Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

Disney World currently has a room rate offer that covers about half of November and two-thirds of December.

This deal needs to be booked by October 31, so if you are thinking about it you need to decide and act soon!

For more on the deal, see this.

DISNEY WORLD PACKAGE DEAL FOR EARLY JANUARY THROUGH EARLY MARCH

Walt Disney World announced two deals yesterday, one a discount on room rates of 15-35% (see this) and the other a package deal promising savings at, in Disney’s example, around $125 a night at eligible moderate resorts and about $80 a night at eligible value resorts. [Read more →]

DISNEY WORLD DEALS OF 15% TO 35% OFF NOW AVAILABLE FOR EARLY 2013

Disney World has released a new discount for early 2013.  Most arrival dates from January 2 through January 17, and January 21 through March 7, are eligible.

Discounts vary by hotel, and some hotels and room types are not in the program.  For the details, see this page on Disney’s website.

This deal needs to be booked by December 31.

Note that Disney released another, package, deal the same day, and it looks like for most families using this site for guidance, it will save them more than the room rate deal.  See this for more on this other deal.

2013 DISNEY DEALS TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 10?

Update 10/10: This discount is now available—see this.

Crack commenters Jake and Scott have noted that the Disney Visa site says that a deal for Disney World for stays most nights January 2 through March 7 2013 will be released on October 10.

The Disney Visa offers include a package deal and a room rate deal.

Only the Disney Visa package deal refers to a general public deal. Specifically, it says

“Take advantage of this advanced booking offer from October 4-7 before it becomes available to the general public on October 10, 2012.”

So it may be that just the package deal is released on October 10…or, of course, this may just be fubar…

See below for images of each deal.

The package deal:

The room rate deal:

Update 10/5:  A 2013 deal may come out October 10—see this.

DELAYS IN DISNEY WORLD 2013 DEALS?

I’ve been getting a lot of questions wondering about when–and if–early 2013 Disney World discounts might be coming out–especially since deals for the equivalent periods in 2012 and in 2011 came out in August.

My bet is that we’ll see the first set of Disney World discounts for January 2013 in early November, for a couple of reasons, but early December is also possible–as is tomorrow!

WHY DISNEY WORLD 2013 DEALS MIGHT COME OUT IN EARLY NOVEMBER [Read more →]

FREE DINING AND OCTOBER ROOM RATE DISCOUNT NEED TO BE BOOKED SOON

Walt Disney World has two deals for the general public out now:

• One offers free dining for select arrival dates September 2012 through December 2012. For more, see this
• Another offers discounts on room rates of 15-30% for most nights from late September well into December 2012.  For more, see this

The free dining deal needs to by booked by September 29.  

For the room rate deal, October travel also needs to be booked by September 29, but you can still book this deal for November and December 2012 up through October 31.