Wow. That's a great deal. We've been pricing out weekends from now until christmas eve and on site is beyond insane. Thanks for the heads up!
What terms led you to the Swan?
I'd like to know this too - did you do it on Priceline? On PL I'm always afraid of accidently getting something like one of the Hiltons. How were you sure it was the Swan?What terms led you to the Swan?
I'd like to know this too - did you do it on Priceline? On PL I'm always afraid of accidently getting something like one of the Hiltons. How were you sure it was the Swan?
OMG. I totally misunderstood that when @dlavender asked! I thought they meant "terms" as in reasons why I chose to switch to Swan, not the details that let me ID the resort. lmao, sorry, seems obvious now.
Anyway, terms. Did priceline express. Narrowed to Walt Disney World - Bonnet Creek. It's listed as 4.5* and here are the amenities that were shown:
Business Center
Restaurant
Free Internet
Indoor or Outdoor Pool
Fitness Center
No Smoking Rooms/Facilities
Also, the resort fee for two nights was $63, sooo $31.50 per night... I was pretty certain that was Swan. I didn't think it would be Dolphin because I assumed Dolphin would be 4*, but would've been fine getting Dolphin.
For anyone worried about getting something other than the Swan and Dolphin the resort fees are different. For the other hotels the fees are $25 per night and Swan/Dolphin is $31.50.
Awesome, thanks for the tip!Your right the Dolphin will be 4 star with a 7+ rating and the Swan comes up as a 4.5 star with a 8+ rating.
For anyone worried about getting something other than the Swan and Dolphin the resort fees are different. For the other hotels the fees are $25 per night and Swan/Dolphin is $31.50.
I got 2 rooms at the Dolphin for $86 a night on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after. We needed a third room a few days later once our family decided what their plans were and ended up getting the Swan for $95!
Now when I look at dates it says below the "secret" hotel, "you booked here before, book again" So I know for sure when its the Swan or Dolphin, lol. Not much of a secret anymore!
There were some great deals back in September, and they haven't really shown up since. However, the deals really show up a couple weeks out, so you're probably looking too far in advance. Everyone was saying how October-December was way busier than in previous years and the Disney hotels were booked solid, so they probably didn't have any rooms to put on PL/HW. That's a good time of the year to go so don't lose hope!Has anyone scored one of these lately? If so, how far out did you book? Looking to pop down for a quick weekend in late Jan/early Feb and having zero luck. Not sure if I'm too early or the jig has dried up...
I have done a little looking into opaque deals on HW and PL. Coming up with nothing for my spring break trip except for Port Orleans Riverside for about the same price as Disney has on HW. The deal was listed as a Hot deal but when you clicked on it, the site said the last person got POR - not all that opaque. Very dissapointing. I had gotten my hopes up reading about the good deals people got through opaque deals as well as others last year. I also looked into June and didn't find anything that looked like a good deal then either.
ok though I thought there reports of people finding the deals for Thanksgiving and Christmas time at months in advance. I will keep looking. My husband says deals will be harder to find because of the upswing in the economy. Thanks for the feedback to both of you!Agreed w/ @disneymagicgirl -- you are too far out, *and* spring break/June are not exactly slow seasons, so there's less need to sell empty hotel rooms.
Looks like the Swan is on Priceline Express for about 202 to 212 (base rate/excluding taxes and resort fees) for various nights from March 16th to the 22nd. Not a huge discount though not too bad? I think the Dolphin is listed too for some of those dates but at aroun 30 more a night.
edit to add: one of the searches I did was for the 18th to the 22nd and saw what I'm sure is the Swan for 212 a night but when i changed it to the 19th to the 22nd it wasn't listed there so I went back to the 18th to the 22nd and it reappeared. I thought that was interesting.
Yes, probably. I think people were getting Disney hotels or the Swan/dolphin farther out before, but it seems that occupancy is going up this year and so deals are harder to come by.I've been watching things daily. I think I've seen the Swan a few times for a trip I'm organizing for my son in May (10th-15th). However, in reading this thread, I think we may be too far out?
Me too, for 2017 when I went to Disneyland instead, I was hearing/reading about many deap discounts for WDW but there doesn't seem to be as good discounts for this year when I plan on going a few times.I haven't seen anything good yet this year! So frustrating. It seems like when I'm not going I see deals galore.