Category — e. What to Budget for Walt Disney World

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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WALT DISNEY WORLD PROMOTION CAN SAVE FAMILIES $200-$600

Update April 29: this deal now covers dates through October 2!

Disney has released a new deal that covers stays from May 2, 2010 to June 3 2010, that can save many families from $200 to $600.

The deal is a “stay and play for free” promotion for kids between 3 and 9, staying in a value resort with at least one adult. 

See this for the official Disney material on the promotion.

The way the deal works is that you get free five-day admission tickets for each kid aged 3-9 in your room.

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WALT DISNEY WORLD DEALS AND DISCOUNTS

At the moment, there’s one major deal  available to the general public, a room rate deal.

A deal that applies only to the value resorts is here.

Click the links for more details!

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This page is part of the series The Tightwad’s Guide to Walt Disney World

OVERVIEW: AIR TRAVEL 201–THE TIGHTWAD’S GUIDE TO CHEAP FLIGHTS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

This page contains help for finding cheap flights to Walt Disney World.

It assumes that you know a thing or two about flying.

If not, check out the “Air Travel 101 for Walt Disney World” material that begins here.

If you are an expert on air travel already, or just looking for even more information, a very rich source of advice on air travel and other travel topics can be found in Scott McCartney’s The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel.

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