We used to stay only savannah view, but the last couple of times we opted for pool view partly because the rooms are closer to the lobby and entrance. We spend most of our time in the parks so weren't really getting the value out of sitting on our balcony and the time we spent at the resort was mostly spent around the resort (pool, Victoria Falls, restaurants, walking around). We didn't find the lack of a savannah view to be a detriment. We will probably no longer book savannah view.
For me it was an email forwarded from Disney by my Dreams Unlimited agent.
It’s called the Decoy Effect. Disney does not want OP to book POR. They want to move OP to AKL. The POR offer is there to make AKL look more appealing.
I didn’t think about it but the numbers I listed include 4 day park hopper tickets as well. Not just the hotel portion. They never broke it out.
I’ve seen reports of phone calls and people logging into their resort reservation on MDE and getting offers.
Right but that still doesn't make sense. You're paying $3900 for your package now at CBR with the same tickets right? The increase of $837 to POR for the same package is way too high (it should be about 1/2 that). The increase to AKL makes sense, but again, that's just the regular rack rate increase. It's not a deal.
But who is giving OP these numbers? Did this come directly from Disney? That seems super shady. All OP would have to do is price it out online. It just doesn't make sense to me.
I got an email then logged into MDE and saw a link there. I was able to change mine (from All Star Movies to CSR) without talking to a person
But how many people are actually going through the trouble to compare prices when Disney reaches out with an apparent deal? It seems they are more likely to come here and ask if we think it’s worth it.
I don't know. I've been doing this for over a decade and this just seems odd. @Freshman, did these deals come directly from Disney? And were the packages identical? If you think you might switch to one of these "offers", I would recommend pricing it out on Disney's website first. There are some discounts available for October currently that might yield better deals.
$300/night at AKL is a good deal.
Got an email forwarded from my Dreams Unlimited agent. It said something to the effect that you have a client that is eligible for the following upgrade etc. We are sticking with our original booking. The agent even assumed we would but needs to pass on all possible deals. The other caveat was if we did upgrade we could not change anything about our trip. Couldn’t add a day or change from park hoppers etc.
Ah...gotcha. The AKL price seems fine, but I'm still incredulous that the move to POR was going to cost you $837 MORE than what you were paying at CBR. Yes the Royal Guest Rooms at POR are more expensive than Standard Rooms at CBR, but even at rack rate it should only be about 1/2 that increase. To make this an actual deal, the offer to move to POR Royal Guest should have been a couple hundred dollars less than what you're paying at CBR. And the fact that AKL (Deluxe) was going to be significantly less than POR (Moderate) makes no sense. Seriously, that's crazy. Disney messed up with those numbers big time.
