That is the most expensive and most crowded week at WDW all year. That number soudns maybe a tad high for avalue resort, but not out of the ballpark high.
I find the best option is to price out exactly what I want, then call to book. It won't result in lower prices, but does give you slightly better booking terms.If you book online, you have afew restrictions. If you don't check prices online, and know exactly waht it will cost, somtiems over-the-phone agents will try to tack on
trip insurance (I alwasy skip it) without saying any thign.
Flat out, not all agents are equal. if you get a really clueless one, sometimes it's almost best topolitely excuse yourself and call back. no matter what excuses they give, you should be able to get at lest teh sme prices over the phone. When you use WDW.com to look at prices - be certain to look at theri 'sepcial deals' link. I dont think there are and deals that week. (Later in January, yes.) It never hurts to look though.
If you are going to book the dining plan, then you have to book the whole package through wdw. If you are booking a room only, you can save afew doolar buying your park tickets thought a place like undercovertourist (be careful though, theyre are LOTS of scam places that also selltickets) Undercovertourist is one of the better places. you'll want to get tickets very soon if you go that way though, they need sometime to get to you. Booking all through DIsney is easiest.
Ut doesn't save more than about $20 per ticket tops - usually more like $7 per ticket. Disney reps can also walk you through allthe options.
Generally, there ARE discounts to be had for WDW, but not for that week , especially this late in the game. You may want to price out how much less a trip will cost just a few weeks later in January. The parent site of this board has some great info on pricing as well.
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