Originally Posted By mickeynewe I'm looking for discounted rates for October. If anyone hears of anything, PLEASE let me know! I've been calling every couple of days. I know its early yet, but we really want to stay on property, however we refuse to pay the full-rate when we know discount rates are available out there...especially in the off season! If I have any luck, I'll post the results here, too! Hopefully we will be as lucky as we have been in the past!!! Otherwise, will end up down the street. (sniffle, sniffle)
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Even a spell checker wouldn't have caught that one, mickeynewe. I remember my daughter turned in a report that she had spell checked. The first sentence read, "John Gruden is my favorite couch in the NFL." (Of course that was back when he was coaching the Raiders. Now he's just a coach that doesn't have a feel for defense at all. He didn't then either, but it was harder to admit it when he was a Raider.)
Originally Posted By mickeynewe LOL...I usually don't need a spell checker just an edit button so I can go back and fix my mistakes. My spelling is usually okay...lol...I just type too fast and use the wrong word! *makes silly face* Too bad they don't have a grammar checker! *big grin* I could really use that! I bet your daughter's teacher got a good chuckle out of that one! ºoº
Originally Posted By nemopoppins mickeynewe, didn't you say you hold annual passes? There should definitely be some annual pass rates come October, but I hope they're better than the ones they're offering this year for September (when I'm going): $159. We'll be seven and we need two rooms, so that is pretty prohibitive. Last year, I believe the AP rate for the same period was $89. Last year we didn't have annual passes. We get them every other year so we can use one year's passes for two summer trips. I wonder why they are so high this year?
Originally Posted By love DL So if I do not have AP's the disney visa also gives you a discount at DLH? Do I call the hotel direct to find rates? Is AAA worth investing into? Do you get discounts with AAA? I have never stayed at DLH and really want to but have to find a good deal to convince the hubby. We will be staying for 7 nights?
Originally Posted By mickeynewe I have found that the Annual Pass rate gives the best rate of all. Our APs are expired right now, but I would definitely re-invest in one to get the deal! We do the same thing as you nemopoppins with the APs and park hoppers. Best way to work the system! To get the AP rate I will have to purchase at least one AP in advance, but I have been waiting to see if the rates are going to be worth it. I got the $89 rate last year, but just want to be sure I get a comparable rate again. As far as AAA goes, we have that also. At best, it gives you like a 10% discount but that doesn't bring the price of the rooms down much! So, if that is the only reason you want to get a AAA card, I wouldn't bother.
Originally Posted By Kira well...it's finally happening, a big family vacation is on it's way and my mom in all of her insanity said she wants to stay at the GCH (a total dream of mine and I can't wait!!!). we looked at rates today. we will be going Nov. 17-20 so we want 3 nights at the GCH. rates on disneyland.com say 280 per night. but were going to book it with the 10% AP discount. now for those of you pro's with all the in's and out's of all the discounts, are there normally AP nights in November? it's before thanksgiving (only a few days before but still...) so I'm hoping to be able to save mom money and get lucky with AP rates then. if not we are still going to pay the 280/night but it would be nice if there were some AP nights ^_^ so once again what I'm asking is, in the past has there normally been AP nights in november? this thread couldn't have been posted at a more perfect time!
Originally Posted By dlkozy We were there from Sunday to Wed right before Thanksgiving, last year. I would not count on fabulous prices because the park was hopping with people. While it was less crowded on the Monday before than the Wednesday before, it was by no means an empty park. It has been my experience that the really great prices happen when the powers that be think that the park is going to be slow.
Originally Posted By mickeynewe >> It has been my experience that the really great prices happen when the powers that be think that the park is going to be slow. << Exactly my opinion! Last year we paid $89 for the DLH the Sunday-Wednesday FOLLOWING Thanksgiving. We've done both before & after Thanksgiving and after is much better for crowds & discounts!
Originally Posted By topdisneymom We got a room at the DH for $159 for Sept 3rd. Found out later that it is Labor day weekend. I was bummed. Now I'm going to have to cancel, because we think it's going to be too crowded.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins See, now that's not fair. topdisneymom got $159 at DH for Labor Day weekend and that's the same rate Disney has posted for AP's on September 17th!
Originally Posted By nemopoppins See, now that's not fair. topdisneymom got $159 at DH for Labor Day weekend and that's the same rate Disney has posted for AP's on September 17th!
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy We have been many times on Labor Day, and its not too bad at all. It is really hard to pick a slow day - sometimes some obscure date that you think will be slow will be National Carpenters Association Annual Convention Day (or whatever) and the parks will be jammed pack. I wouldn't be too scared of a 3 day weekend, it will mean longer park hours, more rides running etc.
Originally Posted By momsalt1 Kira, if your mom is booking the trip have her ask about the senior discount (if she is a senior) my fahter in law booked our trip last spring break and got a discount of 30%-35%.
Originally Posted By LuLu >> Where did you see $159.00 for September 17???<< I didn't post that, but when I called, I think that was the weekday AP rate for September. $189 weekends.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I think I typed the $159 rate. That was a typo. It was actually $169--posted on the Disney AP site. It turned out that there aren't any rooms available for my dates 9/17-19th. I needed two rooms for the seven of us. Then I found out that my 17 yr old son will have to fly home before this part of our trip and we'll only be six. DLH had some one bedroom suites available so even though it's more expensive than two standard rooms, I took one. Yeah, we're spending the first two nights at a cheap motel and I was hoping that we could then do the night before and night of my youngest daughter's birthday at the DLH at AP rates lower than that $169 per room per night. The rates never got lower and now we're spending $473/night instead of the less than $338 that I was hoping for (and far more than the cheap motel) because once I got the possibility of DLH in my head I could settle for nothing else!
