cabihler
Member
hey everyone. we have had annual passes for many more years than i can recall but i do remember a time when we would purchase the 4 and/or 5 day passporters, both before the time we started staying on property and now ever since, beginnng the year after CBR opened.
twas a time when saving on resort room costs were fairly straight forward but today it has become an art to save the most money, in fact perhaps a science.
so i am asking everyone to post the various ways they work their resort stays so that they pay the lowest per/night room rates possible.
i will start this with my own current personal example. as of early this morning we had 2 reservations made for the world. one was for may 31st for 6 nights at the CBR resort waterview with the Annual Passholders discount and the second one for August 9th for 7 nights at the Pop standard room using the 4/7 discount. for this later reservation i have a 1 day ticket reserved that i will use its value towards my annual pass renewal in 2010. tonight i called disney reservations and priced a CBR waterview room for May 31st for 6 nights using the general discount code available. YES THAT IS CORRECT i priced another reservation for the SAME dates and same room/resort as my annual pass reservation. THE RESULTS WERE VERY INTERESTING...... for the sunday thru thursday night room rates the annual pass discount was $10/night less than the general discount. HOWEVER for the friday night room rate the general discount rate was $81 less ($139 vs $220) than the annual pass. RESULT..... i now have for may 31st for 6 nights 2 reservations, continuing reservations, with the first 5 nights on an annual pass discount and the 6th night on the general rate code discount.... saving myself $81+taxes.
i hope the above was understandable to everyone. now for the August reservation it is costing me $451 for 7 nights at a Pop standard room including a 1 day ticket (est value $75) that will reduce my AP renewal cost in 2010. having given the $200 deposit for the reservation i am faced with ONLY OWING $251 for a 7 night stay in august with park admissions already paid for. this too may be able to be further reduced once other future discounts are announced.... free dining would be nice :sohappy:
yes i know it seems like i am trying to get a way cheap but in my mind i am trying to figure ways of visiting WDW more than once a year simply by reducing resort room costs.
WHEWWWWW a lot written and said.... so again i ask you.... in what ways are you creatively saving on nightly resort room stays... and please confine your posts to staying on disney property.
twas a time when saving on resort room costs were fairly straight forward but today it has become an art to save the most money, in fact perhaps a science.
so i am asking everyone to post the various ways they work their resort stays so that they pay the lowest per/night room rates possible.
i will start this with my own current personal example. as of early this morning we had 2 reservations made for the world. one was for may 31st for 6 nights at the CBR resort waterview with the Annual Passholders discount and the second one for August 9th for 7 nights at the Pop standard room using the 4/7 discount. for this later reservation i have a 1 day ticket reserved that i will use its value towards my annual pass renewal in 2010. tonight i called disney reservations and priced a CBR waterview room for May 31st for 6 nights using the general discount code available. YES THAT IS CORRECT i priced another reservation for the SAME dates and same room/resort as my annual pass reservation. THE RESULTS WERE VERY INTERESTING...... for the sunday thru thursday night room rates the annual pass discount was $10/night less than the general discount. HOWEVER for the friday night room rate the general discount rate was $81 less ($139 vs $220) than the annual pass. RESULT..... i now have for may 31st for 6 nights 2 reservations, continuing reservations, with the first 5 nights on an annual pass discount and the 6th night on the general rate code discount.... saving myself $81+taxes.
i hope the above was understandable to everyone. now for the August reservation it is costing me $451 for 7 nights at a Pop standard room including a 1 day ticket (est value $75) that will reduce my AP renewal cost in 2010. having given the $200 deposit for the reservation i am faced with ONLY OWING $251 for a 7 night stay in august with park admissions already paid for. this too may be able to be further reduced once other future discounts are announced.... free dining would be nice :sohappy:
yes i know it seems like i am trying to get a way cheap but in my mind i am trying to figure ways of visiting WDW more than once a year simply by reducing resort room costs.
WHEWWWWW a lot written and said.... so again i ask you.... in what ways are you creatively saving on nightly resort room stays... and please confine your posts to staying on disney property.
