I have no idea! It may vary from year to year.
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Hotel Slim Pickins
- Thread starter DfromATX
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Maybe this year was later due to Covid.
networkpro
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Maybe this year was later due to Covid.
They have in the past only put it out about 3-6 months beforehand and its always subject to change. Last year for festivals they only had either in-house entertainment or local bands due to the ongoing health restrictions.
Pickles516
New Member
Can’t stop thinking of a resort themed to a great-depression era dust bowl town every time I read “Hotel Slim Pickins”.
Ha ha, that's a good one! That would definitely be in the "value" category.
I think this is really happening- I think they are not all the way back up to normal staffing levels, and that is affecting how many rooms are available at each resort. I looked too- and I had two choices- both over $700 per night. Insanity for a while....hopefully it resolves itself soon.
Disstevefan1
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"Hey Joe, you just survived the pandemic, what are you going to do now?"
Joe says, "I AM GOING TO WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!"
Joe says, "I AM GOING TO WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!"
I hope so too and it appears the parks are just as busy as ever.
I hope this year was just a fluke and it won't always be this crowded during the "slow" time. I guess everyone has been dying to get out and I can't say I blame them.
Diamond Dot
Well-Known Member
And the food court would have a menu based on beans.
FeelsSoGoodToBeBad
Well-Known Member
I've had this happen a few times and it is incredibly frustrating. It'd be different if there actually WERE any discounted rooms for our trip, then I would probably be appreciative! LOL!
When that happens, click on one of the "Special deal" resorts, then change the radio tab at the top to "Rooms." Click again on "View All Resorts" and the rack rates will show up.
Those hotels all belong to Marriott now. Have you tried booking through their website instead of Disney's?
MickeyLuv'r
Well-Known Member
I have looked at the S/D/SR and other hotels via the Marriott website, and they also add some pretty hefty fees for extra adults. Not just at the S/D/SR either; some hotels charge for extra people, and some don't.I went back to my records to look and I was incorrect. It was $270 to add them. And that was just for a standard room, no tickets, just adding them to the same room we were in. When I called the hotel directly, there was no charge to add them, but I was afraid if I didn't do it through Disney, we'd have trouble with them getting into the park early/late, etc. But, we ended up not going anyway, so...
A random night in June, 2 going from 2 adults to 4 changes SR from $355 (including tax+fees) to $452. that's almost $100 extra just for 1 night.
Tax rate should be 12.5%, but S/D/SR add an extra fee. I get;
Swan: $370 before tax, 1 adult should be $416.25 w/tax but Swan adds a $35 resort fee, so total $455.63.
With 4 adults = $511.88
Even if you add 1 adult +3 kids the base price jumps to $410, and with tax + fees = $501.33
Hotels generally didn't used to charge extra for children under 18. Gotta also love that resort fees are taxed, so they are rally just opaque pricing like the airlines and car rental places (have tried to) add.
LittleMerman
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We went a few weeks ago in Feb and noticed that there really weren't that many options. We opted for AKL but it was really one of the few options. We planned it in Dec so it was a little last min but we were surprised that early Feb was so booked up.
Yes, it's been crazy crowded during the "slow" time this year. I hope it's not going to be a regular thing now!
LittleMerman
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I've heard that there are no "slow" times anymore at WDW. The parks were pretty crowded in early Feb, especially MK. It was way crazier than I thought it was going to be.