April 2018 DDP Prices

[JoeJames]

Hi Guys,

If the exchange rate goes up against the dollar, do you think the prices for 2018 may go down? the prices for next year are so high, virgin deals are seemingly decent value which is strange to say the least.

Hopefully the £ will strengthen when we finally release a plan for Brexit.

[Conno]

I'm pretty sure these price base-lines will be set for the year.

The same way they didn't increase prices in the middle of last year when we voted Brexit and the £ crashed.

If the £ recovers, you will see adjusted prices for 2019; but I fear that 2018 is pretty much set as a base-line now.

[BeautyAndTheTwe]

I think because it's so far in advanced prices are alot more for 2018. Flights aren't release until 11 months, so that will probably be the best time to book. We always find doing it all seperately is the best way.
We made a youtube video of how we book our holiday for the cheapest way.

Hope it can help

[Guest]

I am hoping they are going to give a better deal on the free DDP when it or if it is released. I.e. QSDP at the value resorts

I know I am hoping in vain but the room price seems to be so much higher for next year. I don't think the price will move vastly. I am surprised that Virgins prices don't seem as high looking at disneys!

Even considering offsite and a car. Rather not really but then there are loads of restaurants outside I want to try and be nice to have the freedom to visit other places as we wish.

[loves2plan]

Going on previous years (and I've been tracking Disney prices since 2012), the prices that are released now are a pretty good indication of what they will be once/if free dining is released in April. Sometimes they can go down a bit, but probably not as much as you're hoping. The biggest drops are normally OKW and SSR which have also been discounted - 30% last year. There aren't any prices for them on the Disney site yet, but Kenwood Travel have them and they're usually very close to the Disney direct prices (within a few pounds). Once free dining is released, the prices have stayed exactly the same for the duration of the promotion - so until November. I don't think that they'll change them if the exchange rate improves as then they'll have a lot of angry customers who maybe booked earlier in the promotion period. On the UK side of things, I've only known Disney to offer 3 prices: rack rate, free dining rate, free nights rate. There are companies that are cheaper than Disney direct. We book with Orlando Attractions and save a fair bit on the Disney prices, so once/if free dining is released, then it'll be worth shopping around for quotes.

[JoeJames]

Originally Posted by loves2plan

Going on previous years (and I've been tracking Disney prices since 2012), the prices that are released now are a pretty good indication of what they will be once/if free dining is released in April. Sometimes they can go down a bit, but probably not as much as you're hoping. The biggest drops are normally OKW and SSR which have also been discounted - 30% last year. There aren't any prices for them on the Disney site yet, but Kenwood Travel have them and they're usually very close to the Disney direct prices (within a few pounds). Once free dining is released, the prices have stayed exactly the same for the duration of the promotion - so until November. I don't think that they'll change them if the exchange rate improves as then they'll have a lot of angry customers who maybe booked earlier in the promotion period. On the UK side of things, I've only known Disney to offer 3 prices: rack rate, free dining rate, free nights rate. There are companies that are cheaper than Disney direct. We book with Orlando Attractions and save a fair bit on the Disney prices, so once/if free dining is released, then it'll be worth shopping around for quotes.

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Do you think it is a natural increase or we may see changes to structure? - unless they are factoring in Avatar, Toy Story and Star Wars Expansion into overall cost to product value?

E.g: Value = QSDP
Moderate =DDP
Deluxe = DDDP

[loves2plan]

Originally Posted by JoeJames

Do you think it is a natural increase or we may see changes to structure? - unless they are factoring in Avatar, Toy Story and Star Wars Expansion into overall cost to product value?

E.g: Value = QSDP
Moderate =DDP
Deluxe = DDDP

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I honestly couldn't say. The only thing I don't think they'll do is the DDDP at deluxe resorts. The US offer is qsdp at values and ddp at moderates and deluxe, so maybe they'll do that, but I really don't know.

[JoeJames]

Originally Posted by loves2plan

I honestly couldn't say. The only thing I don't think they'll do is the DDDP at deluxe resorts. The US offer is qsdp at values and ddp at moderates and deluxe, so maybe they'll do that, but I really don't know.

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Still wouldn't add up the price increase on Deluxe Resorts, its more than the drop in the currency percentage.

We booked for 2016 for AKL with DDP and Virgin Direct flights for £2,250pp for 14 nights,

For 2018 its coming through without flights at £2209.
Thats a crazy price

[Moorlandman]

2017 prices did not increase that much compared to the 20% drop in sterling.

[loves2plan]

Originally Posted by JoeJames

Still wouldn't add up the price increase on Deluxe Resorts, its more than the drop in the currency percentage.

We booked for 2016 for AKL with DDP and Virgin Direct flights for £2,250pp for 14 nights,

For 2018 its coming through without flights at £2209.
Thats a crazy price

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I know, but Disney do increase their prices every year too, so I guess with that and then the drop in currency it makes it eve worse. It also depends what rate they had the previous prices based on - I read 1.6 on another thread. I guess we'll just have to wait and see and then see if the TAs can offer anything decent in order to keep business.