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2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Information – Rooms, Tickets, Memory Maker

By Steve 51 Comments

What about 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets?

Disney has updated their website with new information about the 2021 Salute Room, Ticket, and Memory Maker offers. UPDATE – 19 December 2020 – Base Ticket Offices will allow you to use 2020 Salute Tickets that you can’t use by 26 Sept ’21 towards new tickets! UPDATE – 5 December 2020 – Disney has confirmed to me […]

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Planning and Executing Your Walt Disney World Vacation During These Trying Times – 2021 Travel

By Steve 14 Comments

Planning and Executing Your Walt Disney World Vacation During These Trying Times. Image (C) Disney

Welcome to our resource for all of the things that are different about a Disney World Vacation during this Temporary Abnormal. On this page we’ll be discussing everything that is different about planning and executing a Walt Disney World vacation for military families during this temporary “crisis.” UPDATE 15 December 2020 – Updated Future Resort […]

Filed Under: Special Times, Walt Disney World Tagged With: Special Events, Walt Disney World

Our Second Trip Back to Walt Disney World

By Steve 5 Comments

Our Second Trip Back to Walt Disney World

Well, we’ve made our second trip back to Walt Disney World since they re-opened late this summer after being closed in reaction to the 2020 virus. You can read about our first trip back which took place shortly after WDW re-opened near the end of the summer. There we detail all of the measures that […]

Filed Under: Special Times, Walt Disney World Tagged With: Special Events, Walt Disney World

Park Hopping Returns to Walt Disney World!

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Park Hopping Returns to Walt Disney World!

Starting 1 January 2021, limited Park Hopping returns to Disney World!!! Today Disney announced the following: As the phased reopening of Walt Disney World Resort continues, we are nearing another exciting milestone we know many guests have been looking forward to: the return of the Park Hopper option! Starting Jan. 1, 2021, guests who purchased a ticket, […]

Filed Under: Disney Armed Forces Salute, Special Times Tagged With: military discounted tickets, Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World Starting to Discount 2021

By Steve 10 Comments

What about 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets?

To date all of Walt Disney World’s announced Resort Room Discounts have only run through 25 December 2020, calling into question 2021 Discounts. UPDATE 3 Dec – Disney has announced 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Info Now there is Good News and a Positive Sign for a 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount! Disney […]

Filed Under: Disney Armed Forces Salute, Special Times Tagged With: Military Discounted Rooms, Walt Disney World

Our Return to Walt Disney World

By Steve 17 Comments

We did it! We just spent 2 weeks at Walt Disney World and experienced all of the post-closure changes in person. In this post we’ll share it all with you. We’ll share our experiences, the good and the bad, our thoughts on the whole can of worms plus some tips. UPDATE 3 Dec – Disney […]

Filed Under: Special Times, Walt Disney World Tagged With: Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, Food and Wine Festival, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Special Events, Transportation, Walt Disney World

Will There Be a 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount? When Will Disney Announce a 2021 Salute Room Discount?

By Steve 37 Comments

What about 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets?

I am getting these two questions in growing frequency as the military community is wondering why we haven’t heard anything yet. This is understandable as each of the last 5 years, Disney has announced the coming year’s Military Salute Offer right about this time in September. And we’ve seen nothing yet. UPDATE 3 Dec – […]

Filed Under: Disney Armed Forces Salute, Special Times Tagged With: Military Discounted Rooms, military discounted tickets, Walt Disney World

Shades of Green Re-Open at Walt Disney World

By Steve 3 Comments

Shades of Green Resort Firearm Policy

On our Return Trip to Walt Disney World we stopped by Shades of Green to check out what’s happening. Our recent trip was the end of August/beginning of September 2020. It was our first trip of the year (we had 2 cancelled trips in the spring) and first trip after all of the special measures […]

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Disney Accidentally Voided Some Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets

By Steve 8 Comments

Well, it has been quite a year with lots issues that have come up with Disney’s Military Discounts! And here is the latest snafu! Disney World has inadvertently voided a block of 200-300 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets! Who knows what they were doing? But your Base Ticket Office should be contacting you if you […]

Filed Under: Disney Armed Forces Salute, Special Times Tagged With: military discounted tickets, Walt Disney World

Shades of Green Cancels Discounts

By Steve 2 Comments

Shades of Green Cancels Discounts

All room discounts have been removed from Shades of Green’s website. Shades of Green re-opened after the lock-down closure on 12 August. Upon re-opening, all previously announced discounts were cancelled for August 2020 through January 2021. This includes: The various monthly discounts The Armed Forces Recreation Centers – Survivors’ Family Program The Red White and […]

Filed Under: Shades of Green Discounts, Special Times Tagged With: Military Discounted Rooms, Shades of Green, Walt Disney World

Using the Walt Disney World Theme Park Reservation System

By Steve 4 Comments

Using the Walt Disney World Park Reservation System

In this Tech Related Post we will walk you through making a Walt Disney World Theme Park Reservation. This is a really simple and quick process as you’ll see. As a reminder you will need to have your tickets (or vouchers from your Base Ticket Office) linked to your My Disney Experience Account to make Theme […]

Filed Under: My Magic Plus, Special Times Tagged With: My Magic Plus, Walt Disney World

2020 Disney World Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket Extension Update

By Steve 29 Comments

2020 Disney World Disney Armed Forces Salute Ticket Extension Update

At this time, all Military Ticket sales are on hold. The date on which military ticket sales will resume has not yet been announced. Walt Disney World Base Ticket Offices are being told the following: The timeframe during which guests may use Previously Sold Walt Disney World 4, 5, or 6 Day Disney Armed Forces […]

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