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21 Jan 18, 11:24 AM |
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GEORGE
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Decisions decisions. Think I will research a bit more. The hotel for us is just a base with free qsdp and upgrading to ddp. Every penny counts.
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21 Jan 18, 05:40 PM |
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Very Serious Dibber
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Wow! £2000 more than I paid for our 2017 holiday at AKL. I was expecting about £700 more!
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21 Jan 18, 06:28 PM |
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I do think these prices are on the high side... they're like VH expensive
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22 Jan 18, 08:50 AM |
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Very Serious Dibber
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22 Jan 18, 08:58 AM |
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I can only see disney 2019 prices with VH or ATD, are they guessing at prices as surely they cannot be actual bookings if Disney direct arent selling them yet? I am only looking at AoA LM rooms, but they seem very expensive compared to previous years.
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22 Jan 18, 09:00 AM |
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I emailed them and they said they go on sale 499 days before the date you want. Seems a bit random but that’s what they told me. Edited at 09:03 AM. |
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22 Jan 18, 09:32 AM |
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I suspect Disney prices will continue to rise like we have not seen before. Disney are targeting a 20% plus price hike I read once Star Wars opens. That is likely autumn 2019. Disney already have unequalled occupancy rates, high 90%s. When Star Wars opens you may struggle to get a room unless booking early. There will be zero need to discount the rooms for U.K. guests, but then again they do like the U.K. guest as we stay 2 weeks, so that factors in.
I suspect the price rises seen now for 2019 may be just the start, but at least the £ to $ is going back up again which may temper it a bit. OKW and SSR were such good deals as Disney was offloading capacity it had in its DVC resorts, both resorts are large, so have more trade outs to cruises, breakage, and DVD (Disney’s timeshare arm) has to hold at least 2% of the resort, which they rent. Some bright spark worked out offering these points as cash rentals to U.K. on free dining (which is what it is) was good business. There were great bargains to be had though- in 2016 I had a fabulous OKW free dining deal. As to waiting, unless the US economy goes into a nosedive, I think prices are only going rapidly up. The 50th anniversary is just around the corner with the likes of Tron Coaster, Guardians of the Galaxy coaster, Ratattoui and reportedly new Epcot lands and other stuff. Unless the economy diminishes before then, the parks will see the busiest time ever over the next 4 years, and as Disney always push the envelope on price, we all know where that is going. So I think suck it up on price increases in 2019 as that is just the start of the curve. I’d be surprised if free dining is even offered in 2020, but if it is, expect top dollar room rates. Also OKW and Saratoga are both getting extensive refurbs, OKW completed 2019, Saratoga 2020, so they will be charging more for them to US guests I have no doubt, again pushing up prices for Brits. If you go a lot, maybe consider either renting points (but demand already exceeds supply and when Star Wars opens that will get worse, so get onto the likes of dvcrequest quickly) or even buying a DVC resale contract. Whilst those have risen 20% this past year, you can still pick up a Saratoga for example for under $95 a point. For a £15k or less outlay you’d get enough points to stay in DVC properties for 2 weeks a year, you can rent out the points incredibly easily for a good return, and you’d have 40 years of use. You could also stay in the fancier resorts, like the Epcot and monorail ones. You’d have to pay dues every year but on dues cost alone, the studio is about £80 a night. DVC shouldn’t be bought as an investment but it’s gone up a lot this year, and you are very likely in my view to make a profit on it if you sell it in say 20 years, so if you have the cash available and go to Disney every year anyway, it is worth thinking about. |
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22 Jan 18, 09:42 AM |
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Earning More Ears
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I'm beginning to get nervous about next years prices now
Especially since I want to go in October next year... have no interest whatsoever in Star Wars land so maybe I'm better off going in june? Or even 2020... but then I have the birthday celebrations to contend with It'll just be me, a Disney 'adult' at 10 years old (!) and a 7 year old and I've budgeted £6k for everything (except spends) don't mind where I stay but want the DDP. What are my chances?! I've pretty much decided if I can't get it for that price I'm going to sack the whole thing off, take the kids to Haven and book myself onto a trip to the Galápagos Islands |
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22 Jan 18, 09:47 AM |
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That's my budget for 4 of us, although I've increased it slightly to £6500 based on ATD prices. That's for flights, moderate resort with free qsdp and park tickets for October half term next year. You should be fine with that for just 2 of you. I've already had a quote from My Magic Holiday for £7109 for 4 of us with direct Virgin flights from Manchester, so might be worth giving them a call (they don't do email quotes).
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22 Jan 18, 09:58 AM |
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Earning More Ears
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Thanks, I think I will
There's 3 of us though, 2 of us classed as adults and I definitely want the full dining plan... one of the nicest things (for me... kids couldn't care less!) about our holiday last year was being able to eat whatever/ wherever/ whenever we wanted. |
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