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| LuvDatDisney
Tue 4/25/2006 5:23p | Yes. You read that correctly.
For the first time, WDW is dumping excess inventory with Priceline.com. Rooms at mostly All Star Sports (but Music too) are coming up for $36 a night for various dates starting this weekend and going into June.
I have no idea if this is a test balloon or not, but it certainly is a VERY significant development in the business model of WDW Resorts.
Who knows? Could $99 rooms at the AKL be far behind?
Just a word of warning to anyone not familiar with PL.com, you are not guaranteed any hotel.
The All Stars are coming up as a 2 1/2 star property in the 'Disney vacinity' zone. Two other hotels, the Holiday Inn Nikki Bird (a decent, but old property) and the Amerisuites LBV (a better option than even the All Stars but not on WDW property) are also hitting at the pricepoint.
Anyway, good luck bargain hunters!
And a great resource for using PL is the BiddingForTravel.com site.
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| BlazesOfFire
Tue 4/25/2006 5:41p | Huh? What do you mean not guaranteed any hotel?
So you pay but not guaranteed a room? |
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| LuvDatDisney
Tue 4/25/2006 5:46p | ^^You are not guaranteed a specific hotel when you bid.
You bid for a quality level in a certain area.
You find out what you got AFTER you are charged in full for your stay. No refunds. No changes.
But I use PL all the time when I travel. I have saved thousands of dollars with them and never wound up in a bad place.
Got some amazing deals.
I think $36 for the All Stars would be in that category for a lot of budget-minded people.
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| Lake Nona
Tue 4/25/2006 6:07p | You may want to check out Mary Waring's site mousessavers...
http://www.mousesavers.com/dis
neyresorts.html |
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| LuvDatDisney
Tue 4/25/2006 6:18p | ^^That's a great site if you're booking thru WDW.
It doesn't help with Priceline though, unless she has updated the site recently.
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| t1lersm0m
Wed 4/26/2006 4:57a | I think WDW is the only place i wouldn't want to use Priceline, just because I like the EMH perks offered to WDW guests, and with Priceline you aren't guaranteed to get a WDW resort. |
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| cwade
Sun 5/14/2006 10:03p | But Pricline does offer to let you choose your own hotel for a little bit more. |
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| t1lersm0m
Mon 5/15/2006 5:44a | ^^Does the All Stars come up for a little more than $36 a night? I doubt it. |
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| Ursula
Wed 5/17/2006 4:33p | Priceline is great. I've never had a problem with any of the rooms I've purchased and if you go to biddingfortravel.com like the OP stated, you will find a lot of help.
WOWIE!!! YEAH, so glad to hear that Disney has a few rooms now on PL. This can only mean good things to come for PL'ers. |
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| Labuda
Thu 5/18/2006 10:52a | So what's PLer, Urs? ;P |
