A very pleasant shock, though. I loved my anniversary present, too; I couldn't believe it when I walked into the room and saw an almost-lifesize portrait of our Molly.
Sorry to hear about this. Hope everything goes OK & you heal quickly. That's awful it was postponed at the last minute.
I know it's important to have something to look forward to and your Disney trip is the perfect thing to get you thru.
Cheer up!Let us know how you're doing. Hope you don't have to postpone, but if you do, Disney World will still be there waiting for you.
Lives4Disney
Heather, thanks so much for posting about your trip. It looked like a wonderful experience. Reading about it made me tear up, especially the picture of your baby and the lovely orchid. I'm glad the took steps to make things right for you.
Jenins, I hope everything works out for you. Best wishes!
Ugh - so sorry to hear this! Completely unacceptable!
If it makes you feel better, when I booked all my own reservations for our Dec. trip (and we're a huge group, so I was booking under the 180+10 rule with Group Dining), I was able to get everything at the 190-day mark, minus CRT. The great CM I was working with at Group Dining said it was common for only a couple of tables to be released before the 180-day mark, and to call back at the 180-day mark from when we wanted to dine. I did, and got the reservation with no problem.
Heather, your trip sounded divine!I'm so glad they made everything so special for you and your DH this time around. And thanks for posting pics of your room - DH and I are booked in one of the RPC Honeymoom rooms in Nov/Dec, and have requested one of the octagonal rooms. I'm glad to see what it looks like with the refurbishment (although I'm sad to see the old decor gone
). I was really hoping for some different theming, but it looks like that bland comforter will be in every room.
I can live with the TV being exposed, but those rooms need COLOR!
I'll reserve total judgment until I see it myself, but I'm very underwhelmed. I'm already holding a reservation for next Dec. for a few nights (likely splitting with BWI or AKL), and I just wonder if I'll feel like staying there if I hate the room decor (and paying those prices). Time will tell, I guess!
It said to call CRO so I'm thinking and Hoping that the 2008 prices just aren't in the system yet!
And I thought I was the super-planner this time because I was booking this trip almost a year out!
I'm with you Lives4Disney, we always plan 4 or 5 months out, and for next week's trip I only booked 1 month out!
Well, I guess I'll call CRO to try and book or at least see if AAA is still available. I think we're going to do a split stay next June or July.
With the crazy rates, we'll still do RPC at GF but I think we're going to try AKL concierge and YC GVC also!
Their website is so screwy, but maybe you're right and they aren't done w/2008 rates.
It's tough to justify when we've stayed so many times at a much lower rate.
(love this little guy )
There is a lot I love about RPC and the GF but I can deal with not being so in love with the Swan for 1/5 the cost. I am not sure I can stomach the other Disney resorts for the rates they are charging. I LOVE the GF, that's why I would pay but I think I have reached my max.
) posted some photos of her lodge tower room. If you look at the dates of the posts, hers fall somewhere in the middle to end of July 07. Hope that helps and you can find them.....lots of pages back!
GRrrr is right. Kinda rude. Sounds like sour grapes to me, haha. A little jealousy over there, maybe? , but I have my max I feel comfortable paying. I have been there too many times and remember the $500 days so the $990s for spring break are not doing it for ME. If I want WDW, I will stay during value season with AP or AAA rate! I think everybody likes a deal and a deal to me may not be a deal to somebody else. I will have to just reserve judgement until I seethe rooms in person, but from pics I have seen, I really prefer the colors and themes of the old rooms.
It said to call CRO so I'm thinking and Hoping that the 2008 prices just aren't in the system yet!
And I thought I was the super-planner this time because I was booking this trip almost a year out!
I'm with you Lives4Disney, we always plan 4 or 5 months out, and for next week's trip I only booked 1 month out!
Well, I guess I'll call CRO to try and book or at least see if AAA is still available. I think we're going to do a split stay next June or July.
With the crazy rates, we'll still do RPC at GF but I think we're going to try AKL concierge and YC GVC also!
Every once in a while I go to the Disney website and out of curiousity put in some dates etc....sometimes it says I am looking outside their booking window.
I think split stays will be in our future, too. It IS kind of fun to do. I just can't stomach the cost of 9-10 RPC nts anymore and that would be the main reason for our split stays. I don't know if I have changed or what or if I am just feeling the lacking Disney service/magic because we did pay it over Xmas and spring break and many times before, but I do remember the magic was wearing kind of thin for that rate.
I remember 3 summers ago RPC DELUXE cost $515/nt. What a deal back then - AND it was available!!!
I think I will save RPC for shorter or split stays or special occaisions.
Lives4Disney
Alice no disrespect but I think he meant if you can afford it then pay it without complaining.
I don't think he meant you should not stay where you want to stay, just that if you want concierge and the price goes up, prepare to pay more.
What time were you calling? I find that after about 1 a.m. EST (or sometimes earlier) the site won't pull rates up, and tells you to call CRO (and of course, they're closed!).
Hope you get what you want today!
Yes, these prices are truly unbelievable. It's funny how you become numb to it to a certain degree (or maybe it's just trying to justify it to yourself). As much as we love the deluxe resorts, we may find ourselves having to dip back down to moderates occasionally - we do really like CBR, and haven't stayed at POR yet. I could see us doing that with no problem on more "park heavy" trips. Our problem is that we've now come to see our resort stays as a HUGE part of the enjoyment of our trips, so it's a little harder to not be somewhere that you absolutely positively want to be. Something will have to give, though, as rates climb into the stratosphere. I wish I was enamored with the S/D, but I'm just not. Our one experience there was fine, but nothing memorable, and some parts just downright irritating. I think I'd prefer to stay at CBR before I went back to the S/D!
I am really thankful for my DVC now - just wishing now that I hadn't coughed up all my points for the next 2 years to bring my family this Dec.!
They may just decide Easter at home is the better option anyway. I am having trouble getting thrilled about S/D option but then again it's a long way out! I just felt pressure to commit to book due to the WDW rates and the nice Swan rate available now. Maybe a split stay is in my future for spring. Time will tell.
