Changes to Resort Reservations

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Changes to Resort Reservations

As of yesterday (7/18/10) Disney made an excellent change to how they accept reservations.

In the past, if you wanted to book your room in advance, you had to book it as a "room only" reservation. There were two problems with this: 1) You had to pay a full night's stay deposit 2) When you were ready to book a package, the travel company had to cancel your room only reservation and rebook it as a package.

Thankfully that has changed! You can now book your rooms early with a "basic" package. Essentially, the Basic Package allows you to book your room as a package so when future dining/ticket prices come out, you can simply add those on to your package. There's no longer a need to rebook - you keep the same reservation number. And the best part? You only have to pay the $200.00 deposit.

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Awesome! That's great news! Thanks for the info Serinity!

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Interesting!
How far in advance are we talking here?

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I booked for November 2011. Not sure if it's open for 2012 yet.

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Serinity wrote:
I booked for November 2011. Not sure if it's open for 2012 yet.

Oh wow! That's awesome..because typically package prices go up every year don't they? It's great to get locked into this years prices. Ohh...I am so jealous..at least you have a trip to plan!

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Bella, aren't you guys thinking of going in 2011?

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Bella wrote:
Serinity wrote:
I booked for November 2011. Not sure if it's open for 2012 yet.

Oh wow! That's awesome..because typically package prices go up every year don't they? It's great to get locked into this years prices. Ohh...I am so jealous..at least you have a trip to plan!

Actually, these are 2011 prices. The room rate prices have been released already. The dining package and ticket prices will be released in August.

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How are you booking? via phone? I have been trying to reserve our trip for Sept. 2011 and it keeps telling me online that booking is only available through Dec. 31 2010.

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aglassslipper17 wrote:
How are you booking? via phone? I have been trying to reserve our trip for Sept. 2011 and it keeps telling me online that booking is only available through Dec. 31 2010.

Try it by phone -- you never know! crossfingers

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admin wrote:
Bella, aren't you guys thinking of going in 2011?

Thinking about it!!!
If we go it would be in late May/ early June..it all depends on if my house sells & if we have gotten another one by then. Also, we will need to talk the grandparents into coming with us..because Dave & I are Splash Mountain junkies..

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