Category — k. Special Circumstances at Walt Disney World
Disney Military Salute for 2013 Will be Announced Next Week
August 4, 2012 No Comments
No Extension For Disney Armed Forces Salute, but a FY13 Re-Offer Still Possible
Update 8/6: See this.
NO EXTENSION OF DISNEY WORLD ARMED FORCES SALUTE
Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com published here that the current Disney World military salute deal for military families will not be extended beyond its expiration date of September 30.
AN FY 2013 DISNEY MILITARY SALUTE OFFER IS STILL POSSIBLE
This does not mean that there’s won’t be a similar offer after September 30; it just means that if there is one, it likely will have different prices and perhaps other differences in the details.
Based on past performance, a new FY13 Military Salute offer, if there is one, could be announced anytime from next week until well after the current salute expires.
Steve’s discussion has more detail on both points.
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 8, 2012 No Comments
Memorial Day 2012
Paula Broadwell and Vernon Loeb quoted David Petraeus in their recent biography, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
:
“I strongly believe that our young men and women in uniform in places like Afghanistan and Iraq and other places around the world have more than earned the title ‘new greatest generation.'”
Petraeus continues in a different quote:
“I think about all of you [in uniform] every moment of every day. I feel your hardship and your sacrifice and your burden more than you can possibly imagine, and that of your families as well. I think you’re the best America has to offer. My admiration and affection for you is without limit, and each and every one of you will be in my prayers every day for the rest of my life. Thank you.”
There’s nothing to add to this…yes, yes and yes…and thank you.
To this new greatest generation–to all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coasties: thank you, and thank God for you and your families. It is you who preserve the freedom and safety of the rest of us, by your willingness to go into harm’s way and to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect your country.
And for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their buddies, for freedom, and for the rest of us, God bless, and rest in the peace you have earned.
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
May 28, 2012 No Comments
News on Disney World Armed Forces Salute Extension in “Early Summer”?
ARMED FORCES SALUTE CONTINUES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD INTO 2013?
Steve at MilitaryDisneyTips.com notes in his blog here that a Disney spokesman has said that, regarding Disney’s Armed Forces salute, “hopefully we’ll have something to announce by early this summer.”
Don’t view that Disney statement as a promise–it’s not a promise about another continuation of this great program, nor even an exact date of when it might be announced. Depending on how you define it, “early summer” can stretch into the beginning of August…and negotiations between Disney and DOD have stretched out before…and Disney is trying to cut back discounts…
But that’s still really cool news, and makes me put my personal odds that there’ll be another program after the current one ends in late September 2012 to 75%…
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
May 17, 2012 No Comments
Celebrating Military Disney Tips
MilitaryDisneyTips.com (and its blog) is celebrating its fourth birthday today!
If you are a military family, related to a military family, friends with a military family, or could be friends if you realized what great deals they and their friends are sometimes offered, you need to check out this site. [Read more →]
May 2, 2012 No Comments
Who is Eligible for Which Military Discount at Walt Disney World?
IS YOUR FAMILY ELIGIBLE FOR A DISNEY MILITARY DISCOUNT?
Steve at DisneyMilitaryTips.com has posted on his blog a great chart that helps sort out who is eligible for which among the various Disney World (and other central Florida) offers available to military families.
It includes the various deal possibilities (e.g. Armed Forces Salute, Shades of Green) across the top of the chart, and various populations (e.g. guard/reserve, non-retired honorably discharged, etc.) down the side, and indicates in the intersection whether or not the population is eligible for the offer.
This is a stupendously helpful summary of complex information! Great work, Steve. Check it out.
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
April 15, 2012 No Comments
