DJFan88
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No pins or offers for us so far, so should I just book and hope for the best? If I book with AAA and an offer comes up later, can I jump on that offer?
Any help would be most appreciated
It's up to you. If you do call to see if they have anymore AAA rate rooms available, I would do it myself through Disney, then if something comes up you can just call them immediately and not have to go through AAA owning your reservation. If they have any AAA rated rooms available, they'll apply it. I usually do it this way and then when something comes up, just call back and based on availability of the discount they will work out the details with you.
This year, I'm doing it a little different. I seem to keep getting Pins and I was going to hold off, but then I got the 35% Aug. 17 on pin so I just called with that for a deluxe so I didn't miss out, as I usually don't book for August till February, but now I've already called. However, the week before we also are going to a Mod the week before and I haven't called yet and I will do that as usual. It works out better for me and maybe I'll get a pin. If no pin, I will still book at that time and try a AAA rate if still available. Visa and GP offers don't usu. come out for that time until at least March or April. I'm thinking if I book everything too soon, why would Disney want to offer me a Pin? they would already have me.
My other thought is that if everyone books ahead of time and Disney is filling rooms, why would they offer a discount or pin, as the purpose of it is to fill rooms.
I suppose the benefit of booking way ahead is if you have your heart set on a particular room classification to make sure you get it. However, if a discount or pin is offered, it is possible that when you call for that there will not be a room of that available for the discounted rate, and you will have to change anyway to get the discount. For example, when I recently called for the august 35%, I wanted the garden category at the BC. However, there were only Lagoon view or higher available that rate when I wanted to go. So, I would've had to switch anyway to get that discount. I ended up getting a garden category at the YC, so that is fine.
. Long enough that we don't feel like weeping when its time to leave. But not so long that we're pining away for home before its time to fly back.
) which will be quite different (yet much anticipated!) from our normal Orlando routine. I am soooo looking forward to grilling lunch at the resort, and tossing pizzas in the oven for movie night. We're kind of aiming for a "half and half" trip: dining out half the time, and cooking (or ordering in) half the time. At the parks half the time, and enjoying the resort half the time. It may not work out that way, but having lots of time at our disposal sure makes me fret less about the impact of poor weather or a couple of down days if someone happens to fall ill. 
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