Aug 7, 2008
New, second editions of Pauline Frommer's Guides are now in the bookstores, as this new budget series reaches 14 titles in
If you'd like to get an idea of how a good travel guidebook should be written, take a look at Pauline Frommer's write-up of a famous discount clothing store in Manhattan, in the new edition of her Pauline Frommer's New York. At this single "most overrated store in the city", she writes, " . . . the fabrics are the cheapest polyesters, the colors gaudy, the fit off, and even the labels themselves look different . . . I've seen otherwise sane, well-dressed women with their arms stacked full of clothes that shouldn't be worn outside the center circle at Ringling Brothers . . . "
The Pauline Frommer's Guides are the new budget series of the Frommer line, a string of guidebooks covering all the major destinations from a cost-conscious standpoint. In a city where the average hotel room rate now tops $300 a night, her New York guidebook contains gems of economy that can make all the difference on your own next trip. She finds B&Bs, little inns, private Manhattan apartments whose owners rent them to transient visitors, hotels just ten minutes away in Brooklyn, that charge as little as $115 to $125 for a double. And she describes each one with the detail that can only come from direct eyeball observation: "the linens on the beds are soft; there are extra rolls of toilet paper in the bathrooms; the furniture looks brand new and matches; and each room has a remote control, not only for the TV but also for the air conditioning . . . "
Pauline Frommer's London and Pauline Frommer's New York were named "Best Guidebooks of the Year" (2006 and 2007) by the North American Travel Journalists Association. I have no doubt that Pauline Frommer's Las Vegas (for which she slept a night apiece in no fewer than 40 hotels) and Pauline Frommer's Walt Disney World and Orlando and Pauline Frommer's Hawaii, will be up for similar awards in the days to come. There are also Pauline Frommer's Guides to Italy, Paris, Costa Rica, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. in the bookstores, and four more volumes on other destinations about to be issued in the next several months.
You'll have to pardon me for this recommendation of a guidebook series written in the grand old tradition, by walking the streets for weeks on end, by peering into the actual operations of travel facilities, by describing what you see with either honest enthusiasm or plain dismay, she has created important tools for travel. If you want to "spend less, see more" (the series slogan) on your upcoming trips, I'd suggest you look for a Pauline Frommer's Guide in the travel section of any bookstore.
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The Pauline Frommer's Guides are the new budget series of the Frommer line, a string of guidebooks covering all the major destinations from a cost-conscious standpoint. In a city where the average hotel room rate now tops $300 a night, her New York guidebook contains gems of economy that can make all the difference on your own next trip. She finds B&Bs, little inns, private Manhattan apartments whose owners rent them to transient visitors, hotels just ten minutes away in Brooklyn, that charge as little as $115 to $125 for a double. And she describes each one with the detail that can only come from direct eyeball observation: "the linens on the beds are soft; there are extra rolls of toilet paper in the bathrooms; the furniture looks brand new and matches; and each room has a remote control, not only for the TV but also for the air conditioning . . . "
Pauline Frommer's London and Pauline Frommer's New York were named "Best Guidebooks of the Year" (2006 and 2007) by the North American Travel Journalists Association. I have no doubt that Pauline Frommer's Las Vegas (for which she slept a night apiece in no fewer than 40 hotels) and Pauline Frommer's Walt Disney World and Orlando and Pauline Frommer's Hawaii, will be up for similar awards in the days to come. There are also Pauline Frommer's Guides to Italy, Paris, Costa Rica, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. in the bookstores, and four more volumes on other destinations about to be issued in the next several months.
You'll have to pardon me for this recommendation of a guidebook series written in the grand old tradition, by walking the streets for weeks on end, by peering into the actual operations of travel facilities, by describing what you see with either honest enthusiasm or plain dismay, she has created important tools for travel. If you want to "spend less, see more" (the series slogan) on your upcoming trips, I'd suggest you look for a Pauline Frommer's Guide in the travel section of any bookstore.
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Labels: budget travel, costa rica, disney, guidebooks, hawaii, italy, las vegas, london, new york city, orlando, paris, washington dc
Aug 5, 2008
Those !!!##@!!!&%$ blankety-blanks at Disney have done it again!
You can set your watch by it: every year, recession or boom, Walt Disney World hikes its prices in August. As of this weekend, the popular Orlando resort became more expensive than ever.
Despite all the factors mitigating against it -- the financial squeeze faced by most families, the skyrocketing price of gas, the reduction of flights to Orlando by many airlines -- Disney, ever fearless, as if nothing were wrong, has cranked up their admission prices by another 5.6 percent. They made the announcement 24 hours ago.
Now, a one-day pass to a single Disney theme park will cost adults (which in Orlando means anyone older than nine years old!) $75 per day (almost $80 with tax). A week ago, it was $71, and just five years ago, it was $52, a comparative bargain. Even kids under 10 pay $63 per day. If you want to add the privilege of visiting more than one of the resort's theme parks in a single day, you'll add another $50 to that for your stay. (California's Disneyland raised prices, too, to $69 a day.)
Disney fans and the Mouse's own management like to pretend that per-day prices are much lower. You will hear fans say that for a 10-day pass to the resort, the per-day charge is closer to $24 for adults. That's because Disney has tried for years to keep visitors from ever leaving their resort, and a tactic for baiting them into sticking around has been to provide lower per-day ticket costs for those who decide to linger for more than just a few days.
But the typical American family doesn't do that. The families that do remain inside the Walt Disney World complex for a week to 10 days end up offsetting any supposed ticket savings by the high rates at the Disney hotels. They also miss the many other worthwhile attractions in Central Florida, including the mind-blowing Kennedy Space Center, from where our moon explorations and shuttle missions have been conceived and launched for decades. By creating major discounts for lengthy, multi-day attendance, Disney is causing the rest of Florida's attractions to suffer.
I feel sorry for any family that spends thousands of dollars to visit Central Florida and leaves without ever seeing a manatee, an alligator, a pure mineral spring, or a launch pad -- let alone without giving the theme parks of SeaWorld or Universal a try. Yet there are a substantial number of Disney fans who do precisely that. They go to Disney World and shut out the real one.
Despite its outrageous pricing, Walt Disney World remains the highlight of American tourism, which is why the day before the price increase was announced, the company reported that last year's revenue at its parks and resorts had soared to an astonishing $3 billion. Like Exxon Mobil, they make record profits -- and then raise the price.
More than ever before, people must combat Disney's rates by choosing accommodation options that lie just a mile or two outside the resort. On Disney property, the cheapest room is $82 during the low season. But because of the economic downturn, budget hotels in Kissimmee, just two to four miles away, are desperate for business, with quotes down to $28 to $32 for two-star properties (using Priceline.com). The accommodation deals for Orlando are only going to speed up in the coming months, but tickets to the main attractions will remain painful.
Had Walt Disney lived, would he be doing this? Having enjoyed staggering profits, would he raise the admission price in a time of recession? I'm just asking.
(Incidentally, Universal Studios usually announces its own price increases to keep step with Disney. As of this writing, it hasn't done so.)
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Despite all the factors mitigating against it -- the financial squeeze faced by most families, the skyrocketing price of gas, the reduction of flights to Orlando by many airlines -- Disney, ever fearless, as if nothing were wrong, has cranked up their admission prices by another 5.6 percent. They made the announcement 24 hours ago.
Now, a one-day pass to a single Disney theme park will cost adults (which in Orlando means anyone older than nine years old!) $75 per day (almost $80 with tax). A week ago, it was $71, and just five years ago, it was $52, a comparative bargain. Even kids under 10 pay $63 per day. If you want to add the privilege of visiting more than one of the resort's theme parks in a single day, you'll add another $50 to that for your stay. (California's Disneyland raised prices, too, to $69 a day.)
Disney fans and the Mouse's own management like to pretend that per-day prices are much lower. You will hear fans say that for a 10-day pass to the resort, the per-day charge is closer to $24 for adults. That's because Disney has tried for years to keep visitors from ever leaving their resort, and a tactic for baiting them into sticking around has been to provide lower per-day ticket costs for those who decide to linger for more than just a few days.
But the typical American family doesn't do that. The families that do remain inside the Walt Disney World complex for a week to 10 days end up offsetting any supposed ticket savings by the high rates at the Disney hotels. They also miss the many other worthwhile attractions in Central Florida, including the mind-blowing Kennedy Space Center, from where our moon explorations and shuttle missions have been conceived and launched for decades. By creating major discounts for lengthy, multi-day attendance, Disney is causing the rest of Florida's attractions to suffer.
I feel sorry for any family that spends thousands of dollars to visit Central Florida and leaves without ever seeing a manatee, an alligator, a pure mineral spring, or a launch pad -- let alone without giving the theme parks of SeaWorld or Universal a try. Yet there are a substantial number of Disney fans who do precisely that. They go to Disney World and shut out the real one.
Despite its outrageous pricing, Walt Disney World remains the highlight of American tourism, which is why the day before the price increase was announced, the company reported that last year's revenue at its parks and resorts had soared to an astonishing $3 billion. Like Exxon Mobil, they make record profits -- and then raise the price.
More than ever before, people must combat Disney's rates by choosing accommodation options that lie just a mile or two outside the resort. On Disney property, the cheapest room is $82 during the low season. But because of the economic downturn, budget hotels in Kissimmee, just two to four miles away, are desperate for business, with quotes down to $28 to $32 for two-star properties (using Priceline.com). The accommodation deals for Orlando are only going to speed up in the coming months, but tickets to the main attractions will remain painful.
Had Walt Disney lived, would he be doing this? Having enjoyed staggering profits, would he raise the admission price in a time of recession? I'm just asking.
(Incidentally, Universal Studios usually announces its own price increases to keep step with Disney. As of this writing, it hasn't done so.)
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Labels: disney, florida, money, orlando
Jul 21, 2008
For visitors to Orlando, the Disney Dining Plan strikes me as a poor way to arrange your meals
If you're an adult traveler to Orlando who wouldn't dream of purchasing a pre-arranged dining plan, you can skip this post. Read no further. But if you're a family going to Mickey Mouse Land, and have booked a room at Orlando's Walt Disney World Resort, you have undoubtedly been offered the chance to opt into the Disney Dining Plan. In its basic version costing $38 per day for anyone over 10, $10 aged 3 to 9, it grants guests credits good for one table-service meal, one meal from a fast-food counter, and one snack at Disney-operated eateries.
Because of the plan's apparent convenience, it has become an extremely popular add-on. Let me point out the following:
According to several families, the dining plan's popularity has created difficulties. So many people use it that the advance reservations systems for restaurants are clogged for weeks ahead of time. Dining Plan users often find they have to do hours of homework and advance telephone work to eat where they want to eat. Booking sit-down restaurants involves an opportunity cost in that they keep you from enjoying the rides and shows you presumably went to Florida to enjoy.
Whereas last year, the dining plan included appetizer, dessert, and tip, in 2008 Disney stripped appetizer and tip from the plan. So your "paid-for" meal isn't really paid for; if you want a starter, you must pay, and there are still gratuities to consider.
Without the plan, you will pay $10 to $12 at a counter-service restaurant anywhere at the resort, which includes a drink. No tipping is required there. Simple math proves that if you stick to counter-service locations, as a majority of Disney guests do, you will spend about $24 (plus the price of snacks, if you eat or drink any) as opposed to $38 (before tips) for the same period with the dining plan. That isn't a savings.
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Because of the plan's apparent convenience, it has become an extremely popular add-on. Let me point out the following:
According to several families, the dining plan's popularity has created difficulties. So many people use it that the advance reservations systems for restaurants are clogged for weeks ahead of time. Dining Plan users often find they have to do hours of homework and advance telephone work to eat where they want to eat. Booking sit-down restaurants involves an opportunity cost in that they keep you from enjoying the rides and shows you presumably went to Florida to enjoy.
Whereas last year, the dining plan included appetizer, dessert, and tip, in 2008 Disney stripped appetizer and tip from the plan. So your "paid-for" meal isn't really paid for; if you want a starter, you must pay, and there are still gratuities to consider.
Without the plan, you will pay $10 to $12 at a counter-service restaurant anywhere at the resort, which includes a drink. No tipping is required there. Simple math proves that if you stick to counter-service locations, as a majority of Disney guests do, you will spend about $24 (plus the price of snacks, if you eat or drink any) as opposed to $38 (before tips) for the same period with the dining plan. That isn't a savings.
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Aug 17, 2007
How to match Southwest Vacation's Orlando deals, even if you're in a city from which the airline doesn't fly
The traffic to Orlando is so massive, and the rewards so great, that numerous tour operators compete for cost-conscious family traffic. Residents of the Midwest should never neglect to check out the offerings of Funjet (tel. 888/558-6654; www.funjet.com), which like Southwest sells three-night air/hotel packages. This fall, prices from Milwaukee will be an amazing $329 per person, and $414 from Chicago, including air.
Vacation Express (tel. 800/309-4717; www.vacationexpress.com) operates charter jets from a number of major American cities, but also creates packages with airfare on scheduled flights to Orlando. Sample deal this fall: an air-included $377 from Atlanta or $346 from Houston to stay three nights at a two-star motel a 10-minute drive east of Disney. Apple Vacations (tel. 800/517-2000; www.applevacations.com) manages similarly low tariffs and offers a wide range of hotel choices. Always check out their website for Orlando flights and packages.
And some of the best deals come from Florida-based eLeisure Link (tel. 888/801-8808; www.eleisurelink.com). Here, you'll not only find air and hotel combined, but often, you'll get a rental car, too. This fall, one of its best promotions is five nights at the Nickelodeon Suites hotel (just outside Disney, and like a theme park unto itself), plus airfare and a car, from $499 per person based on a family of four (additional travelers would pay only $249 more). That price was good from eight major cities, including New York, Dallas, and Chicago, although other cities are available for a little more. Its deals are constantly changing, but they are listed on its website, and they often have booking deadlines that are several months before the travel
dates.
Some general considerations: often, in listing their air-and-land packages, both the airlines and tour operators will create two categories: one for Orlando generally, the other for Orlando vacations using Disney hotels or hotels at Universal Studios. The Orlando deals are as much as 60 percent cheaper than the ones using the Disney-run or Universal properties. The key to saving money on an Orlando hotel is always avoiding the park-run options, no matter what.
Finally, what about Orlando stays for a week and more? Those are best enjoyed using a vacation home (try www.evrentals.com or www.vrbo.com), which often cost less and afford you much more space and privacy.
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Vacation Express (tel. 800/309-4717; www.vacationexpress.com) operates charter jets from a number of major American cities, but also creates packages with airfare on scheduled flights to Orlando. Sample deal this fall: an air-included $377 from Atlanta or $346 from Houston to stay three nights at a two-star motel a 10-minute drive east of Disney. Apple Vacations (tel. 800/517-2000; www.applevacations.com) manages similarly low tariffs and offers a wide range of hotel choices. Always check out their website for Orlando flights and packages.
And some of the best deals come from Florida-based eLeisure Link (tel. 888/801-8808; www.eleisurelink.com). Here, you'll not only find air and hotel combined, but often, you'll get a rental car, too. This fall, one of its best promotions is five nights at the Nickelodeon Suites hotel (just outside Disney, and like a theme park unto itself), plus airfare and a car, from $499 per person based on a family of four (additional travelers would pay only $249 more). That price was good from eight major cities, including New York, Dallas, and Chicago, although other cities are available for a little more. Its deals are constantly changing, but they are listed on its website, and they often have booking deadlines that are several months before the travel
dates.
Some general considerations: often, in listing their air-and-land packages, both the airlines and tour operators will create two categories: one for Orlando generally, the other for Orlando vacations using Disney hotels or hotels at Universal Studios. The Orlando deals are as much as 60 percent cheaper than the ones using the Disney-run or Universal properties. The key to saving money on an Orlando hotel is always avoiding the park-run options, no matter what.
Finally, what about Orlando stays for a week and more? Those are best enjoyed using a vacation home (try www.evrentals.com or www.vrbo.com), which often cost less and afford you much more space and privacy.
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Labels: accommodations, disney, orlando
Aug 6, 2007
Disney does it again! For the third time in two years, it hikes admission prices
On a quiet August Sunday (the 5th) when most news outlets were shut down, the Walt Disney organization announced a new hike in one-day admission prices to its complex of theme parks in Orlando, Florida. What once cost $67 is now $71. And the reason? It hardly bothered to explain. "An annual planning cycle," the organization told the Associated Press.
Admission price to each Disney theme park was $59.75 as recently as January, 2006, when it was raised to $63. The price went to $67 in August of 2006, and now to $71. A family of two adults and two children 10 years of age, pays a total of $284 to enter The Magic Kingdom for a day.
Five days prior to the price hike, the Walt Disney Company issued its earnings report for the third quarter of its fiscal year, showing a 14% increase in its profits, caused -- among other things -- by "double-digit growth" in the results of its theme parks.
Readers of this blog would now do well to visit the website of the competing Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, which continues to charge $85.99 for seven days of consecutive admission to both Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure, both of them worthy substitutes for Disney (especially for children 10 and older). That weeklong admission is available to visitors who book the offer on the internet (www.universalorlando.com) in advance of arrival. The seven-day price for the combined two parks goes up to $95.99 for tickets purchased over the internet on the day of use.
Your response to Disney's startling conduct might be a determination to bring your family to Universal on your next visit to Orlando.
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Admission price to each Disney theme park was $59.75 as recently as January, 2006, when it was raised to $63. The price went to $67 in August of 2006, and now to $71. A family of two adults and two children 10 years of age, pays a total of $284 to enter The Magic Kingdom for a day.
Five days prior to the price hike, the Walt Disney Company issued its earnings report for the third quarter of its fiscal year, showing a 14% increase in its profits, caused -- among other things -- by "double-digit growth" in the results of its theme parks.
Readers of this blog would now do well to visit the website of the competing Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, which continues to charge $85.99 for seven days of consecutive admission to both Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure, both of them worthy substitutes for Disney (especially for children 10 and older). That weeklong admission is available to visitors who book the offer on the internet (www.universalorlando.com) in advance of arrival. The seven-day price for the combined two parks goes up to $95.99 for tickets purchased over the internet on the day of use.
Your response to Disney's startling conduct might be a determination to bring your family to Universal on your next visit to Orlando.
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Jul 31, 2007
Universal Studios Florida is a potent, cost-effective competitor to Disney
Now that daily adult admission to Walt Disney World in Orlando is a whopping $67 per person (including tax), you might want to consider Universal Orlando's amazing counter-offer of only $86 for unlimited seven-day admission to Universal Studios and Universal's Islands of Adventure. It's an indication of how fierce is Universal's need to fight back against the large number of Disney theme parks in Orlando. Though Universal has only two theme parks, they are both expansive and ingenious parks that can support, say, four days of entertainment in Orlando. At $86 for the multi-day visit, Universal offers quite a saving (for a family, several hundreds of dollars less than multi-day admission to Disney).
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Jun 8, 2007
A week in Orlando should be split between Disney and non-Disney
Recently, Walt Disney World introduced its new "Magic Your Way" ticket pricing and lowered the per-day cost for people who spend several consecutive days at its theme parks ("pay less per day the longer you stay"). Never mind that the vast majority of visitors are satisfied to visit Disney for only a few days. Whereas families spending a week in Orlando, Florida used to visit Disney on days one to three, and then devoted days four to six to Orlando's other noteworthy entertainments, they are now being enticed into lingering on Disney property by the considerable economy of lower ticket prices for longer stays.
I'm unhappy about that. Although Walt Disney World is a remarkable achievement in tourism, it would be a terrible mistake to spend your entire Orlando vacation on Disney property. Orlando hosts seven of the nation's ten most popular theme parks, and three of them -- SeaWorld, Universal Studios, and the stunning Islands of Adventure -- are not Disney properties. Neither is the stirring Kennedy Space Center where you can see the actual Space Shuttle being readied for launch. If you refuse to leave Disney's campus, you're missing a lot.
Universal has struck back by offering a price of $85 (including tax) on the Internet for the right to spend all week at the Universal theme parks in Orlando (that compares with a price of $67 a day for single-day admissions to the Disney properties). And this June, Universal adds a permanent production of "Blue Man Group" to entice guests to stick around well into the night. Moreover, the four non-Disney theme parks currently offer an Orlando FlexTicket for about $190 which gives unlimited entrance for up to two weeks to Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld Orlando, and the Wet 'n Wild water slide park. It's sold in any of the four parks.
What's a good overall strategy? In my opinion, most people will be more than satisfied with a schedule that calls for one Disney park per day for a total of two or three days. Don't let Disney pricing lure you into staying a minute longer than you really need to.
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I'm unhappy about that. Although Walt Disney World is a remarkable achievement in tourism, it would be a terrible mistake to spend your entire Orlando vacation on Disney property. Orlando hosts seven of the nation's ten most popular theme parks, and three of them -- SeaWorld, Universal Studios, and the stunning Islands of Adventure -- are not Disney properties. Neither is the stirring Kennedy Space Center where you can see the actual Space Shuttle being readied for launch. If you refuse to leave Disney's campus, you're missing a lot.
Universal has struck back by offering a price of $85 (including tax) on the Internet for the right to spend all week at the Universal theme parks in Orlando (that compares with a price of $67 a day for single-day admissions to the Disney properties). And this June, Universal adds a permanent production of "Blue Man Group" to entice guests to stick around well into the night. Moreover, the four non-Disney theme parks currently offer an Orlando FlexTicket for about $190 which gives unlimited entrance for up to two weeks to Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld Orlando, and the Wet 'n Wild water slide park. It's sold in any of the four parks.
What's a good overall strategy? In my opinion, most people will be more than satisfied with a schedule that calls for one Disney park per day for a total of two or three days. Don't let Disney pricing lure you into staying a minute longer than you really need to.
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Jun 5, 2007
America's most valuable discount card -- and you can print it out from your computer
Most people going to Orlando, Florida, are aware that the tourist office there distributes an extremely valuable discount card known as the Orlando Magicard. Trouble was that you either had to write away long in advance to get the card in time for your trip, or else pay an inconvenient visit to the tourist office to pick one up on the spot. Now, for the first time, the Orlando tourist people permit you to print out a workable version of that Magicard on your home computer. Simply go to www.orlandoinfo.com, click on Magicard, and then on "download a Magicard", and voila! You can print out your own Magicard and save up to $500 on hotels, restaurants, shops and attractions.
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Jun 1, 2007
Beating the system at Disney World
How can a family save on meal costs when they visit Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida? That's an increasing problem in a theme park where even the simplest sandwich with a soft drink now costs a minimum of $11. A trick that my daughter uses is to ask for a double cheeseburger and then to request an extra bun, the extra bun costing under $1. You then make two cheeseburgers out of the two patties of meat and thus split the total cost in half per person. An even better tactic is to buy one of those enormous one and one-half pound turkey legs at stands scattered around the parks, the legs being carved from 45-pound turkeys. One leg can easily feed two persons for less than a total of $6. I'm told that the Disney organization claims to sell one and a half million of such turkey legs each year -- probably to families desperate to save money on meals.
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May 11, 2007
Is Disney all there is to Orlando?
Throughout its history, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, has been a fierce competitor of the non-Disney theme parks. When Universal Studios and nearby Busch Gardens Tampa have announced plans for a new attraction, Disney has rushed to complete a competing attraction to make them redundant. Most recently, Disney has adopted a pricing scheme that lowers admission prices to persons spending their entire Orlando stay at Disney theme parks -- you pay less per day the longer you stay -- discouraging visitors from going to Universal or to Sea World or to Wet 'n Wild. I think it's important to resist those savings and split your time between Disney and non-Disney. The extra admission cost is more than offset by the lower cost, in my opinion, of meals taken at non-Disney properties.
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May 10, 2007
Bargain of the day: Mickey Mouse made easy
Where: Orlando
When: May and June, 5 nights in Orlando from $399
With Florida's theme parks charging $67 per adult per day, it's more important than ever to economize on air/hotel/car. This package (which includes round-trip air, a car for the week and five hotel nights) does just that. It costs $399 from New York or Chicago, $449 from Atlanta or Washington, D.C., $549 from Dallas or Los Angeles.
Contact: tel. 888/801-8808; www.eleisurelink.com.
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When: May and June, 5 nights in Orlando from $399
With Florida's theme parks charging $67 per adult per day, it's more important than ever to economize on air/hotel/car. This package (which includes round-trip air, a car for the week and five hotel nights) does just that. It costs $399 from New York or Chicago, $449 from Atlanta or Washington, D.C., $549 from Dallas or Los Angeles.
Contact: tel. 888/801-8808; www.eleisurelink.com.
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Fifty years ago, 
Arthur Frommer is generally acknowledged to be the nation's foremost travel authority. He is the founder of the
