Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

UPDATE October 2010:

Disney has created new military ticket and room deals, already available and extending into October 2011.

See this for more.

Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com is reporting here that Walt Disney World won’t be extending its Disney Military Salute beyond the current 9/30 “use by” date. 

See this for more on this discount, which must be purchased by August 31.

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

FREE DINING AT WALT DISNEY WORLD INTO DECEMBER

UPDATE AUGUST 2010: This deal has now been extended well into 2011! See this for more.

MousePlanet.com is reporting  here that Disney has extended its free dining plan, already announced through October 2,  to certain dates further into October, and certain dates in November and December.

The new offer is not available for arrivals October 8-21, October 29-November 11, November 19-November 26,  December 3-December 9, and after December 21.

DISNEY MILITARY DEALS 2010

Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com notes here that Walt Disney World has extended the booking window for its 2010 Disney Armed Forces Salute from July 31st to August 31st.

As Steve notes, the other limits of this program–such as that tickets must be used by September 30, and activated by September 26th–remain.

See this for more on this Disney military promotion.

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

DISNEY DINING DEAL 2010 NOW AVAILABLE

UPDATE AUGUST 2010: This deal has now been extended well into 2011! See this for more.

Disney’s usual free dining offer covering visits in late August and September 2010 is now available for booking to the general public.  (See this for more on the Disney Dining Plan.)

The deal must be booked by August 14, and covers dates from August 15th through October 2nd.

NOTE JULY 6 2010: The free dining offer has been extended for many dates into December 2010.  See this for more.

Other Disney discounts and promotions are available for earlier dates–see this for more.

See this for the page on Disney’s website about this offer.

TWO TYPES OF FREE DINING PLANS

The promotion provides one of two dining plan variants for free for those who book an otherwise undiscounted trip of at least 3 nights in a Disney World Resort, including tickets. (See Where to Stay.)

Those who stay in anything other than a value resort get the basic dining plan, which provides, per night of your reservation, and for every person three and older on your reservation, a snack, “counter service” meal (think cafeteria), and a “table service” meal. (Think waiters.)

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Disney’s deal that yields free park tickets for kids aged 3-9 has been extended though October 2. 

See this page for more details in this discount promotion, which originally covered just May 2010.

2011 DISNEY WORLD PACKAGES

Update October 2010: See this for new 2010 and 2011 Disney military discounts.

Update August 17 2010:  Disney has released a new set of deals, each of which extends into 2011.  Click here for more on these packages.

Update August  11 2010: Disney has published 2011 prices, and is now booking 2011 packages on its website.

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