Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World has a deal saving 15-30% on hotel rooms for arrival dates from August 15 through September 29, 2012.

It needs to be booked by August 14, so if you want this deal, you need to act soon!

See this for more on the discount.

DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SALUTE TICKETS AND ROOM RATE DEAL FOR 10/1/2012-9/28/2013

Update July 2013: This deal has been offered for FY 14–October 2013 into September 2014–as well! See this.

Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com broke the news earlier today that there’s a new Disney World offer for US active and retired forces for FY 13–specifically, October 1 2012 through September 28 2013.

There’s two separate deals: on tickets, and on hotels.  I’m seeing some inconsistencies, and am missing a fact or two which I’ll fix later, but based on Steve’s scoop and the draft press release which Disney sent him, and he forwarded to me, here’s the details:

NEW 2012/2013 DISNEY WORLD TICKET DEAL FOR THE ARMED FORCES [Read more →]

See this.

DISNEY WORLD FREE DINING DATES  EXTENDED

Disney World has added another week to the eligible December arrival dates for its free dining offer.

December arrival dates on offer for the free dining deal  now include December 10 through December 20. See this for more.

Updated 8/1/2012 with new December arrival dates!

FALL 2012 FREE DINING AT WALT DISNEY WORLD OPENED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

My friends at Destinations in Florida confirmed this morning that a free Disney World dining deal has opened to the general public for the fall of 2012.

Eligible arrival dates include:

• Sunday September 30 through Thursday October 4
• Friday October 19 through Thursday November 1
• Friday November 9 through Thursday November 15
• Friday November 23 through Thursday November 29
• Monday December 10 through Thursday December 20

These dates must be booked by September 29th, and include a three night stay minimum.

For more, see Disney’s Special Offer page here.

Update 8/6:  See this.

NO EXTENSION OF DISNEY WORLD ARMED FORCES SALUTE

Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com published here that the current Disney World military salute deal for military families will not be extended beyond its expiration date of September 30.

AN FY 2013 DISNEY MILITARY SALUTE OFFER IS STILL POSSIBLE

This does not mean that there’s won’t be a similar offer after September 30; it just means that if there is one, it likely will have different prices and perhaps other differences in the details.

Based on past performance, a new FY13 Military Salute offer, if there is one, could be announced anytime from next week until well after the current salute expires.

Steve’s discussion has more detail on both points.

LINKS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

• Military Families at Walt Disney World
• Deals and Discounts
  • Military Discounts and Deals
  • Other Walt Disney World Discounts and Deals
• Shades of Green
  • Review of Shades of Green
  • Splitting Your Stay Between Shades of Green and Another Resort
  • Overflow Rates at Shades of Green
  • Shades of Green website
• Other Resources for Military Families
  • DisneyMilitarySales.com
  • Disneyworld.com/military
  • MilitaryDisneyTips.com