Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

DEEPLY DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Update April 2011: Disney’s Military Salute program will be renewed into September 2012. See this for more on the extension of the military salute.

Disney Military Sales sent me a press release last night (10/23/2010) with the following information:

“At Walt Disney World Resort – now through Sept. 28, 2011 active and retired U.S. military personnel (including active and retired members of the United States Coast Guard, National Guard and Reservists) or their spouses can purchase:

• Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Park Hopper Option for $138 each, plus tax
• Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Water Parks Fun and More Option for $138 each, plus tax AND
• Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets with Park Hopper and Water Parks Fun and More Options for $165 each, plus tax”

The release continues with this scope and eligibility info:

• “Disney Military Promotional Tickets can be purchased by active and retired U.S. military personnel for themselves and up to five additional family members or friends.
• No more than six Disney Military Promotional Tickets may be purchased by any eligible member of the U.S. military (or spouse) pursuant to this offer.
• All tickets and options are non-transferable and must be used by Oct. 1, 2011 (certain block out dates apply).”

And it contains this how-to and contact advice:

• “For information regarding Disney 4-Day Military Promotional Tickets for admission to the Walt Disney World Resort, or to make room reservations at the Walt Disney World Resort, military personnel may call 407/939-7830 or participating U.S. military base ticket offices.
• Information is also available at www.disneyworld.com/military.”

Note that as I write this the hotel deal is up on the link, but the ticket deal still refers to the past one.  No doubt this will be updated shortly.

For much more detail, see this page on MilitaryDisneyTips.com.

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

UPDATE ON DISNEY MILITARY SALUTE 2011

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE

As of 10/23, Disney has now launched heavily discounted tickets.  See this for more details.

Disney has asked me to clarify that there are no heavily discounted tickets being offered for military families to use in 2011 like there were in the Disney Military Salute 2010 program that ended recently. [Read more →]

THE COMFORTABLE GUIDE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

I’ve been publishing material in the series The Comfortable Guide to Walt Disney World for months now–giving alternatives to this site’s main guidance on key topics such as when to go, how long to stay, where to stay, etc.

But I’ve never properly introduced this series.

So here’s the formal introduction! [Read more →]

I recently did a guest post on Steve’s MilitaryDisneyTips.com blog.

The post was aimed at military families planning how they might save money while waiting to find out whether or not there will be a Disney military discount in 2011.*

However, it’s relevant to any family looking to save some money on their Disney World trip!

You can find it on Steve’s site here.

*Since I wrote it, a 2011 Disney military resort hotel discount of up to 40% has been confirmed, and a heavily discounted ticket deal for military families has been officially announced. See this for more.

DISNEY MILITARY DISCOUNT 2011

Update: the new deeply discounted ticket offer for military families has been officially announced. See this for more.

Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com has confirmed here that not only will there be a new military discount for 2011, but also that it has already begun, and that 2010 dates are available!

The 2011 Disney military deal will cover 10/3/2010 through 10/1/2011.  Blackout dates are likely to be announced shortly.

Details are still emerging, but here’s Steve’s key message about the new 2010 and 2011 Disney military discounts:

“This year’s offer like the previous two includes both steeply discounted theme park tickets and outstanding discounts on Disney Resorts for Military Members and their families.”

“As in the past details of this offer are slowly surfacing only after the offer has already started. This year’s offer began on 3 October 2010.”

Military resort hotel discounts of up to 4o% are being offered.

Block out dates known so far include 11/24-11/26/2010, 12/26-12/31/2010, and 4/17-4/30/2011.

Update: the new deeply discounted ticket offer for military families has been officially announced. See this for more.

See this for more of Steve’s reporting.

THE TIGHTWAD’S GUIDE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

I’ve been publishing material in the series The Tightwad’s Guide to Walt Disney World for months now–giving alternatives to this site’s main guidance on key topics such as when to go, how long to stay, where to stay, how to eat, etc.

But I’ve never properly introduced this series.

So here’s the formal introduction!  [Read more →]