Special Info for these Crazy Times:
News for 2021:
- Disneyland Finally Scheduled to Reopen
- Planning and Executing Your Walt Disney World Vacation During These Trying Times
- 2021 Walt Disney World Armed Forces Salute Ticket Announcement
- Using Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets in 2021
- Using the Walt Disney World Theme Park Reservation System
- Park Hopping Returns to Walt Disney World Starting in 2021
Everything is Different at WDW since it Reopened. See Our Trip Reports:
- 2022 Disney Armed Forces Salute Timeline
- Our Return to Walt Disney World (Aug/Sep 2020)
- Our Second Trip Back to Walt Disney World (Nov 2020)
- Our Third Trip Back to Walt Disney World (Jan 2021)
A Disney vacation is the perfect place for a military family to spend time together and think of nothing else.
It’s the ideal location for a pre-deployment getaway, for reconnecting after a deployment, or for a special treat for the kids while mom or dad is away.
Planning a Walt Disney World vacation can be a complex endeavor for any family. During your planning you’ll make many decisions that will affect all aspects of your vacation. Throw in the complexities of the many varied military deals and discounts which are available from multiple sources and it can become a daunting task.
That’s why Military DisneyTips recommends that you use an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner.
If you’ve explored Military Disney Tips a little, you are probably already aware that we recommend Ears of Experience as our preferred Authorized Disney Vacation Planner.
Here are our Top 8 Reasons for you to Use a Disney Vacation Planner
8. Less Stress
Using an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner can take all of that stress out of planning a Walt Disney World or Disneyland vacation. They will handle everything for you and guide you to the right decisions.
7. They Only Do Disney
Unlike traditional Travel Agents or online self-serve websites, Authorized Disney Vacation Planner’s are Disney specialists who have completed mandatory training by Disney in order to become “Authorized.” And very often Disney vacations are all that they do, they focus on nothing else.
6. They Love of Disney
Authorized Disney Vacation Planners get into this field because they love planning Disney vacations. Most begin this after planning multiple Disney vacations of their own.
5. They Are Knowledgeable About Disney
Because they only do Disney and love Disney they are some of the very most knowledge individuals about Disney on the planet.
4. No Extra Fee
There’s no cost to you!
Authorized Disney Vacation Planners are paid a commission by Disney on the trips that they book. Neither Disney or your Authorized Vacation Planner will add an extra charge to your cost for room, tickets, etc.
You’ll pay the same whether you do all the work or if you let your Authorized Disney Vacation Planner do it for you.
3. Extra Service
Your Authorized Disney Vacation Planner watches out for you. They live and breathe Disney every day and are in constant contact with a special team of Disney Agent Only reservationists. Your Authorized Disney Vacation Planner knows when new discounts come out for the timeframe that you have already booked and will automatically re-book you at the new lower price.
You’ll receive other extras too, such as personalized information to read up on prior to your trip, assistance with Advance Dining Reservations, FastPasses, and more. (The extent of extra services often depends on your selected package).
2. Award Winning Service
Military Disney Tips’ recommended Authorized Disney Vacation Planner, Ears of Experience has received the Platinum Earmarked award from Disney Destinations.
There are only a small, select group in this elite classification of Authorized Disney Vacation Planners!
1. Large Military Family Staff
Ears of Experience has a large number of military spouses on staff to assist you with your military discounted vacation. While other companies may have at most one or two military experienced individuals (or most likely none), Ears of Experience is: 1. owned and operated by a military family and 2. has a very large number of agents with military Disney experience ready to assist you.
These agents use the same discounts that you do, so they are totally familiar with them.
Ears of Experience is Disney’s largest booker of military discounted travel.
There will be no guessing by a civilian about military discounts!
Why We Recommend Ears of Experience
We’ve outlined many reasons above. The 2 biggest reasons are that they are part of our military family and have Years of Experience (get the name now?) with Disney vacations.
In the 11 years that Military Disney Tips has recommended Ears of Experience, our readers have made over 17 thousand quote requests from our trusted partner.
Ears of Experience – Military Disney Tips’ Recommended Disney Only Travel Agent.
We hope that you will give Ears of Experience a try for your Disney Vacation!
To get your Quote simply fill out the request form on our Ears of Experience Page.
Note, Ears of Experience also provides services for those who are interested in a Universal Studios Vacation.
We’re using Ears of Experience and are very pleased. Counting the days til October!
Awesome, thanks Amy!
Have a great trip. Sept and Nov for me…
We would like help with a trip to Disneyworld. Our daughter graduates Nov 16 from Parris Island. We’re thinking of bringing her to Disneyworld after graduation.
Hi Alex,
You should definitely get with Ears of Experience as this post suggests.
Good afternoon, do you have a couple recommended agents to talk with a lot of experience/knowledge and more specifically geared towards military discounts/strategies? Just looking for the best fit.
Thanks
Hi Keith, absolutely!
You will see all over the site and in the post above that I recommend Ears of Experience. Military family owned with a large number of mil spouse agents. Only experienced mil spouses handle the referrals from my site.
See: http://www.militarydisneytips.com/blog/ears-of-experience/
I see that you recommend using a Disney Vacation Planner. Where do I find one? Thanks!
Hi there James,
Please look at numbers 1, 2, and Why We Recommend Ears of Experience in the post.
What is the difference between using an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner and going direct through Disney? We are planning our second trip to Disney and both last time and so far this time we are/have booked direct through Disney. We have tried to use Ears of Experience agents but have not found that special touch that booking direct through Disney offers.
Hi Jen,
Perhaps the biggest reason to go with a knowledgable planner is that, when booking through Disney directly you make you reservation and that is the only service provided (you get a reservation). If a discount comes out for your timeframe (military or general public) they will not advise you or change it for you. You are on your own and if you are unaware of the new lower price you will pay the higher price. Sure they are friendly on the phone and say “Have a Magical Day” but they are after as much as they can get.
When new discounts come out the Ears team is on the phones with their Disney counterparts, lowering prices for their affected customers in bulk. This is most important on the day (and a few days after) the Disney Armed Forces Salute is announced.
If you are confident that you won’t miss a discount that comes out and want to take the time to call back yourself (you could spend the whole day on the phone when the Salute comes out), then you can surely take that on, but you’ll pay no more to have someone else handle it for you.
Thanks for asking.
Why don’t you publish the phone number, so we can begin our planning immediately, instead of waiting for you to respond? Is this only a part-time venture?
Hi there Randy,
I see that your request for your July trip was submitted at 10:51 eastern. Ears of Experience responded to you at 2:57, 7 minutes before you posted here.
The agents assigned to you do work full time. Perhaps they were assisting others during those 4 hours.
Thanks for your understanding and patience.