yep ...prices increased

[cwt580]

just priced our planned trip at online 2013 prices......our planned pkg has risen $500 in price for a week......

 

[hulagirl87]

I'm online now too, checking prices for 2013. I think we might move our trip to January to save a little, but man! still a lot more than I was planning on.

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

Ours is about $300-$400 more than it was when we went in 2011. For same time period, tickets, resort and dining.

 

[KristiKat]

I guess it could be worse. We are still hoping they renew the current military offer or at least start a new one of some kind. Got money saved up already but we still would like to save some $$ somewhere. The Military Salute tickets are a great deal and if they pick it up again or do something new we'll stay at a Disney Resort, if not it will be Shades of Green for us again this year. I'd rather stay at a Disney resort but like saving the money.

 

[cwt580]

on hold as we speak

 

[lillykat]

Yup they went up about $200 for the same week (priced out the last week in August for 2012 and 2013 to compare. 2012 standard view at AKL and WL are both the same price but for 2013 WL went up a lot. We were thinking of going to the WL but now AKL is cheaper and can get a pool view for $80 difference compared to $200 difference to go from standard to woods which is already more to start with.

 

[Pixiedust34]

That's a big increase. Does anyone have a link to the 2013 resort prices online?

 

[cwt580]

i just priced it out as a saved vacation offer.....this morning

 

[cwt580]

done..booked...cm was very pleasant

 

[dis_guy]

For our family's habits the increase was $8 per day per person, so about $320 more for a 10 day moderate stay with dining and park hopppers. As others said, it could be worse.

 

[Sue M]

Yikes, that's a high increase. I'm going to wait for discounts. Or at least see about a AAA room discount. Don't need tix. Have AP.

 

[KELLY]

Our increase if I compare is about 180.00 for 10 nights. I couldn't compare CSR since it wouldn't come up so I just did CBR. So I'm sure the total is more like 250.00.

 

[minderella]

Yikes, that's a high increase. I'm going to wait for discounts. Or at least see about a AAA room discount. Don't need tix. Have AP.

What is the advantage to waiting for discounts? I'm still new to this planning stuff, so forgive me. I was under the impression that if you booked and a discount became available during your planned stay, you could have the discount applied. Is that not correct?

 

[patclairesmom]

I just priced our 3 night at Caribbean with dining in Nov and it's about a $30 difference year over year.

 

[Paradise18]

I have been pricing things this morning and for the same time if year (2013) versus what we were going to do this year, the increase is about $270, which about 9% more. That is a lot.

 

[danceintherain]

What is the advantage to waiting for discounts? I'm still new to this planning stuff, so forgive me. I was under the impression that if you booked and a discount became available during your planned stay, you could have the discount applied. Is that not correct?

You can, but there are a few camps of thought on this matter (well and several variations...):
1) Disney looks at the currently booked rooms when deciding on discounts and releases room based on the remaining availability. If you are already booked into a room, it decreases the likelihood that your room category will be released at a discount. You can then switch to a different room to get a discount, but it seems that your original room will then be placed back into rack rate availability, which doesn't allow anyone else get your room at a discount either. This camp thinks that if everyone who wanted a discount waited until they were released before booking, the pool of rooms available at a discount would be greater, which would allow more people to get the discounts.

2) You should book the room category that you can live with without a discount, so you have something acceptable in the event that no discounts are released and everything gets booked.

3) It doesn't matter because Disney anticipates people altering their reservations when discounts are released, and takes that into consideration when releasing the discounts.

Ultimately, if you book now, you may very well keep yourself from getting a discount in the future. It really depends on what is the most important to you: a good deal or a particular room category. Obviously, it's very difficult to predict what Disney is going to offer in the future, so do whatever you feel comfortable with. The only reason I'll probably book a placeholder reservation in the future is in order to utilize the 180+10 for dining reservations. A discount is the most important thing to me, so it doesn't make much sense for me to get my heart set on a particular category, when there's no guarantee that I'll end up there.

 

[danceintherain]

I forgot to respond to the original topic.

I've been a bit removed from Disney prices recently, because I'm overseas and travel there isn't exactly convenient. I was a bit shocked when I saw the new prices. I guess it simply reiterates the fact that we need a good discount or we won't be staying on property any time soon.

I guess we'll see what happens...

 

[digiMom]

I think Disney wanted to get rid of the discounts and can't so they're upping the rack rates. I'm sure they have at least a rough outline of the discounts they expect to offer throughout 2013.

 

[tjmj9801]

The QSDP increased almost $300 for 4!

EDIT: I just realized that our stay is 2 days longer than usual. Still, cost per person per day went up, but not by as much as I originally thought.

 

[gtpoohbear]

Anybody else getting weird results with ticket prices on the packages? For the one I was looking at, the difference b/t 8 days and 9 days (Park hoppers, 2 adults, 1 child) is over $400!!! The difference in all the other days 6-7, 7-8, 9-10, is the usual $30 or so.

I don't remember this ever being the case before -is it a mistake or are they really discouraging 9 days for some reason??? This doesn't happen when I just try to buy tickets separately on the website. Any ideas???

10 Day Ticket $+63.90
9 Day Ticket $+417.95
8 Day Ticket $0.00
7 Day Ticket $-31.95
6 Day Ticket $-63.90
5 Day Ticket $-95.85
4 Day Ticket $-133.13
3 Day Ticket $-176.79
2 Day Ticket $-383.40
1 Day Ticket $-725.28