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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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The Summer Meal Deal is available again! It provides one QS meal per night per person. Room & park admission ticket required to book this deal. Book by Feb. 11 for travel most dates between May 29 - August 25.
This should save our family ~$700 (or more if we're diligent about what meals we use the credits for). Still hoping for a better deal, but I like knowing we have *some* kind of discount already!
ETA: This deal is for Value Resorts only.
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I'm not surprised they released a deal for the summer and won't be surprised to see more deals. Attendance is down, really down. We were there over Christmas Day and it was nowhere near as busy as I expected it to be. We did New Years a few years ago and that was crazy busy. Yes, Disney closed MK on Christmas Day but when you looked at the ride times they were nowhere near where they were 3-5 years ago. When we did New Years, Pirates had a 5 hour wait at 10am and the park was already closed to outside guests. They didn't hit a phased closure until noon and it was only offsite guests that couldn't get in. Resort guests still could. Same on Christmas this year.
I'm not surprised they released a deal for the summer and won't be surprised to see more deals. Attendance is down, really down. We were there over Christmas Day and it was nowhere near as busy as I expected it to be. We did New Years a few years ago and that was crazy busy. Yes, Disney closed MK on Christmas Day but when you looked at the ride times they were nowhere near where they were 3-5 years ago. When we did New Years, Pirates had a 5 hour wait at 10am and the park was already closed to outside guests. They didn't hit a phased closure until noon and it was only offsite guests that couldn't get in. Resort guests still could. Same on Christmas this year.
I have no doubt there will be additional deals released in March (most likely). I think they release this deal early to try and get bookings up at specific resorts. We booked this deal in 2016 when it was first offered but we ended up switching to a different offer in March (15% off room and tickets with free park hoppers) because it saved us more money. I'm happy that my TA was able to apply this to our current reservation, but I'll be shocked if this ends up being the best deal for us.
I hear you there. I was hoping Disney would release this deal as it is something that saves us money (which does help the wallet) but we were planning on going even if it wasn't offered.
I don't know how they plan on putting queen beds in those rooms. There is barely enough room for the double beds. You open the front door on the value rooms and it almost hits the first bed.
I don't know how they plan on putting queen beds in those rooms. There is barely enough room for the double beds. You open the front door on the value rooms and it almost hits the first bed.
We've stayed in standard value rooms several times and while they're certainly not spacious, they're doable (and they're definitely more spacious than many of the hotel rooms my husband has stayed in when traveling for business in Europe.). There is even room to use an air mattress in most Value rooms. There are plenty of pictures and videos out there of the refurbished rooms. The beds fit and there's room to walk around (people have even managed to fit a pack 'n' play and a stroller in the rooms with 2 queen beds). And there is a ton of storage space. I don't think the rooms are really meant for doing anything other than sleeping for the most part -- definitely no room for dance parties! It helps that one of the beds is an Innova Bed like in the Art of Animation Suites -- so if you only need one bed in the room, you can keep the other bed folded up giving you a table and more floor space.
Very excited to see this news this morning. Should come in handy for those booked through the summer meal deal (and anyone using the dining plans in general).
Lenny and I were just talking about this the other day and he even said he felt that by the time we go in August it would be up and running. Now if I could only get the app to actually work all the time. In the past month, I think I've gotten it to work once.
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It helps that one of the beds is an Innova Bed like in the Art of Animation Suites -- so if you only need one bed in the room, you can keep the other bed folded up giving you a table and more floor space.
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