Here are 5 steps to book your Disney World vacation:
Step #1 - Pick your Dates
This is usually one of the hardest decisions when planning a vacation. You have to coordinate everyone’s schedule and then try to find dates that coordinate with low prices, weather, and crowds. You will have to coordinate your family schedule, but we can help you select the best times to visit Disney World for prices, weather, and crowds. For prices, Disney has several seasons that they consider value. These are some of the lowest prices of the year. These are also the times of year that Disney will offer additional discounts, to save you even more money. The value seasons are the 2nd week of January-early February, September, and the 2nd-3rd week of December. These are the best times of year to visit the Walt Disney World Resort for prices. 5 Steps to Book your Disney World Vacation For weather, there are several seasons in Orlando. As an Orlando local, we call them hot, really hot, and “stay inside” seasons. Here are the average temperatures in Orlando to find the weather temperatures best for you.
Step #2 - Where to Stay at Disney World?
The Walt Disney World Resort has over twenty hotels, including Value, Value+, Moderate, Deluxe, Deluxe Villas, and a campsite. That is a lot of options for your family and vacation. When selecting your resort, you want to make sure you pick a resort that fits your budget and fits your family’s vacation plans. Here is a list of the Disney Hotels, including pictures and videos to help you pick the best Disney Hotel for your visit.
Step #3 - What Tickets to Book?
Now that you know where you want to stay, you need to select the tickets best for your vacation. Disney offers several ticket options, starting with the Basic Ticket called the Magic Your Way Base Ticket. This ticket allows you to visit one park each day. You can visit this same park more than one day. For example, you can visit Magic Kingdom in the morning, take an afternoon break at your resort, and then come back to Magic Kingdom in the evening for the fireworks. This only counts as one visit. You can select 1 day to 10 days on this Base Ticket, based on the number of days you want to visit the Disney Theme Parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park). You can then add some extra options to your Base Ticket, based on your family needs including: 5 Steps to Book your Disney World Vacation
Park Hopper - The Park Hopper Option allows you to hop between Disney Theme Parks on the same day. This allows you the most flexibility during your vacation. For example, you can spend the morning at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and then spend the evening at Epcot. With this option, you can visit both of these parks on the same day.
Water Parks, Fun & More - There is so much more to do at Disney World than just the Disney Theme Parks including two water parks, an 8 hole golf course, and Wide World of Sports. You can add the option called the Water Parks, Fun and More to your tickets. This ticket allows you to visit these extra attractions during your vacation. The number of visits for this option is based on the number of days on your tickets.
Step #4 - Dining or No Dining?
Disney offers an option to their packages called the Disney Dining Plan. There are three options including the Quick Service Dining Plan, the Basic Dining Plan, and the Deluxe Dining Plan. Our favorite savings is the Basic Dining Plan. We are frequently asked if the Disney Dining Plan is really worth the money. After all, it is a lot of money to pre-pay for food! Could you really spend that much per person on food? Easily. In fact, if you plan to take advantage of the amazing Disney Dining experiences and character meals, then the Disney Dining Plan can easily save you 30% over the cost of paying out of pocket.
Step #5 - General Plan
For your Orlando vacation, you want to have a general idea of what you want to do and where you want to go. This allows our agents to bundle the best package for your family to save time and money. Sit down with your family and ask them what they want to do and where they want to go. Do you want to spend a day at the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter? Do you want to try an air boat ride in Orlando? Do you want to just visit the Disney Water Parks? Come up with a general plan of your vacation. This allows you to pick the best package for your vacation.
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