Walter Disney World cheaply?

What is cheap for you? You could easily go to WDW for under $1000 including airfare, park passes and hotel, food. If you want, PM me with your AIM or whatever and we can talk.
 
I took my gf last may to DW so I know alot of tips.

Use www.mousesavers.com for info and discounts and get on their mailing list.

I would also drop a couple bucks and buy the disney for dummys book from amazon

stay at a moderate resort on disney property. The buses are so useful it's sick

also use the disney magical express to get to and from the airport(free if you are staying on property)

use cheap transportation to get off preperty for universal and seaworld


TYPHOON LAGOON RULES

eat at the rainforest cafe at downtown disney

eat at the mexican place in epcot and watch the light show at night(magical for the gfs)

go on the pirates of the carribean first since it rules

get a tan

you will spend more $$$$$ than you think

my total for both of us.........over 3 grand
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']What is cheap for you? You could easily go to WDW for under $1000 including airfare, park passes and hotel, food. If you want, PM me with your AIM or whatever and we can talk.[/QUOTE]


i was looking for somthing under $1700 but under a grand sounds great, ill pm you in a sec.

[quote name='cag1000']I took my gf last may to DW so I know alot of tips.

Use www.mousesavers.com for info and discounts and get on their mailing list.

I would also drop a couple bucks and buy the disney for dummys book from amazon

stay at a moderate resort on disney property. The buses are so useful it's sick

also use the disney magical express to get to and from the airport(free if you are staying on property)

use cheap transportation to get off preperty for universal and seaworld


TYPHOON LAGOON RULES

eat at the rainforest cafe at downtown disney

eat at the mexican place in epcot and watch the light show at night(magical for the gfs)

go on the pirates of the carribean first since it rules

get a tan

you will spend more $$$$$ than you think

my total for both of us.........over 3 grand[/QUOTE]

Pirates does kick ass and thanks for the links.
 
There is a ton of info on Allearsnet.com Mousesavers.com Is a good one. Also try Mapleleaftickets.com if you don't have tickets yet. The best and cheapest place to stay on Disney property is the pop century it is the newest and in my opinion better than most moderate and deluxe hotels. If you are looking for something more romantic try the OMNI championsgate and enter coupn code OmniZoo, it may still work for $99 a night. There is so much to do that 1 trip cannot even start to break the iceberg. So you need to decide what is important to you. There is a book Disney world for couples, or without kids, that has a lot of info aimed at adults. There are 4 main parks on disney property as well as water parks and of course Downtown Disney. Depending on when you go Expedition Everest will be open at animal kingdom. If you need any more info I can help. I have been to Disney at least twice a year for the last 16 years and I live down here now.
 
For food, since you mention on the cheap, most of the time you can actually split one meal, and it's enough for 2. The food at the parks usually costs more, but when you eat at a sit down type place, the portions are huge. This works well for my wife and I for lunch, and sometimes breakfast (when we eat it), saving money for a nicer dinner. For example, my wife and I got a double hamburger, fries, and drink at Pecos Bill's in the Magic Kingdom, paid about 7 bucks or so, and it was damn enough for 2. Just over 3 bucks to eat there is pretty good. These types of places are in all 4 main parks.

Also make sure to try allears.net and mousesavers, which have already been mentioned.
Stay on the resort at one of the "All Star" resorts, or even off property near Downtown Disney, the busses save you a car rental.

If you know you are going back someday, you can spend a bit more and make your park hopper passes never expire. It doesn't save you much on the front end, but for every day you add, the cost of admission goes down, so next time, you can subtract park passes.

If you are carrying a backpack, take a couple of plastic drink cups (the kind with handles and a lid). If you really want cheap, free water from fountains, and I don't think they charge you for ice, or they didn't used to.

Spiritseed, do you know how lucky you are, in my eyes anyway, to live down there? :) Someday I hope to. :)
 
[quote name='dental_regurgitation']Does anybody else find this place completely boring and repulsive? I love the movies mind you.[/QUOTE]

I find the movies repulsive...well now anyway. I feel like the movie franchises have completely gone to shit, but the theme parks (WDW in Florida) have stayed true all these years. They still know how to get shit done right there.

Well if you are a boring grown-up with no imagination I guess I can understand someone hating the parks.
 
[quote name='Spiritseed']There is a ton of info on Allearsnet.com Mousesavers.com Is a good one. Also try Mapleleaftickets.com if you don't have tickets yet. The best and cheapest place to stay on Disney property is the pop century it is the newest and in my opinion better than most moderate and deluxe hotels. If you are looking for something more romantic try the OMNI championsgate and enter coupn code OmniZoo, it may still work for $99 a night. There is so much to do that 1 trip cannot even start to break the iceberg. So you need to decide what is important to you. There is a book Disney world for couples, or without kids, that has a lot of info aimed at adults. There are 4 main parks on disney property as well as water parks and of course Downtown Disney. Depending on when you go Expedition Everest will be open at animal kingdom. If you need any more info I can help. I have been to Disney at least twice a year for the last 16 years and I live down here now.[/QUOTE]


One of the reasons we decided to go was because of Everest we were watching it on the history channel. She use to go all the time so i figured it would be nice to go in June.

Pop Century is that the one with buiding dedicated to diffrent decades?
 
Been there 8 times since 1999 and got married there 5 years ago. You can do it for as much money or for as little money as you want.

Stayed at the Pop Century resort this past summer. If you stay there RENT A CAR because the Disney World Transportation at the lower end resorts is PATHETIC. You won't have to pay to park at the parks and it is MUCH quicker than waiting on a bus that may or may not come within 45 minutes.
One line tip that always worked for the wife and I. Get in the single rider line together and you'll zip right through the line and still get to ride together.
If you have any other questions PM me.
 
Yes pop century is the one dedicated to diferent decades. The transportation is a bit lacking at the cheaper Disney hotels and renting a car is a good idea, just don't go with the insurance and it is really cheap. Expedition Everest is to open by March, I may be able to get on it next month. Disney may be boring if you don't know much about it, but even if you are an adult I'm sure you still watch stuff made by Disney seeing as they are the largest porn producer, under different names of course.
 
Me and my wife just booked a trip via expedia.com for the middle of March. For $1100.00 we got 2 non-stop flights both ways from Pittsburgh to Orlando and back, rental car for the week, 3 1/2 Star place to stay in Kissame, and 5 days of Park-hopper passes to Disney.
 
Rent a van and take some sheets to hang on windows, mobile home! Wash at truckstops or restaurants, you are a guy think like one!
 
[quote name='$hady']Rent a van and take some sheets to hang on windows, mobile home! Wash at truckstops or restaurants, you are a guy think like one![/QUOTE]

I agree.. you could easily camp in a van/mobile home renting one and staying at a near by RV park saves a lot on money.. and if you have park passes anyways.. you could always shower at the water parks. but.. if you're taking a girlfriend and she's not to akin to sleeping in a car or outside. then thats a little harder.
 
I would think it's the opposite: if your imagination is in need of life support, I guess it's the place to be.

How can you say the park has stayed true? Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is gone and it was a fan favorite.
 
You love the new or old movies?

Most of the new "franchises" are complete and utter crap. Stitch, Emperor's New whatever, Chicken Little etc. ....nobody is going to care about those 10 years from now, let alone 70+ years later.

Disney is about what can be bought and slap the PR name on it now....Power Rangers?! What the hell?!?!

True, the Walt Disney "classics" were not original per say, but atleast Walt made them his own in the telling, animation, and creativity. While not an accomplished artist, he had the vision, and knew how to get it translated.

I love the parks, but what I enjoy is the small bit left from old Disney, not what it has become. And that's what I am spending the money on when I go there, not the space junk that is now Tomorrow Land.

Sorry to hijack your thread, hope you guys have a great time. :)
 
One way to get it for free is to waste your time. If you have a few extra hours, there are plenty of time shares that want to sucker you into buying that will give you free tickets to Disney World if you sit through their stupid presentations. Just pretend that you are thinking of buying and they give you them at the end. I was there like a year ago, and there was an advertisement for a different timeshare on every street practically. Some only give you a small discount, while others give you free tickets.
 
[quote name='dental_regurgitation']I would think it's the opposite: if your imagination is in need of life support, I guess it's the place to be.

How can you say the park has stayed true? Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is gone and it was a fan favorite.[/QUOTE]


I hate what they are doing to the parks. Mr Toad's Wild Ride was awesome. Winnie The Pooh is an ok ride but doesn't even compare to Toad. They take out 20,000 Leagues which was also a fan favorite and put what in it's place? A stupid Winnie The Pooh playground. The playground looks nice but IMO it doesn't fit in a world class theme park, but rather maybe at one of their hotels.

Same thing at Epcot, they rip out classics like Horizons and build thrill ride after thrill ride (which Disney parks was never about, as Walt said he wanted a park where families could go on the rides togehter), or take Figment and ruin the ride by removing Dreamfinder.

Even Animal Kingdom seems nothing more than an overglorified zoo with a few rides thrown in.

The other thing that bother's me is that everything seems like it has to be a movie tie in like the rumor Carousel of Progress will be turned into a Buzz Lightyear attraction/show or how Pirates of the Carribbean will be rennovated to have Captain Jack Sparrow from the movie added in (the ride has been operating since the 60's in Disneyland fine without him, so it doesn't seem needed).

I don't hate the parks, the Magic Kingdom is my favorite theme park but I just don't like the direction Disney World is heading. I think they are trying too hard to add thrill rides yet the people who want thrills go to either a traditonal amusement park like Six Flags or they go to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventures.




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Also related to the cost of Disney:
Walt Disney World Parks (from Orlando Sentinal):

Quote:
Disney spokesman Craig Dezern said prices are rising 0.8 percent to 5.8 percent depending on the length of stay per ticket.

The basic one-day, one-park ticket will cost $63 plus tax, up from $59.75, or a 5.4 percent increase.
[...]
A key feature is that longer stays are less expensive on a per-day basis, a strategy that Disney representatives, and industry analysts, say is designed to entice people to extend their visit.

Disney's seven-day Magic Your Way ticket, for example, will cost $204 effective Sunday, up from $199, or a 2.5 percent increase. But the per-day cost averages $29.14, if the ticket-holder visits for all of the seven consecutive days allowed.

A two-day Magic Your Way ticket, by contrast, is rising to $125 from $119, or 5 percent, and that works out to be $62.50 per day.
[...]
Florida residents once again are getting a price break, for one-day and three-day tickets.

The one-day Florida-resident ticket is rising to $56.70, from $53.75, up 5.5 percent. The three-day pass will be $120, up 0.8 percent from $119.
 
I haven't been to Disney World in a long time (unfortunately, great fun place to go) and had no idea they had done so many changes to classic rides. That is totally fucked up that they took Mr. Toad's Wild Ride out. Really unbelievable. Also 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea? Another one that's been there always, always. I guess I'm behind the times with it as I haven't visited there in so long, but it's disappointing to hear that my little nephews (3 and 1) won't ever get to ride Mr. Toad or 20,000 Leagues. Wow. Maybe one day they'll wake up and put them back (yeah right).
 
[quote name='urzishra14']I agree.. you could easily camp in a van/mobile home renting one and staying at a near by RV park saves a lot on money.. and if you have park passes anyways.. you could always shower at the water parks. but.. if you're taking a girlfriend and she's not to akin to sleeping in a car or outside. then thats a little harder.[/QUOTE]


Walt Disney World used to have its own RV park/camping area in the Fort Wilderness resort. You can also rent small trailers and cabins there, and if you are staying with more than 3 people, a trailer or a cabin is the way to go, it was cheaper and quieter than the actual hotels themselves. Plus you were out in the woods! And they still had the free Disney transportation there, since it was Disney owned. This is the option I would chose, IF they still have it. I stayed at some of the hotels on the Disney property, and while they were nice, I felt like my wallet was getting assraped the whole time. A cabin at Fort Wilderness was so much better, I didn't have to listen to screaming kids crammed into a room next door to me like at the hotels.

Also, I should add this, the lower priced Disney hotels are swamped with kids (like whole families trying to cram into a tiny one bedroom unit), so much so that it makes just sleeping in your own room difficult because of the noise factor.

Edit: The cabins and trailers also came with full kitchens, so you could cook in your room rather than buy crappy park food. Big money saver for us!
 
[quote name='Fire']One way to get it for free is to waste your time. If you have a few extra hours, there are plenty of time shares that want to sucker you into buying that will give you free tickets to Disney World if you sit through their stupid presentations. Just pretend that you are thinking of buying and they give you them at the end. I was there like a year ago, and there was an advertisement for a different timeshare on every street practically. Some only give you a small discount, while others give you free tickets.[/QUOTE]

This is it. I just left there at Christmas and if you have some time to waste, you can get free tickets and money by visiting timeshares. You usually have to dedicate at least four hours, but some timeshares offer as much as $100, while others may offer buy one get one free tickets to the parks. it is tought to find ones that weill just give you free tickets, but I think they are out there. Oh, and the tours usually have decent food as well so you save a few bucks on meals.
 
The one thing we did a couple years ago when we went you dont want to do... We bought the multipark or parkhopper passes for t\our whole trip...

In reality we didnt need them becuase it takes a full day at a few of the parks and buying the hopper tickes for those is a waste of money..

When we do it again we are going to get a mix of hopper and then standard park tickets to suit our needs.
 
[quote name='elprincipe']I haven't been to Disney World in a long time (unfortunately, great fun place to go) and had no idea they had done so many changes to classic rides. That is totally fucked up that they took Mr. Toad's Wild Ride out. Really unbelievable. Also 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea? Another one that's been there always, always. I guess I'm behind the times with it as I haven't visited there in so long, but it's disappointing to hear that my little nephews (3 and 1) won't ever get to ride Mr. Toad or 20,000 Leagues. Wow. Maybe one day they'll wake up and put them back (yeah right).[/QUOTE]

the last time i went to disneyland (which i guess now is 5 years ago) they still had mr. toad and didn't look like they were taking it out anytime soon.. i do however miss the 20,000 leagues under the sea. that was a very interesting ride..
 
I would like to hit up Disneyland (Anaheim, CA) before they change over the Pirates of the Carribean this year...

I mean, F**K what's next, are they gonna turn Star Tours into Episode ]I[ based ride?

Blech..
 
star tours= pod racing?.. of all of them i wish star tours would be updated.. keep the storyline the same.. just make it more up to date.. or add ona second attraction like the borg experience at the star trek experience in vegas where it has the original ride and an awesome new one.
 
[quote name='happyorangeman']I'm going to the big DW this week coming up. I'll let you guys in on some tips if I have any when I get back.[/QUOTE]
They might not need the advice eighteen months later. :lol:
 
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