Priceline Hotel: Resort Orlando (WDW) Gaylord Palms

[scottzmon]

Finally managed to get a decent rate and hotel at WDW. Last time I got Hilton, which was okay for $60 as it had the Extra Magic Disney hours but I really wanted to get into to either Gaylord Palms or Omni Championsgate. Since I was okay with Hilton I started at $60 just in case. Didn't want to bid $75 and get Hilton!!

$60 declined, added Universal

$65 declined, added next zone (since no Resort)

$71 accepted - Gaylord-Palms Yippee ki-yay

Attempted to add another night - declined. Offered me a night at 112. Not bad but fees and taxes pushed it out of my price range.

Re-bid (start over) and reached $78 before snagging Omni. I was happy to go higheras (a) People would be arriving Sunday for Memorial Day week coming up and (:) I was pretty certain that Hilton wasn't in the running. At that point I thought I'd either snag Gaylord-Palms for less than the $112 or Omni. I'll do a separate thread for Omni, but basically I got that for Sunday for $78. I don't care about switching hotels as I'm going with my 10 year old. Like me he'll enjoy exploring / experiencing both places.

I know the resort, parking and property tax fees are ridiculous but I figure we (people on this forum) are paying less than the majority of people.

** Note:Car Rental. After the booking Priceline offerred me a rental car, on the web page. I declined and got a better offer via e-mail. For kicks I bid $15 per day for mid-size and got / 'won' an AVIS rental for 3 days. This is ridiculously cheap IMO.

*I used the PRICELINE link from this site

[thereuare]

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