Rumored deals???

[cglaura]

Me too! The 4/3 deal or 5/2 deal does not help me much for this trip, unless they also offer the $200 gift card

Bummer, me either. My AAA room only w/ undercovertourist would be less. Here's hoping for gift cards too!

 

[sharadoc]

not with a 4/3 deal. Call and see if they have a room available for your dates using a AAA discount, then get a AAA membership if they do. At least that is better than no discount!

You have to give them your AAA number when you make the reservation, but if you don't have one yet, you can tell Disney you'll call them back with it and they'll hold your reservation for a day. Then join when you know you can use it. We did that last year - the 4/3 deal didn't work for us but we got a AAA discount, so that was better than nothing!

 

[M&M mom]

I think it stinks that the offer for the value resort isn't going to be the same as the others. I just booked for March, 10 nights at ASMu. I think they should offer the same deal for all resorts if they are going to offer one.

 

[Tinkerbellie16]

Well, I'd just be happy if they offered discounts! Here's to hoping, right folks???

 

[PrincessDreamer]

not with a 4/3 deal. Call and see if they have a room available for your dates using a AAA discount, then get a AAA membership if they do. At least that is better than no discount!

Luckily, I already have a AAA membership. I already made a reservation without applying it though. But, if they still have rooms available, I should be okay to change, right?

 

[srgibbs]

subscribing to this thread. Hoping to go 1st week of Feb. Stayed at WL last time but would love to try the Poly if a great special came along.

 

[Stinky_Pete]

I think it stinks that the offer for the value resort isn't going to be the same as the others. I just booked for March, 10 nights at ASMu. I think they should offer the same deal for all resorts if they are going to offer one.

This is nothing new. Many packages have different room discounts based on the resort level. It's about supply and demand. WDW isn't having as difficult of a time filling value rooms as they are mod and deluxe, so they sweeten the deal to get folks to book those.

Personally, I'll be thrilled if it's 4/3 and available the week before Christmas. I really want to go to the WL that week and this deal would make it possible.

 

[cmaee]

I think it stinks that the offer for the value resort isn't going to be the same as the others. I just booked for March, 10 nights at ASMu. I think they should offer the same deal for all resorts if they are going to offer one.

Price it out. You might be surprised to see that a moderate won't cost you that much more. I know I ran my figures based on Easter week (I really hope they offer this deal for then) and there was less than $100 difference. Now I may be doing my calculations wrong , but I think I figured it correctly.

 

[discorsner]

so in the rumored deal you have to buy the same number of days as the rooms? Then what about APs???

Annual Passholders wont make out at all on this deal then!

 

[smcdaniel4688]

i see alot of people hoping for a deal so that they can upgrade to a mod or dlx. i just want a deal so that a weeks stay in disney doesnt cost me an arm and a leg! we went during peak season this year and paid about $1400 less than what i just booked for Feb 2010! We did the same length of stay, same tix, same dining plan, same hotel but got the 4/3 deal with the $200 gift card. I understand that prices go up each year, but $1400????? i think it stinks if they dont offer the same deal at the value as they do at the others. i am at my hotel so little that upgrading doesnt benefit me at all. if they want to book up the hotels, offer great deals at them ALL.....at this point, i am keeping my fingers crossed for free dining. it would save me ALOT more than a 5/2 "deal".......

 

[VeroBeach]

so in the rumored deal you have to buy the same number of days as the rooms? Then what about APs???

Annual Passholders wont make out at all on this deal then!

Please do the math.

With existing October - December AP discounts, when staying for 7 nights, the rates are extremely comparable - within a few dollars per night.

If staying for less than 7 nights or more than 7 nights, the AP rates are usually better.

 

[discorsner]

Please do the math.

With existing October - December AP discounts, when staying for 7 nights, the rates are extremely comparable - within a few dollars per night.

If staying for less than 7 nights or more than 7 nights, the AP rates are usually better.

Gee sorry! This is my first time as an AP and I do not know what the typical rates are that are given so it wasnt a matter of not doing the math!

I'll try harder next time.

I'm also planning for January or March so as far as I know there is no existing AP rates.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Price it out. You might be surprised to see that a moderate won't cost you that much more. I know I ran my figures based on Easter week (I really hope they offer this deal for then) and there was less than $100 difference. Now I may be doing my calculations wrong , but I think I figured it correctly.

I did the calculation for value season and got $210 more to upgrade to moderate.

 

[TJA]

I think the thing that a lot of AP holders are thinking about, including me, is last April spring break the 4/3 was offered during that period and it was a huge savings over any type of AP discount offered during that frame -- I think AP discounts were blacked out during that frame anyway.

Not sure how Jan-Mar will play out, but normally there is a decent AP discount offered during Jan and early Feb. It's a wait and see game, I guess!

 

[Wrexie]

I recently booked 6 nights at CBR for Jan. 2-8. When they've done the buy 4, get 3 in the past, if you were only staying 6 nights, could you get the last 2 nights free if your dates fall in the right ones for the offer and they've got availability?

Here's hoping for a great deal that will make everyone happy!

 

[lovesdumbo]

I think the thing that a lot of AP holders are thinking about, including me, is last April spring break the 4/3 was offered during that period and it was a huge savings over any type of AP discount offered during that frame -- I think AP discounts were blacked out during that frame anyway.

Not sure how Jan-Mar will play out, but normally there is a decent AP discount offered during Jan and early Feb. It's a wait and see game, I guess!

Last January the AP discount on deluxe rooms was $96.

If you only compare room costs the 4/3 deal beats all deluxe room rates at $96 off rack rate. It is only better by about $50 on the 7 night stay for a standard view at WL but if you want say AKL club (like I do) it is better by $425 which is substantial. I am planning a trip with just me & a child under 10 so it would cost me about $445 to purchase 4 day tickets for the 2 of us. I probably would book this deal and at least have those tickets for future use rather than book AP to save $20. I would rather save the $425 now.

 

[Bambi222]

subcribing...

A deal this Sunday sounds great! I will be checking everyday regardless.

I am not too picky about any deal when it comes to saving $$. But, I am very excited about 4/3. I just don't think my family would eat enough to really take advantage of free dining. But if offered it we would take it.

 

[n2mm]

I'm also planning for January or March so as far as I know there is no existing AP rates.

But there will be!! I've been an AP holder since 1995 and rest assure, there will be AP discounts in January and most likely in March too. Since Easter is early April, expect to see a blackout the week before and the week after Easter Sunday.

Personally, I would love to see some new AP discounts this year like 50% off rooms, a discount off of the dining plan. Last year I got a new AP discount and I wrote a letter after taking part in it to tell the passholder office how great it was to do something different. Not sure if you had read about it. Last fall they offered a shopping trip discount. It was for a very short window for 2 weeks in November. I got 50% off of my room at a value resort and I got a 35% discount on all merchandise. We jumped on it and flew down for a quick 3 day shopping visit. It was the first time they had ever done something like this before. (As a family of a former CM, it was like being a CM again.) Not sure if I could do it this year as we have a trip in October and a trip in December (january too), so it might be hard to squeeze another trip in. While the General Public gets some of these promotions we too, as AP holders, get some pretty good perks that they don't get. 50% off mini golf, $25 off the TiW dining discount card, special soft opennings of events and rides, discounts on tours, and the fact that we don't have to buy a ticket to get the ddp added to our reservation.

 

[marcielm]

If it comes out that the values will be a 5-2 deal, the offer does us no good, because we can only go for 5 nights. We are going during spring break, and with having to drive 24hrs, we don't have 7 nights to spend at WDW.

I did the calcs on my trip, and it would be about $100 more for our friends to stay at POR, and $800 less for us, because we wouldn't be in a family suite. If we went with the 4-3 at a mod vs. the values. This is with our baby being person #5 in their room. However, that isn't much of a savings off the rack rate we are currently booked at. GRRRRR.

I'm now on the watch for a great room-only rate to come out, or possibly another package deal. I saw at mousesavers.com that last year they had all 3 available during the week of March we are looking to go.

 

[pluto2010]

When I first booked last year on the day the deal came out I booked it with 7 day tickets. I wasn't really given a choice. Then I read on the Dis that you could book online with 1 day tickets so I called and asked if I could change it to 1 day and they let me.

I also booked 4/3 deal for May last year. I bought 8 day tickets with that package as my AP had expired. I didn't think I'd be back to WDW until Jan 10 so I figured I would buy new AP's then. But then we ended up going to WDW in July so I upgraded the 1 day tickets I saved from Jan to AP's (with the 10% discount card they had at the time so same price as renewal).

Hello - do you remember when you were able to book the 4/3 for May/when it came out?

Hoping for last week of April/1st week of May myself!

Cheers