What is the best value at WDW ?

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Jan Fri 16, 2009 4:33 pm

best deal at WDW, well, when I worked there, and made little cash, b still wanted to get souveniers.....I must have ended up getting at leat 50 different stickers from around the parks for free!!!! All characters, some in different backgrounds. I used them to decorate the inside of all my albums!

emnbensdad · Post by **emnbensdad** » Jan Sat 31, 2009 11:31 am

figment wrote:What is the best value at WDW ?

If you do your research and plan your trip using all available discount codes and tour guide info, you will feel like the entire trip is great deal.
Unfortunately, it usually takes several practice trips before you really figure out how to make the world work for you. But once you do, the value of your entertainment dollar goes a long way. All you have to do is compare the costs of hotels and shows and theme parks outside of WDW to those you find in the world. Then you realized that for your entertainment dollar, WDW is a darn good deal.
And YES LOL, I honestly believe that.

Living near Atlanta and having been employed years ago by Six Flags, I can compare the entertainment value between the parks. IMNTBHO, WDW out classes them all!! And I consider that to be part of the overall package as it relates to value. I read an article titled "Sell the sizzle, not the bacon" several times recently. Originally, it comes from an advertising philosophy that the consumer is buying an idea and not a product. We all are buying an experience at WDW, not a ticket to a theme park. We are buying a night in a fantasy location, not a bed to sleep on. We are buying a character dining experience, not a $40 breakfast buffet. Get the picture?

We are buying memories and experiences. And while we are paying more for these memories and experiences, I do not know of any place on earth that offers anything close to the WDW experience. A person goes to their local nursery to buy the flowers on the seed package not the seeds themselves. Everything that CM's do is to elicit an emotion (hopefully a positive one) so that every aspect of the Resort (room, park, parking lot, restaurant, bathroom, drive into the resort, etc.) has the same positive emotional response every time!

So, regardless of the price I pay (yes, I use my AAA card to get discounts) I am willing to pay a little more for the whole experience.

Wow . . . wound up on a Saturday morning. Can you tell I'm just a little happy about the "Happiest Place on Earth"?

Post by **Len90** » Feb Sun 01, 2009 2:33 am

dbalentine wrote:
figment wrote:What is the best value at WDW ?

If you do your research and plan your trip using all available discount codes and tour guide info, you will feel like the entire trip is great deal.
Unfortunately, it usually takes several practice trips before you really figure out how to make the world work for you. But once you do, the value of your entertainment dollar goes a long way. All you have to do is compare the costs of hotels and shows and theme parks outside of WDW to those you find in the world. Then you realized that for your entertainment dollar, WDW is a darn good deal.
And YES LOL, I honestly believe that.
Living near Atlanta and having been employed years ago by Six Flags, I can compare the entertainment value between the parks. IMNTBHO, WDW out classes them all!! And I consider that to be part of the overall package as it relates to value. I read an article titled "Sell the sizzle, not the bacon" several times recently. Originally, it comes from an advertising philosophy that the consumer is buying an idea and not a product. We all are buying an experience at WDW, not a ticket to a theme park. We are buying a night in a fantasy location, not a bed to sleep on. We are buying a character dining experience, not a $40 breakfast buffet. Get the picture?

We are buying memories and experiences. And while we are paying more for these memories and experiences, I do not know of any place on earth that offers anything close to the WDW experience. A person goes to their local nursery to buy the flowers on the seed package not the seeds themselves. Everything that CM's do is to elicit an emotion (hopefully a positive one) so that every aspect of the Resort (room, park, parking lot, restaurant, bathroom, drive into the resort, etc.) has the same positive emotional response every time!

So, regardless of the price I pay (yes, I use my AAA card to get discounts) I am willing to pay a little more for the whole experience.

Wow . . . wound up on a Saturday morning. Can you tell I'm just a little happy about the "Happiest Place on Earth"?

You do make a great point. Compared to Las Vegas which we went to in 2006, Disney seemed to be pretty reasonable. Just to eat dinner in Vegas for a family of 4 was at least $150 a night. The hotel rates were also pretty high and the price for a show ticket was also another $100+. Needless to say, the price of park tickets is a bit steep, but you do get A LOT for what you pay.

Also to add to your AAA benefits, book your vacation through AAA and you get the Disney Magic Your Way package and a discount card that offers you some really cool discounts including 10% off at WOD.

emnbensdad · Post by **emnbensdad** » Feb Fri 06, 2009 1:06 pm

I work for GNC (General Nutrition Center) and we have conventions once a year. We usually alternate between site in Las Vegas and somewhere in Florida. We were at the Dolphin in 2001, Contemporary Resort in 2003, Ft. Lauderdale in 2005, and the g** Palms in 2007. We were in Vegas at Mandalay Bay (2002), The Mirage (2004), The Wynn (2006) and Paris (2008). I was looking forward to returning to the Orlando area this year but we are going back to Vegas. bummer

Most people would be excited about going to Vegas. However, I am allergic to cigarette smoke. Smoking is allowed in the casinos and you have to walk by or near the casinos to get to the convention areas in most of the resorts in Vegas. Not having to worry about the smoking in Orlando was a huge plus. Also, I would combine the trip with a few extra days at one or two of the parks.

So, this year, I'm skipping Vegas and spending a longer time at WDW!!! Even though the company (thank you boss!!!) pays for my convention expenses, I consider it a better value to be at WDW!