Weisser - Do you have to pay up front with no cancellation possible?

Weisser - Just got this reply from the Kronenhof:

"Thank you very much for your kind inquiry. What we offer in specific days in January is our Winterspecial Offer. The definite dates in which this will be offered are going to be defined by the end of the summer. It is correct that the price includes halfboard, but it is meant to be CHF 500.00 per person and two nights in a double room standard."

So I guess you got a great deal, which I'm not sure we would get.

Anyway, I realize since we have just 4 or 5 days to spend in the mountains that Pontresina/Engadine might not be the best choice because of travel time.

That price is a lot higher than we were shown! It might have been that they discreetly lowered the price as it got closer to the time period the special was in effect and they found they had a lot of unoccupied rooms.