We did our first ever AP discount this past trip, checking in on the day after Christmas, 12/26, which was the very last day you could check in and get an AP rate.
This was HUGE!!! We booked a vacation for 8 or 9 nights at Yacht Club. We paid 182/night WITH the tax included!! And to make matters even better, when we checked in and eventually got to our room, we discovered we had a 4th floor Lake View room. It was phenomenal and the absolute biggest discount we have gotten anywhere. The rack rate for water view at Holiday Time is 525/night, or something outrageous like that. Our room only packagae for YC last year, during Christmas-New Years week, was super cheap. It was unbelievable and something my dad bragged to our family and friends about--he must have hit the right reservationalist at the right time!! Whew!
Here's hoping for another miracle this Christmas!!!!