Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

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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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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