Priceline Express Deals

[JJTNY]

The way things seem to be going, I REALLY expected a July and August room drop by now.
Priceline never fails to not do what I expect.

FWIW:

Anyone thinking about booking those June Sports Priceline Express deals, there are a couple of codes out there through Rakuten right now to get either an additional 5% or 10% off Express Deals.

(Note: there is also a $316 AK Lodge Savannah View Express deal in June, the ONLY day I could get it to appear was starting on June 11 and searching for 2 days.)

* You have to Click through from the Rakuten Priceline page for the codes to work
* You HAVE TO manually add the code in checkout (after the click through above)
* You have to be signed in to PL to even add the code

The 5% off code is: RMN7HT524
10% off is: SUMMER10

I believe at least one of those, if not both expire on 5/31 so you have to book soon.
REMEMBER EXPRESS DEALS ARE NON REFUNDABLE.

Comparison: On a day in June where Sports is $92, using the 10% off code gets you the room net $107.87 after all taxes and fees.
Disney's price for the same day using their current discount would cost $173.66.

 

[halfpintpeggy]

Replying to my own post.

It is now May 20th and I want to report that there are still AS Sports rooms available via PL Express Deals for June 2-8 and 23-29.

They also have regular (9 percent off) rooms and that tells me that Disney is still trying to fill rooms and we are just a few weeks away from the arrival dates.

In a way I feel this is kind of crazy!

I think it seems kinda crazy too!
I’m guessing on-site bookings are looking soft? If so, they may do the ‘ole “take rooms out of inventory” trick to make bookings look stronger.

 

[happily single]

I'm on Priceline right now and see a box to the left that says something along the lines of "Call our agents to see if you could save 20% or more by talking to us vs. booking online". Has anyone done this and saved more money?

 

[purrenh1]

Has anyone booked a package through Priceline for hotel and airfare? I was poking around Priceline yesterday and it appeared the rooms are greatly discounted if you do this. I’m going to sit down Sunday and do some Disney math

Hi, I have booked this before but not for Disney. I've tried, in fact, to do it but never found a deal when I was going to Orlando. (My successful hotel+airfare was Detroit to Nuremberg, Germany, btw, which is a very expensive flight with little competition so no reason for discounts... but Priceline came through with a deal that made the hotel basically free.)

 

[Bozni]

The code below is only good until tomorrow...hopefully someone can put it to use.

 

[IluvMGM]

Thanks for the info everyone! I went ahead and did the express deal for All Star Sports. We are actually moving near Disney and needed a hotel for the time we are down there for walk-throughs and closing.

 

[Disneygirl#8]

The way things seem to be going, I REALLY expected a July and August room drop by now.
Priceline never fails to not do what I expect.

FWIW:

Anyone thinking about booking those June Sports Priceline Express deals, there are a couple of codes out there through Rakuten right now to get either an additional 5% or 10% off Express Deals.

(Note: there is also a $316 AK Lodge Savannah View Express deal in June, the ONLY day I could get it to appear was starting on June 11 and searching for 2 days.)

* You have to Click through from the Rakuten Priceline page for the codes to work
* You HAVE TO manually add the code in checkout (after the click through above)
* You have to be signed in to PL to even add the code

The 5% off code is: RMN7HT524
10% off is: SUMMER10

I believe at least one of those, if not both expire on 5/31 so you have to book soon.
REMEMBER EXPRESS DEALS ARE NON REFUNDABLE.

Comparison: On a day in June where Sports is $92, using the 10% off code gets you the room net $107.87 after all taxes and fees.
Disney's price for the same day using their current discount would cost $173.66.

Port Orleans Riverside is there as well for that week, also half price! We’re not there till July 27th, hopefully more deals will drop.

 

[JJTNY]

Running some random Priceline checks today I noticed a hidden deal for a 5-star resort in Bonnet Creek going for $152 - which is way cheap for the Waldorf.

Waldorf has historically been the only 5* 8-guest resort in BC.

After looking at other discrepancies, I realized that Priceline has increased the star rating of Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek to now be a 5*! The resort fee went up with it to match the Waldorf at $56.25/night too.

I've updated my resort matcher to reflect the changes. Still easy to tell Waldorf and Signia apart by looking at review counts. Waldorf is in the 400s, while Signia is in the 1,200s.

Edit to Add: The Four Seasons is the 3rd 5-Star resort in Bonnet Creek, but has a 9-Guest rating so stands on its own in search results.