Originally Posted By liveforvacations rtjl72, I believe all the information with regard to AP rates at the hotels was on the AP site. Last time I looked, they even had the Hotel Availibility Calendar up and looked like it was providing accurate inf0rmation.
Originally Posted By liveforvacations susanmckay20, thank you for the offer! We have not decided what we are going to do in San Diego yet. We may come down by train, do Seaworld, stay over night and then do Coronado, Seaport village and a little tram tour. However, we also may skip Seaworld and just do the downtown/Coronado thing and do it in a day. I have been visiting the San Diego trip advisor site but I will definitely take you up on your offer of information if I have any questions!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 <<<<can't help myself! I am now going to go and look at the AP website calendar just because it is up and running again No need to look but it is calling me.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 OK, I'm happy now Looks like other DD may be able to swing staying at PPH in October. I've given her all the info about HoJo's and the e rate and I think she booked there. Maybe I'll leave it alone. Sorry for keeping this off topic!
Originally Posted By rtjl72 how exciting it is to hear about other moms planning vacations for their grown children's families!! after over a year of planning we leave tomorrow morning and i can hardly wait! just like probably many of my lp friends, i feel like a ten year old the day before disneyland!
Originally Posted By rtjl72 and tomorrow i will get my first ap!!!! a dream come true! even if i do live in iowa(it's ok to laugh)- i'm goin' to have me a ticket!(referring to the pass.) and with my shrewd calculations(insert rotfl)- and partly because i just want to have one and be able to know it is in my pocket- it will pay for itself with the discounts for all 9 of us.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 YAY for rtjl72! I'm sure we all understand the excitement of having an AP in your pocket Planning is a blast yet being in DLR is over the moon, isn't it?
Originally Posted By liveforvacations Congratulations ahead of time on your first AP! It is so exciting! I got my first one in October and I am the only one I know personally who has one. All the people I know don't even know what one is! It has certainly paid off for us as we went two times this year and stayed at the DLH and received all those discounts. Although, that was the hardest thing for me, trying to remember to take it out to get my discount. A couple of times I forgot and kicked myself! When it expires in October, it will become a souvenir! Have fun!
Originally Posted By rtjl72 thank you for the good wishes! i hope to give some awesome trip reports when i get back. look for me there in about 10 days.
Originally Posted By cptmemo Is there a list of days it is available? Or is it ALL days between now and Decemeber? We don't have AP's, but if the deal is good enough, we would buy them. thanks mary
Originally Posted By liveforvacations I believe that the AP rate is available for all days between now and December in theory. However, some of the dates are all ready sold out and some are coming up a lot more expensive. If you provided the dates you were looking for, we could look them up for you or you could also call Disney yourself and enquire about the dates using the AP7 code.
Originally Posted By jdurk The dates are listed on the annual passholder site under "hotel calendar." You have to have an AP barcode to access the site. It is a good deal, however. Earlier today when I looked, DLH was at $179 this coming week and a couple of weeks in August compared to a usual AP rate of $300 for summer. Various dates in September and October are listed and are as low as $149/$159 standard room at DLH with the Paradise Pier about $10-$20 lower. I only buy one AP (for the hotel/dining/shopping discounts) and hopper tickets for the rest of the family. We are out of town and only make 1 to 2 trips a year. If you call hotel reservations, they can probably help you with your dates and let you know what AP rates are available.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains The rates for my trip at the PPH are $139 for one night then $207 for the next... No avalibility for DLH... Oh well!
Originally Posted By cptmemo The days I was pondering are either 11/6-9 or 10/9-12. If someone checks those, that would be really cool! thanks! mary
Originally Posted By liveforvacations Okay, this is based on the Hotel Availibility Calendar. I cannot verify how updated it is! The calendar only goes to October so I can only give information for the dates of October 9-12: Paradise Pier Standard: $139.00 for Thursday and $207.00 for Friday and Saturday. Paradise Pier View: $159.00 for Thursday and $234.00 for Friday and Saturday. Paradise Pier Concierge: The rates were showing the same as the view rooms but I think this must be a glitch??? Disneyland Hotel Standard: Not available Disneyland Hotel View: $275.00 for the Thursday, $305.00 for the Friday and $275.00 for the Saturday. (It was interesting that the previous weekend was all $189.00 and the next Thur, Fri and Sat. was all $189.00) Disneyland Hotel Concierge: Not available Grand Californian Standard: all three nights are $324.00 Grand Californian View: all three nights are $365.00 Grand Californian Concierge: all three nights are $514.00 As you may know, all the above rates do not include tax or the resort fee of $11.50. Hope this helps! Sorry that I couldn't provide you with the November information but the October information probably gives you an idea. You can always call for the November dates!
Originally Posted By cptmemo Thanks for posting! I'm guessing its higher that weekend due to columbus day? Maybe not. Now to talk DH in to thinking it's a good idea! I'm going to call and ask for November as well. Thanks again for posting, I really appreciate it!
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Just checked our reservation for the special AP rate for Dec. DLH view room=$217.35 including tax + resort fee of $12.00+tax added daily. Friday and Saturday nights it jumped to $414.00 per night and Sunday it was $316.25 per night. DH was changing 2 reservations and making the Dec reservation at the same time and those weekend rates seemed OK until you see them in print ALSO, we are not guaranteed to stay in the same room due to the rate change. We are now in the midst of re planning our dates The Dec. rate calendar is not up yet Just a reminder to double check your dates and try to keep away from the weekends and holidays if possible.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Hi liveforvacations....Tink-Mobile here, we live in cloverdale , not too far from Vancouver ....almost all of our family are heading down this thursday afternoon..the oldest are home , we are very lucky to have our brother in law and family stay at our home while we are away, we are hoping to leave around 5pm 18.5 hours later we should be in stockton, .hope the weather improves a lil..here.we are staying at Hojo's...it is a great place to stay, we have been there twice, last christmas and then again in march...lorealle is such a sweetheart.. .we met shiva and tinkeroon on our last trip down, they live in the stockton area, there is a neat lil country breakfast resturante there where we stayed for three hours, just off I-5 we didn't want to leave them, they were so great, we are going to meet with them and the clones on our way down again, not sure when we will arrive, last time we left at 130 pm thru the border and got to stockton at about 745 the following morning, left stockton at 11am and got into Disney around 3;30, headed straight to the disney discount store at the orange grove mall i think it is called, there is a disney discount store sometimes in the Burlington mall just after bellingham, on the left hand side on the way down..I think exit 229. .they have great deals...on lots of things...that can cost big in the Downtown Disney Store.. .you can get membership card there which will save you even more between 10 and 15 percent...off everything, have you ever been dreamed....we haven't yet but maybe one day..we are meeting murfsmom, iianatoye, the Sub, who works at the photo pass when we are there, . Cindy my wife has just lost her sister a few days ago, and I, my brother a month back, we are planning to buy them each a brick....as well as ourselves one, you do such a great job on the imformation you give out...well done...take care. hope your next visit is a great one...our email is christmas-wishes@hotmail.com if you ever wish to say hi to us...bye for now The tink-mobile...Snowhite ...
