Let's face it - even a budget a trip to Walt Disney World is pricey. You can rent a house or stay in a hotel. Cook meals in, eat out off site or eat on Disney property. You can juggle your costs, but its still thousands of dollars by the time you're done.
No matter what you do tickes are almost impossible to find at a discount. For several years Disney offered a free day in exchange for a day of volunteerism or on an individual's birthday. What a great advertising campaign! Almost everyone would love a free day at Walt Disney World... at least on paper. In reality these were not great savings to the individual as Disney only discounted value of the lowest cost day - not the value of the most expensive day (the first day). So, on a 7 day ticket you saved about $8.00.
In all fairness, if Disney gave away 1,000,000 of these days then they lost $8,000,000 in potential revenue (or more if people only went for 1 day to maximize the value.) However, each of those people undoubtedly ate something at a park, picked up a souvenir or two... Disney made back their money, I'm sure.
Assuming I've done the math correctly, here are my findings regarding ticket prices on a 7 day ticket for 3 adults & 1 child without park hopper (as of April 29, 2012):
UNDERCOVER TOURIST $1,024.00+ tax & shipping included= TOTAL $1,024.00
Kissimmee Guest Services with promo code $1,017.53 +7% tax $10.00 shipping =TOTAL $1,098.76
DIS website $1,049.00 +7% tax +Must pick up tickets at a Disney will call window= TOTAL $1,122.43
Disney Store in GA $1,049.00 +7% tax+take from store = TOTAL $1,122.43
Kissimmee Guest Services no code $1,049.00+ 7% tax+ $10.00 shipping = TOTAL $1,132.43
Walt Disney World online site $1,049.00 +7% tax+ $15.00 shipping= TOTAL $1,137.43
The best deal was from Undercover Tourist - a total of $113.43 savings from the Walt Disney World site. That's a pretty nice meal somewhere while you're on vacation.
No matter what you do tickes are almost impossible to find at a discount. For several years Disney offered a free day in exchange for a day of volunteerism or on an individual's birthday. What a great advertising campaign! Almost everyone would love a free day at Walt Disney World... at least on paper. In reality these were not great savings to the individual as Disney only discounted value of the lowest cost day - not the value of the most expensive day (the first day). So, on a 7 day ticket you saved about $8.00.
In all fairness, if Disney gave away 1,000,000 of these days then they lost $8,000,000 in potential revenue (or more if people only went for 1 day to maximize the value.) However, each of those people undoubtedly ate something at a park, picked up a souvenir or two... Disney made back their money, I'm sure.
Assuming I've done the math correctly, here are my findings regarding ticket prices on a 7 day ticket for 3 adults & 1 child without park hopper (as of April 29, 2012):
UNDERCOVER TOURIST $1,024.00+ tax & shipping included= TOTAL $1,024.00
Kissimmee Guest Services with promo code $1,017.53 +7% tax $10.00 shipping =TOTAL $1,098.76
DIS website $1,049.00 +7% tax +Must pick up tickets at a Disney will call window= TOTAL $1,122.43
Disney Store in GA $1,049.00 +7% tax+take from store = TOTAL $1,122.43
Kissimmee Guest Services no code $1,049.00+ 7% tax+ $10.00 shipping = TOTAL $1,132.43
Walt Disney World online site $1,049.00 +7% tax+ $15.00 shipping= TOTAL $1,137.43
The best deal was from Undercover Tourist - a total of $113.43 savings from the Walt Disney World site. That's a pretty nice meal somewhere while you're on vacation.
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