Mad Dog
V.I.P. Member
Supposedly, a reason for opening early though was that hotel bookings for summer and fall were so poor. WDW seems to be slow this summer. Evidently they thought opening GESWL early would fill those empty rooms. Evidently that idea was wrong....Discounts and free dining sometimes work, so that's their new route to fill all those empty rooms. It may be working to a degree. After they made the announcements yesterday, their internet site slowed up, probably because people started booking rooms finally.What do they expect?
They tell you that you need to book your hotels a year in advance, dining 6 months and rides 2 months out. Then they announce that their big project is opening earlier than expected after everybody has already booked.