2013
If you ever wanted to stay at a Disney Resort, but you settled for something way less expensive off-property, then you just might be a Cheapskate Princess!
Choosing the right accommodations for your vacation can be simply overwhelming. Visitorlando.com provides the following numerical information:
- The greater Orlando area contains approximately 450 hotels and 115,200 hotel guest rooms.
- There are more than 26,000 vacation home rentals available.
- There are more than 20,000 vacation ownership units.
That’s a bunch of places! Have you looked into prices for the different levels of Disney rooms lately? Disney Resorts are classified in three categories, from the least expensive Value Resorts, Moderate Level Resorts resting in the middle, to the Deluxe Disney Resorts and Villas ready to test the limit on your Disney Visa.
Take a peak at these 2013 per night room prices, straight off the Disney World website, with no discounts, taxes, or fees added. Some of you might need to take a seat, and hold on to your Disney Princess Tiara…
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Under $200 a Night
All Star Sports, Movies, & Music Resorts – $96.05
Pop Century Resort – $106.88
Art of Animation Resort $112.50
Caribbean Beach Resort – $182.25
Port Orleans Riverside, French Quarter -$182.25
Coronado Springs Resort – $187.88
Ready to take a step up into the price level that your average coupon-clipping, cheapskating family will not be able to swing without a significant discount? These prices made my wallet cry out in vicarious-vacationing pain.
Under $400 a Night
Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort – $313.88
Wilderness Lodge – $319.50
Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – $325.13
Contemporary Resort – $371.25
Beach Club and Yacht Club Resort – $393.75
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Are you sitting down? Perhaps you should be…
Under $500 a Night
Beach Club Villas -$405.00
Boardwalk Inn, Boardwalk Villas – $405.00
Animal Kingdom Villas, Kidani Village – $414.00
Animal Kingdom Villas, Jamba House – $414.00
Villas at Wilderness Lodge – $414.00
Polynesian Resort – $474.75
Under $600 a Night
Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa – $508.50
Old Key West Resort – $508.50
Grand Floridian Resort And Spa – $540.00
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Under $900 a Night
Bay Lake Tower Resort – $816.75
Now Disney will run specials throughout the year for stays at their resorts. Typical savings are 15% to 20% at Value Resorts, 25% at Moderate Resorts, 20% to 30% at Deluxe Resorts, and 20% to 30% at Deluxe Villa Resorts, which does not include the 3-bedroom Villas.
These discounts will not apply to club level rooms, campsites, or to The Little Mermaid Standard Rooms at the Art of Animation Resort. No group rates or other discounts will apply if you receive one of these discounts, and you will be required to make reservations ahead of time.
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Quick Money Saving Tip!
It’s important to note that the Disney World website will automatically charge you regular = full price unless you go through their special offers page (use this link for their special offers.) If you make your reservations at full price and special offers are announced, you can have Disney or your travel agent apply the special offer to your vacation. Be sure you tell them to apply the discount, because this will not happen automatically.
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Amanda Major is the creator of cheapskateprincess.com. She remembers her first visit to Magic Kingdom like it was yesterday, because she had a ham sandwich tucked in her shorts pocket. The whole family snuck in their lunch; you can’t make that kinda stuff up. 40 years worth of trips to Orlando later, she is still trying to save money on vacations.
Amanda is a Disney Vacation Club Member and Annual Pass holder. Her amazing husband, band director Carl Major, plus three teen children and two dogs keep her busy. Amanda teaches Leadership to high school seniors in the almost-coastal town of Foley, Alabama. Read about her cheapskating local vacations with this link. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, walking somewhere, or paddling a kayak. Life is indeed a blast.
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