Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

FREE CHRISTMAS AT DISNEY GUIDE FOR READERS OF YOURFIRSTVISIT.NET

My friends at Destinations in Florida are making available a free guide to Christmas at Walt Disney World to readers of yourfirstvisit.net.

To sign up for this free guide to Christmas at Disney World, click here.

Thanks to Allison and the rest of the crew at Destinations in Florida!

For more on the holiday season at Disney World, see this.

DISCOUNT ON TOURINGPLANS.COM FOR YOURFIRSTVISIT.NET READERS

My friends at TouringPlans.com are making a special gift available to readers of their affiliate sites: a holiday discount on their wares.

To get 10% off, go to TouringPlans.com, sign up for either their Disney World or Disneyland products, and use the following offer codes:

• Use offer code: MERRYCHRISTMAS2011 for 10% off a Walt Disney World TouringPlans.com subscription
• Use offer code: DISNEYLANDHOLIDAY for 10% off a Disneyland Resort TouringPlans.com subscription

Check it out, and thanks to the crew at Touringplans.com for making this discount available!

NEW DISNEY WORLD DEALS ANNOUNCED

Disney World has posted a new set of room discounts that cover most dates from April 13 through June 14, 2012 (book by March 31 February 28).

Per-night savings range from 15% to 30%, depending on travel dates, resort, and resort type.

At first glance, this is a complex offer. [Read more →]

One of Disney World’s room rate discount deals, covering periods through December 23, 2011, expires soon!

This deal must be booked by November 19th. For more, see this.

Other current Disney World deals have later expiration dates. See this for more.

Disney released and discussed fourth quarter and fiscal year results last week. Overall, Disney shot out the lights, particularly in parks and resorts.

In domestic parks and resorts, small increases in attendance–and small declines in hotel occupancy–were more than made up for in higher realized prices.

The discussion of the these results in the associated earnings call reinforced what Disney has been saying for a while now–discounting will continue to be cut back, and there’s no out-of-the-ordinary domestic theme park capital spend currently planned for after 2012. [Read more →]

FREE DINING BOOK-BY EXTENDED TO 12/17 FOR 2012 WALT DISNEY WORLD DATES

The date by which Disney World’s free dining offer for January-March 2012 needs to be booked has been extended to December 17, 2011.

This applies to the 2012 dates only–2011 free dining bookings needed to be completed by October 29.

For more on this free dining offer, see this.