Originally Posted By bayrr326 Availability is extremely limited! Book by 7/27/08. Check-in dates: 8/3/08-9/27/08. Use code DDH. Value resort: $69 plus tax Standard view Moderate resorts: $109 plus tax Standard view Wilderness Lodge/Animal Kingdom Lodge: $149 plus tax Standard view Contemporary: $194 Garden wing, Garden view Ft. Wilderness Cabins: $209 plus tax Boardwalk/Beach Club/Yacht Club : $249 plus tax Garden view Polynesian: $264 plus tax Garden view Old Key West/Saratoga Springs: $179 plus tax Studio Other resorts and room categories are available. Room Only bookings: You pay a deposit of one night's room rate plus tax. No change or cancellation fee will be charged if you make your modifications more than 6 days before arrival at Disney. ETA: Package codes: DDI: Magic your way packages DDK: Magic your way plus dining DDN: Magic your way with Deluxe Dining
Originally Posted By bayrr326 So these are some pretty hefty discounts. I don't recall seeing discounts this steep, esp. for the deluxe resorts, since after Sept. 11th.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 That's $130 per night less than we just paid at WL a month ago. For a room that overlooked the smokehouse.
Originally Posted By dshyates Yep, pretty steep. Those are some good deals. Although Aug. discounting is common, these are more than usual.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Can you book this during free dining time? Or are those two mutually exclusive?
Originally Posted By kennect I got a postcard several weeks ago that was mainly pushing the budgets...Then again they also mentioned discounts were available at other levels of hotel...For art they used the dalmatians...Has anyone else gotten this one?
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I'm hoping that this trend in discounts lasts through February and that it lands me a good deal at POR!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 The discounts are slightly better (take off $5-10) for APers and FLA residents. And while good, they aren't exceptional for the time of year. I pay attention to the market in general. Priceline has $30 rooms at the new Hyatt Place (basically a suite with big screen TV, breakfast etc) and $75 rooms at the Omni Championsgate Resort (I've never seen them for less than $110) as well as the Peabody. Clearly, the softness in O-Town's hotel market is starting to show. Disney offering this discount is a pre-emptive strike with people cancelling left and right.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Trekkeruss, in 1981 a first floor luau cove view room at the Poly was $60 a night.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome The late August/early September time frame always has big discounts. Sometimes even better - it wasn't only just after 7/11 where discounts could be nearly 50% off. Sometimes values have been as low as $49, I believe even last year. Kids are back in school - it is probably the slowest time of the year. I always hear it's due to the "hurricane season", but that is from July through November. Denise
Originally Posted By bayrr326 What is crazy is that I live about 1 1/2 hours from Orlando and my days off are Sunday and Monday and we would often go over there Sat. afternoon for the evening and then drive home and go back over there Sunday. Well, gas is reaching a point and the hotels on priceline are dropping to a point were it will be break even or cheaper to Priceline or Hotwire a hotel, esp if it has a free breakfast, and stay the night in Orlando.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome There are some really nice hotels in the LBV area that are reasonably priced (like on Palm Parkway). Many condo-type hotels also for rates not much more than the Pop Century at full price (or discounted over the summer, the PC was like $100 still!) I don't use PL much anymore, because you never know what other fees are going to be attached to a hotel. I am in a REALLY nice place in Anaheim starting next week - with full kitchen, full breakfast - for only $82 per night, which is incredible. Denise
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^I was able to book a 2 bedroom suite at the Marriott on Katella (near the stadium for $79. Not walking distance, but we will have a car. Back to WDW bookings. I think that now that the Home Equity piggy bank is empty a lot of people are starting to realize that $5000 is a lot of money to spend on a vacation, and are having second thoughts.
Originally Posted By brerroadrunner I got an email from Southwest Airlines for the same time period for room only and flight with deep discounts. The room price seemed equivalent to those posted above. Didn't look to bad for a garden room Poly with flight.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I already have the free dining package for this time. If you book now you lose your free dining. And for the same time the discounted rooms are NOT available BUT they are available at higher rates ?? Sucks - there are only so many discounts rooms held - not all of them that are available.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm just hoping that this trend keeps going, since I might be planning a trip in May, and I'd like to keep it on the cheaper side if possible. By then, who knows, they might be giving the rooms away!
Originally Posted By fkurucz It may come down to the question of actually having money (cash). From what I have been reading, credit card companies are starting to cut back on some customers credit lines.
