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Any news today?
DMRick said:Thank you for the info, and for taking the time to post it. I wonder, at any given time, just how many rooms are on hold or set aside. Must be hard to run that type of a business. I think this explains why I was able to get my neighbors rooms for April 16-23 (using their postcard rate), which is our Spring Break. I wonder if some of the "held" rooms are now being released.
Clare said:CarolA, you have told me what I needed to know. I think I am officially giving up on codes for May. I'm going to stop torturing myself (& DH with all the talk about them). I'm going to pay rack rate somewhere and have a wonderful, fabulous, magical time!
Clare said:CarolA, you have told me what I needed to know. I think I am officially giving up on codes for May. I'm going to stop torturing myself (& DH with all the talk about them). I'm going to pay rack rate somewhere and have a wonderful, fabulous, magical time!
DMRick said:Carol, I'm not arguing about who knows more. I am very curious, however, how anyone knows either way, beyond guessing, since I've been told Disney doesn't release that info. Do I think they are doing better (just a guess) than they have after 9/11? I sure do, but have I personally had any problem getting rooms in 7 visits in the past year? No, and to my eye, the resorts haven't seemed very crowded when I'm there. I've made my PS's once I'm there, instead of in advance with no porblems (including winter break week) I've walked on most everything, going to the parks on non holiday or weekends. I don't "do" the deluxes, so maybe that is where the crowds are. I have no doubt that the past 8 weeks have been record bookings with the new packages....or at least since 9/11. Is this record bookings for always..even before when Disney didn't have to offer any codes at all? I don't know. I'm just always curious as to where people get their info. No law against that.
DMRick said:Thank you for the info, and for taking the time to post it. I wonder, at any given time, just how many rooms are on hold or set aside. Must be hard to run that type of a business. I think this explains why I was able to get my neighbors rooms for April 16-23 (using their postcard rate), which is our Spring Break. I wonder if some of the "held" rooms are now being released.
Just thought of other rooms that are held - rooms are held for the Disney Cruise Line Land and Sea vacations too.ILoveWDW2003 said:Large websites such as travelocity and expedia block out rooms from Disney, but your local travel agent, or even many web-based Disney specialist agencies, mostly sell directly from Disney inventory.
Many agencies will, however, put a room on hold when you submit a request for a quote, so that if you decide to take that quote, the room is available for you. If you don't take it, it goes back into the pool after 14 days.