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Military Disney Tips Round-Up 12 June 2011

Jun 12th, 2011
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It’s been a week of highs and lows… Great news for Military Discounts, and a depressingly early Disney general ticket price increase.

Great news as far as Disney’s Armed Forces Salute is concerned.

Booking codes were released this week which allow booking the great Disney resort discounts through the end of the year.

And Military Discounted Disney theme park tickets became basically unlimited.

On the flip side, on Friday the 10th Disney in typical short notice fashion announced a general ticket increase for today Sunday. Prices on all theme park admission has now been raised. This affects the price you’ll pay for the normal military discounted Magic Your Way Tickets and Annual Passes at both Shades of Green and your local Base’s Ticket Office. It doses not effect the rates for the Armed Forces Salute tickets!

August has been the month in recent years when Disney traditionally raises the theme park ticket prices. Usually very early in the month. It looks to me like Disney is trying to capture extra profit using some of the summer traffic levels this year. This ties in with this Orlando Sentinel article in which Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger talks to Disney’s attempt to wean the general public off the discounted room rates they’ve offered recently to keep attendance levels up.

“Iger said the company was going to keep prices where they are now to send a signal that the discounts Disney employed to draw crowds during the economic slump are a thing of the past.”

Summer room reservations are down 2.5% but at a higher price. This ticket increase most likely makes up the difference.

Dave at Your First Visit has an analysis of the ticket price increases.

On a lighter note…

You may have seen elsewhere in my site that I recommend the daily Retreat Ceremony at the Magic Kingdom’s Main Street Town Square. WDW Parkhoppers has this great post with fabulous pictures of the ceremony.

The Disney Food Blog has this post with their Favorite Ice Cold Snacks at Disney Parks. Our family favorite is the Strawberry Juice Bar (Which didn’t make the DFB list), and I’ve also become partial to Dole Whip.

What’s your favorite Park treat? Leave a comment!

If you are new to Military Disney Tips Start Here

Disney’s Armed Forces Salute FAQ

Information on Shades of Green – the Military Hotel on Disney World property

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Military Disney Tips Turns Three

May 8th, 2011
by Steve.
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Military-Disney-Tips-Birthday (C) DisneyAt the beginning of this month Military Disney Tips turned three. I wanted to take a moment to say thanks to you my readers. I’m so appreciative of your interest. It’s been my pleasure to try to help you in whatever way that I can to plan for your Disney vacation.

It’s been a big year for MDT, we broke the story on both the extensions of the Disney Armed Forces Salute, both in October 2010 when the offer was renewed for this fiscal year, and again just last month with the extension until September 2012. It’s been a busy year too trying to keep up on the numerous packages and specials offered by Shades of Green throughout the year. Also I was interviewed by AmeriForce Publishing for inclusion in an article about Disney Military discounts. The article is due out later this month in their Reserve & National Guard Magazine.

Over the past year the site has seen fantastic growth. Military Disney Tips now receives nearly 10,000 visitors and 40,000 pageviews per month. Our Newsletter launched last October and has grown to over 390 subscribers. We also started our facebook fan page this past year and now have 220 facebook friends who like it. Just a couple of months ago the Military Disney twitter account was launched too.

The majority of our readers this year have been Stateside, but we also have readers from numerous locations where our military members are stationed: Italy, Germany, Iraq, the UK, Puerto Rico, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, the UAE, and Bahrain to name some.

Because of the specialized content on this site, many great Disney sites on the net sent visitors our way. I’d like to thank those sites for their support this year. They are:

Yourfirstvisit.net where I’ve been lucky to do quite a few guests posts
disneyfoodblog.com Where AJ has also allowed me to guest post
universal-parks-military-discounts.com our sister site
disboards.com
wdwradio.com
passporterboards.com
mouseowners.com
dismarks.com
usmclife.com
couponingtodisney.com
westoverafrc.org
coastiechicks.net

You also found the site via search engines. Some of the things you were looking for were: Information on Disney’s Military Salute, Universal Studios Military Salute, Sea World Military Discounts, Shades of Green, and the Armed Forces Vacation Club.

Some of your favorite pages were:

Military Discounts
The Disney Military Salute announcement for 2011
Disney’s Armed Forces Salute
Shades of Green
Universal Military Salute
Shades of Green Military Discounted Ticket Overview
and the Military Disney Tips Blog

This year is our third year partnering with Ears of Experience, an authorized Disney vacation planner and Veteran Owned Business. Over 150 of you asked Amy for help making your Disney reservations this past year.

Again I want to say thanks for the Happy Birthday! It’s been my pleasure to provide content that I think you might find helpful and I’m so glad that the site’s growth shows you are enjoying it. I’m looking forward to an even better year coming up. I’ve got several great new projects like my new series of Patriotic Disney posts and several new partners who I’ll be joining with to produce more great content.

Yours, Steve

 

If you are new to Military Disney Tips Start Here

Disney’s Armed Forces Salute FAQ

Information on Shades of Green – the Military Hotel on Disney World property

For up to the minute news follow us on facebook and twitter.

Current Military Salute Ticket Offers Available At Orlando Area Attractions

Oct 30th, 2010
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Disney announces Armed Forces Salute extended until September 2012

Besides Disney’s new Military Salute Ticket Offer there are other great discounts available for military members and their families vacationing in Orlando Florida.

Sea World Orlando as well as Busch Gardens inTampa continue to offer Anheuser-Busch’s Here’s to the Heros ticket offer. A free one day ticket for the military member and up to three dependents or friends. This offer is available at the other Anheuser-Busch parks as well (only one set of tickets per year).

Kennedy Space Center has there new Salute to America’s Heros offer. A one day free admission for the military member (a $36 value). Available through 18 December. Ticket must be picked up at Shades of Green by 15 November 2010.

Universal Orlando has no further plans for a Military Salute Ticket offer but does have a ticket/room combo military discount offer which runs through 31 December 2010. You can save up to 30% off your package.

While those are the current Special Military Salute Offers, military discounted tickets are available through the Shades of Green ticket office year round for Universal Orlando and other area attractions such as: Wet and Wild, Gatorland, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, the Richard Petty Driving Experience, and several Dinner Theaters.

Sea World, Busch Gardens, and Kennedy Space Center tickets are also available if you need to purchase more than the complimentary ones.

Shades of Green Ticket Prices

New Disney Military Salute Announced for 2011

Oct 4th, 2010
by Steve.
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New Disney Military Salute Announced for 2011

Disney announces Armed Forces Salute extended until September 2012

For the latest on this discount see this post

The Disney Company has just announced a new Military Discount offer for the remainder of 2010 continuing through 1 October 2011! This surprise announcement comes after repeated assertions by company officials that no Military Salute Discount would be offered for the coming year.

This year’s offer like the previous two includes both outstanding discounts on Disney Resorts and steeply discounted theme park tickets  for Military Members their families.

As in the past details of this offer slowly surfaced, only after the offer had already started. This year’s room only offer began on 3 October 2010, the ticket offer began on 24 October 2010, a 23 day gap from the offer that ended 30 September.

The details on the 2010 – 2011 Disney Military Salute are:

Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida

Offer Dates – through 1 October 2011

Resort Discounts – 40% off Deluxe Resorts, 35% off Moderates and Fort Wilderness Cabins, and 30% off Value Resorts.

With Blockout dates of 24-26 November and 26-31 December 2010, as well as 17-30 April 2011

Military Discounted Theme Park Tickets:
· Disney 4-Day Military Tickets with Park Hopper Option for $138 each, plus tax
· Disney 4-Day Military Tickets with Water Parks Fun and More Option for $138 each, plus tax
· Disney 4-Day Military Tickets with Park Hopper and Water Parks Fun and More Options for $165 each, plus tax

These tickets can be purchased at Shades of Green, Your local Base Ticket Office (with no tax added),  or Disney Theme Park ticket booths (Tax will be added at Disney ticket booths). Purchase through 28 September 2011; Last day of use is 1 October 2011; Blockout dates will be 17-23 April and the fourth of July

Disney Land in Anaheim California

Offer Dates – Through – 1 October 2011

Resort Discounts – 40% off Deluxe Resorts, 35% off Moderates and Fort Wilderness Cabins, and 30% off Value Resorts Note this Resort offer has started

With Blockout dates of 24-26 November and 26-31 December 2010

Theme Park Ticket Discounts:

· Disney Military 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets for $99 each, plus tax

These tickets can be purchased at your local Base Ticket Office (with no tax added),  or Disney Theme Park ticket booths (Tax will be added at Disney ticket booths). Purchase through 28 September 2011; Last day of use is 1 October 2011; Blockout dates will be 17-23 April and 1-4 July.

The Disney Cruise Line

The Disney Cruise Line continues to offer Military discounts. Military Discounted Cruise Rates are usually announced 30-60 days out. Officials with the Cruise Line recommended to me that if you know your dates go ahead and make your reservations at the best rate you can find as far out as possible. Then when a military rate is announced for that particular sailing they will apply that rate to your reservations. They usually set aside fifty staterooms of all categories for the military rates (except for suites and the lowest categories).


Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets – Are They Always The Right Choice

See this page on the 2011 Disney Military Salute for full details and restrictions

For more information on Disney and Other Theme Parks and Hotels see my Military Discounts page

2010-2011 Military Salute Ticket offer has been released see here see the 24 October post

If you are new to Military Disney Tips Start Here

Disney’s Armed Forces Salute FAQ

Information on Shades of Green – the Military Hotel on Disney World property

For up to the minute news follow us on facebook and twitter.

Free Disney Planning & Reservation Checklist

Disney Raises Ticket Prices

Aug 7th, 2010
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This week  on 5 August, Walt Disney World (and Disneyland) raised prices on base admission tickets as well as add-ons potentially adding from 3 to 138 dollars per ticket based on length and options. Mousesavers.com lists the various increases. This is an annual occurrence each August. Allears.net reports military tickets have not increased and Shades of Green’s web page still shows the pre 5 August prices (although they were slow to update new prices last year).

If you’re going to Disney after 30 Sept 2010 (when the Disney Military Salute ends) and can afford to get your tickets now, do it. Go by your base ticket office to check that the prices haven’t increased and grab them.

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