Category — p. News and Changes

2013 DISNEY DEALS TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 10?

Update 10/10: This discount is now available—see this.

Crack commenters Jake and Scott have noted that the Disney Visa site says that a deal for Disney World for stays most nights January 2 through March 7 2013 will be released on October 10.

The Disney Visa offers include a package deal and a room rate deal.

Only the Disney Visa package deal refers to a general public deal. Specifically, it says

“Take advantage of this advanced booking offer from October 4-7 before it becomes available to the general public on October 10, 2012.”

So it may be that just the package deal is released on October 10…or, of course, this may just be fubar…

See below for images of each deal.

The package deal:

The room rate deal:

Update 10/5:  A 2013 deal may come out October 10—see this.

DELAYS IN DISNEY WORLD 2013 DEALS?

I’ve been getting a lot of questions wondering about when–and if–early 2013 Disney World discounts might be coming out–especially since deals for the equivalent periods in 2012 and in 2011 came out in August.

My bet is that we’ll see the first set of Disney World discounts for January 2013 in early November, for a couple of reasons, but early December is also possible–as is tomorrow!

WHY DISNEY WORLD 2013 DEALS MIGHT COME OUT IN EARLY NOVEMBER [Read more →]

The Magic Kingdom will be opening at 8a rather than the usual 9a on eight of the ten days beginning Friday October 5, 2012 and ending Sunday October 14–every day in that span except for 10/9 and 10/10.

8a openings are unusual except on the most busy days of the year, and I haven’t seen such a sweep of them outside of the weeks around Christmas and New Years.  During Columbus Day week last year, there were none.

I’m not sure if this means the parks will be busier than the 5/Moderate Minus in the crowd calendar, or if something else is going on, but if they are busier, crowds will still be in the “Moderate” range.”

ART OF ANIMATION NOW THE TOP RANKED VALUE RESORT

From when this site opened until yesterday, Disney’s Pop Century Resort had been its #1 recommended value resort for first time family visitors.

Not anymore.

Having stayed in its standard 4 person Little Mermaid rooms last week, I’ve moved Disney’s Art of Animation Resort to the top of the list. 

ART OF ANIMATION IS TOPS IN KID APPEAL, NEAR THE TOP IN CONVENIENCE [Read more →]

2013 FREE DISNEY WORLD DINING DATES?

A “bounce back offer” is a deal offered to Disney World hotel guests that they can only take advantage of if they book it during their current stay.

As I write this, I’m in Disney World’s All-Star Music Family Suites (review here!) and the offer in my room is for free dining beginning 8/18/2013.

However, there’s a wrinkle: the end dates of the free dining offer vary depending on what resort type you reserve. [Read more →]

NEW DISNEY WORLD ROOM RATE DISCOUNT

Disney World has announced a new room rate deal that covers arrivals most nights from September 30, 2012 to November 16, 2012 and November 24, 2012 to December 22, 2012.

Savings under this deal are convoluted—some resorts are excluded, and the discount varies by night. See the calendar on the right side of this page for the gory details.

In general, though, here’s what Disney World has on offer:

• Value resorts: save 15-20%; Art of Animation Little Mermaid and All-Star Movies excluded; Art of Animation Family Suites excluded some dates, available others
• Moderate resorts: Save 20-25%; Port Orleans French Quarter excluded
• Deluxe resorts: save 15-30%; Savanna view rooms at AKL excluded
• Disney Vacation Club resorts: save 25-30%; Beach Club Villas, Wilderness Lodge Villas, Bay Lake Tower, and savanna views at Jambo and Kidani excluded

This deal must be booked September 29, 2012 for October travel, and by October 31 for November and December deals.

See Disney’s page here for more details and which nights which discounts are available.