Originally Posted By mag2b My family and I are annual pass holders and we are running into a problem with using the new discount codes and I think everyone should be made aware. For some time we have been annual pass holders and as some of you may know there are special 3 letter codes that give discounts. We wait for them every year and today 2/22/06 the new code came out. This year we managed to scrape together enough money to be able to stay at the Contemporary and the discount code would have really helped out except for one tiny detail. The code is NOT acceptable for the Magic Kingdom view in the hotel. I was befuddled by this so I asked for a supervisor who confirmed that the codes do carry limitations and “Besides, those rooms are already booked so it doesn’t make sense for us to offer discounts to people who are already staying here.†I cannot believe how cheap Disney has become lately. I mean, compared to off-property hotels, you get nothing … you are paying all that money for the ambiance and just the ambiance. They took the Contemporary and added a $50 charge per night for Magic Kingdom facing rooms … I mean, don’t get me wrong both my family and I love Disney and have been going there for years but when you are making money hand over fist is it really necessary to gouge people for everything at every turn. I’m sorry … I didn’t mean to rant like that but god … ya know? Thank-you for listening to me and I have appreciated everyone’s suggestions and feedback over the years … I have never posted but I listen to all of you and … THANK-YOU!!! James
Originally Posted By Labuda Sorry you ran into that issue, James, but glad you got it all worked out!
Originally Posted By Brian Noble AP discounts (and resort discounts in general) have *always* been used to fill rooms that aren't otherwise filled. That's why they are announced rather late in the game, and that's why some views at some resorts are always hard to come by with discounts. As much as we love it, it's a business. It doesn't love us back.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<I cannot believe how cheap Disney has become lately. I mean, compared to off-property hotels, you get nothing … you are paying all that money for the ambiance and just the ambiance. They took the Contemporary and added a $50 charge per night for Magic Kingdom facing rooms … I mean, don’t get me wrong both my family and I love Disney and have been going there for years but when you are making money hand over fist is it really necessary to gouge people for everything at every turn.>> Weren't MK views always a premium compared to other "views"? Most of the deluxes, not sure about the moderates all have different room views that are priced differently. If people are willing to pay for it, why shouldn't Disney charge extra. Unless their now filing as a non-profit. We all could probably throw out some business cliche about the economics of it all. The bottomline is in the world of Disney fandom, ambience, magic, pixie dust, whatever you want to call it, has a price. And everyone of us on here has a limit on what is and isn't worth the magic. That's why some people pay for concierge service and others stay offsite. Some people have to have a meal at CRT, not me. If I'm going to spend that type of money on a princess, I better get more than a meal and a picture.
Originally Posted By mele <<I'm going to spend that type of money on a princess, I better get more than a meal and a picture. >> I don't think Disney wants to make more money by adding THAT feature. ;-)
Originally Posted By danyoung Seems to me that, if the rooms were indeed booked, then there's not really an issue. But if they have some policy about not allowing you to book the MK facing rooms using an AP discount, then that's just wrong.
Originally Posted By hopemax >Weren't MK views always a premium compared to other "views"? < No, that is new this year.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Yea it just became a whole new room category in its own I thought. I stayed there last December, with an MK view. We got it with our Florida Resident discount.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney I am no Disney apologist, but I see nothing wrong with that at all. Those rooms are highly coveted -- and with the ongoing renovations -- BY FAR the nicest, highest-end standard rooms on WDW property. They have every right to discount whatever rooms they want. Seems to me it's a lot tougher to fill all those rooms at the values and moderates than a very small amount of premium view rooms at the closest resort to the MK. And, often times, I have had a hard time booking into standard view rooms at deluxes with discounts as they have only offered or had more inventory on 'view' rooms. This has been especially the case at the WL and Boardwalk.
Originally Posted By danyoung >They have every right to discount whatever rooms they want.< That's true. But if the discount for a premium is $50 off the rack rate, then what does it matter to Disney if an AP'er is saving $50 off of a standard view room or $50 off of a MK view room whose rack rate is higher anyway? Seems like they're being somewhat exclusive needlessly. Perhaps a few hundred pissed off AP'ers will make a difference - it has before!
Originally Posted By Brian Noble You are assuming demand is inelastic and equally distributed, but it isn't. If the MK view is always a sellout, but the standard view room is not, then it makes perfectly good sense to discount the latter (encouraging more sales) but not the former.
Originally Posted By danyoung ^^ I can see that, but I don't have to like it. I have a potential stay at the Contemp coming up in September, and I really want a MK view, like I had the last time I stayed there. This is one of those times where what makes sense to Disney doesn't matter much to me - I want the benefits to work in my favor, dang it!!!
Originally Posted By Mouskateer <<I cannot believe how cheap Disney has become lately. I mean, compared to off-property hotels, you get nothing … you are paying all that money for the ambiance and just the ambiance.>>> Disney now has taken all three All Stars and the Pop Century and added a $20 a night fee to the rooms near the main pool and food court.. It's all about the view, and what the market can handle. Like any business Disney is all about making a profit.. We love Disney and grumble when things change especially when it hits you in the pocket.. We still go and love the place to death.. Maybe if enough people complian they might change it back, but I doubt it...
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Disneys still selling these rooms so I highly doubt it will be changed back
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire I went online to DisneyWorld.com and logged on to the passholder page. It says the MK view room is available. When I called a couple days ago for price ideas, they told me it was available too. I did not have to give them any code, they said they had it already.
