I am so glad that you stopped by today! I wanted to share with you valuable information about discounts offered to homeschoolers at Walt Disney World. Have you heard of DISNEY STUDENT SEMINARS, formerly known as DISNEY HOMESCHOOL DAYS?
As homeschoolers we love to give our children unique and exciting learning experiences. BUT, if your household is anything like mine, we have limited $$$$$$. And with each passing year funds become more and more limited making it harder and harder to do fun, educational trips.
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| Poster from January 2012 Homeschool Days |
How would you like to visit Walt Disney World at a fraction of the cost? And still offer valuable learning adventures?
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Each year Walt Disney World Resort in Florida offers 2 opportunities to attend a special session designed for homeschool students. Usually there is one offered in late January/early February and another one offered in late September/early October. With a purchase of a discounted multi-day ticket, the special session is included.
Disney’s Youth Program offers admission tickets at reduced prices during the Student Seminar (Homeschool Days) in Winter and Fall.
This information may change with each program offering, and each package includes the Student Seminar Session. The seminars we have attended in the past have lasted about an hour and admission to the park is required. The one hour session has been held within one of the theme parks.
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| October 2012 Student Seminar on Chimpanzee at Animal Kingdom |
You may purchase a two-to-eight day pass in the following packages (THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DISNEY YOUTH PROGRAM WEBSITE):
“Premium Packages: For the ultimate in flexibility, select the Premium Package. This package offers admission to all four Disney Theme Parks and includes the Park Hopper privileges with additional Fun visits to: Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (exluding special events) and/or DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive Park. Each package includes the Student Seminar”
“Park Hopper Packages: The Park Hopper Packages include admission to all four Disney Theme Parks with the opportunity to visit multiple parks on the same day, as many times as you like.
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| January 2012 Student Seminars at Hollywood Studios
Kingdom Keepers Author Ridley Pearson |
Starter Packages: The Starter Package includes one admission per day to any one Walt Disney World Resort Theme Park for the number of days on the selected package (1 park per day). Starter packages do not include park hopping privileges.
Are you interested, but don’t know if the sessions will be right for you? Our family has had the opportunity to visit during several events. Follow along on our journey, to learn about the types of sessions offered, and how to participate in Disney Homeschool Days.
These are the types of sessions you can expect from Disney Homeschool Days:
Winter 2016: The latest Student Seminar was held on January 29, 2016, at Epcot. It was entitled Expedition D82, and was a self-guided exploration of the countries that make up the World Showcase. Read about our day HERE!
Fall 2015: The Seminar was held on October 8, 2015, at Animal Kingdom. The session was entitled Monkey Kingdom based on the Disney Nature Film of the same name. Find out more about our experience HERE!
Winter 2015: Disney offered a unique and exciting presentation during Black History month on February 5, 2015. It was on African American History and took place at Epcot in the American Pavilion. Khalil Kinsey delivered a dynamic address about the contributions of African-Americans to American History, and I had the unique opportunity to interview Khalil. Read more about the presentation and interview HERE!
We also attended a presentation in Fall 2012 entitled Chimpanzee based on the Disney Nature Movie of the same name. This event was held at Animal Kingdom. The Winter 2012 offering was held at Hollywood Studios and was an excellent lecture by Ridley Pearson, author of the Kingdom Keepers Series. The talk was followed by a question/answer session, and was informative, educational, and entertaining.
Can you picture your family enjoying these activities. Our family experience has been so wonderful during these homeschool events. Even our youngest of children have been able to attend and participate. Rest assured that Disney understands that there are circumstances that might prevent you from staying in a session with some children. There have been moments when one of us took the youngest for a walk right outside the theater.
Another bonus of attending is that many times the session is held before park opening so our valuable touring time within the park is not limited. By the time the session is done, the park is getting ready to open, and we are already in the park ready to ride the rides.
For more information about this wonderful opportunity follow along on my Facebook page for the latest updates. I will post as soon as the next Disney Student Seminar is announced.
Please feel free to leave a comment or question, so others can find out more information too!
Unfortunately, DISNEY HAS DISCONTINUED THEIR STUDENT SEMINARS FOR HOMESCHOOLERS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DISNEY GROUP TICKET EVENTS, SEE HERE!
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This is great to know, thanks for sharing! WDW has really been out of the question for us because of $, but this may change our minds.
Our family has really enjoyed these events. The added bonus of saving money has been great!
Never heard of this. Thanks for sharing. Great way to save money.
We went a couple of years ago and unfortunately did not make use of the homeschooler's season. If we ever go back we will make sure to do so. Thanks for sharing this info.
If you need any cost saving tips, let me know. Many of our trips we have tried to be thrifty.
Maybe next year we'll have the cash to afford a vacation in Jan/Feb. I'll have two out of schoool, and my oldest could take a day off.
Paige:
I would love to meet you! Make sure to look me up!
Thank you so much! I will call them and get the official scoop on it. After juggling our work schedules a little more, I think we figured out a way to make it happen to attend on the 5th with no problem, so we're excited! Many thanks again!!
Paige:
The Disney Youth Series offers this deal to homeschoolers with the intention of attending the February 5 date. I know that if you make a Walt Disney World Resort dinner reservation and don't show up, they do charge your credit card. I do not know if they will do anything like this with these tickets, but when you buy them, you are agreeing to attend the session of February 5. I would encourage you to call Disney Youth Programs before purchasing your tickets. The number is 1-877-939-6884. I would hate to see you get charged an additional amount or be barred from participating in the future. Let me know what you find out!
In addition, if you do go, I would love to meet you!
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Thank you for posting this! I was looking at the link you shared and it says that it is mandatory to attend the session on February 5th. What if your travel dates don't coordinate with attending that session and you need to use your passes before that date? You've already paid for them and visited the parks, so I'm assuming there wouldn't be much you could do but I don't like being a "rule breaker!" We really want to attend the Feb. 5th event but I'm just not sure we can stay that long. Just curious if you know how all that works and thanks again!