Category — k. Special Circumstances at Walt Disney World
Current Disney World Deals Need to be Booked Soon!
DISNEY WORLD DEALS EXPIRING
Walt Disney World is currently running three promotions for the general public, and a deal for military families as well.
While travel dates for these deals extend from now until October and even December, three of these four need to be booked within the next few weeks.
KEY DATES FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD PROMOTIONS
July 21, 2010 No Comments
Report: No Extension for Disney Military Salute
UPDATE October 2010:
Disney has created new military ticket and room deals, already available and extending into October 2011.
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
- Shades of Green
- Other Resources for Military Families
July 12, 2010 No Comments
Special Diets at Walt Disney World
The crew on the blog at TouringPlans.com have published a great post on managing dietary needs or wishes at Walt Disney World.
June 10, 2010 2 Comments
Extension to Booking Window for Walt Disney World’s 2010 Military Discount
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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
- Shades of Green
- Other Resources for Military Families
June 6, 2010 No Comments
Review: Shades of Green Resort at Walt Disney World
SUMMARY: SHADES OF GREEN RESORT
My family has made a number of trips to Shades of Green.
We visited most recently last month, in a trip sponsored as always by my father (retired career Navy) that included my test niecelets—that’s them in the photo.
Based on these visits, Shades of Green is a wonderful choice for eligible returning visitors to Walt Disney World.
However, for first time family visitors, it is not the best choice.
It does not participate in key programs that Disney owned and operated resorts offer, especially the Disney Dining Plan and Disney’s Magical Express. (It does participate in Extra Magic Hours.)
Shades of Green has little kid appeal, and despite a great location across the street from Disney’s Polynesian Resort, so-so convenience.
Families who need to take advantage of Shades of Green’s great value—it is indeed one heck of a bargain—will have their best first family visit to Walt Disney World by staying in it as part of a “split stay.”
That is, they should split their visit into some time at Shades of Green, and some at a more highly recommended Walt Disney World resort.
See this page for more on the best way to fit a stay at Shades of Green into a first family visit to Walt Disney World
Another great option—though much harder to pull off—is to get overflow rates from Shades of Green for a recommended Walt Disney World resort. See this page on MilitaryDisneyTips.com for more on overflow rates.
POSITIVES OF SHADES OF GREEN
February 22, 2010 15 Comments
2017 and 2018 Military Deals and Discounts at Walt Disney World
MILITARY DISCOUNTS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
Update: the 2019 Armed Forces salute is out! See this.
Military families are eligible, of course, for all Walt Disney World deals and specials available to the general public.
In addition, Walt Disney World often makes special deals available to members of and retirees from the U.S. military, and from related DoD organizations.
The most valuable of these is the Armed Forces Salute.
In addition, Shades of Green, an Armed Forces Recreation Center located near Walt Disney World’s Polynesian resort and nestled among Walt Disney World’s renowned Palm and Magnolia golf course, offers wonderfully low rates for the quality of its rooms.
Shades of Green discounts its already low rates from time to time.
And of course Disney’s general public deals and specials apply to military families as well.
This site recommends Shades of Green for first-time visitors only under a couple of special circumstances. See this for more on first time family visits and Shades of Green.
Steve Bell is the Military Moderator on this site. And Steve’s Military Disney Tips has for years been the go-to site for military families looking to make the most out of their Disney World vacations.
But like every other website (especially mine), finding exactly what you need to know, in the right order, sometimes isn’t as easy as you’d like it to be.
So the great news is that Steve has just published a Disney World guidebook for military families.
With entire chapters devoted to the 2016 Armed Forces Salute, to Shades of Green, and to other deals and perks available to military families, I can’t recommend it enough!!
It’s available as a PDF–probably the most convenient format–here, and on Amazon.com here
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This book will be a great help to military families contemplating a Disney World visit in 2016!!
LINKS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
- Military Families at Walt Disney World
- Deals and Discounts
- Shades of Green
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February 22, 2010 54 Comments
