mommyarewegoingback
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- Apr 20, 2005
There’s availability for the Cabins during Christmas…. With a discount! I checked for 12/21 a 12/26. What? What’s going on? Is there something I’m missing? What do you think?
Maybe the TAs were booking and holding more sites in the past, but I think it is more a reflection of people getting caught up on post pandemic travel and Disney may have finally hit a price point where people are going elsewhere. There have been a number of people at work that said they were considering a Disney trip next year, but the price is making it hard to justify and they are going to the mountains, islands or the beach. A few are considering California Disneyland because it is cheaper to fly out and stay there.Could this partly be the effect the 'no fees' for TAs? I know it's been said here that there have been TAs who book multiple sites so they have 'inventory' for clients. Maybe it was more widespread than suspected.
You may be on to something there! I know there are now dates where you can get a 'budget' onsite for less than a preferred campsite, some people may be opting for that. I think if we ever get priced out of the Fort, we'll probably call it a day for WDW since travel would be too complicated with the dog.Maybe the TAs were booking and holding more sites in the past, but I think it is more a reflection of people getting caught up on post pandemic travel and Disney may have finally hit a price point where people are going elsewhere. There have been a number of people at work that said they were considering a Disney trip next year, but the price is making it hard to justify and they are going to the mountains, islands or the beach. A few are considering California Disneyland because it is cheaper to fly out and stay there.
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The biggest reason DLR is cheaper is the length of stay. Most people around me go to WDW for a week. Most people seem to do 2-4 days at DLR. Airfare is a big tossup from STL. It can vary from $300-$500+ depending on the time of year. I was looking at 3 or 4 days at DLR for this fall and a Good Neighbor hotel was $1600-$1700 with tickets. A DLR hotel was about $2700 (Paradise Pier). My WDW reservation for November 2024 at the Fort is $2200 for site only (no tickets yet).I'm not so sure about DLR being cheaper, at least not if you're wanting to stay onsite. A standard room before tax at 'budget' Paradise Pier/Pixar Place starts at 546.00, 'moderate' Disneyland Hotel $701.00, and 'deluxe' Calif Grand $948.00. Of course these are 'rack rates' so there may be specials and 'deals' at times. I put the quotes around budget, moderate, deluxe because DLR doesn't really 'class' the 3 onsites like WDW is able to do. Plenty of offsites in the area though. But it's not quite the same as being 'in the bubble'.