Category — Disney World Price Seasons

THE WALT DISNEY WORLD VALUE SEASON

The only prices at Disney World that change a lot over the course of the year are Disney resort hotel prices.

Theme park admission ticket prices are the same all seasons of the year–although they often have an annual increase in the summer.  Dining prices go up in the peak spring break, summer, and Christmas seasons, but only a little–a few dollars per person per night.

Hotel prices, however, are all over the map–sometimes changing three times in a month–and can vary as much as 95% for the exact same room depending on when you go to Walt Disney World.

Disney has names for these seasons: value, regular, summer, peak, fall, pre-holiday, holiday, mile long, thumper, etc.

However, most people can’t remember any of the names of these seasons except for the value season and the peak season, so this site’s material on Disney World resort price seasons mostly just ignores these names and presents the numbers and the dates.

TYPICAL DATES FOR THE DISNEY VALUE SEASON

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SUMMER 2010 DEALS FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD ANNOUNCED

Hey–for the latest on Disney World deals, promotions, and discounts, see this page.

Walt Disney World has announced discounts off of its normal prices for the summer of 2010. 

The deals include most nights from June 4 through August 14, and provide the following discounts for stays of one night or more:

• Value resorts: 25% off
• Moderate resorts: 30% off
• Deluxe resorts: 35% off
• Disney Vacation Club Villas: 40% off.

(See this page for the difference among these resort classes,  see this for Walt Disney World’s  normal summer prices, and this for a deal it commonly makes available in the later summer but has not, so far, announced for this year.)

To book these deals, see this page.

LINKS FOR WHEN TO GO

• For when to go to Walt Disney World, see this
• For the next best dates, see this
• For the best and worst times to visit, see this
  • For 2010 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For the 2010 Week Picker App, see this
  • For 2011 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
• For forecasting crowds at Walt Disney World, see this
• For seasonal pricing at Walt Disney World, see this
  • For 2010 price seasons, see this
  • For projected 2011 price seasons, see this
• For weather at Walt Disney World, see this

WHAT TO BUDGET LINKS

For the basic December trip recommended by this site,

• See this for what to budget during the basic December trip
• See this if you are on particularly tight budget, for (difficult) ideas to reduce the December trip budget by more than $1,000

If you can’t go the week this site recommends, see Estimating Budgets for Different Trips

For help getting to much lower budget numbers,

• See this for a summary of current Walt Disney World deals and discounts
• See this for basic Disney World budgeting concepts: Planning Your Walt Disney World Budget
• To design a trip around a specific budget target–e.g., what can you do for $2,500–see this
• For reducing your lodging costs,
  • See The Tightwad’s Guide to Where to Stay at Walt Disney World
  • See this for a summary of current Walt Disney World deals and discounts
• For reducing your dining costs,
  • For ideas on cutting your dining costs compared to what this site recommends, see this
  • For a period during which dining is sometimes free, see The Tightwad’s Guide to When to Go to Walt Disney World

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Disney’s latest discount plan is out.

It is another buy some nights and tickets and get some more free deal, but a little more complicated than such offers in the past, because the deal varies depending on where you stay.

If you are staying in anything other than a Value resort, if you buy 4 nights and 4 days worth of tickets, you get three more nights, and three more days of tickets, free.

If you are staying in a Value resort, you have to buy 5 nights and 5 days worth of tickets, and get for that two nights and two days of tickets free.

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2010 RESORT PRICE SEASONS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

The material below shows the different resort prices at Walt Disney World at different times of the year in 2010. 

Ticket prices don’t vary over the course of the year–although they typically have an annual increase in August. See this for more on ticket prices.

Resort prices, however, are almost twice as high during some periods as they are at others.  The details are below.

 
(You can find dates for 2011 seasonal price changes here, and estimated dates  for 2012 here.)

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The major price at Walt Disney World that varies by season is hotel room cost. (Disney also does seasonal increases in dining prices, but if you use the Dining Plan, this won’t affect you much.)

Unfortunately, prices mostly tie directly to crowding—that is, the more crowded the parks, the longer the lines, the more your hotel will cost.

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OVERVIEW

This site recommends that you arrive in Disney World the second Saturday after Thanksgiving.

For those who cannot go to Walt Disney World then, the material that follows illuminates the different resort prices you will face from going to Walt Disney World at different times of the year in 2009.

You can find 2010 seasons, and estimated dates for 2011 seasonal price changes, here.

PAY MORE TO WAIT IN LINE LONGER

The major prices at Walt Disney World that vary by season are hotel room costs. (Disney also does seasonal increases in dining prices, but if you use the Dining Plan, this won’t affect you much.)

Unfortunately, prices mostly tie directly to crowding—that is, generally the more crowded the parks, the longer the lines, the more your hotel will cost.

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OVERVIEW: WALT DISNEY WORLD PRICES

This site recommends that you arrive in Disney World one of the first three Saturdays after Thanksgiving.

For those who cannot go to Walt Disney World then, the material that follows illuminates the different resort room prices you will face from going to Walt Disney World at different times of the year. For ticket prices, see this.

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