Fall Deals, Upcoming Conference Call and Rapunzel by Request

Disney is already offering both regular and targeted trip deals for this fall.  Today in e-mail I received the following ‘targeted’ ad with a pin number unique to me. 

I post this to give you an example of the types of deals Disney is offering for the fall.  I don’t know how they pick PIN offers, nor do I have any idea how many different ones there are.  People are STILL trying to figure that one out in other places online! 

Mousesavers.com or your travel agent are still the best on going resources for current announced public deals.

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Choose the offer that’s right for you!

Kids 3–9 stay, play and dine...FREE Purchase this 4-Night/4-Day vacation package, which includes accommodations, Theme Park tickets and the Disney Dining Plan and a kid 3–9 can stay, get 4-day Theme Park tickets and the Disney Dining Plan, FREE.

$ 632 *   per adult, based on adult double occupancy in a standard room at a select Disney Value Resort. For stays most nights 10/2/09–11/24/09. Child must stay in room with adult. Maximum of four Guests per room. Excludes gratuities. Children 3–9 must order from the children's menu where available. Use PIN: or

Save on a vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort! Enjoy a 4-Night/4-Day vacation package, including accommodations and Theme Park tickets, for just:

$ 377 *   per adult, based on adult double occupancy in a standard room at a select Disney Value Resort. For stays most nights 10/2/09–11/24/09. That’s a savings of $94! Use PIN:

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We’ll get a chance on May 5th (that’s next Tuesday) after the market closes at 4:30 EST to listen in on the 1st quarter conference call.  I expect that attendance will still be decent in numbers, but overall guest spending will still be down and discounts will also factor into that. 

I also expect that Disney will give some guidance that suggests slow recovery, as evidenced by the above offers, though the deals are slowly getting smaller as well.  $94 is no where near the savings of some of the previous deals; granted for the dates in question you’re already in Value season.  So it looks like they are projecting a slow recovery in pricing power throughout the year.

Lastly, David asked in the comments section to yesterday’s blog if I could share a little more information about the latest D23 issue and specifically the Rapunzel article.  Here are a few high level shots that show the table of contents and the general layout of the Rapunzel article (though you’ll have to buy the magazine to actually read it. . . I don’t want to rip off other people’s intellectual property obviously.)  Sorry I couldn’t get the book exactly flat; the binding in the magazine is very stiff.

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