Disney to build 2,000-room hotel dubbed Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Featured, Hotels and Resorts, Jason Garcia, News — By Jason Garcia on May 11, 2010 at 11:00 pmWalt Disney World is about to begin building its first new hotel in seven years, a 2,000-room resort that will open in 2012.
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort will feature 1,120 suites with room for as many as six people each and another 864 traditional hotel rooms, with a design theme based on four of the company’s most popular animated movies.
- Disney Imagineer Joni Van Buren sculpts a model of King Triton from the 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid. In its final form, the sculpture will be 35 feet tall and tower over guests at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, a new Disney World hotel that will open in 2012. (WALT DISNEY WORLD)
The complex will be priced as a “value” hotel, at the low end of Disney World’s scale, similar to Disney’s Pop Century and All-Star resorts, where standard rates begin at $82 a night.
The announcement is one of the strongest signals yet from Disney that it thinks a sustained recovery is under way from the long travel slump brought on by the global recession. Disney executives, who have been weighing construction of a family-suites hotel for several years, finally approved the project in January.
But in deciding to add another lower-priced hotel, Disney also appears to be betting that travelers will continue the frugal spending habits many adopted during the downturn. Disney has been relying on discounts to sustain attendance during the past year, and executives acknowledged Tuesday that consumers are still searching for deals even as Disney attempts to return to pre-recession prices.
“Quite honestly, we’re in a bit of waiting for each other to blink,” Walt Disney Co. Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo told analysts during a conference call to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings.
The Art of Animation Resort will be built on a 65-acre plot across a lake from Disney’s Pop Century Resort. The location will allow Disney to use a pair of long-neglected, unfinished buildings that Disney originally constructed as a second phase of Pop Century but which it abandoned amid the 2001 recession. Pop Century’s first phase was completed in 2003.
Plans for the new resort show 10 wings of rooms and a separate building housing the check-in lobby and restaurants. The hotel wings will be separated into four distinct groups, each with a theme from a different animated movie: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Finding Nemo and Cars.
Each section will have separate courtyards anchored by icons from the movies — such as a 35-foot-tall King Triton presiding over the Mermaid section — and the entire resort will use bright-color palettes evocative of the lush scenery of animated movies. Hotel designers say they have been soliciting input from artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios on everything from building elevations to which scenes to depict at the swimming pools.
“The hope is you walk into this courtyard and you’re kind of like seeing it as a character in the movie,” said Frank Paris, a senior project manager with Walt Disney Imagineering, the company’s in-house attraction-design unit.
Because the majority of its rooms will be six-person suites, the Art of Animation Resort will have roughly the same capacity as Pop Century, which has 2,800 conventional rooms.
With the project, Disney is placing an aggressive bet on what it says is a growing market for affordable suites aimed at families traveling with several children or extended families. Disney World has been testing the concept with about 215 suites at its All-Star Music hotel that were converted out of about 430 ordinary rooms about three years ago.
Jim Durham, vice president for resort projects at Disney Imagineering, said demand for such accommodations has risen in recent years as families have taken to traveling in larger groups. The trend became particularly pronounced following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he said.
“Ever since 9-11, we just see a lot more family unity,” Durham said.
In Orlando, the family-suites market is led by the 777-room Nickelodeon Suites Resort, which has proven immensely popular since it opened in 2005 just to the east of Disney World. The resort pairs family suites with Nickelodeon cartoon characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants.
By adding more than 1,000 new suites to its lineup, Disney hopes to pull more of those travelers onto its property. The conventional hotel rooms to be built as part of the Art of Animation Resort will also allow Disney to restore the room capacity it lost as part of the suites conversion at All-Star Music.
Disney executives said the popularity of those All-Star Music suites convinced them that there is a substantial market for family suites.
“We’re feeling very positive about the demand that is interested in both the value product and the family-suite product,” said Mark Rucker, vice president for lodging for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “The research for us is showing that the Central Florida marketplace is going to more than capably handle some inventory in this category.”
Disney declined to say how much it will spend to build the hotel. It expects to break ground this summer and open it in phases throughout 2012.
Disney said the project will generate approximately 800 construction jobs.
Jason Garcia can be reached at jrgarcia@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5414.
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If disney was smart as we thought they were … they would build a whole ‘nother park now. Right now labor is cheap and shows vision for the future.
Yeah.i aggree with you~
Disney needs to add a new country (pavilion) the the world showcase in Epcot. Epcot really needs updating and some tlc.
I would love to see India, Russia and Brazil added to the mix.
I agree…. Maybe an Australian pavilion…?? Could be fun..!!
It is putting in a new Mexican Rest. I think that will be awesome. I am not sure how they would add a new land. But I would love to see it. I think they need to rethink some of the other side!
disney actually has room for i believe 5 more pavillions just cleverly hidden as is the disney way. I agree Russia or Australia would be great.
I wonder how many people Disney will rip off and all the vendors they will take advantage of? Disney is a bunch of hipocritical theives! My business did a huge project for Disney and they never paid me anything as promised in writing. I have liens field for the $69898.00 they owe me. They knew I was a disabled Veteran so they could get the tax credits and I received at least a dozen authorizations and still after 4 years they still come up with one excuse after another. I found that they have more then a thosand other liens and msot went out of business because Disney does not pay their bills and the media will not publish anything negative about Disney.
The Orlando Sentinal Jumps on anything negative about Disney and reports on it all the time.
You say you went out of business because Disney did not pay you the rest of a huge contract-$6989.00. How did that tip the scales for going out of business ?
You missed a digit and there is a “,” after 69. read more carefully the numbers.
Furnray65, what is the name of your company and who have you dealt with and I will send the info to WDW executives to make sure they know about this.
You had me until “the media will not publish anything negative about Disney.”
That statement makes the rest of you story questionable.
I have always wondered what they were gonna do with those buildings across from pop century. at least they have the frame work already there.
I was wondering the same thing myself since I noticed those 2 brown buildings from my room on the 3rd floor overlooking the lake at Pop Century. About time they do something with that area. Not a pretty sight to see abandoned yet the buildings looked like they were almost completed.
I love doing business with the mouse. You have to do a lot paperwork, but I get paid on time every time
I would love to pick your brain on how to go about doing some biz with the mouse.
What color is the sky in your world?
Way to bring more low paying jobs to the area! just what we need the encouragement to have more illegal aliens come to wash the sheets and clean the lobbies. This are will never really improve until some high tech or manufacturing jobs come to the area. Disney is sucking this area dry!
You know most entry level jobs pay min wage! I make min and am happy for a job. In this economy I am happy to be paid. Anyone can work their way up the chain in a company if they want. Start with min and work your way up!
Sucking the area dry? Without Disney, Orlando would be a backwater. Without Disney, Sea World and Universal wouldn’t be there. Without Disney, there would be nothing down there but tumbleweeds.
A new resort is pretty cool. $82 dollars a night is not going to happen. Two weeks ago the standard price at a Disney Value resort was $135 a night.
$82 a night is the starting rate. It increass with different days of the week and increases with different peak times of year including a couple weeks ago during most kids’ spring breaks. I booked a stay for the end of this month and in august in which I am paying $82 a night….
Maybe off season you can find that rate.. I have always paid $99.00 and up for the value resorts.
But that can be said of pretty much all hotes. It’s supply and demand – when the demand is higher with a fixed supply, the price goes up.
$82 always happens at value resorts. we are booked for a week at the end of november through the beginning of december 2010 and we are paying $82 a night at Pop Century…you must be staying during peak times i.e.spring break and holidays
“The conventional hotel rooms to be built as part of the Art of Animation Resort will also allow Disney to restore the room capacity it lost as part of the suites conversion at All-Star Music.
Disney executives said the popularity of those All-Star Music suites convinced them that there is a substantial market for family suites.”
If DIsney lost the suites, how are they popular???
It doesn’t look like they lost any suites, they gained suites by knocking down the walls of the standard rooms and turning those standard rooms into larger suites.
The article says there is LESS standard rooms because those were remodeled and turned into suites.
I was curious to see how Disney would portray the first half of the 20th century in the unfinished section of Pop Century. I’ll never know now.
This new resort will probably be very popular though.
You are right.. we will never know. I am sure it will also be sold out for the summer months once they open. With me its just my husband and me when we travel and no kids so a suite would not be of any use to us two but the stand rooms there I am sure will be sold out first. People will want to check the new hotel out and curiosity kills the cat as they say.
The other side of Pop Century isn’t done?? They were working on it when I work at DW 2 years ago! What happened?
It was stopped in it’s tracks and never restarted. If you go on Google and look with the satellite view, you can see the bits they started.
$82.00 a night a value? I refuse to pay more than $59.00 for fricking room. All you need is a place to the 3 “S’s” and sleep for Pete’s sake. Disney thinks everyone walks around with $60,000.00 in their pockets at any given time.
That may be true for you, but for many of us there are benefits to that extra $23 per night (extra magic hours, ability to buy into dining plan, delivery of packages bought at the parks, availability of Disney tranportation) that make the added expense worth it. Not to mention that a trip to WDW is all about the experience, and completely immersing oneself in all things Disney by staying at an on-site resort is priceless to LOTS of people. I’m just glad they’ve added the value resorts in the last twenty or so years (don’t recall when the first all-star opened) and we don’t have to choose from resorts that are all $149 or more.
You ar right. Staying at a WDW resort hotel is simply magical. There is something special about it.
“$82.00 a night a value? I refuse to pay more than $59.00 for fricking room. All you need is a place to the 3 “S’s” and sleep for Pete’s sake. Disney thinks everyone walks around with $60,000.00 in their pockets at any given time.”
an $82 hotel at Disney will be much nicer, more fun, and better maintained than any $60 hotel off property. Not to mention if you’re only going to Disney, you tell me where you can get a car for $30 a day, plus the expense for gas and parking. Not to mention the time you spend coming and going to the park. or the long lines of cars you have to wait to get in and out of the park. $82 on property is a GREAT deal. very cheap.
Yes, the $82/night rooms are nice. However, the Disney transportation system sucks!! Disney has no organization for their lines at most of their hotels so people just walk up as the bus arrives and cut in front of all the people that have been sitting there waiting for 30 minutes. You get hit with strollers in the aisle, kids kicking you because they can’t sit still in the seat and parents taking up 2 or more seats during peak hours because they feel the need for their 2 year old to have their own seat instead of sitting in the parents lap and letting others have the seat.
Nobody says you have to take the disney transportation. Drive you car to the parks.
Yes you don’t have to use Disney transport … but an earlier poster was saying part of paying extra to stay on property IS the transport.
Like Ex Disney fan, I’m not a fan of their transport. Some things work great like the monorail, but the buses can be a disaster.
You’re totally right, don’t use the buses if you don’t want to and when I’ve stayed onsite I’ve driven instead of using them. BUT that factors into my opinion on whether I got a good deal. If I’m paying for busing that is so awful I won’t use it, it’s not much a deal.
Many hotels are now offering free internet, yet Disney has a cost prohibitive policy on that too. Yes, it’s a vacation but some of us have to check in with the office.
Then go elsewhere. You know what you are getting into when you go. If that isn’t what you want then go to Universal
$59 is a nice price for a room but then again, for the little extra you are on Disney property and use Disney transportation, are greeted and assisted by friendly, out going staff, and also get the benefits of extra park hours and not having to deal with getting a rental car, parking lots, and traffic….$82 and you get all the above….priceless!
I wish they would build some entertainment for adults/business travellers. Having shuttered Pleasure Island to build more restaurants has left a void for this market.
You are right. When they closed Pleasure Island they closed the fun after hours nightlife of all adults like me who loved to go there and dance after all the parks had closed. Whose dumb idea it was to first remodel pleasure Island then close it and do away with all those nice nightclubs?? I now go to Atlantic Dance in the Epcot resort area which is pretty good but its not the same as 8 traxx and Mannequins dance club.
They shut Pleasure Island because it was becoming a hangout
for the local riffraff teenagers. Gangs of kids were hanging
around, not spending any money, but creating a lot of
trouble.
They were attracting drunken crowds that they could not control. For that I am happy. It is sad that all those clubs are gone but if it means me being safe then oh well, BYE BYE.
It’s great news to have more affordable lodgings. And for those who want to go very cheap, there are many alternatives on I-drive and 192. So stop your whining and stay where you want. Not everyone wants to be in a crummy unsafe room while on vacation. Many prefer to stay on-grounds and enjoy the whole vacation experience. So there’s plenty of rooms for every budget. It’s a shame though to see how much hate is out there from the Disney bashers. They need to just go to Universal and stay away from Disney and let decent people enjoy that park.
TRUE DAT!!!!!!!!
Heck Yes! Keep it coming!
I agree with you all the way. you couldn’t say that any better. Thanks for reading my mine :0)
Damn straight man!!!
My wife and I live in St Cloud, and while there are many things to do around here that don’t involve Disney, take out the garbage, mow the lawn, go to a lake, etc…, it is very sad to here people in this area disparage the company that put them on the map and are responsible, through their revenue, for the well-being of this community. I know that a lot of people complain about Disney, but, no matter how you look at it, you should not bite the hand, or mouse glove, that feeds you and an entire community. Also, low paying jobs or not, jobs are jobs. This area needs whatever it can get right now, and, between Disney working on the MK, this resort, and then the jobs that the high speed rail will bring, it seems like the area is doing better than it has in years so the doom-and-gloom stuff is a little over the top.
You are seeing things as they are and I am very thankful!
Exactly Jason. Orlando would’t be much of anything without Disney and all the other them parks, attractions, hotels, resorts, and restaurants it has brought about.
Amen! Fu(n)k all da haters! Go play with the alligators if you can’t find anything better to do be-otches.
We always stay on disney property now. It might be more expensive than out in town but the savings on parking and also getting in the parks early and staying late far out weighs staying in town.
I would love to know how someone is getting into a disney Value resort for $82.
We were there two weeks ago and a Disney Value resort was $135 a night regular rate and $90 a night for Florida Resident.
$82 a night is what value resorts are during value season! I ended up moving our vaction up a few days in order to be out of regular season so we could get $82 a night.
All the bashers seem to forget they do have a choice. Stay somewhere else, DUH
We are going in September w/ free dining.
for about $500 we have 7 days park hopper, 6 nights in the resort. Free dining, and our hotel. You tell me where else you can go on vacation for $500 that will include great meals like Disney serves, your hotel, and all day entertainment?
I just don’t get how people can not see that Disney, when done w/ a package is not a GREAT deal.
Where did you find that offer? I’m pricing September, value resort, 6 nights/7 day hoppers, free QS dining plan and am coming up with $881.11.
Disney is offering free dining until Oct.2
I think it’s great that they are building more suites for families and groups traveling together.
Yes,$82 a night during value season…and if you use a AAA card you get a 10-20% discount on top of that.
We enjoy staying at the Disney hotels – we save a ton on car rental, especially when they shuttle you to the airport and back for free. I drive every day for work – so glad I don’t have to do it on vacation!
$82 is a great deal for staying at a disney resort…you simply can not compare staying at a disney resort value/moderate/deluxe….
can’t wait to stay at this new resort in 2012…..
I am looking forward to a new resort experience. However, it sounds all too similar to All Star Movies. If WDW wanted to stay with the ‘Classic Years’ theme, perhaps they should consider classic characters. Think of the four areas of the resort anchored by Mickey and Minnie, then Ariel and Sebastian, then Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, then Buzz and Woody. Each one represents a different era in Disney animation.
At least they aren’t doing a Pixar overload.
As a nod to the missing Pop Century decades they could do:
1920s: Mickey Mouse
1930s: Snow White
1940s: Bambi, Dumbo, Pinocchio
1950s: Cinderella, Alice, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty
If they do that, at least some of the ten buildings would have decade tie ins.
We have been guests of Mickey for almost 40 years (since it opened). What began as two now can be as many as a dozen due to the additional generations of family and friends. During over 300 plus days and nights spent at Disney world, I have yet to have a bad experience. As one has already said, completely immersing oneself in all things Disney by staying at an on-site resort is priceless. This point cannot be overstated. Every cast member, from those you see and meet to all behind the scenes, has been selected and makes the choice to be a cast member because they believe in the concept that all guests and their memorable experience is what Walt Disney expected everyone who came into contact with anything with the Disney name on it would enjoy, remember, and return to whenever possible (my three special favorites’, Art, Dana, and Cathy). Those who cannot, or will not, accept this way of serving themselves and others go over to Universal to work. The standards there are lower to nonexistent relative to providing the highest respect for their guests, their co-workers, and themselves. Our last experience (eleven days in January 2010) and our first visit over 37 years ago were identical in the magical manner in which we were received. And during each of these visits, and all in between, we had the opportunity to enjoy and relax in a world of peace and tranquility, away from the real world that we all live in, during our stays. Disney has from its inception represented all that is good and promoted practices, policies, and procedures which are so well thought out that small and large corporations around the world hire Disney to come and show their employees how to improve and perfect their operations, both public image and financial management. Disney may not be for everyone, but as history has shown it certainly is a perfect fit for a large majority of the people on this planet. And while not all are so fortunate to be able to share this experience, for those who choose any Disney product, they are guaranteed value far in excess of what monetary value they give up. While we always share our knowledge and experience gained over these many years with others, anyone new to or thinking about Disney World should do their home work, seek out second opinions, and look at the thousands of books, magazines, articles, and text on the internet to find the perfect match of what your expectations are, your budget, and what is available. There is a perfect match if you just ask. Our next immediate visits are this summer, November (including a seven day cruise, and next February with all the family and friends. And did I mention that I am seventy two years young and live over 900 miles from Disney World. As every cast member says as they meet you, the first time or the last, “Welcome Home!” I hope to see many of you during the years to come.
You are a breath of fresh air! I would like to take your post and paste it on all the bashers faces! If you don’t like it, then DO NOT GO. I want to know who is making these people go when they obviously do not want to be there!
I hope you all aren’t expecting the Suites to be $82/night. That’s the regular rooms that were announced as part of the resort. The suites will no doubt cost at least double if not more than that.
The general rule of thumb is that a suite costs 2* the preferred room price. I would expect $82 standard rates to become $188 for the suite.
As was mentioned before, AAA provides nice room discounts. Just remember Disney only honors 1 discount at a time. If a free dining or buy 4 get 7 offer comes out, it will be at the rack rate.
I am very happy Disney decided to do an animation resort. I was hoping it would be a value/moderate on Bay lake with its own entrance in to toontown, but a value near Pop Century works
Have to agree with David Drisco/November 2010 will be my 57th trip of ten days or longer (have many 3 and 4 day pop downs as we call them that we do not count in the 57) and we have always been treated great by all CM. We admit my sister/brother in law and I we are addicted and choose not to drink nor take drugs nor smoke and use all our money for Disney. We are Disney haters worst nightmare and Disney love us. We had been told this new resort was going to possibly happen. We however get two connecting rooms as it is cheaper than a suite.Unless you just want to cook or eat in your room. Part of our trip is all the different foods so no cooking for us. Universal has it’s following but we prefer WDW. We find something new each visit and meet so many nice people. It is all about priorities and after all our obligations are taken care of at home then it is on to WDW anytime we can. It is soothing and relaxed. Our Mother also went until she 87 years old and rode everything (but Misson Space) until she died 6/09. As for the disabled vet that claims he has not been paid, there are courts for that type problem–has to be more to that story. Had a friend break her ankle at Disney and actually was not Disney’s fault and they took her to hospital and paid for ALL within 45 days. And paid any charges occured in her home state related to it promptly. Again looking forward to the new resort, know where I will be in 2012 Lion King area
I stayed at Pop Century & All-Star Music as well as better resorts at WDW (such as Animal Kingdom Lodge) and even the Dolphin nearby. I will try to avoid the “value” resorts in the future, though. Granted, they are a good value (the rooms are clean, transportation is included, etc.) BUT, there are a LOT of downsides.
Ever sit in the lobby of All Star Music? My God! IT is NOISY! And, there are few seats. I had to wait there for my airport shuttle. What about the noise level and hecticness of the restaurant(s)? Horrible! The food was good, though for breakfast, anyways. What about the mayhem at the swimming pools? Care for blaring rock music, anyone? What about the constant children jumping around, shouting, kicking their chairs, etc.? Ow!
Plans are coming along for a replacement for Pleasure Island (on that same site). As someone said earlier, Disney knows when unemployment is high and labor is cheap. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at what Disney puts there!
Come on Disney, we want another country at Epcot.
As A FORMER cast member at DRC 1998-2005 I can tell you that they are all about revenue and value for the shareholder and they don’t let you forget that. But what you get back at the end of the day is that you made dreams come true for their guests while booking their vacations. Yes I have made more money not working for the mouse, but no other company can do what they do, not even close. It has been the best company I have ever worked for in 25 year career of sales and customer service. It also is helpful on the resume side of things outside of FL too.
DISNEY IS A BIG TOURIST TRAP THAT WILL TRY TO STEAL EVERY LAST PENNY THAT YOU HAVE. STAY AWAY. THEY PAY MOST OF THEIR EMPLOYEES POVERTY LEVEL WAGES. DON’T SUPPORT A COMPANY THAT CAN’T EVEN FEED THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES. THEY DON’T CALL DISNEY “MICKEY MAFIA” FOR NOTHING!!!!!!
That’s just brilliant, shut down Disney, the economic engine that drives Central Florida. This idea comes from someone who doesn’t even know how to type without the caps key on.
If you want to make better wages then do something to improve your value. My wife earns over $60k a year as a Disney employee because she spent her evenings going to college several years ago. She made the sacrifices to better herself and it is paying off handsomely.
Many Disney cast members have risen from entry level positions to become movers and shakers within the organization. There are very few companies that recognize and promote talent better than Disney, assuming one is really putting in the effort.
dont go if you dont like it, dumb ass
Since wdw opened in 1971 we have made over 1000 trips to the parks. When we moved out of the area we started staying on property ( usually 7 days at a time) and have had trips that were perfect and trips where we felt we were ignored because we weren’t travelling with little kids but I’ll tell you now there isn’t any other place I would rather be. When I’m there it’s like being a kid again and at my age that alone is worth it. I agree if people don’t like Disney then please stay away and don’t ruin my vacation with the sour looks and unhappy attitudes. Just leave WDW for those of us who love it and keep coming back.
Wow, lots of Mouse Grumps out there.
With the demand for this kind of lodging, I think Disney is making a great addition to the property. That they are theming at their roots of animation is also exciting.
For those who are hoping for a new country at Epcot, at the very least there are reports and rumors of surveys on country preferences. Doesn’t mean a change is happening, but it would be a logical first step.
The reference can be found on the blog below…
http://www.screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_epcot.htm
We stay at disney alot we live right here in florida. They have great rates for fl residents I have stayed in the value resorts for as low as 58.00 a night. We love the pop century and are looking foward to say at another wonderful value resort. I am happy to see they are using the building that was started after 9-11.
This sounds like great fun and some employment opportunities for many. Does anyone who got the layout and building contracts? I have 3 constuction workers in my family who need work very badly! Way to go Disney!
Keep it coming Jim Durham!! Thanks for listening to all the dedicated Disney lovers. Can’t wait to see the finished product. Stayed at All Star Music for the first time this past April and enjoyed the theming, the amenities and the friendly, superior customer-service oriented staff of that hotel. Just need covered queues and it’s a go!! It is the inclusive nature of your VISION that keeps people wanting more. We’ll be back!!
Yes, the term “suites” is being used loosely, I’m sure…
I wonder if this might mean the end of one of the original all stars…maybe “Sports” I can’t imagine anyone wanting to stay at one of the older all stars when the new sections were offered for around the same price. Or maybe the older units will be priced even lower… who knows
Jim-I agree-I can’t find Randy’s offer either, but I did find $57.40/night for value resort All Star Music Sept. 19th-Sept. 23. (4 nights) It is called the “Summertime Savings” offer on the Disney website. Note it says Sunday through Thursdays. Weekends are more. That is no taxes and no dining and no tickets. Tickets alone for 5 day ParkHopper for 2 adults is a $600 add on ($300/adult) so something can’t be right with Randy’s info (OR he really got a killer deal). OR maybe he meant $500/person?
Dates do make a difference-like the other posters noted-even a day-value season is the cheapest. You can find the rate calendar at sites like Mousesavers.com. Also there was a free dining offer for Disney Visa card holders but I don’t know if that is still available.
The cheapest offer including dining I could find on Disney’s site was the August to October Dine offer for $957 at All Star Music for 6 nights (minimum required) again on the Sunday through Thursday starting 9/19 -which is one more night than the first offer-supposedly includes tax BUT it is NOT a Hopper Ticket, just a base. Hopper would be about $100 add-on for 2 adults ($50/per person). But the $957/2 adults might be the $500 Randy references, but that would be per person-not total vacation.
Hope this helps, and it looks like your $888 could be a good price if it includes dining, and the Hopper upgrade, but it is probably before tax. Double check before you book or compare packages. Hope this helps!
And watch those dates-if your travel plans are flexible, you can save a bundle!
Sometimes it’s best to buy your tickets separately from the package deal. The tickets in the package usually include entrance to all parks and waterparks. If you don’t have enough time or do not plan on going to the waterparks then just buy what you need. AAA has discounted tickets for both FL residents and non-residents. Also get the Disney Rewards Visa CC. I don’t use it as an everyday card, usually use it for larger purchases or for my dog’s vet bills, but I was able to redeem enough points to buy a day pass for my mother and to pay for a large portion of my annual renewal pass. I talked to a couple at one of the parks and they use the card exclusively and were able to pay for their entire vacation by redeeming the points they earned.
This to me is yet another attempt at Disney’s scared tactic due to the overwhelming success that will be Potter once that opens. Yet, this will probably be a good thing because once UO’s resorts are full, which they prolly will be, then they will go to International Dr and Disney next to just get a room. Lol
I’ve stayed off Disney property and on. While off property worked out fine, I have to admit a love the experience that comes with staying on property. One thing is convience of location. After a lon day in the parks the last thing I want to do is navigate through Orange/Osceola County traffic to get back to my bed. Its nice knowing I’m only minute away from “home.”
Someone mentioned Disney bus lines being a hassesl. Guess what? Staying on property gives you free parking at the parks. Staying off property; $15 a day to park.
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I can’t hardly wait for 2012! This hotel is going to be awesome!