The Magic Your Way Base Package is the most basic vacation package Disney offers. This package includes lodging and basic theme park admission. A base ticket to the parks is included in the Magic Your Way Base Package. The base ticket allows guests to enter one park for each day of their visit. Guests choose from the many themed resorts on site. Economical accommodations can be found at the Disney Value Resorts and Campgrounds. Moderate Resorts are priced a bit higher but are more spacious with extra amenities. The Deluxe Resorts and Villas provide luxury and the ultimate in Disney style.
A sample package for a four-night, five-day stay at Disney's Pop Century Resort during the value season will cost a family of four approximately $1400. The same length of stay at the Port Orleans French Quarter Resort, a moderate hotel, will cost approximately $1660. At a Deluxe Resort like Disney's Polynesian Resort, a four-night, five-day vacation will cost approximately $2,700. These rates are for accommodations and park tickets only, as of 2010.
Park hopping is the ability to "hop" from one park to another in one day on one ticket. With the Park Hopper option to a Magic Your Way Base Package, a guest could eat breakfast in the Magic Kingdom with Tigger and Winnie the Pooh in the morning and experience Epcot's Illuminations fireworks and laser show in the evening.
For a family of four, a Park Hopper upgrade on a five-day base ticket will cost $230.
Walt Disney World offers guests more than theme parks and roller coasters. The Magic Your Way Water Park and More option allows guests to soak up the Florida sun while getting soaked in the waters at Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach. The "more" portion of this Magic Your Way upgrade includes admission to DisneyQuest and the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
For a family of four, a Water Park and More upgrade on a five-day base ticket will cost and additional $404.
The single best way to save money on a Walt Disney World vacation is to purchase multi-day theme park tickets. The more days you purchase, the cheaper it is to visit the parks each day. With the Magic Your Way Package, guests can purchase up to 10 days of park admission; however, the ticket will expire 14 days after the first day is used, unless the no expiration option is purchased. Guests do not need to stay at the resort for 10 days to take advantage of this deal. If you use four days during one trip, you have six days left to use on your next vacation, and you have locked in the current year's rate.
For a family of four, a No Expiration upgrade will add an additional $230 to the cost of a five-day base ticket.
For the family looking for the complete Disney bundle, Disney Travel offers the Magic Your Way Premium Package. In addition to lodging and theme park admission, this package includes the Disney Dining Plan's Premium Plan with three meals and two snacks per guest for each night on the reservation. It also includes unlimited access to select golf resorts (reservations are required) and tickets to Cirque du Soleil. Disney packs a few more perks into this premium package such as preferred fireworks viewing at Magic Kingdom and Epcot, arcade game cards, miniature golf voucher, several Disney discounts, free luggage tags for each member of your traveling party, a portrait session and print package from Disney's PhotoPass service, and more. The 2010 rate for a family of four is approximately $3800. Blackout dates do apply.
The Park Hopper, Water Park and More, and No Expiration options are all available with this package for an additional fee. Guests on the Disney Dining Plan should still make advance dining reservations for table service meals by calling 407-939-3463.
The Platinum Package includes all the perks of the Premium Package with an extra dose of Disney magic. With this package, guests choose to stay at any Disney Deluxe Resort or Deluxe Villa. In addition to pre-arrival planning services, guests enjoy a fireworks cruise, preferred seating at Fantasmic!, spa treatments and turn-down service. 2010 rate for the Magic Your Way Platinum Package is approximately $4,400. Blackout dates do apply.
