Mousesavers is posting that a huge discount is to be released tomorrow. Heads up!!
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Mousesavers is posting that a huge discount is to be released tomorrow. Heads up!!
Oooh...maybe this is what I've been waiting for. :D
General question here....
How soon can non DVC members, Disney Visa etc book in advance? Can I book for next year at this time? What I really want to know is, what are the advantages or disadvantages to booking a year in advance. If there is good deal can someone like me eventually be eligable for it?
Yes I'm Disney Dumb, last year was our first time and we stayed OP.
I just went through a big thread at disboards and Mary at Mousesavers posted that this is the biggest deal she remembers. Rumor is it's for early January through a few days in June.
Oooh well now I need to go find this!!
It does say something about traveling in early 2009 or the beginning of 2009. It isn't likely to be extended to this time next year but I would book your vacation and then as soon as something comes out (there is always something) you can apply the codes.
I am hoping it is for free dining in January. I am already going with the ladies and I would love to not have to pay for my dining.
Someone posted what they got from a "reliable source" on pg 15 on the dis thread. It's not free dining, but it's a good deal.
:angel: Can I just say that sometimes it's extra Magical to do OTX surveys.
I've booked mine a year ahead with my DV, and I was still able to change get discounts as they became available, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by askomsky
This is the RUMOR. If I need to remove this, sorry in advance!!
Stay 4 nights and get 3 nights free at Walt Disney World plus a $200 Gift Card!!
Here is what we've heard:
Book your trip beginning at 5 pm on Thursday, November 6, 2008. How big is this discount? It's the biggest discount run by Disney Parks since 2001!
For every 4 nights - you get 3 nights free!
For every 4 days of tickets - you get 3 days free!
If you book your trip between January 4th and March 29th, you also receive a $200 Disney Gift Card to spend!
*****Book between November 6th and December 20th!*****
Travel between January 4th and June 27th!
Travel between January 4th and March 29th to include the Disney Gift Card.
Travel between March 29th and June 27th to include the discount, but not the Disney Gift Card.
I agree Jamie I saw the same "survey"! :)
Ohh what survey??!?! :)
I don't to break any rules regarding surveys so I can't say what I read on OTX...:angel:
BUT, I can say that I'm ready to go at 5 to see if this promotion is what I expected. A Disney promotion after school lets out! Unbelievable. We will definitely be booking for June, 2009 (if not the week after Easter). We won't be able to get the $200 gift card but I think it's important to stay on property if going during times when it's busy to take advantage of EMH.
I believe there will be another round of stimulus payments, we usually get a tax refund (even though we try NOT to!) and are awaiting a rebate for our new windows, so I have already justified it to DH!
Now, I can dilly dally the day away trying to choose a resort in each category so I am ready to go!
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I am crossing my fingers for this magical news!!:sunshine::love:Quote:
Originally Posted by fourfoxesinpa
Ahhh man, I'd love to once just get a survey about Disney!!:( Not to break any rules, but I'm assuming the survey was about this very deal? Interesting!Quote:
Originally Posted by askomsky
i'll be watching! since our spring break is easter week, we decided to go the day after school gets out (may 29th).
Yeah, Jen - I can't say because I don't want to upset the Survey Police. :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical JenK
It's up...stay for 7, pay for 4
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw...ValueOfferPage
From Mousesavers:
Free Nights Package Offer for January-June 2009
Disney is offering a fantastic "free nights" vacation package offer. This is probably the best offer I've seen since 2003. It is valid for stays January 4 through June 27, 2009 (with April 5-18 blacked out).
Here are the details:
Buy a 4-night/4 day vacation package, get a 7-night/7-day package. That's 3 FREE hotel nights and 3 extra days on your theme park admission tickets!
Travel between January 4 and March 29 and you will also get a $200 Disney Gift Card, redeemable for dining, souvenirs and more at Walt Disney World! (Travel after March 29 does not include the Gift Card.)
So how much will this save you? Here are three examples (amounts approximate):
Family of 4 (2 Adults, 1 Junior age 10-17, 1 Child age 3-9), staying at a Value resort, Standard room, January 8-15 (7 nights): $276.75 savings on hotel room + $38.33 savings on tickets + $200 gift card = $515.08 total savings.
Family of 4 (2 Adults, 1 Junior age 10-17, 1 Child age 3-9), staying at a Moderate resort, Standard room, January 8-15 (7 nights): $502.88 savings on hotel room + $38.33 savings on tickets + $200 gift card = $741.21 total savings.
Family of 4 (2 Adults, 1 Junior age 10-17, 1 Child age 3-9), staying at Beach Club resort, Water View room, January 8-15 (7 nights): $1383.75 savings on hotel room + $38.33 savings on tickets + $200 gift card = $1622.08 total savings.
As you can see, the primary savings are on the hotel room portion, so the higher category hotels offer the most total savings. The hotel discount works out to 43% off the room rate when you book 4 nights and get 7 for the same price.
You must buy a package that includes at least 4 nights' accommodations at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel plus minimum 4-day Magic Your Way Base Tickets to qualify for the FREE nights and the extra days on your tickets.
You can stay longer than 7 nights (up to 10 nights) with this package, but there is a maximum of 3 free nights and 3 extra days per ticket, per stay. You can stay less than 7 nights, but you still must purchase 4 nights, so you'll end up with less than 3 free nights/extra days.
You can add the Quick Service Dining Plan, the regular Dining Plan, or the Deluxe Dining Plan, but you will pay full price for your dining plan (no free days of dining). This offer cannot be applied to the Premium or Platinum packages or to "split stays" (for example, 4 nights at one hotel, 3 nights at another).
Don't forget, if you happen to celebrate your birthday during your 2009 Walt Disney World vacation, you can receive a special birthday treat, such as a "fun card" in an amount equal to the price of a 1-Day/1-Park Base Ticket ($75 for an adult, $63 for a child) you can use toward merchandise or recreation. You can also choose from other options. (The birthday treat is available ONLY on your actual birthday. This is a 2009 Disney Parks promotion available to anyone. It does not require purchase of a vacation package.)
You must book this special package by 12/20/08.
Thanks to Small World Vacations for info. Small World Vacations agents will be booking this package for their clients tonight until the Disney Reservations Center closes at 8:00 pm!
To book the Free Nights Package Offer, please contact Small World Vacations and request the specific offer code below. No need to wait until tomorrow - Small World Vacations agents can book this package for you until 8:00 pm Eastern time tonight!
RWZ for package with 7 nights/7 days for price of 4 nights/4 days (+ $200 Gift Card if traveling 1/4/08-3/29/08)
WTY for same package with Quick Service Dining Plan
RXA for same package with regular Dining Plan
MPL for same package with Deluxe Dining Plan
Bummer. We booked DVC, so this doesn't do anything at all for us.
My math may be wrong but you could book a package in a value for 7 nights to get the tickets and the 200 gift card would pay for your outlay on the room. I forsee many DVCers booking a room without intending to stay in it.
Anyone able to use this??? I only have one trip planned for 2009 and it is for 4 days only. Really does me a lot of good. Also, I have NEVER booked a package, only room only. Seems that Disney's bookings for next year must be way down for them to go on and offer a discount for the first 6 months of the year!
i was just looking on disneyworld.com and it seems just to be a value resorts only. Am I reading that correct ??
Not sure if I'm going to use it or not...We already have our tickets and I was hoping to book the package and only buy a 1 day ticket. But, with this, we have to buy the 4 day ticket which seems kind of silly to me when we already have the tickets and enough Priority Club points for a week's free stay in the new Holiday Inn in Downtown Disney. The only reason I'd book it is if my sister and her family decide to go.
When I priced it out, this wouldn't be any better a deal than having free dining in September. We just can't go during September with the kids getting older and missing school right at the beginning of the year.
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No, the others are available. I read it that way too.Quote:
Originally Posted by aknight373
I added it to my package in january, BUT I was on the phone for an hour and a half and they had to switch resorts and I had to add a day separately. So it was kind of an inconveience but I am saving about $500 with the $200 gift card. So I am excited.
I think I read that if you book online it will let you just get a one day base ticket. If you call, they won't let you do that. Disney is really pushing their packages with this deal!!
Congrats Jen!:party:Quote:
Originally Posted by jenvance
That's awesome! YAY for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by jenvance
They are definitely pushing with this one because they didn't want to let me get the discount because I had already booked a package and they tried telling me the packages were all taken, but the supervisor was able to find me a room after I asked why it there were no more rooms left an hour after they announced the discount. They said the idea of this promotion was for new packages.
Just booked March 14-21 plus 7 base tix at Pop for $1033, which comes out to $833 with the $200 gift card (for 2 people). I had already made up my mind to be more financially responsible next year and not schedule a Disney trip. Maybe I'll be more responsible in 2010.
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Originally Posted by dawgsgirl
The CM I was just speaking with said that now you can purchase any amount of tix that you want either online or by phone.
This is really tempting for me to take the kids in the beginning of June....It may be the only way that I could afford it. I have enough in Disney dollars to pay for the vacation, plus I have quite a bit on my Disney Visa that I would be able to use for food.....What to do....what to do....
Go!!! :banana: If I had the Disney dollars, we would strongly consider going. But, we would have to use real dollars, economy is lousy and our hospital just cut 170 jobs (90 real, 80 not filled) so I feel like I should be more cautious with my money. Luckily, for me, the positions were mostly non-clinical and/or manager spots, which I got out of, so my position is pretty secure.Quote:
Originally Posted by linanglab
At any rate, our real plans are to go in 2010 but this sounds like such a great deal, I hate to pass on it. :cry:
I think you just got an uninformed CM. Techinically have to make a new ressie whenever there is a discount like this, rather than "applying" it to your current ressie. Know what I mean? But they should have just let you make the new ressie w/o the hassle. Understandably you may need to change your hotel, but like you said, it was w/in 1 hour of the announcement...hard to believe ALL the rooms for this deal, at the hotel you were staying at originally were already taken for your dates w/in an hour?? :rolleyes: But nevertheless, I'm glad you were finally able to get someone to help you save money!! YAY!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jenvance
Ummm...where is the question here?? :angel: Ang-this discount was MADE for you!! Totally Fate's way of saying..."Angela, you must come to Disney! You must come to Disney! Here, take this discount & come to Disney!" :mickey::minnie::party:Quote:
Originally Posted by linanglab
Don't forget you have to book by December 20th.
ugh, $2,236 for the 3 of us May 31-June 6 with 7 day park hoppers & dining. this is gonna be a tough sell with the way the economy is right now...
To help "sell" the deal you can get...price it out w/o the discount too! That way it will show the amount you will be saving & may show how much you NEED to take advantage of the deal!! :sunshine:Quote:
Originally Posted by iluvamystery89
you're a genius, jen! :hugs:
Could you do base tix instead of parkhoppers? That brought my total down quite a bit. Also, what about the QS dining plan instead of the regular DP. It's $10 per day cheaper. Oh, and make sure, if you call in your ressie, that you tell the CM not to add trip insurance. I had to call back because I went to check something online and the total was $200 less than the price the CM gave me. The next CM I got told me that the first had automatically added the $200 trip insurance without mentioning it. (If you're online, there's a place to uncheck trip insurance). So then she had to contact guest services to get it taken off my ressie.Quote:
Originally Posted by iluvamystery89
:blush::D Nah, just a fan of Disney w/a DH who is as frugal as they come...when he wants to be! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by iluvamystery89