Disney Military Salute Extended Through 2016
Big thanks for Tammy Whiting of Storybook Destinations for the following news about Disney’s U.S. military discounts for 2016.
Today Disney announced an extension of the very popular Disney Military Salute through all of 2016!
The Disney Military Salute includes steeply discounted tickets, as well as generous room discounts.
Each qualifying member may purchase one ticket for themselves and up to 5 additional tickets to be used by friends and family between January 3rd and December 19th, 2016. The tickets may not be used March 20, 2016- April 1, 2016.
At Walt Disney World, four day tickets with the Park Hopper OR Water Parks Fun and More option are $196 plus tax. Four day tickets with the Park Hopper and Water Parks Fun and More option are $230 plus tax.
At Disneyland, three day Park Hopper tickets are $143.
Room discounts will run from January 3rd to December 19th, 2016.
Blackout dates include March 20th-April 1st for room discounts as well.
Any active duty or retired Service member, National Guardsman, Reservist, or Coast Guard is eligible. If the eligible member is not present, their spouse is eligible. Tickets are purchased at participating U.S. military sales outlets and must be activated with ID at theme park windows. More details are on Disney’s web site.
“Each qualifying member may purchase one ticket for themselves and up to 5 additional tickets to be used by friends and family”
They changed it to 12 tickets total, as noted in the link to Disney’s web site.
You are looking at the 2015 link. The 2016 link does say a total of six tickets. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/special-offers/military-multi-day-tickets/
I was looking at the link provided in the article
Swan and Dolphin offer some pretty deep discounts for Military.
They also offer discounts for Teachers (and support staff) and Nurses.
http://www.swandolphin.com/offers/
I worked in IT for a University and was able to get the Teachers rate as support staff.