moaning all, couldn't sleep, 5 am came a bit too quickly this morning. GD is winning today
Nice! Congrats! Is he single? KIDDING! mostly
Make sure to check both FLO and APH! It doesn't happen often, but in April they were different last minute! I also was able to get a cheaper room and rate last minute. I think I changed all that 2-3 days before check-in due to the 3RD party people releasing all their rooms back to Uni and people cancelling I assume. Haven't read any one else's thoughts though. I've never booked 3rd party. I like going directly to them. I have trust issues.
So they changed the way they describe all of these on their site. PBH and HRH are Premiere, then RPR and Sapphire are Preferred, and CB is Prime Value? Why? because they want to confuse everyone! When I went in April PBH was much cheaper than RPR. Even for the same level of rooms! I didn't mind. I like the boat ride.
I think they should have kept the three with express in one group and the other two in a different group. I think they did it just to express the "niceness" of the hotel not the benefits but... people are going to be confused! I'm already seeing it.
can't fault a gal for trying!
believe the 3rd party releases tend to be bit earlier. Convention blocks released 30 - 15 days out. Normal cancellation of 5 days can help the cause.
mac - i still hate that loews pulled the youfirst perk from HRH. Haven't been back since.
PBH is my fav, as carole would say...it's lush
love that it's poolscapes are varied, room to hide from noise if you desire, & fact that suites have 2 bathrooms & 2 keurig machines lol. Resort is quieter overall, something that can be very appealing after long day in parks to me. Have never, ever, seen rates less than RPR for any dates I 've priced this year.
I'm a worrier, felt uneasy when reading the new classifications. Surprised to see RPR lumped with Sapphire since it doesn't have FOTL perk. Hope that fact doesn't foreshadow RPH possibly losing the privledge (sigh).
Have read 2nd hand accounts that Sapphire isn't selling well. Then, watched the various dining ccredit promotions roll out, which seems to support the rooms not filling up. They are supposed to rely on conventions, but until they book, may be seeing more deals to try and entice the Cabana Bay market to spend a few more $$ a day.
I have mixed emotions as to Sapphire possibly getting the FOTL perk. At times the system seems to be overloaded as it the last few years during busy times. Don't think parks could handle it, unless they sell less to day guests. as if lol! Perhaps they may do that version of FOTL - one per attraction as a compromise?
will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Thanks everyone for all the input on rooms. Still waiting to hear back from my SIL on if they've booked flights for my nephew yet (don't want to reserve the room until I actually know the dates). Definitely confusing on the different categories but since really all we're going to use it for is sleeping and the EE/EP (if we even do it), I guess I won't get too worried as long as I know what they include. And I've never even tried Priceline Janet so won't be doing that. And hey, let me know if/when you're around if you have any free time - whether August or October! I really hope to meet up with some of you guys this time and will attempt to avoid a car accident like last year as an excuse to get out of it.
DS is reverting back to his training, appears we will be commando'ing thru the parks in August. Will catch you in October
). Ok back to thread, r we talking October? 
