Affordable Walt Disney World Vacation
THE DISNEY NEWS
December 06, 2006
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Hi Everyone!
In this blog...
* Deals and specials - Buy one airline ticket and get one FREE!
* The latest news from around the "World" - SeaWorld and Busch Gardens raise ticket prices!
* This week's money saving tip - Save up to $10.00 per person on admission to Pirates Dinner Adventure!
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NEW THIS WEEK
WALT DISNEY WORLD
We now list 27 Sweepstakes to win a Walt Disney World/Florida/Disneyland/Southern California vacation!
Buy one airline ticket and get one FREE! Hurry! You must buy a new ticket by 11:59 PM ET on 12/07/06 for departing and return travel from 1/10/07 through 3/28/07!
Save 50% on restaurant dining certificates from Restaurant.com!
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DISNEY CRUISE LINE
Magical Cruise Rates are the discount rates that Disney offers to those who book early! The latest Magical Cruise Rates start at $429!
This group gets a rate discount and a $75 stateroom credit!
--------------------------------
DISNEYLAND PARIS
Bring the kids for FREE with this vacation package! They'll enjoy free accommodations, park tickets and more!
Stay one night and get one night FREE + breakfast!
This group saves 19 Euros per ticket to the Disneyland theme parks!
--------------------------------
Below are just some of the deals drawn from 53 pages of current specials posted at our password-protected members-only site:
WALT DISNEY WORLD
>> Holiday Special: Stay at the Swan and Dolphin starting at $159!
>> Save up to $90.00 or more per night per adult on your next WDW vacation package!
>> This group gets a special rate:
* Value resorts - up to $20 off!
* Moderate resorts - up to $45 off!
* Deluxe/Home Away from Home resorts - $75 off!
>> Receive a 5th Day FREE when you purchase a Walt Disney
World 4-Day Magic Your Way Base or Hopper ticket with 14 day
Expiration!
>> Deals for the military, teachers, government workers,
nurses, Florida residents!
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OUTSIDE WALT DISNEY WORLD
>> Save up to 25% per night at Universal's Royal Pacific Resort!
>> FREE admission for kids to Tarzan, Lion King and Beauty and the Beast on Broadway!FREE admission for kids to Tarzan, Lion King and Beauty and the Beast on Broadway!
>> Get FREE admission to Cypress Gardens until December 24!
>> Enjoy a suite for only $99 at this themed hotel just 1/8 mile from Walt Disney World Resort!
>> These teachers receive a FREE ticket to both Universal Orlando theme parks!
>> Save up to 40% on Your Fall Getaway! $143 includes a Premium Room Upgrade!
>> New Discounts available on tickets to SeaWorld and Busch Gardens! Good for 6 consecutive days, too!
>> This group saves 40% at Universal!
>> Universal vacation package from $364 per adult, double occupancy!
>> A 7-day ticket to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure for only $12 per day!
>> All you can eat at Universal Studios or Islands of
Adventure for less than $20!
>> Kids go to SeaWorld FREE when you book this vacation
package!
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DISNEY CRUISE LINE
* Three nights from $429!
* Four nights from $539!
* Seven nights Land & Sea from $899!
>> This group receives a $50 onboard credit good for buying merchandise, shore excursions, etc. on their 2007 Disney cruise!
>> New discount rates just posted for Florida residents and the military - rates too low to publish!
>> New discount rate for Canadians - includes stateroom credit, too!
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DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
* 4th night FREE with this vacation package!
* Adults get in at kids prices with this vacation package!
* Ticket upgrade, tour discounts, FREE photo souvenir for these groups!
* Save up to $40.00 per ticket to Disneyland California!
* Save $10.00 on admission to Universal Studios Hollywood and get a second visit for FREE!
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DISNEYLAND PARIS
>> Christmas Special! 2 nights/3 days from $274 per adult!
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VEGAS
>>Stay at this Resort & Casino from $69! Upgrade to a Suite from $89!
>> Rates from $79 per night at this Resort & Casino include a $50 Holiday Shopping Gift Certificate!
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MEXICO
>> Grand Reopening Special at this Cancun Resort & Spa! Includes $100 food and breakfast credit per room and one free night with a four-night stay!
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BRANSON, MISSOURI
Free Accommodations for the military!
This luxury Branson golf resort community is offering two FREE nights - no strings attached - to active-duty U.S. military personnel on leave from the Middle East. Located just off the Branson Strip, it is conveniently situated between international award-winning theme park, Silver Dollar City, and Branson’s 49 live music theaters.
Reservations will be accepted until January 1, 2008 for stays occurring before February 1, 2008.
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CRUISES
>> Cruises to Europe and the Caribbean from $599 per person - even during the holidays!
>> Inexpensive Shore Excursions and Tours!
>> Luxurious accommodations in the Virgin Islands for only $199 per room per night!
--------------------------------
If you are not a member, you can join our Disney family here. Members can use the following URLs to log in:
Lifetime Deluxe Member
Lifetime Basic Member
Deluxe Member
Basic Member
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE "WORLD"
WALT DISNEY WORLD
This Day in Disney History
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Walt Disney World Monthly Calendar.
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OUTSIDE WALT DISNEY WORLD
"SeaWorld raised the price of its standard one-day ticket by $3 to $64.95 on Friday, attributing the increase to higher operating costs and new rides and shows. The aquatic theme park also added $4 to the price of front-gate tickets for 3- to 9-year-olds to $53.95. Younger children enter free... Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks, which owns SeaWorld, also on Friday announced price increases at its other Florida park, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. One-day Busch Gardens tickets rose $4, to $61.95 for adults and $51.95 for children aged 3 to 9." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 12/02/06)
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DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
"Moviegoers who have become inured to ads and trivia quizzes before the film may soon be getting something that's old enough to seem new: cartoon shorts. After a hiatus of nearly 50 years, Walt Disney Studios is getting back into the business of producing short cartoons, starting with a Goofy vehicle next year. The studio has released a few shorts in recent years, but they were more artistic exercises than commercial endeavors. The new cartoons, by contrast, spring from an effort by a new leadership team at Pixar Animation Studios, now a Disney unit, to put the company back at the forefront of animation, with a form that it pioneered."
(Source: iht.com, 12/03/06)
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"After years of failed efforts to land some sort of tourist attraction, the Garden Grove City Council has agreed to let an investment firm move forward with plans to construct a $4-billion amusement park in a city best known for its annual strawberry festival. The park, which would include three resort-style hotels, would be built on a 150-acre site on Harbor Boulevard, three miles down the road from Disneyland." (Source: latimes.com, 11/30/06)
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DISNEYLAND PARIS
"An obscure Swiss firm said Wednesday that it would launch a hostile takeover bid for Euro Disney, sending up shares in the money-losing manager of Disneyland Resort Paris." (Source: latimes.com, 11/30/06)
"PARIS: France's Financial Markets Authority said Tuesday that a bid for Euro Disney SCA, announced last week by a little-known Swiss leisure company, failed to materialize ahead of a deadline set by the regulator... The company, listed in Frankfurt, would now have to wait six months before making any new bid, after missing the Monday evening deadline." (Source: iht.com, 12/05/06)
=================================================
NOTE: Links to newspaper articles change quickly and without notice. If you receive a "File Not Found" error message, search the newspaper's archives for the story. Certain newspapers require a free registration to view their articles online. If web addresses are broken into more than one line, copy and paste all lines.
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MONEY SAVING TIPS
Pirate's Dinner Adventure
6400 Carrier Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Phone: 1-800-866-2469
Fax: 407-248-0507
Save up to $10.00 per admission with this coupon.
"The average consumer has nine credit cards, belongs to four loyalty reward programs and is a member of at least one association or club. All of these organizations and services offer affinity programs and discounts to help save you cash, but it can be a nightmare keeping track of them all. Enter DealMine.com, a new Web site that aggregates discounts and rewards available through various affinity, membership and credit-card programs."
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, 12/03/06)
=================================================
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Don't Leave Home Without It!
Universal offers special deals to Universal Entertainment MasterCard cardholders. Apply now and receive a movie ticket with your first purchase! For more details, click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Disney Books
Disney and other new books 50-90% off the list price. Hundreds of books under $1.00! Plus! Over 700 videos have been marked down to $1.99! To check out the bargains, click here.
--------------------------------
Got Coupons?
With the Orlando Entertainment Book, you can save big on travel, groceries, shopping, movie tickets, and more! Save at hotels and restaurants near Walt Disney World, on car rental, airfare, admission to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa! For details, click here.
Get FREE shipping on the new 2007 book for a limited time!
--------------------------------
Affordable Disney Movies and CD's
Save 40-70% on your favorite Disney Movie or CD! Cheap shipping, too! Click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Accommodations
Enjoy Special Rates at select hotels, condos and vacation rentals near Disney. Plus! Receive up to a $100.00 rebate! For hotels, click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Car Rental
Just enter in your travel dates, select the kind of car you want, and receive a list of car rental prices at over 12 companies starting with the cheapest price! Click here.
Cheryl writes: "I saved over $200.00 on my mini van rental!!!"
--------------------------------
Affordable Airfare
This service delivers as many as 230 flight options in a single search - more options than any other travel site. It's possible to save as much as 80%! To compare prices, click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Luggage
Save up to 60% on Luggage, Backpacks, and more! Donna and I bought a beautiful 5-piece set of Samsonite luggage for our daughter for Christmas for $144! Click here.
--------------------------------
Own a piece of the Magic Kingdom
Disney framed stock certificates are works of art. They feature Walt Disney and the Disney characters. Unlike stock brokers that require you to purchase several shares of stock, OneShare sells one share of stock and mails you the certificate. You can frame the stock certificate yourself or OneShare will frame if for you at a nominal cost. Click here.
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See You Real Soon!
John
AffordableDisney.Com.
johngross@affordabledisney.com
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Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information contained in THE DISNEY NEWS. Always check to be sure. The views and opinions expressed by others in THE DISNEY NEWS do not necessarily reflect the views of AffordableDisney.Com.
=============================================
December 06, 2006
Copyright © 1999 - 2006 by John P. Gross. All rights reserved.
=================================================
To subscribe to Affordable Disney's blog, click the following
icon:
Or copy and paste the following URL into your RSS Reader:
http://affordabledisney.blogspot.com/atom.xml
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: You can also subscribe to our blog at MSN! Add to My MSN!
=================================================
Hi Everyone!
In this blog...
* Deals and specials - Buy one airline ticket and get one FREE!
* The latest news from around the "World" - SeaWorld and Busch Gardens raise ticket prices!
* This week's money saving tip - Save up to $10.00 per person on admission to Pirates Dinner Adventure!
=================================================
NEW THIS WEEK
WALT DISNEY WORLD
We now list 27 Sweepstakes to win a Walt Disney World/Florida/Disneyland/Southern California vacation!
Buy one airline ticket and get one FREE! Hurry! You must buy a new ticket by 11:59 PM ET on 12/07/06 for departing and return travel from 1/10/07 through 3/28/07!
Save 50% on restaurant dining certificates from Restaurant.com!
--------------------------------
DISNEY CRUISE LINE
Magical Cruise Rates are the discount rates that Disney offers to those who book early! The latest Magical Cruise Rates start at $429!
This group gets a rate discount and a $75 stateroom credit!
--------------------------------
DISNEYLAND PARIS
Bring the kids for FREE with this vacation package! They'll enjoy free accommodations, park tickets and more!
Stay one night and get one night FREE + breakfast!
This group saves 19 Euros per ticket to the Disneyland theme parks!
--------------------------------
Below are just some of the deals drawn from 53 pages of current specials posted at our password-protected members-only site:
WALT DISNEY WORLD
>> Holiday Special: Stay at the Swan and Dolphin starting at $159!
>> Save up to $90.00 or more per night per adult on your next WDW vacation package!
>> This group gets a special rate:
* Value resorts - up to $20 off!
* Moderate resorts - up to $45 off!
* Deluxe/Home Away from Home resorts - $75 off!
>> Receive a 5th Day FREE when you purchase a Walt Disney
World 4-Day Magic Your Way Base or Hopper ticket with 14 day
Expiration!
>> Deals for the military, teachers, government workers,
nurses, Florida residents!
--------------------------------
OUTSIDE WALT DISNEY WORLD
>> Save up to 25% per night at Universal's Royal Pacific Resort!
>> FREE admission for kids to Tarzan, Lion King and Beauty and the Beast on Broadway!FREE admission for kids to Tarzan, Lion King and Beauty and the Beast on Broadway!
>> Get FREE admission to Cypress Gardens until December 24!
>> Enjoy a suite for only $99 at this themed hotel just 1/8 mile from Walt Disney World Resort!
>> These teachers receive a FREE ticket to both Universal Orlando theme parks!
>> Save up to 40% on Your Fall Getaway! $143 includes a Premium Room Upgrade!
>> New Discounts available on tickets to SeaWorld and Busch Gardens! Good for 6 consecutive days, too!
>> This group saves 40% at Universal!
>> Universal vacation package from $364 per adult, double occupancy!
>> A 7-day ticket to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure for only $12 per day!
>> All you can eat at Universal Studios or Islands of
Adventure for less than $20!
>> Kids go to SeaWorld FREE when you book this vacation
package!
--------------------------------
DISNEY CRUISE LINE
* Three nights from $429!
* Four nights from $539!
* Seven nights Land & Sea from $899!
>> This group receives a $50 onboard credit good for buying merchandise, shore excursions, etc. on their 2007 Disney cruise!
>> New discount rates just posted for Florida residents and the military - rates too low to publish!
>> New discount rate for Canadians - includes stateroom credit, too!
--------------------------------
DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
* 4th night FREE with this vacation package!
* Adults get in at kids prices with this vacation package!
* Ticket upgrade, tour discounts, FREE photo souvenir for these groups!
* Save up to $40.00 per ticket to Disneyland California!
* Save $10.00 on admission to Universal Studios Hollywood and get a second visit for FREE!
--------------------------------
DISNEYLAND PARIS
>> Christmas Special! 2 nights/3 days from $274 per adult!
--------------------------------
VEGAS
>>Stay at this Resort & Casino from $69! Upgrade to a Suite from $89!
>> Rates from $79 per night at this Resort & Casino include a $50 Holiday Shopping Gift Certificate!
--------------------------------
MEXICO
>> Grand Reopening Special at this Cancun Resort & Spa! Includes $100 food and breakfast credit per room and one free night with a four-night stay!
--------------------------------
BRANSON, MISSOURI
Free Accommodations for the military!
This luxury Branson golf resort community is offering two FREE nights - no strings attached - to active-duty U.S. military personnel on leave from the Middle East. Located just off the Branson Strip, it is conveniently situated between international award-winning theme park, Silver Dollar City, and Branson’s 49 live music theaters.
Reservations will be accepted until January 1, 2008 for stays occurring before February 1, 2008.
--------------------------------
CRUISES
>> Cruises to Europe and the Caribbean from $599 per person - even during the holidays!
>> Inexpensive Shore Excursions and Tours!
>> Luxurious accommodations in the Virgin Islands for only $199 per room per night!
--------------------------------
If you are not a member, you can join our Disney family here. Members can use the following URLs to log in:
Lifetime Deluxe Member
Lifetime Basic Member
Deluxe Member
Basic Member
=================================================
NEWS FROM AROUND THE "WORLD"
WALT DISNEY WORLD
This Day in Disney History
--------------------------------
Walt Disney World Monthly Calendar.
=================================================
OUTSIDE WALT DISNEY WORLD
"SeaWorld raised the price of its standard one-day ticket by $3 to $64.95 on Friday, attributing the increase to higher operating costs and new rides and shows. The aquatic theme park also added $4 to the price of front-gate tickets for 3- to 9-year-olds to $53.95. Younger children enter free... Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks, which owns SeaWorld, also on Friday announced price increases at its other Florida park, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. One-day Busch Gardens tickets rose $4, to $61.95 for adults and $51.95 for children aged 3 to 9." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 12/02/06)
=================================================
DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
"Moviegoers who have become inured to ads and trivia quizzes before the film may soon be getting something that's old enough to seem new: cartoon shorts. After a hiatus of nearly 50 years, Walt Disney Studios is getting back into the business of producing short cartoons, starting with a Goofy vehicle next year. The studio has released a few shorts in recent years, but they were more artistic exercises than commercial endeavors. The new cartoons, by contrast, spring from an effort by a new leadership team at Pixar Animation Studios, now a Disney unit, to put the company back at the forefront of animation, with a form that it pioneered."
(Source: iht.com, 12/03/06)
--------------------------------
"After years of failed efforts to land some sort of tourist attraction, the Garden Grove City Council has agreed to let an investment firm move forward with plans to construct a $4-billion amusement park in a city best known for its annual strawberry festival. The park, which would include three resort-style hotels, would be built on a 150-acre site on Harbor Boulevard, three miles down the road from Disneyland." (Source: latimes.com, 11/30/06)
=================================================
DISNEYLAND PARIS
"An obscure Swiss firm said Wednesday that it would launch a hostile takeover bid for Euro Disney, sending up shares in the money-losing manager of Disneyland Resort Paris." (Source: latimes.com, 11/30/06)
"PARIS: France's Financial Markets Authority said Tuesday that a bid for Euro Disney SCA, announced last week by a little-known Swiss leisure company, failed to materialize ahead of a deadline set by the regulator... The company, listed in Frankfurt, would now have to wait six months before making any new bid, after missing the Monday evening deadline." (Source: iht.com, 12/05/06)
=================================================
NOTE: Links to newspaper articles change quickly and without notice. If you receive a "File Not Found" error message, search the newspaper's archives for the story. Certain newspapers require a free registration to view their articles online. If web addresses are broken into more than one line, copy and paste all lines.
=================================================
MONEY SAVING TIPS
Pirate's Dinner Adventure
6400 Carrier Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Phone: 1-800-866-2469
Fax: 407-248-0507
Save up to $10.00 per admission with this coupon.
"The average consumer has nine credit cards, belongs to four loyalty reward programs and is a member of at least one association or club. All of these organizations and services offer affinity programs and discounts to help save you cash, but it can be a nightmare keeping track of them all. Enter DealMine.com, a new Web site that aggregates discounts and rewards available through various affinity, membership and credit-card programs."
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, 12/03/06)
=================================================
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Don't Leave Home Without It!
Universal offers special deals to Universal Entertainment MasterCard cardholders. Apply now and receive a movie ticket with your first purchase! For more details, click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Disney Books
Disney and other new books 50-90% off the list price. Hundreds of books under $1.00! Plus! Over 700 videos have been marked down to $1.99! To check out the bargains, click here.
--------------------------------
Got Coupons?
With the Orlando Entertainment Book, you can save big on travel, groceries, shopping, movie tickets, and more! Save at hotels and restaurants near Walt Disney World, on car rental, airfare, admission to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa! For details, click here.
Get FREE shipping on the new 2007 book for a limited time!
--------------------------------
Affordable Disney Movies and CD's
Save 40-70% on your favorite Disney Movie or CD! Cheap shipping, too! Click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Accommodations
Enjoy Special Rates at select hotels, condos and vacation rentals near Disney. Plus! Receive up to a $100.00 rebate! For hotels, click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Car Rental
Just enter in your travel dates, select the kind of car you want, and receive a list of car rental prices at over 12 companies starting with the cheapest price! Click here.
Cheryl writes: "I saved over $200.00 on my mini van rental!!!"
--------------------------------
Affordable Airfare
This service delivers as many as 230 flight options in a single search - more options than any other travel site. It's possible to save as much as 80%! To compare prices, click here.
--------------------------------
Affordable Luggage
Save up to 60% on Luggage, Backpacks, and more! Donna and I bought a beautiful 5-piece set of Samsonite luggage for our daughter for Christmas for $144! Click here.
--------------------------------
Own a piece of the Magic Kingdom
Disney framed stock certificates are works of art. They feature Walt Disney and the Disney characters. Unlike stock brokers that require you to purchase several shares of stock, OneShare sells one share of stock and mails you the certificate. You can frame the stock certificate yourself or OneShare will frame if for you at a nominal cost. Click here.
=============================================
See You Real Soon!
John
AffordableDisney.Com.
johngross@affordabledisney.com
=============================================
Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information contained in THE DISNEY NEWS. Always check to be sure. The views and opinions expressed by others in THE DISNEY NEWS do not necessarily reflect the views of AffordableDisney.Com.
=============================================
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