bless7ings
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When do you usually go? Do you go every year? I'm still trying to figure out how we can go this fall!?
I just read a post from someone near chicago this is what she posted:
"The -cheapest- we've ever stayed at the All Stars (Music) was $36/night last year from May 29-June 4 during Star Wars Weekends. This was a special rate though for Priceline.com that ran the last 2 weeks of May through the first 2 weeks of June, and the rate only became available at the end of April. My parents had a split stay at Sports and Music during the same week and had no problem requesting an adjoining room to ours at ASM for the latter part of their trip.
I'd love to see this rate made available again but it's one of those things you can't bank on -- it was a surprise thing that Disney just did due to those hotels not being filled to capacity during that timespan, and we made a spur of the moment decision to go the same day we learned of that rate (on the DIS boards, of course."
and
"They did not advertise it when it happened -- it showed up on the DISboards on this same board. Here's the original thread -- you can see that the boards pretty much went nuts that day with people booking reservations. I would just advise checking these boards every day in case there is news of it happening again. It was the first time I've ever know of Disney offering their hotels to Priceline.
Additionally, the best advice I can give to do Disney for less than rack rate is to be very flexible on your dates. We go every year, but we rarely know more than a month or two out as to when we're going. Whenever we find a low rate, via a newspaper code, postcard or whatever the case may be, we book the trip. With the Priceline trip last year, those dates lined up with $169 round-trip airfare on United out of Chicago as well, so it was truly our cheapest trip to date -- and our first time at the All Stars as a family too. Coronado Springs is our favorite resort, and we've stayed there almost every other year, and we have never paid more than $89/night for that either. Two years ago we booked Port Orleans Riverside for $79/night on a postcard code and got upgraded to Saratoga Springs on arrival. We have had very good luck with last-minute trips. You just have to be willing to jump on the good rates when they pop up."
Sounds awesome huh?
I just read a post from someone near chicago this is what she posted: "The -cheapest- we've ever stayed at the All Stars (Music) was $36/night last year from May 29-June 4 during Star Wars Weekends. This was a special rate though for Priceline.com that ran the last 2 weeks of May through the first 2 weeks of June, and the rate only became available at the end of April. My parents had a split stay at Sports and Music during the same week and had no problem requesting an adjoining room to ours at ASM for the latter part of their trip.
I'd love to see this rate made available again but it's one of those things you can't bank on -- it was a surprise thing that Disney just did due to those hotels not being filled to capacity during that timespan, and we made a spur of the moment decision to go the same day we learned of that rate (on the DIS boards, of course."
and
"They did not advertise it when it happened -- it showed up on the DISboards on this same board. Here's the original thread -- you can see that the boards pretty much went nuts that day with people booking reservations. I would just advise checking these boards every day in case there is news of it happening again. It was the first time I've ever know of Disney offering their hotels to Priceline.
Additionally, the best advice I can give to do Disney for less than rack rate is to be very flexible on your dates. We go every year, but we rarely know more than a month or two out as to when we're going. Whenever we find a low rate, via a newspaper code, postcard or whatever the case may be, we book the trip. With the Priceline trip last year, those dates lined up with $169 round-trip airfare on United out of Chicago as well, so it was truly our cheapest trip to date -- and our first time at the All Stars as a family too. Coronado Springs is our favorite resort, and we've stayed there almost every other year, and we have never paid more than $89/night for that either. Two years ago we booked Port Orleans Riverside for $79/night on a postcard code and got upgraded to Saratoga Springs on arrival. We have had very good luck with last-minute trips. You just have to be willing to jump on the good rates when they pop up."
Sounds awesome huh?
. Wow, those rates sound great. Unfortunately as a family of 5 we cannot stay in the Values except for the new suites but those have higher rates. We are even limited to POR in the mods. Hence the reason we bought into DVC this January.
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I am just checking in; getting my daily fill (first round) of The Dis... 
But now he feels bad that I have all this extra work and he doesn't mind when I need to get my Dis fix. Anyway, hope everyone's enjoying their morning Dis wake up! 
Toodellooooooo........
(not quite an Irish dancer but the closest there is 
I too have been frequenting the FW boards and checking out camping or should I say tenting,
The side that finally got a taste of an awesome family vacation says what am I talking about
) and this morning I should be doing something else, but I couldn't resist finding out what everyone is talking about!
of Dis' forum, lol
30mins b4 the alarm is about to go off!!
but I have heard that in order to get rid of a addiction, you must want to quit deep down your gut, 
We will most certainly do a used camper. Don't want the payment of a new one! I actually calculated gas mileage for us from NH to WDW and it would be under $650 with tolls. About 1/2 as much as it would be for us to all fly, bot to mention the lower cost of campsites to hotel rooms. We have a nice chunk of change saved, we are still undecicive! of what we want to do... I hate to see it go!
I was very excited to see a new post! 
Kepp Posting!
