But, the agent quickly printed a letter showing I’d depart the resort at 6:15 p.m. So, I assumed there might be an issue with my return bus.
I’d seen these letters hanging from other guests’ doors the previous day, but no letter was on my door. When it was time to leave Disney two days later, I asked at the front desk for a Magical Express departure letter noting my bus time. After stopping at two other Disney resorts, the bus reached the entrance to my resort just 47 minutes after leaving the airport. And the bus left the airport just 24 minutes after I boarded (I was one of the first passengers to board my bus). Related: How much does a Walt Disney World vacation cost?ĭespite hearing stories of long lines and significant wait times for a Magical Express bus, I was on a bus within six minutes of getting my checked bag. In the future, the Mears Connect option will cost $16 each way for adults and $13.50 each way for children. After this point, guests will need to use other paid methods such as ride-hailing services, Mears Connect or a rental car to reach their resort.
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But unfortunately, Disney will only offer this service for free to guests arriving before Jan. I reserved my Magical Express ride ahead of time via a web form after booking my flights. And since I was staying at a Disney resort, I was able to take Disney’s Magical Express Service between Orlando International Airport and my resort for no additional charge. In This PostĪirport queue for Disney’s Magical Express bus (Photo by Katie Genter/The Points Guy)įor this trip, I flew into Orlando International Airport (MCO). Get the latest points, miles and travel news by signing up for TPG’s free daily newsletter. In doing so, I’ll discuss how much I spent and some points where I could have made different choices to lower my expenses further. Instead, it’s one where we purposefully decided to slice expenses without leaving the ‘Disney bubble.’ So, in this story, I’ll describe how I recently visited Disney World for about 48 hours on a budget. But for the purposes of this ‘experiment,’ TPG director of travel content Summer Hull asked me to visit Disney World on a budget while still buying a one-day park ticket, staying for two nights at a value Disney resort and eating three meals a day at relatively inexpensive Disney World restaurants.Īs such, this story isn’t about the absolute cheapest way to visit Disney World. After all, “budget” to one may still be pricey to another. There are lots of ways a budget trip can be interpreted. But, it’s also possible to visit Disney World on a budget. And yes, between park tickets, lodging, souvenirs and dining, a Disney World trip can quickly become very expensive. As evidenced by it being printed on a variety of T-shirts, it’s a pretty accepted belief that a trip to Disney is expensive. “Most expensive day ever … until next time” was a slogan I saw on several parents’ T-shirts at Walt Disney World. More content, according to the CEO means more value, and that justifies higher prices.Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, regularly updated with new information and offers. But it's all about content, content, content." "And I think that will give us the impetus to increase that price/value relationship even higher and then have the flexibility if we were to so choose to then look at price increases on our service. "By 2023, we want to get to a steady-state, which is even higher than we have right now," he said. "One of the goals was to go ahead and ensure that we had a new title every week, and we've achieved that." When Will Disney Raise the Disney+ Price?Ĭhapek made it clear that any price increase would be tied to the company hitting its second goal. We've already reached one of our two goals," he said. But as we've said over the last few earnings calls, that will rectify itself in the second half of this year. You put those two things together, and we certainly have less content than we want. "Plus, in all fairness, our own recognition that we needed to essentially double our production output.
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