Priceline Express Deals

[Deebee_7]

Coronado springs I think.

 

[JJTNY]

3.5 starts Bonnet Creek queen beds, fridge, 179.0 (half off). CBR?

I'd ignore amenities like fridge, those are wrong and confusing on a bunch of properties.
Compare location (BC or DS), guest ratings, resort ratings and review count to narrow down.

There have been CSR deals in April lately, so very, very likely what you are seeing is that. (Haven't seen a Caribbean hidden deal in years I think!)

I have a resort matcher to help people narrow down Priceline Express resorts in BC, DS and UOR areas.

 

[TQrtrms]

Anyone ever book using the price breakers and actually able to get the better deal? I know great chances of not getting AOA but $111 would be fabulous. Its gotta be to good to be true.

 

[JJTNY]

In the several years I have tracked Priceline deals, I have never heard of a price breaker being the Disney resort - in reality, the trick for PBs is to check each hotel listed individually for the same dates. Whichever is cheapest will almost certainly be your deal. In this one, I'd 99.44% guess you'd end up with Wyndham Garden Orlando Airport.

Also: How do they even group AoA with either of these hotels? They are all so different in location and type. I can't imagine anyone going to WDW and hoping for AoA would be fine with getting an MCO area location and commuting to the parks.

Anyone ever book using the price breakers and actually able to get the better deal? I know great chances of not getting AOA but $111 would be fabulous. Its gotta be to good to be true.


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[kmhowell]

It's encouraging to see this thread pick back up some in 2025! I hope this trend continues! Does anyone have the Disney Wholesale number saved to call to get your reservation number? I use Capital One to book a quick weekend stay and the number they gave me (by email of phone) isn't working. I tried calling Disney directly and they weren't able to help because I used a third party to book. Then I remembered having to call Dis Wholesale in the past when I used Hotwire or PE! Thanks in advance old friends!

 

[Lewisc]

Also: How do they even group AoA with either of these hotels? They are all so different in location and type. I can't imagine anyone going to WDW and hoping for AoA would be fine with getting an MCO area location and commuting to the parks.

Whyndham site says

We’re near Walt Disney World Resort, where you can visit Cinderella’s Castle in Magic Kingdom® Park and travel the world at Epcot®. Enjoy thrilling rides at Universal Studios Florida™,

I've never seen that kind of offer with hotels in completely different zones.

People booking that deal have to assume they ll get the cheapest hotel, airport.

A person looking for an airport hotel has to assume he'll be the 1 in a 100 who gets AoA.

Edited to add. The only thing that makes sense, the poster selected 3 zones, PL assumes the guest didn't care which zone and offered one hotel from each.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

It's encouraging to see this thread pick back up some in 2025! I hope this trend continues! Does anyone have the Disney Wholesale number saved to call to get your reservation number? I use Capital One to book a quick weekend stay and the number they gave me (by email of phone) isn't working. I tried calling Disney directly and they weren't able to help because I used a third party to book. Then I remembered having to call Dis Wholesale in the past when I used Hotwire or PE! Thanks in advance old friends!

407-939-7671

 

[kmhowell]

407-939-7671

Thank you so much! They got it all straightened out.

 

[MarBee]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know if the check-in day free water park deal applies if you’re booking through a third party like Priceline?

 

[Blumst]

Hey everyone,

We have a trip coming up in September with my in-laws where we booked OKW as a DVC rental from 09/13/25 through 09/20/25. I’ve been checking Priceline for Disney rooms for 9/12/25.

Our search is 5 adults, two children (8&3), with 2 rooms. I show the attached express deal for a 3.5 star, 8+ with 700 reviews in Bonnet Creek. Only Coronado matches when I do the search outside of Express deals. What do people think and is $216 a night there a good deal?

 

[MarBee]

Hey everyone,

We have a trip coming up in September with my in-laws where we booked OKW as a DVC rental from 09/13/25 through 09/20/25. I’ve been checking Priceline for Disney rooms for 9/12/25.

Our search is 5 adults, two children (8&3), with 2 rooms. I show the attached express deal for a 3.5 star, 8+ with 700 reviews in Bonnet Creek. Only Coronado matches when I do the search outside of Express deals. What do people think and is $216 a night there a good deal?

I won’t steer you as to the guess but you’re going at one of the more affordable times of year. I think you’ll find a much better deal if you wait till closer. YMMV though

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone know if the check-in day free water park deal applies if you’re booking through a third party like Priceline?

Yep...you get it.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

Hey everyone,

We have a trip coming up in September with my in-laws where we booked OKW as a DVC rental from 09/13/25 through 09/20/25. I’ve been checking Priceline for Disney rooms for 9/12/25.

Our search is 5 adults, two children (8&3), with 2 rooms. I show the attached express deal for a 3.5 star, 8+ with 700 reviews in Bonnet Creek. Only Coronado matches when I do the search outside of Express deals. What do people think and is $216 a night there a good deal?

The amenities do not match....there are major discrepancies....like the 216 room says full kitchen.

I agree the number of reviews, location, and "stars" match.....but I would not risk it.

Closely examine the amenities.....has some major differences

 

[Tom_E_D]

Hey everyone,

We have a trip coming up in September with my in-laws where we booked OKW as a DVC rental from 09/13/25 through 09/20/25. I’ve been checking Priceline for Disney rooms for 9/12/25.

Our search is 5 adults, two children (8&3), with 2 rooms. I show the attached express deal for a 3.5 star, 8+ with 700 reviews in Bonnet Creek. Only Coronado matches when I do the search outside of Express deals. What do people think and is $216 a night there a good deal?

On JJTNY's tracker, Club Wyndham Bonnet Creek also matches on star rating, guest rating and number of reviews.



@JJTNY, looking at the screen shot, I'm startled by the Resort fee for Coronado Springs. That has to be a mistake. Is it theirs or yours?

 

[Blumst]

That’s pretty tricky that it didn’t populate as a non-express deal. Thank you, can someone re-post the tracker link?

 

[Tom_E_D]

That’s pretty tricky that it didn’t populate as a non-express deal. Thank you, can someone re-post the tracker link?

Tracker link: https://c3acv367.caspio.com/dp/a6b6c000276612e50f7b4f49b7fb

 

[JJTNY]

Hey everyone,

We have a trip coming up in September with my in-laws where we booked OKW as a DVC rental from 09/13/25 through 09/20/25. I’ve been checking Priceline for Disney rooms for 9/12/25.

Our search is 5 adults, two children (8&3), with 2 rooms. I show the attached express deal for a 3.5 star, 8+ with 700 reviews in Bonnet Creek. Only Coronado matches when I do the search outside of Express deals. What do people think and is $216 a night there a good deal?

I have not seen any Disney resorts anywhere outside of the two weeks in April right now - that 3.5* 700 reviews deal is almost certainly at Wyndham Bonnet Creek.

 

[JJTNY]

By the way everyone: CSR and Wyndham Bonnet creek do look similar these days - but WBC is easy to spot with the kitchen mention in room types.

Also: Priceline is being tricky: Normally WBC will only show up on searches 2-nights or longer because that resort requires a 2-night stay (or at least they have for years.), but lately these hidden deals are also showing up on 1-night searches.

Not sure if they've changed the booking rule - but I think the best tactic to discern a deal is for CSR or WBC when you see one on a 1-night search is to try looking for multiple nights and see if a non-hidden WBC deal appears. Then, sort the results by Guest Rating and it will likely place the hidden deal next to WBC in the results and give it away.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

I believe in the fine print that any additional resort and/or parking fee is listed in any ED.

WBC has a major resort fee.

But CSR does not have either......helps you distinguish between CSR and WBC

.....sometimes the parking is reflected in the "opposite" way.......one resort may not spell out "free parking" and the other one will have it listed.

 

[JJTNY]

I believe in the fine print that any additional resort and/or parking fee is listed in any ED.

WBC has a major resort fee.

But CSR does not have either......helps you distinguish between CSR and WBC

.....sometimes the parking is reflected in the "opposite" way.......one resort may not spell out "free parking" and the other one will have it listed.

I've noticed that quite often, the WBC deals (both hidden and non-) do not show any obvious resort fee line item at all.

For years, Priceline has been known to randomly fail to list resort fees on hidden deals, but it seems to be a regular thing on WBC.

Of course, you can look at the "taxes and fees" line item and look for a beefier $ amount there, but one does have to know what that line should be close to.

Coronado hidden deal below, followed by Wyndham Bonnet Creek examples.