Piratecat, I saw nothing about a $50 deposit, only a $50 cancellation fee if I cancel my reservations. Where did you see anything about a deposit? I scoured the site while registering, and saw nothing about it.
Man, these rooms wen FAST! I registered, booked 2 of my rooms for the stay, and was in the process of booking the third when they ran out of rooms! Literally, from the time registration opened until the hotels ran out of room for our length of stay (23rd-28th) it couldn't have been more than, say, 10 minutes.