One thing I know for sure, pricing out a resort room for a given set of dates pursuant to a 30% AP discount should not yield a higher final price than the same resort room priced at a 20% Summer general public discount. I plan to continue to monitor the rates.
These are from our April AP rates. Originally Saturday & Friday were rack rates. I eventually got a discount for Saturday.
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Sorry they are a little blurry. But clearly, weekends were rack rate back when I booked in October too.
I don’t think you’d need a CM to book it. You should be able to book a split like that on the Disney website.Will CMs agree to book the weekend at summer room discount and the weekdays with AP rates making this a split stay with the same room category? (Knowing that we might have to change rooms)...
I already booked through the website for the summer room offer but there is a much better rate for our last night which is a weekday...I don’t think you’d need a CM to book it. You should be able to book a split like that on the Disney website.
Probably your best bet. The only other option is to book that better rate and then try to modify your existing reservation to drop that day (it may or may not let you). Might be more efficent to call if the wait time isn’t too long.I already booked through the website for the summer room offer but there is a much better rate for our last night which is a weekday...
Therefore i guess I need to call to modify?
Will CMs agree to book the weekend at summer room discount and the weekdays with AP rates making this a split stay with the same room category? (Knowing that we might have to change rooms)...
If you are trying to book two different offers, you have to make two separate reservations. Yes, book one and then book the other. And Guest Services cannot combine two reservations with different promos. But, if you book same room category, you can request to stay in the same room.I’m considering doing just that. We’ve never had them make us change rooms and it makes no sense to pay so much more for a weekend. I haven’t quite figured out how to book it all online other than to book one, then go back in and book the other- hopefully still finding the availability. I may do that, then stalk to see if the rates flip again.
Will CMs agree to book the weekend at summer room discount and the weekdays with AP rates making this a split stay with the same room category? (Knowing that we might have to change rooms)...
We stayed at YC that same weekend, Friday to Monday...same AP rate code, confirmation lists price for YC CL std view room as $562.90 per night. That was a last minute upgrade, we'd had a regular std room up until a few days before the trip, at $400 per night under that same AP discount.
What seems different to me is that ALL weekends and ALL resorts are excluded in this AP offer. It doesn’t seem an issue of availability of the AP promo, but rather a full exclusion of promos at all resorts, during all the weekends.
For example, with that old PIN code, other Saturdays were included. So it seemed an issue of availability or one Holiday Saturday being excluded.
I’m not surprised. Disney has been giving out discounts only for what it cannot get people to book rack rate. They may be trying to see if people will book even with non-discounted weekends.
Exactly!! This is very different, especially with the back and forth fluctuation this week. They were ALL included and then suddenly not.
Me as well. Still discounted this morningAnd now it's back to same rate for week days and weekends for our resort. No hesitating this time, it's booked, who knows when it will change again!