New Classification System for Walt Disney World Hotels?

[PopPhan]

I just spent over $250 for 2 nights in a King room in a Comfort Suites in Monaca, PA -- about 10 -15 miles north of Pittsburgh (for my niece's wedding.) The room was half the size of a Value room at Pop. To say that the rooms in Disney resorts are overpriced for what you get, to me, is ludicrous. You have to have a frame of reference and understand where you are and what you are getting for your $$$.

I have no problem paying the Disney prices because I am getting a good sized, clean room with amenities like transportation to/from the parks, the Disney 'feel', and more. Now, I DO agree that Deluxe rooms are ungodly expensive and Moderates are quickly reaching those levels, BUT they are filling those rooms! Value rooms are still in the 'reasonable' range, and rising, but not as bad as many are making them out to be.

Certainly prices are going up, and they will continue to do so as long as people are paying and they can keep over 75% occupancy. Supply and demand -- As long as the demand is there, they will keep increasing prices. There are a lot of comments when a new discount comes up and people are not able to get in on them because 'supply is limited'...Why is that? Could it be because there are that few rooms actually available to be discounted?

And this is one area that I don't believe that I have ever seen comparisons with Universal. What are the comparable rooms there price points?

Back to the original thread premise: Changing the resort 'categorizations'...Someone earlier commented that these proposed changes would match up better with the DME tag listings. This actually makes sense. It would seem, again to me, that selecting a location THEN selecting a price point would make things a lot simpler for a lot of people, specially the infrequent or first-time visitors. Will we see DVC, Deluxe, Moderate and Value categories go away? Doubtful. They will just be sub-categories to the location category.

Of course, these are just my opinions and like hemorrhoids, every butt-hole has them!

[texas211]

I just spent over $250 for 2 nights in a King room in a Comfort Suites in Monaca, PA -- about 10 -15 miles north of Pittsburgh (for my niece's wedding.) The room was half the size of a Value room at Pop. To say that the rooms in Disney resorts are overpriced for what you get, to me, is ludicrous. You have to have a frame of reference and understand where you are and what you are getting for your $$$.


Of course, these are just my opinions and like hemorrhoids, every butt-hole has them!

I think that is the point. We are now starting to compare the Disney experience with comfort inn. Its like comparing BMW to Kia. If BMW was coming down to that, I'd seriously look other vehicles. I look at Deluxe, Moderate and Value as Ferrari, Porsche and BMW b/c of Disney. Perhaps that expectation is being adjusted this way to Ferrari, Cadillac and Kia. I think that is where the heartburn is. We are still expecting BMW, and perhaps their thought is we should be expecting Kia.

But, if I was expecting Cadillac and Kia, there are plenty of better offsites that price for price are better. Its not the bargain I'm looking for, its the full value of what I'm getting. Saying theme and transportation is the tie breaker. I disagree. I feel they are doing less for the experience, transportation at values is mediocre (at best). Regardless, I only stay at Moderates or better. However, with the soap thing on top of this, less theme, nickel and diming, and already borderline transport, then I have to look at other options. We did a weekend getaway, I was able to book the Waldorf for the same price as Dixie Landings.

So, to go back to the original point. I do feel they are reclassifying. Its the boiling frog syndrome. The old moderate pricing will be the lowest tier, or some other pacifying grouping. They want to hit even bigger numbers, and are cashing out in Star wars land.