Hi! I'm going in October, also. I did reservations w/ the AAA discount and was planning on buying a membership prior to my trip unless I got a better rate somehow. Then I got a special offer to join through Mypoints that was going to give me 1000 pts to join anyway, so I went ahead and did it. BUT, I am still hoping for a better rate, either through a general discount, or, if I reach a break even point, by purchasing an AP. The AP break even gets complicated, though, when you start trying to figure in dining discounts also, arghhhhh!
I did call CRO today to check for a PIN code (just in case) and spoke with a wonderfully helpful CM (Pamela Jean) who said (and I quote) "Oh! the PIN codes aren't even out for that time period
yet, so keep checking back!" She also made sure that my e-mail address was in "both systems" (and she referred to both the reservations system and some other system where they keep family info?) and found out that my e-mail was NOT listed in both systems and corrected that (the implication, I felt, was that I had a better chance of getting a code if it was entered twice.) She also made a point to tell me to tell my husband to NOT throw away a postcard if one came!

I tell the story about the e-mail entries because I had ressies for May that I had to cancel and had called repeatedly about those reservations and apparently the many CMs I spoke with before,
asking precisely the same question about a PIN code never made sure I was in "both systems."
Soooo, don't forget to call CRO and ask about PIN codes a little later, and make sure that you are entered everywhere in their system. If at first you don't receive a helpful CM, try again!
Have a wonderful Disney trip! We're currently booked at POFQ, but I keep second-guessing myself about the choice, yes, Romantic, but it seems to be a love-it or hate-it type of place . . .
