Hopefully quick question-room only right now?

HRHPrincessAriel

HRHPrincessAriel

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We are going the week after Christmas and they just opened up POFQ.
Clearly they don't have room deals right now.

Should I just pick room only and go back add tickets later when packages become available?
 
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networkpro

networkpro

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Yes
Without any admission media attached to your stay, you will risk the possibility that there won't be reservations available for one or more parks during that time period. They have shifted the consequences of the waiting game post-shutdown.
 
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Queen of the WDW Scene

Queen of the WDW Scene

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No
Are you saying Disney is not allowing packages to be booked right now?

I'd book a package including room and tickets and reserve your park passes since that's typically the busiest time of the year.

Its also not likely that there would be much of a discount anyways.
 
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HRHPrincessAriel

HRHPrincessAriel

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Queen of the WDW Scene said:
Are you saying Disney is not allowing packages to be booked right now?

I'd book a package including room and tickets and reserve your park passes since that's typically the busiest time of the year.

Its also not likely that there would be much of a discount anyways.
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I could book a package and I did just no discount yet.
I'd be shocked if there was no discount of any kind.
 
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HRHPrincessAriel

HRHPrincessAriel

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Queen of the WDW Scene said:
What are your dates?
So you DID book a package meaning room and tickets and made park pass reservations?
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Right after Christmas. I just researched discount back the past few years and they've always been available during the time we are going at least the past 3 years that I looked at(didn't go further). Even if it's not what it usually is I'm confident there will be a discount of some sort.
Booked room and tickets. Haven't made park reservations yet. Waiting on my spouse to get home.
 
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CaptainAmerica

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networkpro said:
Without any admission media attached to your stay, you will risk the possibility that there won't be reservations available for one or more parks during that time period. They have shifted the consequences of the waiting game post-shutdown.
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HRHPrincessAriel said:
I can reserve this far out?
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That is not a realistic risk. Full-capacity parks don't sell out. COVID-restricted-capacity parks sell out.
 
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HRHPrincessAriel

HRHPrincessAriel

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I think the only park I'm going to reserve this far out already is where we will want to be NYE. Just debating if MK or Epcot will have a better fire works show that night.
*off to research*
 
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Queen of the WDW Scene

Queen of the WDW Scene

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No
HRHPrincessAriel said:
Right after Christmas. I just researched discount back the past few years and they've always been available during the time we are going at least the past 3 years that I looked at(didn't go further). Even if it's not what it usually is I'm confident there will be a discount of some sort.
Booked room and tickets. Haven't made park reservations yet. Waiting on my spouse to get home.
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I am only aware of a discount for that time frame between Xmas and NYE for 2020.
In 2019 Disney Visa had a discount for Riviera only during that time frame.
But in general most discount run through 12/23-24. So if a package was booked and the travel started prior to the discount time frame ending you'd get the discount for the length of stay. (That would not apply to room only discounts).
I just wouldn't hold my breath for a discount this year for your dates.
 
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Dave B

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If I were you, I would book everything now, I really do not think there will be a deal, Disney really has the upper hand right now with supply and demand, they do not need to offer a discount, because everything is selling out, I think you are taking a gamble waiting for a discount/promotion
 
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Tinkwings

Tinkwings

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No
I might be wrong but I have always done room only and ala carted the rest of it.....somewhere in the back of my mind I recall calling in to get a room discount applied and technically they had to make sure a room existed to replace it with vs applying it to my current reservation......and over the past 6 years or so the discounts have been more scarce imho.....
 
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Weather_Lady

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Book everything now.

If a special offer for packages comes out later that applies to you, you can modify your booking to apply it.

If a room-only deal comes out later, you can book it, and then save some more money by buying and linking tickets from an authorized reseller at a discount. Then, cancel the original package. (By linking new tickets to MDE before canceling the package, you ensure you won't lose your park reservations.)
 
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Queen of the WDW Scene

Queen of the WDW Scene

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No
aliceismad said:
If I were going the week between Christmas and NYE to include NYE, I would definitely be reserving my parks now. I think this year is going to be unpredictable with regard to how people will choose to spend money and when people will choose to travel.

But I'm a bit of a worrywart.
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I wouldn't say that's being a worrywart. I'd say its being cautious and prior to the pandemic I'd say it was being practical.
I've been during that time once and booked right around this week in July and I couldn't even get the hotel I wanted.
I realized at that point if I ever went during that time again I'd be booking 9+ months out just to ensure I got what I wanted.
And yeah with the park pass reservation system in place right now I'd be reserving while there's still spots left. There's no doubt that by then that if Disney says the park passes are gone they actually mean it since that is the time that parks actually can fill to capacity not just the artificial capacity they've been using lately.
 
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