Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

There’s a room-rate deal out for Disney World that needs to be booked by November 3–a week from now.

This deal offers 15-30% off various resorts for stays into later December.

See the end of this page for more details!!

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As predicted, Walt Disney World released today two deals for early 2014.

ROOM ONLY DISNEY WORLD DEAL FOR EARLY 2014

One deal is a room discount deal, and covers January 5 – April 12, 2014

This deal needs to be booked by December 31, 2013, and offers the following discounts (except between March 6-13, when discounts, if available, will typically be 5 percentage points less.):

Value Resorts:

• 20% off: All Star Music, All Star Sports, Pop Century Resort
• 15% off: Art of Animation Family Suites
• 5% off: All Star Movies
• Excluded:  Art of Animation Little Mermaid Standard Rooms

Moderate Resorts:

• 25% off: Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans Riverside, Fort Wilderness Cabins
• 5% off: Port Orleans French Quarter

Deluxe Resorts:

• 35% off: Animal Kingdom Lodge (Standard & Pool View), Beach Club, Yacht Club, BoardWalk Inn, Polynesian Resort, Contemporary Resort, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa , Wilderness Lodge (Standard & Woods View)
• 25% off: Animal Kingdom Lodge (Club Level & Savanna View), Wilderness Lodge (Club Level & Courtyard View)
• Excluded (or perhaps 5% off): Other view types

DVC Resorts:

• 35% off: Saratoga Springs, Old Key West, Beach Club Villas, BoardWalk Inn Villas
• 25% off: Villas at Wilderness Lodge and Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas
• 5% off: Bay Lake Tower
• Excluded: Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and 3-bedroom Villas

Disney World’s page on this deal is here.

DISNEY WORLD EARLY 2014 “PLAY, STAY, DINE AND SAVE” DEAL

Disney World also released today a “Play Stay Dine” deal for early 2014. It covers arrival dates from January 5 through March 5, 2014 and needs to be booked by December 31.

This deal does not look quite like similarly named deals Disney has released in the past. On its webpage, for an example 4 person family, savings are on the order of $120/night at eligible deluxes and moderates, and $80/night at value resorts.

Savings on this deal will vary quite a bit among families of different sizes and ages and in some cases the room-only deal will be better. In general, the smaller and older your family, and the more expensive your room, the better the room only deal…but sadly you–or your travel agent, or the Disney cast member you call–will need to do the math.

Disney’s page on this deal is here.

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Update 10/8: These deals are out!! See this.

My bud Joe Black’s disboards post here has the details on a Disney Visa room-only offer for 2014 at Walt Disney World that came out this morning.

I expect a general-public deal to come out October 8 that’ll be very similar.

Here’s the scoop he’s reporting, slightly edited and re-ordered…

Dates: January 5 – April 12, 2014 (certain dates may vary slightly, especially between March 6-13 where discounts will be  less.)

Value Resorts:

• 20% off: All Star Music, All Star Sports, Pop Century Resort
• 15% off: Art of Animation Family Suites
• 5% off: All Star Movies
• Excluded:  Art of Animation Little Mermaid Standard Rooms

Moderate Resorts:

• 25% off: Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans Riverside, Fort Wilderness Cabins
• 5% off: Port Orleans French Quarter

Deluxe Resorts:

• 35% off: Animal Kingdom Lodge (Standard & Pool View), Beach Club, Yacht Club, BoardWalk Inn, Polynesian Resort, Contemporary Resort, Grand Floridian Resort & Spa , Wilderness Lodge (Standard & Woods View)
• 25% off: Animal Kingdom Lodge (Club Level & Savanna View), Wilderness Lodge (Club Level & Courtyard View)
• Excluded (or perhaps 5% off): Other view types

DVC Resorts:

• 35% off: Saratoga Springs, Old Key West, Beach Club Villas, BoardWalk Inn Villas
• 25% off: Villas at Wilderness Lodge and Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas
• 5% off: Bay Lake Tower
• Excluded: Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and 3-bedroom Villas

There’s also a “Stay Play Dine” Disney Visa offer, but I don’t quite get its terms yet, so I’ll add that later.

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Update 10/8: These deals are out!!  See this.
Rumors have been rampant since Monday that Disney World will release two deals for 2014 on October 8.

The most common version is that room-rate discounts and a Stay/Play/Dine deal will be coming out then, and will cover much of January, all of February, some of March, and early April.

I haven’t been able to confirm any of the specific details being written about with my own sources, but the Mysterious J has confirmed that two Disney World deals in fact will come out October 8. 

As I get more details sent from trusted sources, I will pass them along!

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There’s two Disney World deals that expire today–a free dining deal, and a room rate deal.

Details are here.

If you want one of these deals, act quickly!

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Destinations in Florida has been a sponsor and partner of this site for years–I’ll never forget the day that boss Allison emailed me out of the blue in the early days with something along the lines of “yourfirstvisit.net site is incredibly helpful!  Can we sponsor it?”

Over the years they’d trained their staff in it, dedicated staff to its readers, and even added a toll-free line just for the readers of yourfirstvisit.net.

Our relationship means that if you book your Disney World vacation through them, they spread a little pixie dust back to me–which helps in defraying the time and costs of researching and writing this site.

Every now and then they offer a special deal.  Now through August 15th, it’s transfer week–if you transfer your reservation to them, you get a cute little gift delivered to your room!

Jennifer at Destinations in Florida provided the following details (and the photo of the gift!):

Did you just spend hours on hold with Disney last week to get the new free dining or room discount?  How would like to get a free in room gift from Disney Florist and free services from our agency?   

All you have to do is transfer your existing reservation over to Destinations in Florida.

When you transfer your reservation, your reservation stays exactly the same.  The only change is our agency will be added to your reservation.  We can then help you plan the rest of your trip including itinerary planning, dining suggestions and reservations, and local experts (at your beck and call).  You also get lots of freebies including:

• MousePerks – Hundreds of crafts, activities sheets, tips, and more created just for our guests.  Receive magic in your email box!
• Orlando Magicards – Save hundreds to thousands of dollars on other activities in Orlando including dining, shopping, and recreation
• Disney Theme Park Guide Maps – Learn your way around the parks, before you get there with Disney Theme Park Guide Maps
• Pictures of Mickey Mouse – Your kids will love the pictures of Mickey Mouse!
• Itinerary Planning – Learn how to save hours in lines at the parks and beat the crowds with personalized itinerary planning for your family.  This one free service is valued at $149.
• Dining Suggestions/Reservations – Do you know the best restaurants for your family?  Our team has dined at every restaurant at Disney World.  We are considered restaurant experts at Disney World.  We know which restaurants are best for your visit and make suggestions based on your family.  Plus, we will book all of these reservations for you.  This free service is valued at $69 and is free for our guests!
• Disney Florist In Room Gift – which includes the Mickey Treat Cooler with Mickey Mouse plush, Mickey clock, snacks, and Mickey Cooler (valued at $75).

It’s simple procedure to let Destinations in Florida Travel take over your reservation.   Just  click on this link and request a transfer.  We will email you a form to fill out.  You will sign the bottom of the transfer form and fax to Disney.  It then takes Disney about a week to add them to your reservation.  Everything else stays the same on your reservation.  Then let the fun begin!  Hurry – this promotion ends on August 15.

To book your Disney World vacation, contact Jennifer Johnson at Destinations in Florida Travel. Call her at 601-500-2492 or email her at jenniferjohnson@destinationsinflorida.com.  Be sure you mention yourfirstvisit.net for this special transfer promotion!

Thanks, Jennifer! And..

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