thechef71 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 I was wondering if someone may have Disneyworld coupons or any helpful hints how to get discounts off a disney package hotel & tickets? Need for February.
noehlp Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 I have no idea where to find some codes, I looked on some of the sites I look for codes on and found nothing. Maybe check EBAY for coupons. IMO, steer clear of the ones offering 'tips/ebooks/etc'. You want actual coupons or tickets. Good luck! And let us know if you find anything and how the trip is.
fairydustcrissy Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 If you are staying at a Disney hotel, just ask them if there are any upgrades avail...Tell them its your childs/hubbys/your birthday/anniversary, etc. BTW, when are you going? We are going from the 12-18 of Feb, but we will be staying with my dad this trip
DHaley05 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 I will be going Feb 11th to the 18th and staying at the Boardwalk Villas Do they charge you for upgrades?
fairydustcrissy Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 I will be going Feb 11th to the 18th and staying at the Boardwalk Villas Do they charge you for upgrades?How cool! We will be there at teh same time! The reason I say ask is because I have heard ALOT of people say thry will upgrade for FREE. Apparently the general consensus on this is it never hurts to ask. They dont or cant always do it, but alot of times they do. You are going a week before one of the busiest weeks of the year. I imagine there would be *some* availability for upgrades. We have found most people are only there for Vday. Its pretty crowded then, but the rest of the week should be great! Our anniversary is the 14th, so we go every year and have dinner in a diff county @ Epcot. This year is Mexico!
mjmcca Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 There are no general public codes out at present. If you have an annual pass there are discount codes available for room ressies. You can try and call VRO and ask if there is a PIN attached to your name. Sometimes there are and you can get a better rate with that. You can also try and get a discount through AAA if you are a member. http://mousavers.com/ Is a great site dedicated to discounts on all things Disney from WDW and DL to Disney shopping. There are links here for discount ticket brokers. They have a newsletter that comes once a month with specials on tickets that you can only get from the newsletter. http://allearsnet.com/ Is a great resource for information about the parks hotels and restaurants at WDW.
civicracinggirl7 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 FYI, ticket prices went up again and an adult ticket is almost $70 now! If you're only looking for a single day, single park ticket, then you probably won't find a discount. For multi-day / multi-park tickets, visit mousesavers.com and start browsing. They have discounts for pretty much everything :)
fairydustcrissy Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 There are no general public codes out at present. If you have an annual pass there are discount codes available for room ressies. You can try and call VRO and ask if there is a PIN attached to your name. Sometimes there are and you can get a better rate with that. You can also try and get a discount through AAA if you are a member. http://mousavers.com/ Is a great site dedicated to discounts on all things Disney from WDW and DL to Disney shopping. There are links here for discount ticket brokers. They have a newsletter that comes once a month with specials on tickets that you can only get from the newsletter. http://allearsnet.com/ Is a great resource for information about the parks hotels and restaurants at WDW.Yep, I signed up a few days ago! I forgot to add that! LOL. Oh, and sign up quick, cuz they said the email with codes comes out on the 15th, so you have to sign up before then or wait another month.
DHaley05 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 How cool! We will be there at teh same time! The reason I say ask is because I have heard ALOT of people say thry will upgrade for FREE. Apparently the general consensus on this is it never hurts to ask. They dont or cant always do it, but alot of times they do. You are going a week before one of the busiest weeks of the year. I imagine there would be *some* availability for upgrades. We have found most people are only there for Vday. Its pretty crowded then, but the rest of the week should be great! Our anniversary is the 14th, so we go every year and have dinner in a diff county @ Epcot. This year is Mexico!Wow! Every year... that would be a great anniversary :) Mexico... Yumm Thanks for the info on upgrading.. I'll have to look to see if there is an upgrade from a Villa. We are taking my soon to be 5yr old daughter for the first time. I haven't been since a little girl... I won't say how long that was mjmcca... Thanks for the website.. looks very helpful
mjmcca Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 I go to WDW quite often. We just went in the beginning of December. If you have any other questions just ask.
mjmcca Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 OH i forgot. Do you have a meal plan? If you do then there are no discounts available. If you have the meal plan then you also already have tickets.
Trieschman Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 You can get conference rated tickets if there is a conference on or around your travel time. The only difference is that once you start to use the hopper passes, you must finish using them within 10 days of your first visit or they don't work anymore. They don't check to see if you are attending the conference. We bought these through a conference my brother-in-law attended. We ended up with a ticket we didn't use and sold it on e-bay. http://disneymeetings.disney.go.com/dwm/ticketpages/generalTicketGating?name=GeneralTicketGatingPage
DHaley05 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 We have tickets but decided against the meal plan. The Villa we are stying in has a full kitchen.. not that I will do a lot of cooking -lol One question... is it really worth buying a Disney guide book before hand?
mjmcca Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 You can get conference rated tickets if there is a conference on or around your travel time. The only difference is that once you start to use the hopper passes, you must finish using them within 10 days of your first visit or they don't work anymore. They don't check to see if you are attending the conference. We bought these through a conference my brother-in-law attended. We ended up with a ticket we didn't use and sold it on e-bay. http://disneymeetings.disney.go.com/dwm/ticketpages/generalTicketGating?name=GeneralTicketGatingPageConference tickets can be risky. Sometimes they so ask for the conference you are with.
mjmcca Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 We have tickets but decided against the meal plan. The Villa we are stying in has a full kitchen.. not that I will do a lot of cooking -lol One question... is it really worth buying a Disney guide book before hand?What size villa are you staying in? Have you been to Disney before? If not I would say go with a guide book.Passporter is supposed to be very good although i have never used it. If you have kids i would have some snacks at least in the fridge food is very expensive at WDW.
fairydustcrissy Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 We have tickets but decided against the meal plan. The Villa we are stying in has a full kitchen.. not that I will do a lot of cooking -lol One question... is it really worth buying a Disney guide book before hand?I would say no. There are too many websites that have the same info for free. Try www.talkdisney.com, or the ones listed abouve. I know www.disboards.com also has a good board.
DHaley05 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 We are staying at the Boardwalk Villas with a full kitchen, sleeper sofa and seperate 1 bedroom. My last visit was in the 70's.. let's just say Epcot wasn't finished yet. We purchased Hopper passes with the room. Think I'll go visit www.disboards.com
thechef71 Posted January 10, 2006 Author Posted January 10, 2006 Thanks for your ideas. I will be going Feb 5 and stay maybe 3 or 4 days. I hope since this is in "value season" I can get a discount. The Disney website didn't really offer any deals.
Trieschman Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 If not I would say go with a guide book.PassporterWe have used the passporter book and would recommend it. It provides, ratings, suggestions, plans for the day given different age ranges. Pages are removable so you can take just what you need with you. Contact and phone numbers are also listed which is helpful for reservations and cancelling reservations. It helped us alot. You will have to do some pre-planning and it does take some time and effort. If you aren't into that sort of thing, don't buy the book.
scot26505 Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 This is an awesome site for Disney info as well. Deb's s Unofficial Walt Disney World Information Guide - AllEarsNet® http://allearsnet.com/index.html
queenofshopping Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 i recommend allears too, set aside, like, a day to read thru the whole site, it's great...they also talk about maple leaf tickets, which is a legit discount park ticket site (not huge deals, but it's somehting)
biomajor Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 How cool! We will be there at teh same time! The reason I say ask is because I have heard ALOT of people say thry will upgrade for FREE. Apparently the general consensus on this is it never hurts to ask. They dont or cant always do it, but alot of times they do. You are going a week before one of the busiest weeks of the year. I imagine there would be *some* availability for upgrades. We have found most people are only there for Vday. Its pretty crowded then, but the rest of the week should be great! Our anniversary is the 14th, so we go every year and have dinner in a diff county @ Epcot. This year is Mexico!I love Germany The buffet there was extremely filling and we didn't have to eat again for the whole day-and I have a 16 yo (then 14) boy.
fairydustcrissy Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 I love Germany The buffet there was extremely filling and we didn't have to eat again for the whole day-and I have a 16 yo (then 14) boy.*blech* I dont care for most German foods. Hubby LOVES it though, so he always wants to go there. We avent been yet, lol. Although, he has ben there lots of times before we got together.
Trieschman Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 I love Germany The buffet there was extremely filling and we didn't have to eat again for the whole day-and I have a 16 yo (then 14) boy.I have to vote for the German buffet as well. Yum. Just found out we will be going this year for spring break. We were going to the beach but added another family and needed another time share condo and found openings in Orlando but not at the beach so Disney here we come!
bovichtj Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 The Passporter book is great!!! It is full of lots of tips for timing, things to avoid and things to make sure you see, transportation, basically everything. I also really like their web page: http://www.passporterboards.com/ubb/index.php You can find an answer to almost any question here... the people are VERY friendly, and very helpful. Last time I was there, they had a travel agent basically on staff who would watch your reservation and bring the rate down if there were any changes. No fees or anything :) I also like this page: http://allthingswdw.conforums.com/ Another awesome group of folks who just LOVE Disney. Have a great trip!Joanne
smangham Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Thanks for all the super insider info...I'll be monitoring for more. Just dropped the DD (she's almost 20) off at DW for the College Program. She'll be there until the end of May, and we are going to try to go visit during Spring Break. The last time we went (in 2000) we spent.....well, WAY TOO MUCH. I wanna try to take advantage of every discount possible this time. The husband and son will want to do Universal, too, so any help in that area would be most appreciated, too! I LOVE this Forum!! :hearthrob :hearthrob
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