Fully Updated 2013 Prices; More Price Data; Comment Response Delays

By Dave Shute

2013 DISNEY WORLD PRICE SEASONS UPDATED

Barring possible typos, I’ve got the Disney World 2013 price seasons updated, and so have removed the “projected” language.  Find them here.

For some commentary on 2013 resort hotel prices, see this. For an overall view of Disney World 2013 price and value, especially in the light of changes to evening Extra Magic Hours starting in January, see this.

AVERAGE DISNEY WORLD NIGHTLY PRICES BY ARRIVAL DATE AND LENGTH OF VISIT

Specific price material on this site is usually for the 8 night Saturday-Sunday trips it recommends.

But to do this I have to enter the prices of every single night at my 3 “example” resorts, Pop Century, Caribbean Beach and the Polynesian.

With this in hand, it’s not that hard to create average nightly prices by arrival date for visits shorter than recommended.

So I’ve done this for Pop Century.  See the image for an example of what’s there.  You can download the excel spreadsheet by clicking here.

Let me know via the comment form if it’d be useful for me to do this for my other two example hotels…

See also the links on this page on MouseSavers.com.

COMMENT DELAYS

I’ll be without internet access much of Thursday and possibly Friday as well, so comment responses may be even slower than usual!

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11 comments

1 Tom { 07.26.12 at 9:35 am }

Dave,

quoted Art of Animation, little mermaid room, for 6 days (1 day of park) at $ 1,075. Considering that tickets for four cost around $370 per day, it turns out that accomodation only is approximately $707 or $117 per night (including weekends). Less than 20 bucks in average more than Pop’s but on a brand new hotel.

2 Dave { 07.27.12 at 8:15 am }

Thanks, Tom!

3 Candice { 07.30.12 at 7:54 am }

Hi Dave…..any inside scoop on when the discounted room rates for October 2012 will be coming out?? Thanks!!

4 Dave { 07.30.12 at 8:45 am }

Hi Candice–no inside scoop, and Disney is hard to predict…but it often waits til one deal has expired before announcing the next…so that would suggest after August 14, when the current deal expires…

5 Candice { 07.30.12 at 11:21 am }

Although you state this is not an inside scoop…..I am going to call this an inside scoop…haha! I shall continue to patiently wait…and check the Disney web site. Thanks again Dave. Appreciate all your info and help.

6 Dave { 07.30.12 at 11:54 am }

🙂

7 KE { 08.03.12 at 8:19 pm }

Dave- Your info is GREAT…Exactly what I was looking for! I have a question…I know you’ve ranked the weeks (and I’m using your expertise 🙂 ) …but is there a better day of the week to arrive/depart. We’d like to go for a 5 day/4 night stay with 2 days being travel days and 3 days being in the parks…Must include a weekend, but trying to figure out which day is best to arrive/depart and which days are better suited for a park visit. We’re only going to MK and AK…Thanks for any thoughts or ideas!

8 Dave { 08.04.12 at 5:08 pm }

Hi KE–yup, there are better and worse days to arrive. WDW is busiest Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tue, so if you must have a weekend, arrive the Tues or Weds before it…

9 KE { 08.04.12 at 11:04 pm }

Thanks! Appreciate the tips…Picked a low crowd week to go…Keeping my fingers crossed for low wait times. Patience is not a virtue that our family has! HAHAHA! Want to try Chef Mickey for the 1st time- Which do you prefer breakfast or dinner, considering all factors (travel, park time, etc)? What about Sanaa at AKL? Is that worth the hassle of the transportation there? I’ve seen reviews that rave about it, but then they comment that the transportation to get there was long…I don’t want to take a huge chunk of time out of our day to visit a restaurant, but I need to make sure if we go that it is during daylight when we can see the view since that’s the wow factor for the kids (and us too!). Thanks again!

10 Dave { 08.05.12 at 10:24 am }

Hi KE, for Chef Mickey’s I like as late a breakfast as possible–less expensive, and you can then spend the early morning at MK and walk or monorail back and forth. I love Sanaa for adults, but am not so keen on it for kids–the menu requires a bit of adventurousness, and the view, as you note, is not worth the inconvenience. If you need to see the animals, it’s simpler to just go to AKL and tour the main building (Jambo House)–much more stunning than Kidani, where Sanaa is, and lots of great places to see the animals…

11 KE { 08.05.12 at 3:58 pm }

Very helpful! Thanks!

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