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Can anyone give me some good pointers for saving $$ on my upcoming trip. I wanted to know what is cheaper.
I got a quote of 1100 for 4 night 5 day for 3 people in all star movies thru disney. is that good??
im looking to buy the quick and casual for luches and dinners.
i just want to see how much $$ i can save to spend of other goodies in the parks.
any tips??????????????????
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I paid 1600 for that same package and stayed at the AKL and for one more night. No, that isn't a good deal even with airfare included. Contact Mousketrips, our sponcer. They will get you a great rate. The discount codes just came out for that time period. You may be able to get a great deal on a room only package and book the other componets yourself. You will save a ton of money that way. You can get AS for $55 a night possibly. Don't delay though because the number of discounted rooms are limited and have to be booked by 12/1. Mickey, the owner of this site and mousektrips will take excellent care of you and get you the best possible deal. He is taking care of my trip too....excellent job BTW with it.
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Does that price include your park hopper tickets too?

It does sound a little pricey for AS resorts. Depending on what time in 2005 you are going, the rate per night should run about $55 to $75 + tax. We usually book our room seperate from our tickets and don't go with the all inclusive plan of tickets for length of stay. I would check that option too. If you use a travel agent, do as Dana suggest, check out Mickey @ Mousektrips.
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Wow I paid $1280 for 7 nights at AKL Savannah view. You should try to use the discount I used to get a better price.
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Disney Greetings,

Can anyone give me some good pointers for saving $$ on my upcoming trip. I wanted to know what is cheaper.
I got a quote of 1100 for 4 night 5 day for 3 people in all star movies thru disney. is that good??
im looking to buy the quick and casual for luches and dinners.
i just want to see how much $$ i can save to spend of other goodies in the parks.
any tips??????????????????
You can definately do better than that but you may have to get your park hopper tickets seperately.
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wow... how do i save again???????? that price doesnt include air at all....4 nights at all star feb 3 4 5 6 .....5 day park hopper...2 adults and 1 child the other is free....they told me it was the package dream maker..... who cares about the free layards....... i need to conserve $$$$$$ please let me know all the ins and outs.... what are the coupon codes???? help...... i work for a small company not the white house...lol lol....
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wow... how do i save again???????? that price doesnt include air at all....4 nights at all star feb 3 4 5 6 .....5 day park hopper...2 adults and 1 child the other is free....they told me it was the package dream maker..... who cares about the free layards....... i need to conserve $$$$$$ please let me know all the ins and outs.... what are the coupon codes???? help...... i work for a small company not the white house...lol lol....
First thing, click here http://www.mouseketrips.com/ and contact Mousektrips. There is no fee for using them and they will help you plan the best priced trip you can get. 1100 for just rooms and passes is insane. If you don't want to call Mousketrips, call disney travel and rebook the package and ask to use code BDPfor room only or ZXSI for the package deal. This is the discount code for your trip time. Packages usually include airfare...that is odd. The 5 day thing should be an unlimited park hopper instead of a plain hopper....I'm really confused on this. Contact Mousektrips and let them take care of this for you. If you are unsure on how to go about all the ins and outs of codes and what not, let htem do it for you. You will only have to deal with airfare if you are flying or forgo it and drive or take the train. You are seriously gettting a bad deal for four nights for that time of year and at that resort. I stayed there during Easter week for less than that.
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i just called idsney and gave them the code and they said i am going on a black out date?????? feb 3 -7 4 nights and 5 days. they said it is disney dream maker..what the heck???? i am getting ripped off. they just said it is 1124.98..............help!!!!!!!!!
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help me!!!!!!! everyone says i can find a better deal.....where????? i just emailed mouseketrips.......disney broke it down.....77 per night for all star and 359 per adult for passes for 5 days and 249 for kids passes for 5 days. do ya all think i can find a better deal???? can the mouseketrips do ao better job???????????? help.....im going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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help me!!!!!!! everyone says i can find a better deal.....where????? i just emailed mouseketrips.......disney broke it down.....77 per night for all star and 359 per adult for passes for 5 days and 249 for kids passes for 5 days. do ya all think i can find a better deal???? can the mouseketrips do ao better job???????????? help.....im going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just looked at the codes and they are right, that is a black-out date. The codes are not being used for your time frame. Is it possible for you to go before or after that in order to get the discount? I didn't realize your days were blacked out. $77 per night is max cost for the all stars. I'm thinking they are expecting crowds for it to be so high....you may want to reconsier these trips days if possible. No, for that time frame considering that it is a black out time, you will not get a better price unless you do a room only for the $77 a night and buy the passes seperately. You can get park hoppers for five days on hotwire for $266 Adult and $215 Child. Thats tax included. You are joinging anyway for the vouchers, so this isn't a big deal.
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help me!!!!!!! everyone says i can find a better deal.....where????? i just emailed mouseketrips.......disney broke it down.....77 per night for all star and 359 per adult for passes for 5 days and 249 for kids passes for 5 days. do ya all think i can find a better deal???? can the mouseketrips do ao better job???????????? help.....im going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judging by what you paying for the passes - that might be where the difference is. We're getting our passes alot cheaper at Hotwire savings club.

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true very true. i live in nj. i wish u were my neighbor. only cause i stress about this every day and i need re assurance every day. thanks so much!!!! do u know off hand how much tickets are from disney??? 350 right for adults???? cause i can save $$ that way
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oh i almost forgot. do the passes from hot wire really work. have anyone ever used them b4??? i just want to make sure i get to disney and they work. if i dont get the dream maker what kind of passes do i need????? i dont want water parks..... please help on this as well....
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From hotwire savings club :



5 day park hopper plus
Adult - $248.27
Child - $199.38

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Tink -

This is the first time I am using hotwire, but on my last trip to disney, I got my PH's from AAA. They worked just fine. I'm sure that there are many on this site that have used them.

A friend of mine has told me that Connections 123 is even cheaper, but the price she quoted me is just a little to low to be believeable.

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