I want to take my two children to Disney for Labor Day weekend, all ideas, the best or cheapest way to plan the trip? Disney’s website took me only about 2 grand including hotel, parking and airline tix +
Best way to purchase disney vacation package? Online? Travel agent? Call the airlines?
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steven v
Book your package with Disney, Room, tickets and look at the Disney dining plan. Book your airfare separately, try cheaptickets.com but I have been pricing airfare for a while now for our trip to WDW in November and its a bit high right now. Also to save money look at the resort you chose to stay at, Disney has over 20 resorts so you might want to look at the value resorts, these are the All Stars and Pop Century. Every time I have checked with Disney For airfare they have been really high so check the prices without it. Check the prices on the Disney website then call them to book and ask if there are any specials, it is a holiday weekend so I wouldnt count on it but you never know.
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To be honest, the Disney website itself is great with prices if you do a magic your way package. Choose your hotel, tickets (get the park hopper) and the dining plan. Definitely ask for the magical express transportation to and from the airport.
Get your airline tickets separately. I got mine on Air Tran and they were incredibly cheap. You can go with orbitz, travelocity, cheaptickets, etc. but remember that they charge a small fee in there. For example, my Air Tran flight on the Air Tran website was $99/person. On the other websites, that same flight was $105. They are charging you more because you are paying for the convenience for them to search many airlines. Use them to search, but when you find a flight go to that airlines website, and see how much that flight is from the website, often times it is cheaper
Since you are staying on property you don’t need to rent a car because Disney provides transportation to all the hotels, parks and the airport. If you need to go to Universal Studios, Sea World, or somewhere off property use Mears Transportation services. You call them 24 hours before you need the service and they will provide roundtrip service. 407-423-5566
Because it is Disney, you will spend around 2 grand, but if you get the dining plan (which I believe is free for trips through Sept 22) you will save tons of money because you will not have to pay for lunch and dinner.
To utilize your plan properly and get the most out of eat. Use the counter service meal for lunch, the table for dinner (try and go with the more expensive restaurants) and if you can use the snacks to buy cereal and milk in the morning or a snack during the day.
In your luggage, pack a 24 pack of water and bring the bottles to the park. Water in Disney costs around $4, so if you bring a bottle per person you can fill it up at water fountains. Plus you can use the empty suitcase at the end of the trip to bring home souvenirs.
Get the Disney Credit card for your trip and your trip only. You get 0% apr for the next 6 months, so you can pay off your trip in 6 months with no fees! Also you get Disney Reward points. You can then trade these in for Disney reward Dollars, which is basically a gift card that you can use in Disney. This means that your trip just gave you money for souvenirs and other stuff to use in the park.
One more tip. Start saving your change. Use this as the souvenir fund or another fund that you will need money for. You will be surprised how fast your change adds up. We have been saving since March and we have $80 and we almost never use cash!
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My husband, 2 kids, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and their kids (8 people in total) just got back from a trip to Orlando. We booked the trip 11 months before. Had a lot of success with bookit.com. For the home, tickets for the parks,rental cars, and all the extras. 7 Days. $3200.00, for 4 people. We had a four bedroom home (we shared), with a pool, only 12 minutes from Walt Disney. I plan way ahead. Look at Disney.com as well. They had good prices but not as good as bookit.com.
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Travel agencies have special rates lower than the website.
They also have packages that include everything.
If you are traveling and have an issue its better to have one place to call instead of 10 diffierent. Plus agencies have a special relationship with Disney, if you need help you can make one phone call and get someone else to take care of it. -
I personally like to go straight to the source. If you want a Disney package then go to them for assitance and purchase through them. You can always give them a call and ask as many questions as needed.
As for airlines…shop around. Look at different travel websites or go straight to the airline’s website.
Good luck and have a great trip! Planning is just half the fun!
A good website to try is allearnet.com They even have menus to the resturants!!
Book your package with Disney, Room, tickets and look at the Disney dining plan. Book your airfare separately, try cheaptickets.com but I have been pricing airfare for a while now for our trip to WDW in November and its a bit high right now. Also to save money look at the resort you chose to stay at, Disney has over 20 resorts so you might want to look at the value resorts, these are the All Stars and Pop Century. Every time I have checked with Disney For airfare they have been really high so check the prices without it. Check the prices on the Disney website then call them to book and ask if there are any specials, it is a holiday weekend so I wouldnt count on it but you never know.
To be honest, the Disney website itself is great with prices if you do a magic your way package. Choose your hotel, tickets (get the park hopper) and the dining plan. Definitely ask for the magical express transportation to and from the airport.
Get your airline tickets separately. I got mine on Air Tran and they were incredibly cheap. You can go with orbitz, travelocity, cheaptickets, etc. but remember that they charge a small fee in there. For example, my Air Tran flight on the Air Tran website was $99/person. On the other websites, that same flight was $105. They are charging you more because you are paying for the convenience for them to search many airlines. Use them to search, but when you find a flight go to that airlines website, and see how much that flight is from the website, often times it is cheaper
Since you are staying on property you don’t need to rent a car because Disney provides transportation to all the hotels, parks and the airport. If you need to go to Universal Studios, Sea World, or somewhere off property use Mears Transportation services. You call them 24 hours before you need the service and they will provide roundtrip service. 407-423-5566
Because it is Disney, you will spend around 2 grand, but if you get the dining plan (which I believe is free for trips through Sept 22) you will save tons of money because you will not have to pay for lunch and dinner.
To utilize your plan properly and get the most out of eat. Use the counter service meal for lunch, the table for dinner (try and go with the more expensive restaurants) and if you can use the snacks to buy cereal and milk in the morning or a snack during the day.
In your luggage, pack a 24 pack of water and bring the bottles to the park. Water in Disney costs around $4, so if you bring a bottle per person you can fill it up at water fountains. Plus you can use the empty suitcase at the end of the trip to bring home souvenirs.
Get the Disney Credit card for your trip and your trip only. You get 0% apr for the next 6 months, so you can pay off your trip in 6 months with no fees! Also you get Disney Reward points. You can then trade these in for Disney reward Dollars, which is basically a gift card that you can use in Disney. This means that your trip just gave you money for souvenirs and other stuff to use in the park.
One more tip. Start saving your change. Use this as the souvenir fund or another fund that you will need money for. You will be surprised how fast your change adds up. We have been saving since March and we have $80 and we almost never use cash!
My husband, 2 kids, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and their kids (8 people in total) just got back from a trip to Orlando. We booked the trip 11 months before. Had a lot of success with bookit.com. For the home, tickets for the parks,rental cars, and all the extras. 7 Days. $3200.00, for 4 people. We had a four bedroom home (we shared), with a pool, only 12 minutes from Walt Disney. I plan way ahead. Look at Disney.com as well. They had good prices but not as good as bookit.com.
Travel agencies have special rates lower than the website.
They also have packages that include everything.
If you are traveling and have an issue its better to have one place to call instead of 10 diffierent. Plus agencies have a special relationship with Disney, if you need help you can make one phone call and get someone else to take care of it.
I personally like to go straight to the source. If you want a Disney package then go to them for assitance and purchase through them. You can always give them a call and ask as many questions as needed.
As for airlines…shop around. Look at different travel websites or go straight to the airline’s website.
Good luck and have a great trip! Planning is just half the fun!
A good website to try is allearnet.com They even have menus to the resturants!!