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Rates Structure
Hi Everyone,
I haven't been around for the past few weeks (darn job). Glad to be back!  I just made reservations at POP for a conference that I will be attending in Orlando in February. I was surprised that Wed/Thurs nights were $79 (AP rate) but Fri/Sat were $129. I knew that there was a new rate structure but that difference amazes me. We usually use our DVC so I had not been subject to this yet. WOW! 
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Re: Rates Structure
That is a big difference. Like you, I knew about the different rates but didn't know it would be that much.
Will we be able to get AP rates for weekends?
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Re: Rates Structure
Yes that is a very big difference
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Re: Rates Structure
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I actually do not know. I assume that the $129 rate for POP means that I did not get a discount for those nights. I might call back and try to get a AAA rate for those nights.
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Re: Rates Structure
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The rate changes have forced us to book our weekends offsite. We use DVC M-Thurs nights and if we're still at Disney we transfer to a cash resort...we've already booked our "lead" nights into our trip offsite for our next 3 trips. Sad to say, the rooms offsite are bigger, bigger beds and better priced. I'd rather stay onsite, but for savings we'll spend a night or 2 offsite since we drive and have a vehicle to easily do this.
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Re: Rates Structure
Something doesn't seem right. $129 for a value in value season? Are you going Presidents' Day weekend perhaps?
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Re: Rates Structure
There's a good reason for this. I just checked the rate card.
1/1-2/14 is value season. 2/15-3/29 is peak season. Correction 2/13 and 2/14, not 2/14 and 2/15.
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Re: Rates Structure
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Understood. I was just surprised at how big the difference is between say a Thursday and a Friday.
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Re: Rates Structure
That is a huge difference. That is one of the reasons we changed from Dec. to June. In June, the room is the same price every day...in December, it was $285 at the Poly for 2 days and then changed to $500something for the last 4 days b/c it became the holiday season. It is really ridiculous for it to nearly DOUBLE in cost just b/c it is the weekend. We used to do trips on 4 day weekends when we lived in Savannah, but with this new rate structure, we'll have to drop those trips when we move back to the mainland.
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Squirrel!
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Re: Rates Structure
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You're trying to book when it goes from "dead days" to Spring Break, value season directly to peak season. As I've posted somewhere else, I experienced the same thing in reverse as Dec 31 is peak season while Jan 1 is value. The cost of my room at WL concierge went from $540 down to $285 with passholder discount of about $100 literally overnight. Oh yeah, and one night at Pop in a preferred room on 12/30 was $153.
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Re: Rates Structure
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Again, I am with you but I was booking Feb 20th till the 23rd which are all peak days, I think.  I am calling today to get some clarification and I will post what I am told.
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Re: Rates Structure
OK here is it in a nutshell:
I have AP reservations at POP for Wednesday and Thursday, Feb 20 and 21st at a rate of $79. I have AP rates on Friday and Saturday, Feb 22nd and 23rd at a rate of $129. I called Disney and confirmed that this is correct. Hope this clears this up.
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Re: Rates Structure
Skwak, I think a better way to look at this is, $129 is the rate, and you got a break for the first two days.
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Re: Rates Structure
I decided to play a little. I just went to the Disney web site and entered Pop for Feb 20+21. What came back was $131 per day plus tax for a total of $295.
Feb 22+23 came back as $141 plus tax and the two day total was $318. You got a break! It does look like there is a slight increase for weekend nights, but $10 is more reasonable. Also, I seem to recall that every notice I get about AP and resident rates says Sunday-Thursday.
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