Buy 4 get 7 returning! Well sorta!

scout68

scout68

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I just got off the phone with MS and was told that the official announcement will be Wednesday. We were also told the special will run from Jan 3rd until March 27th. However, blackout dates will be from March 12th through the 27th. :veryconfu Wouldn't that mean it runs from 1/3 through 3/12?
 
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TURKEY

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scout68 said:
I just got off the phone with MS and was told that the official announcement will be Wednesday. We were also told the special will run from Jan 3rd until March 27th. However, blackout dates will be from March 12th through the 27th. :veryconfu Wouldn't that mean it runs from 1/3 through 3/12?
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Dates are usually available during blackout - now called soft blackouts. If you want to go during those dates, ask them to quote a price and if any specials are available then.

For the free dining and previous buy 4 deal, each time they extended it, more dates were blacked out, but promos were still available - just extremely limited in number and resorts remaining.
 
ryanduggers

ryanduggers

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we saved $566 for our trip to POR on dec 11-20 (6&3) over the free dining plan. We do not like to be tied to a reservation on our vacation & are not big eaters. the CM thought we are nuts for switching over, but we are happier with this deal. Did it at 9.00 am this morning. thanks to Len for the heads up.

tom.
 
Tom

Tom

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Update

It sounds as if the news was released a tad prematurely today, and some people have been allowed to book using this offer....with the rumor being that they'll postpone further bookings until it's officially released on Wednesday.

The two offers are indeed:

  • Get a 7-Night for the price of a 4-night at a Moderate, Deluxe or Villa.
  • Get a 7-Night for the price of a 5-night at a Value resort.
The offer is rumored to be applicable for stays November 1 - December 24 and January 3 - March 27 (with blackout dates).
 
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farmersbell

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Booked last night

I had an existing reservation at the POFQ for 1/10-1/17. I called last evening about 7:30 and upgraded to the Polynesian on the 4/3 deal. It is $400 more but, when else will I ever be able to afford the Poly? We are so excited! This will be (I think) so much more convenient since we will not have a car and will have a 6 year old and an 18 month old! Can't wait to tell the kids on Christmas Morning. I hope we can keep it a secret cause I'm about to bust!:D:zipit:
 
sweetpee_1993

sweetpee_1993

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I tried yesterday around 12:30 pm to get my in-law's AKL club level room only 1/8 - 1/17 switched to the buy4/get3 but the 1st 3 nights of their reservation were already "sold out". Amazing conisdering the promotion doesn't officially release until tomorrow. :shrug: They ended up with room-only for the 1st 3 nights and the special for the following 6 nights with 9-day PH's added. So far I've saved them over $700. Hopefully there will be a room-only discount released that I can apply to their room-only portion.

Because you're required to add length-of-stay tickets it's not worthwhile for us AP people to use the buy4/get3. Also, there's no gift card this year. I'll be waiting for AP, FL resident, & Disney Visa discounts.... :cool:
 
krueg66

krueg66

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So if I'm staying for 9 nights, it would essentially be buy 6 nights, get 3 free? I'm trying to figure out if this would be a better deal than going with a friends CM discount...hmmmm. :shrug:
 
wdwwdeagle

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sweetpee_1993 said:
Because you're required to add length-of-stay tickets it's not worthwhile for us AP people to use the buy4/get3. Also, there's no gift card this year. I'll be waiting for AP, FL resident, & Disney Visa discounts.... :cool:
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I'm wondering if I'm missing something, because I've now seen several AP holders who say it's not worthwhile... what do you all know that I don't?....

I'm a new AP holder, and I went ahead w/the buy4/get7 because I thought, well I'll go ahead and buy the tickets and then trade them in when we renew our APs and get them credited to our renewal (or use them on a future vacation if we decide not to renew). Is this a bad plan?

I figured if the AP/Disney Visa discounts come out outside of my 45 day pay-the-balance window, and they make my room more of a bargain, I'll just cancel the package and book room only instead.
What are the possible pitfalls of this plan?
Does my "logic" (DH would call it fuzzy math) not add up?
 
Master Yoda

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wdwwdeagle said:
I'm wondering if I'm missing something, because I've now seen several AP holders who say it's not worthwhile... what do you all know that I don't?....The could be right they could be wrong. Much of it will depend on your party size, the age of the guests, if you are getting the dining plan and/or what level of resort you are staying at. I have 2 clients staying at a value with free dining. With the 4/3 deal they would have saved $25. Had they been staying at a deluxe they would have made out like bandits with the 4/3 deal

I'm a new AP holder, and I went ahead w/the buy4/get7 because I thought, well I'll go ahead and buy the tickets and then trade them in when we renew our APs and get them credited to our renewal (or use them on a future vacation if we decide not to renew). Is this a bad plan? No. for all intents and purposes you are prepaying part of your AP renewal. The only disadvantage is that you have money locked up in future Disney passes and if for some reason you do not make it back in a few years you can't access that money.

I figured if the AP/Disney Visa discounts come out outside of my 45 day pay-the-balance window, and they make my room more of a bargain, I'll just cancel the package and book room only instead.
What are the possible pitfalls of this plan?
Does my "logic" (DH would call it fuzzy math) not add up?As long as it happens before 45 days out you will be fine. After 45 days you will be subject to a financial penalty.
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sweetpee_1993

sweetpee_1993

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Exactly what MasterYoda said. We have FL resident seasonal passes. My husband's expired this past May. My sons' & mine will expire the last week of January. The reason for the different expiration dates is sorta long & doesn't really matter because it is what it is. Anywhoo, I don't want to pay towards 3 passes I don't need for a mid-January trip since 3 of ours will still be valid. I'd rather let them expire and repurchase the next time we'll need them. My husband's is the only one we need to worry about repurchasing. We already have an unused 1-day MYW ticket from the buy4/get3 from last January that we didn't need. Plus, I know for a fact that the room I currently have reserved (AKL club level) is sold out under this particular promotion for my dates. When I called to have my in-laws who have the exact same room switched to it they had to split them into 2 reservations: 3 days of room-only & 6 of the buy4/get3. So far they've saved over $700 but they aren't passholders, Disney Visa cardholders, or FL residents either. I'm hoping to snag a room-only discount for us using 1 of the 3 avenues available to us. If not, well, it's not the 1st time I've paid rack rate. I'd also love to grab a general public room-only discount for my in-laws first 3 days so I can save them even more. :wave:
 
wdwwdeagle

wdwwdeagle

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Thanks Yoda!

All of this sounds reasonable. I'll just sit tight for now, and see how it all plays out. For our trip, the 4/7 is putting our room-per-night cost at $275 in Peak season (rack rate is $470-$495), so I'll just see if the yet-to-be-released discounts will beat that.
 
DunnoDuck

DunnoDuck

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Just found this site, and there is much usefule info. I was planning to do WDW in April in conjunction with a wedding trip. What are the odds that 4/3 gets extended. It seems to me from poking around here that they have done so before. If so what drives them to do so and when?

Thanks to all!
 
HM999thGhost

HM999thGhost

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muteki said:
Wait, so if you buy 4 nights + 4 park hopper tickets you get 3 nights + 3 day park hoppers for free? I thought this was only for lodging?

Pins and needles...
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When we were booking we asked if it applied to tickets the CM said it did so if you get 4 days you then buy 4 days on tickets and then get 3 in the room and 3 in the park free. It has to be the same length of stay if you're staying for a week
 

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