Category — p. News and Changes

WALT DISNEY WORLD DEALS AND DISCOUNTS NEED TO BE BOOKED SOON

Two current Walt Disney World deals are expiring soon.

• One offers free dining for stays many dates into March 2012, and needs to be booked by December 17.  Click here for more.
• Another offers room rate discounts from 20% to 35% for many dates in January and February 2012, and needs to be booked by December 21.  For more, click here.

Another deal has “book by” dates into 2012.  It offers room rate discounts of 15% to 30% for many dates from later February into early June 2012. For more, see this.

In a hard-hitting article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, writer Eric Hague probes the hitherto unreported role of Walt Disney World in one dimension of the economy’s recent financial travails. 

Click here for the article.

For more in this genre of fact-filled, deeply-researched, made-up stuff about Disney World, see this.

More is out on Disney World’s 2012 winter ride closures. 

• The much rumored extension of the Big Thunder Mountain closure into late May is now a fact.  It is now posted as closed through May 27.
• And Kali River Rapids has been added to the list–closed from January 23rd through February 9.

For more, see this.

FREE CHRISTMAS AT DISNEY GUIDE FOR READERS OF YOURFIRSTVISIT.NET

My friends at Destinations in Florida are making available a free guide to Christmas at Walt Disney World to readers of yourfirstvisit.net.

To sign up for this free guide to Christmas at Disney World, click here.

Thanks to Allison and the rest of the crew at Destinations in Florida!

For more on the holiday season at Disney World, see this.

DISCOUNT ON TOURINGPLANS.COM FOR YOURFIRSTVISIT.NET READERS

My friends at TouringPlans.com are making a special gift available to readers of their affiliate sites: a holiday discount on their wares.

To get 10% off, go to TouringPlans.com, sign up for either their Disney World or Disneyland products, and use the following offer codes:

• Use offer code: MERRYCHRISTMAS2011 for 10% off a Walt Disney World TouringPlans.com subscription
• Use offer code: DISNEYLANDHOLIDAY for 10% off a Disneyland Resort TouringPlans.com subscription

Check it out, and thanks to the crew at Touringplans.com for making this discount available!

NEW DISNEY WORLD DEALS ANNOUNCED

Disney World has posted a new set of room discounts that cover most dates from April 13 through June 14, 2012 (book by March 31 February 28).

Per-night savings range from 15% to 30%, depending on travel dates, resort, and resort type.

At first glance, this is a complex offer. [Read more →]