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Category — Disney Specials, Deals and Discounts

New Disney World Room Rate Discount for March-October 2024

DISNEY WORLD HOTEL DEAL

Walt Disney World has released a set of hotel discounts that cover “most nights” March 25, 2024 through October 3, 2024.

Discount levels off of regular prices range between 10% and 35%.  In general (with some interesting exceptions) the highest discounts are for more expensive hotels, longer stay lengths, and earlier in the year.

SAVE 25% TO 35% AT MOST DELUXE AND DVC RESORTS

Most of the deluxes and Disney Vacation Club resorts offer savings of 25% to 35%.

SAVE 20% TO 30% AT MOST MODERATE RESORTS

Most of the moderate resorts offer savings of 20% to 30%.

SAVE 15% TO 25% AT MOST VALUE RESORTS

Most of the value  resorts offer savings of 15% to 25%.

SAVE 10% TO 15% AT THE POLYNESIAN VILLAGE RESORT

The Polynesian Village Resort gets its own savings class of 10% to 15% off….

SAVE 10% AT A MIX OF RESORTS

Finally, lower 10% savings are available at a mix of value, moderate, and (mostly) DVC options that usually have really strong demand anyway.

 

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January 4, 2024   No Comments

New Disney World Room Rate Deal for Early 2024

Walt Disney World has released a deal–or rather, a group of deals–for various dates from January 9, 2024 through March 24, 2024.

More complicated than most Disney World deals, this one has two “book-by” periods, two different stay periods, and five different discount groups.

At its most basic, the deal offers discounts on posted room rates at Disney World hotels. Savings range from 10% to 30%.

  • Book by December 15, and in most cases you’ll save an extra 5%
  • There are two date periods: most Sunday to Thursday nights January 9 through February 22, and most nights February 25 thought March 24

However, because in addition to this there are five different discount groups, I’ve organized the deal by hotel name to perhaps make things easier to track:

BOOKING THIS NEW DISNEY WORLD DEAL

More details are available on Disney World’s website here.

Availability is limited, and in the past, at any given resort, the lowest-priced rooms have been particularly hard to book.

Disney World also has available a dining deal that overlaps with the dates of this room rate deal, which might be better for some visitors. You can book online or over the phone, but  good travel agent, such as my friends at Destinations in Florida, can book the best deal for you—contact them using the form below:

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October 1, 2023   No Comments

New Disney World Dining Deal for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024

DISNEY WORLD’S DINING PROMO CARD DEAL

Disney World has announced a new dining deal that covers a varied set of arrival dates from late October 2023 through early March 2024.

More specifically, the deal includes arrival dates:

  • Most nights 10/27 through 11/1
  • Most nights 11/25 through 11/29
  • Most nights 12/9 through 12/25
  • Most Sunday through Tuesday nights 1/9 though March 5

The deal works by offering a virtual “Dining Promo Card” which can be used at most Disney-owned table service and quick-service restaurants and, since you need to eat anyway, thus represents a savings on what you’d otherwise spend on a Disney World visit.

The value of the amount placed on your “Dining Promo Card” is a function of how many nights you stay, where you stay, and which nights you stay. A minimum four night stay is required to get the deal.

The amount placed on your “Dining Promo Card” per night varies from $60/night to $200/night. The higher amounts are restricted to the more expensive Disney World hotel rooms.

DISNEY WORLD DINING VALUE OF $200 PER NIGHT

Values of $200 per night are available at many of Disney’s DVC resorts

…and also all of Disney’s Deluxe resorts.

DISNEY WORLD DINING VALUE OF $120 PER NIGHT

Values of $120 per night are available at all of Disney World’s Moderate resorts.

DISNEY WORLD DINING VALUE OF $60 PER NIGHT

Values of $60 per night are available at all of Disney World’s Value resorts.

BOOKING THIS NEW DISNEY WORLD DEAL

More details are available on Disney World’s website here.

Availability is limited, and in the past, at any given resort, the lowest-priced rooms have been particularly hard to book.

Disney World also has available a room rate deal that overlaps with the 2023 dates of this Dining Promo Card deal, which might be better for some visitors. You can book online or over the phone, but  good travel agent, such as my friends at Destinations in Florida, can book the best deal for you—contact them using the form below:

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September 18, 2023   No Comments

Disney World Room Rate Deal For Most Dates from October 2 through December 25, 2023

NEW DISNEY WORLD DEAL FOR FALL 2023

Walt Disney World has released a set of discounts on its hotel rooms for the general public that go from early October 2023 through Christmas.

These discounts, some with very attractive savings, further break down into three periods:

  • From October 2 through November 18: a 10% to 25% off deal applies only to most Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nights—not Friday or Saturday nights
  • From November 19 through December 9: a 10% to 25% off deal includes all days of the week–that is, Fridays and Saturdays as well, for “most nights”
  • From December 9 through December 25: the deal increases to 15% to 30% off, and includes all days of the week for “most nights”

In general, higher discounts are available at properties where capacity is high compared to demand, especially those with higher prices, and lower discounts are available where capacity and demand better match up.

At the same time Disney released similar but potentially even better deals for those who are Disney+ members and for Annual Passholders. Click the links for more on those specific deals, and for Disney’s page on the deal available to the general public, see this.

DISNEY WORLD RESORT HOTELS WITH DISCOUNTS OF 25% TO 30%

The highest discounts are at a group of hotels largely in the deluxe and Disney Vacation Club groups, but also in this group are Family Suites at the value resort Art of Animation:

DISNEY WORLD RESORT HOTELS WITH DISCOUNTS OF 20% TO 25%

Three of Disney World’s five moderate resorts are in this group with the next highest savings:

DISNEY WORLD RESORT HOTELS WITH DISCOUNTS OF 15% TO 20%

This group of resorts with smaller percentage savings included most remaining value resort rooms, and a mix of deluxe, moderates, and DVC properties:

DISNEY WORLD RESORT HOTELS WITH DISCOUNTS OF 10% TO 15%

The lowest savings are mostly at Magic Kingdom area DVC properties, but also include other high demand deluxe, moderate and value options:

My friends at Destinations in Florida, the long-term travel agent partner of this site, can help you sort out which deal is best for you. Contact them using the form below.

 

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June 19, 2023   1 Comment

Disney World Room Rate Deal For Most Dates from July 11 through September 28, 2023

Walt Disney World has released a new set of discounts off of its standard hotel room rates, some quite substantial, for “most nights” July 11 through September 28, 2023.

There’s four sets of discounts that range from 10% off to 25-30% off, and most of the sets have two discounts in each, the lower of the two for most of the period, and the higher discount during the traditionally slow times at the beginning of the fall semester, August 21 through September 14.

SAVINGS OF 25% TO 30% AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Substantial savings in this group apply to many deluxe resorts, some DVC resorts, and moderate resort Coronado Springs (this is a VERY nice price on Coronado Springs…):

SAVINGS OF 20% TO 25% AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Pretty good savings in this group apply to several moderates, and also to the Family Suites at the value Art of Animation, one of two room types there:

SAVINGS OF 15% TO 20% AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

These savings apply to the rest of the value resorts, and also to the Epcot deluxes Beach Club and Yacht Club. Note that the almost equally fine (though seeing construction) Epcot deluxe BoardWalk Inn is in the 25-30% off group:

SAVINGS OF 10% AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

The lowest savings are available at a mix of resorts where supply and demand seem enough in balance that Disney does not need much to discount:

BOOKING THIS NEW DISNEY WORLD DEAL

These deals are available for booking now, but eligible rooms are limited, and—if the past us any guide—the least expensive rooms at any given resort are the toughest to find.

Disney World’s page on this deal is here.

A different “dining promo” deal is also out for many of the same dates. Different visitors will save more on one deal or the other.  Details on the Disney World dining deal are here.

My friends at Destinations in Florida, the long-term travel agent partner of this site, can help you sort out which deal is best for you. Contact them using the form below.

 

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March 28, 2023   No Comments

New Disney World Dining Deal for Summer 2023

DISNEY WORLD’S DINING PROMO CARD DEAL

Disney World has announced a new dining deal that covers most nights this summer from June 25, 2023 through September 14, 2023.

The deal works by offering a virtual or real “Dining Promo Card” which can be used at most Disney-owned table service and quick-service restaurants and, since you need to eat anyway, thus represents a savings on what you’d otherwise spend on a Disney World visit.

The value of the amount placed on your “Dining Promo Card” is a function of how many nights you stay, where you stay, and which nights you stay. A minimum four night stay is required to get the deal.

The amount placed on your “Dining Promo Card” per night varies from $35/night to $150/night. The higher amounts are restricted to the more expensive Disney World hotel rooms, and in all cases savings are lower June 25-June 30 and July 11 through July 31.

DISNEY WORLD DINING VALUE OF $125 – $150 PER NIGHT

Values of $125-$150 per night are available at many of Disney’s DVC resorts

…and also all of Disney’s Deluxe resorts.

DISNEY WORLD DINING VALUE OF $75 – $100 PER NIGHT

Values of $75-$100 per night are available at all of Disney World’s Moderate resorts.

DISNEY WORLD DINING VALUE OF $35 – $50 PER NIGHT

Values of $35-$50 per night are available at all of Disney World’s Value resorts.

BOOKING THIS NEW DISNEY WORLD DEAL

Availability is limited, and in the past, at any given resort the lowest-priced rooms have been particularly
hard to book.

At the same time Disney World released this deal, it also released a room rate deal that overlaps with the June and early July dates of this Dining Promo Card deal, which might be better for some visitors. You can book online or over the phone, but  good travel agent, such as my friends at Destinations in Florida, can book the best deal for you—contact them using the form below:

 

  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY

 

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January 6, 2023   No Comments