Shades of Green Description from 1991 Unofficial Guide to WDW

[Jodi1980]

From my 1991 guide:

Disney Inn (formerly the Golf Resort Hotel), which, in addition to being near the theme parks, offers 72 holes of golf. Walt Disney World transportation is by private car and shuttle bus.

288 rooms at $175-$185 per night!!!!

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

Wow! Interesting stuff! What is the price of CR?

 

[Jodi1980]

Rooms
Contemporary-$180-$410
Polynesian-$190-$245
Grand Floridian-$215-$235
Caribbean-$74-$99
Swan-$210-$425
Dolphin-$179-$475
Yacht Club and Beach Club-$175-$260
Port Orleans-$85-$130
Fort Wilderness-$34-$46 (campsite)
Fort Wilderness-$165 (trailer)

Shows
Polynesican Revue-$30 for adults
Mickey's Tropical Revue-$25 for adults; $20 for juniors (12-20)
and $11 for children (3-11)
Hoop Dee Doo Revue-$30 for adults

Passes (there are no prices mentioned as the book quotes 'WDW ticket prices seem to change about as often as the prime rate so no prices are mentioned in the book)
Parking $3
1-park/1-day ticket: Expect to pay about $33 for an adult
4- day all three parks passport: Expect to pay about $111 for an
adult
5- day plus super pass: Expect to pay about $144 for an adult
Annual passport: About $190

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

Those Rack rates from 12 years ago are about the discount rates we pay now! I wonder why PO and CBR are different rates?
Thanks for the flashback in time.

 

[Chip 'n Dale Express]

Originally posted by Jodi1980
Port Orleans-$5-$130

$5? Man... prices have sure gone up! LOL

 

[Jodi1980]

I stayed at the Caribbean, I believe in 1992, it was considered a value resort.

 

[SueM in MN]

I wonder why PO and CBR are different rates?

Just a guess, based on having stayed at both CBR and PO the years they opened.
CBR was the first WDW resort that wasn't a deluxe when it opened in 1988. It was a new class of hotel (and I think you are right, Jodi, that it was a "Value Resort"). Since it was a new thing for Disney, they didn't really know what price to use and I don't know if they were even sure it would be successful. I think the prices the year they opened were $69, $79 and $89. The price and the hotel were advertised a lot, so when they found out it would still fill up if they increased the price, it was not easy to raise it and they kind of edged it up a little each year.
PO opened in 1991 as a Value Resort. Since it was new, they could start out with a higher price point. I know the first year we stayed there, it was because CBR was full. After staying at CBR for a few years, we didn't want to go back to staying off-site, but the deluxes were too much money for us. So we were really happy to pay the little extra to stay at PO.