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18-06-2008, 11:52 PM
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Wow, things must be slow at WDW
I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
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Caren
TDC Queen of Adventureland
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19-06-2008, 02:51 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 18, 8:52*am, Caren <dri...@sgi.net> wrote:
> I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
> thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
> my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
> normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
> except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
> resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
>
> Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
>
> --
> Caren
> TDC Queen of Adventureland
Fort Wilderness Campsites are full!!
I've got a preferred for that weekend, and trying desparately to
downgrade to a full hookup. Not working. Hopefully at the 5-day mark
somebody will cancel.
Carol
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21-06-2008, 09:28 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
I also noticed that there was more availability than I thought there would
be a couple of weeks ago over the 4th. We had reservations for Pop but
upgraded to the French Quarter. Our grandson is going to love it there with
the water slide.
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Laurie
"Caren" <drizzt@sgi.net> wrote in message
news:22343443-0b79-4b8e-bac7-fbdcd7f5e04d@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
> thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
> my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
> normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
> except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
> resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
>
> Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
>
> --
> Caren
> TDC Queen of Adventureland
>
>
>
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21-06-2008, 09:30 AM
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#4
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
Hey Carol are you going to be in the parks for the 4th? Which one?
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Laurie
"Carol" <clkelley564@knology.net> wrote in message
news:c2012048-57e9-4c08-b90f-45cd6657ec1d@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 18, 8:52 am, Caren <dri...@sgi.net> wrote:
> I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
> thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
> my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
> normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
> except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
> resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
>
> Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
>
> --
> Caren
> TDC Queen of Adventureland
Fort Wilderness Campsites are full!!
I've got a preferred for that weekend, and trying desparately to
downgrade to a full hookup. Not working. Hopefully at the 5-day mark
somebody will cancel.
Carol
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22-06-2008, 03:07 AM
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#5
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
LaurieJen wrote:
> I also noticed that there was more availability than I thought there would
> be a couple of weeks ago over the 4th. We had reservations for Pop but
> upgraded to the French Quarter. Our grandson is going to love it there with
> the water slide.
>
This morning, I tried to get a DVC studio anywhere for 7/1-7/4 due to an
unplanned property management trip I have to make and there wasn't a
studio to be had anywhere for the night of 7/3. I had to switch to the
following week to get a studio at SSR for three nights.
Jack
--
My email address on the header is a non-monitored spam catching account.
I can be reached via http://www.wvnh.net/contact.htm
The dates for the next RADP Meet are December 12-15, 2008 for RADP-XIII
(http://meets.radp.org).
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22-06-2008, 08:52 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 21, 1:07*pm, JackM <notr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> LaurieJen wrote:
> > I also noticed that there was more availability than I thought there would
> > be a couple of weeks ago over the 4th. We had reservations for Pop but
> > upgraded to the French Quarter. Our grandson is going to love it there with
> > the water slide.
>
> This morning, I tried to get a DVC studio anywhere for 7/1-7/4 due to an
> unplanned property management trip I have to make and there wasn't a
> studio to be had anywhere for the night of 7/3. I had to switch to the
> following week to get a studio at SSR for three nights.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> My email address on the header is a non-monitored spam catching account.
> I can be reached viahttp://www.wvnh.net/contact.htm
>
> The dates for the next RADP Meet are December 12-15, 2008 for RADP-XIII
> (http://meets.radp.org).
Yes, I noticed that DVC was booked. Probably, that's a demographic
that's less affected by a bad economy and high gas prices because
they've already paid for their rooms.
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Caren
TDC Queen of Adventureland
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22-06-2008, 10:15 PM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 20, 6:30*pm, "LaurieJen" <laur...@ptd.net> wrote:
> Hey Carol are you going to be in the parks for the 4th? Which one?
>
> --
> Laurie
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> "Carol" <clkelley...@knology.net> wrote in message
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> news:c2012048-57e9-4c08-b90f-45cd6657ec1d@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 18, 8:52 am, Caren <dri...@sgi.net> wrote:
>
> > I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
> > thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
> > my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
> > normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
> > except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
> > resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
>
> > Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
>
> > --
> > Caren
> > TDC Queen of Adventureland
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> Fort Wilderness Campsites are full!!
>
> I've got a preferred for that weekend, and trying desparately to
> downgrade to a full hookup. *Not working. *Hopefully at the 5-day mark
> somebody will cancel.
>
> Carol
Nope, no parks at all. Just hangin at the campground. A bunch of us
(DISBoards camping forum) will be watching the 4th fireworks from the
beach at the Fort on the 4th, and having a big potluck/drinking party
in (probably) Loop 900 the evening of the 5th. I will probably head
to DTD on the 4th and watch Wall-E and do a little shopping.
Carol
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23-06-2008, 11:10 PM
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#8
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 21, 12:07*pm, JackM <notr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> LaurieJen wrote:
> > I also noticed that there was more availability than I thought there would
> > be a couple of weeks ago over the 4th. We had reservations for Pop but
> > upgraded to the French Quarter. Our grandson is going to love it there with
> > the water slide.
>
> This morning, I tried to get a DVC studio anywhere for 7/1-7/4 due to an
> unplanned property management trip I have to make and there wasn't a
> studio to be had anywhere for the night of 7/3. I had to switch to the
> following week to get a studio at SSR for three nights.
>
> Jack
>
> --
> My email address on the header is a non-monitored spam catching account.
> I can be reached viahttp://www.wvnh.net/contact.htm
>
> The dates for the next RADP Meet are December 12-15, 2008 for RADP-XIII
> (http://meets.radp.org).
Jack,
Saratoga springs showed up as a Studio on a cash basis on the WDW
website today for the 1st - 4th. (The DVC bucket may be different,
but I thought I'd let you know)
Carol
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23-06-2008, 11:41 PM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
Carol wrote:
> On Jun 21, 12:07 pm, JackM <notr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> This morning, I tried to get a DVC studio anywhere for 7/1-7/4 due to an
>> unplanned property management trip I have to make and there wasn't a
>> studio to be had anywhere for the night of 7/3. I had to switch to the
>> following week to get a studio at SSR for three nights.
>
> Saratoga springs showed up as a Studio on a cash basis on the WDW
> website today for the 1st - 4th. (The DVC bucket may be different,
> but I thought I'd let you know)
>
> Carol
Thanks Carol but I'm not about to pay when I have points that I can use. :-)
SSR studios had availability for the following week so I booked the
three nights starting 7/7. It worked out okay as changing the week only
cost me an additional $30 total in airfare/car rental, mostly due to
flying on Monday instead of Tuesday.
Jack
--
My email address on the header is a non-monitored spam catching account.
I can be reached via http://www.wvnh.net/contact.htm
The dates for the next RADP Meet are December 12-15, 2008 for RADP-XIII
(http://meets.radp.org).
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25-06-2008, 12:32 PM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
Caren <drizzt@sgi.net> writes:
> I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
> thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
> my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
> normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
> except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
> resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
>
> Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
I suspect the high gas prices may start to affect the Mouse as well. Perhaps
people are downsizing their hotels to accomidate the higher fuel charges.
--
Michael Meissner
email: mrmnews@the-meissners.org
http://www.the-meissners.org
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26-06-2008, 07:20 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:32:33 -0400, Michael Meissner
<meissner@the-meissners.org> wrote:
>I suspect the high gas prices may start to affect the Mouse as well. Perhaps
>people are downsizing their hotels to accomidate the higher fuel charges.
We are going at the end of July and none of the hotels on the monorail
were available.
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27-06-2008, 02:26 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 25, 5:20*pm, Brian <drmorrisnos...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:32:33 -0400, Michael Meissner
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> <meiss...@the-meissners.org> wrote:
> >I suspect the high gas prices may start to affect the Mouse as well. *Perhaps
> >people are downsizing their hotels to accomidate the higher fuel charges..
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> We are going at the end of July and none of the hotels on the monorail
> were available.
As time goes on Disney is going to be hurt, like the rest of the
tourism industry, by the ever increasing price of oil. Last year, I
was able to get Southwest fares for about $140 RT from New York. In
looking at Southwest's current fares, the cheapest I am finding is
$129 OW. These increased fares are going to significantly reduce the
people who see a low fare to Orlando and decide to book a trip. I
know so many people who are not taking summer trips, Disney or
anywhere else, because of the price of gas or airfare.
Disney has a quality product and benefits from international tourists
because of the weak dollar, but they are not immune from the decrease
in disposable income that is hurting people from the middle class down.
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27-06-2008, 02:47 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 26, 12:26*pm, Mark <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 25, 5:20*pm, Brian <drmorrisnos...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:32:33 -0400, Michael Meissner
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> > <meiss...@the-meissners.org> wrote:
> > >I suspect the high gas prices may start to affect the Mouse as well. *Perhaps
> > >people are downsizing their hotels to accomidate the higher fuel charges.
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> > We are going at the end of July and none of the hotels on the monorail
> > were available.
>
> As time goes on Disney is going to be hurt, like the rest of the
> tourism industry, by the ever increasing price of oil. *Last year, I
> was able to get Southwest fares for about $140 RT from New York. In
> looking at Southwest's current fares, the cheapest I am finding is
> $129 OW. *These increased fares are going to significantly reduce the
> people who see a low fare to Orlando and decide to book a trip. *I
> know so many people who are not taking summer trips, Disney or
> anywhere else, because of the price of gas or airfare.
>
> Disney has a quality product and benefits from international tourists
> because of the weak dollar, but they are not immune from the decrease
> in disposable income that is hurting people from the middle class down.
I agree whole heartedly. As DVC members, it was often the case that
we'd take a quick trip down when an airline offered a deal from the
metro-NY area. Now, there really are not any "deals", so, our number
of trips down will decrease significantly. We may stay longer once we
get there, but we won't be going as often. The problem with that
scenario is that we can only take so much time away from work at once.
Employers seem to prefer a couple of days off at a time spread around
the calendar rather than two straight weeks off at a clip.
As for the weaker dollar, it will impact other markets eventually. Our
weaker dollar is unable to buy as many imported goods with many, MANY
things being made off shore. That topped with the fact that our
disposable income is shrinking, soon the world ecomony will start to
feel some of our downturn.
The upshot MIGHT be that due to the cost of transportation, maybe some
of this "off shore" manufacturing will come back to US.
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27-06-2008, 08:38 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:47:48 -0700 (PDT), "Tom & Cindy"
<cwlopi@aol.com> wrote:
>I agree whole heartedly. As DVC members, it was often the case that
>we'd take a quick trip down when an airline offered a deal from the
>metro-NY area. Now, there really are not any "deals", so, our number
>of trips down will decrease significantly. We may stay longer once we
>get there, but we won't be going as often. The problem with that
>scenario is that we can only take so much time away from work at once.
>Employers seem to prefer a couple of days off at a time spread around
>the calendar rather than two straight weeks off at a clip.
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>As for the weaker dollar, it will impact other markets eventually. Our
>weaker dollar is unable to buy as many imported goods with many, MANY
>things being made off shore. That topped with the fact that our
>disposable income is shrinking, soon the world ecomony will start to
>feel some of our downturn.
>
>The upshot MIGHT be that due to the cost of transportation, maybe some
>of this "off shore" manufacturing will come back to US.
It does make U.S. exports cheaper and makes vacations here cheaper for
those from other countries.
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27-06-2008, 10:14 AM
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Re: Wow, things must be slow at WDW
On Jun 18, 9:52*am, Caren <dri...@sgi.net> wrote:
> I was just checking on a hotel for over the 4th (1st through 5th)
> thinking that at this late date I'd probably have to stay off site. To
> my surprise, most Disney hotels were available--even hotels that are
> normally hard to get such as the Polynesian. The low end was sold out
> except for All-Star Sports, the Contemporary was sold out, and the DVC
> resorts all seemed to be booked. Otherwise, full choice.
>
> Now to figure out how to get enough time off work to do this.
>
> --
> Caren
> TDC Queen of Adventureland
Well, in the course of the past 2 days, Disney released:
- room only rates for August 3 - September 27
- MYW package rates for the same dates
- Travel Agent rates for August 3-24....
so my guess is that for August and September they needed to discount
to fill some rooms.....
-Joe
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