Okay itlooks like pop is all booked up!!! at least from these threads but anyways my question do you think since its more crowed then the other value do you think transportation is going to be a problem? long waits? and so on?
My guess is NO. Here is why: I believe that the reason Pop sold out so quickly for Free Dining, is that it was the most popular Value booked during the Bounceback and UK Free Dining programs, so not as many rooms were offered. No matter what, WDW will not make ALL their rooms Free Dining, they will only set aside so many, because they prefer you pay full price.
So if Pop was already near saturation for free dining rooms, and they want to spread people out a bit, they will offer more rooms in the AS resorts at the sale price to "fill out" those resorts.
If it is most cost effective in off season to run all resorts at 1/2 full, then they try to make all resorts 1/2 full, not some 1/4 and some 3/4.
Does that make sense?
Totally depends on which week you are going, but I do think over all, it will still be low season, but Disney has now guarenteed that the rooms will be "full-er" and that people will stay on site and spend $ on other things, because they are tied down by their ADRs.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it, because it helps me sleep at night and not have crowd anxiety dreams. LOL
I booked last Thursday at POP, all that was available were standard rooms at the time.....I've got my TA at Dreams checking almost daily for me for a preferred room. I heard that POP filled up almost immediately though! I'm going to keep trying right up until the very last day possible. I'm sure more rooms will be released before then...I hope!
Either way though, I'm going to Disney and getting free dining!
Would you all mind telling us what dates you are looking for @ POP? I made our preferred POP ressies 1st thing on Monday (Disney Visa holder day ) and got exactly what I wanted. I did call back on Monday to add 4 days on the end of our ressie (9/22-10/6) and there was availability to do this. Just curious as to what dates are sold out, thanks
My guess is NO. Here is why: I believe that the reason Pop sold out so quickly for Free Dining, is that it was the most popular Value booked during the Bounceback and UK Free Dining programs, so not as many rooms were offered. No matter what, WDW will not make ALL their rooms Free Dining, they will only set aside so many, because they prefer you pay full price.
So if Pop was already near saturation for free dining rooms, and they want to spread people out a bit, they will offer more rooms in the AS resorts at the sale price to "fill out" those resorts.
If it is most cost effective in off season to run all resorts at 1/2 full, then they try to make all resorts 1/2 full, not some 1/4 and some 3/4.
Does that make sense?
Totally depends on which week you are going, but I do think over all, it will still be low season, but Disney has now guarenteed that the rooms will be "full-er" and that people will stay on site and spend $ on other things, because they are tied down by their ADRs.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it, because it helps me sleep at night and not have crowd anxiety dreams. LOL
Oh, just so you know, when I booked this morning I booked online with Pop then called and they had another available still so I changed my current to pop then cancelled the one I did online, so there were definitely multiple rooms. Online and the CM on the phone said that there were preferred and standards available. I'd call first thing each morning. That's when we've seen availability online too! Maybe they add a few each day?
Yes, I am curious about dates as well. I called this morning 7am, and no POP rooms avail and only 1 at AS. I was able to switch to POR, I had CBR. I need two rooms so this is really frustrating.
I also am unable to access the disney site. I keep getting an error reading. I know part of my problem is my dates, 8/26-9/3. I may add days to see if that works.
I've checked Disney's website 30 minutes ago and POP was available for my dates (Sep 8th to the 16th).
I called them and changed my reservation to stay there.
This was the resort I wanted in the 1st place.
Dance with me, my wife and my son
I've checked Disney's website 30 minutes ago and POP was available for my dates (Sep 8th to the 16th).
I called them and changed my reservation to stay there.
This was the resort I wanted in the 1st place.
Dance with me, my wife and my son
I've checked Disney's website 30 minutes ago and POP was available for my dates (Sep 8th to the 16th).
I called them and changed my reservation to stay there.
This was the resort I wanted in the 1st place.
Dance with me, my wife and my son