad but everybody knows we are going and I am so afraid somebody will slip up! Well actually, the kids know we are going as well (my 4 yo got to pick the room theme for her birthday) but they just don't know "when", and their concept of time is pretty bad anyway, lol. We plan to either tell them the morning we leave or just drive to the airport and see if they get it

 

[bigjrfan88]

thinking about upgrading to POR from AOA LM room, killing me to wait till Jan 3rd to find out the difference....can anyone that has booked at POR with the Disney Visa tell me how much they got off??

I am not sure what the discount was exactly because I called the day the package came out and the lady was helpful but too busy to be really helpful. She said that due to call volumes they had to keep calls short.

Anyway, here's what we got out of the discount. We were able to move from a non-preferred room at POP to a preferred room at POR. The difference was like 80 bucks. I want to say the room at POR was discounted 25% and the tix were slightly discounted. Hope that helps

 

[TJDisneymama]

I am glad that I don't have to keep this a secret from my kids...half the fun it the nonstop chatter now that christmas is over! Good luck keeping the secret!!

as much as i love talking about it, months and months of hearing about it will just wear on me and then eventually i' ll be sick of hearing about it, lol. i think if i can hold out through february, then maybe them knowing about it will help marvh go by. maybe ill make a countdown chain at 40-50 days out and surprise them with it.

 

[momtwoboys]

80 bucks difference is amazing!!! WOW we are in a std LM room at AOA which is priced higher than pop to begin with

telling them in March would be cool!!!!

 

[pwdebbie]

omg, what a horrible prize! did you win a disney stay too or just the airfare?

Just the airfare, first prize. Grand prize was the whole shootin' shabang. But I no longer enter any Orbitz contests.

 

[tlkgt76]

so now that the excitement of xmas is over, i am 100% focused on Disney and i realize that it may not be possible for me to keep this a secret ' til easter as planned. its only been a week but its been pure torture! i' ve been talking about WDW a lot "hypothetically" and since its my job its normal for me to talk about it, but they just arent all that interested in hearing about it as they would be if they knew they were going. i dont want to tell them this early because i feel like this is just way too long for them to have to wait so i guess i' ll just see how long i can hold out.

We have to keep it a secret until Easter too!!! Our daughter's birthday is April 15th, which is RIGHT after Easter/Spring Break this year. We gave her the cruise pamphlet for Christmas and told her we're going in July. We're going to basically start driving there and not tell her where we're heading in March.

Tee hee hee

 

[DMLAINI]

What time does is start to get dark in mid-April @ Disney?

 

[Hunclemarco]

What time does is start to get dark in mid-April @ Disney?

This site may help you

http://www.sunrisesunset.com/calend...ndo, Florida;81.4;28.6;-5;1&month=4&year=2012

 

[USAND3KIDS]

so is anyone else having problems with the new site. I have both tried to link my reservation, no luck it tells me it doesn't exist, and when I try to view my old page it just refreshed the page....so frustrated

Sent from my Xoom using DISBoards

Still doesn't recognize my reservation either.
On a side note......I want a discount so badly.

 

[TJDisneymama]

you'll be able to get your discount (if there is one for you) tomorrow!

 

[DMLAINI]

This site may help you

http://www.sunrisesunset.com/calend...ndo, Florida;81.4;28.6;-5;1&month=4&year=2012

Thank You!!