Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

As expected, Disney World announced today a room rate deal of 15-30% off at selected Disney World resort hotels for the general public—and one with a new twist, a free extra ticket day for longer stays.

The deal covers most nights

• 3/14-4/12/14, and
• 4/20-6/15/14,

…and needs to be booked by 3/31. (There’s also some availability for 2/24 to 3/5.)

Reported resort savings are as follows (for links to reviews of these—I’ve recently stayed in them all– see this):

VALUE RESORTS DEALS

Art of Animation Family Suites—15% off

All-Star Music, All-Star Sports, and Pop Century: 20% off

Art of Animation Little Mermaid rooms are not in the deal; All-Star Movies rooms may be available at 5% off.

MODERATE RESORTS DEALS

Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans Riverside: 25% off

Cabins at Fort Wilderness: I don’t know yet if they are in the deal.  Port Orleans French Quarter may be available at 5% off

DELUXE RESORTS DEALS

Animal Kingdom Savanna View, Wilderness Lodge Courtyard View, Contemporary Resort, Grand Floridian Resort: 20% off

Other deluxe resort standard rooms: 30% off

DISNEY VACATION CLUB RESORTS (EXCEPT GRAND VILLAS) DEALS

Animal Kingdom Jambo House and Kidani Village Villas, Beach Club Villas, and Villas at the Wilderness Lodge: 20% off

BoardWalk Villas, Old Key West, and Saratoga Springs: 30% off

Bay Lake Tower may be available at 5% off. Villas at the Grand Floridian: not in the deal

DISNEY WORLD TICKET DEAL

Moreover for the first time since the recession there’s a ticket deal in here too!

If you change your room-only reservation booked under this deal to a Magic Your Way package that includes at least 4 days of tickets, each ticket booked will get an extra day free, so long as the initial ticket set is for 4 days or more.

For more on this deal, see Disney’s page on it here or check in with my friends at Destinations in Florida Travel–877-918-8941 or online here.  Remember to mention yourfirstvisit.net when you call!

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Hey, this deal has been released. See this!

ROOM RATE AND FREE DAY DEAL TO COME OUT JANUARY 6?

Expectations are high that a room rate and small ticket deal for April 20-June 15, 2014 will come out for the general public Monday January 6.

Reports this morning are that this deal is already available to Disney Visa cardholders.

The deal seems to include not only a room rate discount, but also one free ticket day after a minimum buy: e.g. buy 4 days, and get the 5th free.

I don’t have any more specifics, but as I learn them–or my buddy Joe Black tells me them–I’ll pass them along!

HOW TO SCREW THIS DEAL UP

Well-meaning but inept advice is showing up here and there that non-Visa people–that is, the rest of us–should book now to “lock in your room,” and then convert your room to the deal later.

Deals don’t work this way.  You are competing for the inventory of the deal with everyone else, whether or not you already have a room.

So booking before the deal does not help you one bit in getting the deal once it comes out.

Moreover, the more who book now, the less pressure there is to have a deal at all–so booking now may reduce the number of rooms made available, or even narrow the dates offered.

So don’t book now, unless you plan to go with or without the deal!!

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There’s three deals for Disney World right now covering various dates into April 2014.

These all have “book-by” dates of December 31, 2013, so if you are interested in one of these deals, you need to book now!

For more on these deals, see this.

I expect a new Disney World room rate deal covering late April, May, and perhaps longer to come out in early January 2014, but haven’t got any credible rumors to share about such a deal…

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Walt Disney World has released a new “families with little ones” Intro to Disney offer which–doubtless inspired by this site 🙂 –it’s aiming at first time visitors.

Here’s some of Disney’s language:

“[N]ow’s a terrific time to share Disney magic together for the first time—thanks to a special offer created for families with little ones.”

The deal packages together rooms, tickets, and dining plans, and looks to be a variant of the already-released “Stay Play and Dine” deal.

The example given includes three people–two ten and older and one aged 3-9. Three nights at Pop Century or one of the All-Stars, two ticket days, and the quick-service dining plan are priced at $999. By my math, that’s at least $150 off.

Deals for other family structures and trip lengths are available.

This deal covers most arrival dates January 5 through February 12, 2014, and needs to be booked by December 31.

See more on Disney’s page on this offer here.

–And thanks, Joe Black, for the heads-up on this deal!

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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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