Armed Forces Salute Renewed for 2014-2015

[BrerGnat]

do you order these from WDW or from Shades of Green

You can order them from many base ticket offices over the phone. You can only buy them in person at WDW or SoG.

[Melanie]

You can also order them ahead of time from Shades of Green. Easy peasy. Just did it a few months ago. Give them a call!

[BrerGnat]

You can also order them ahead of time from Shades of Green. Easy peasy. Just did it a few months ago. Give them a call!

Good to know. I didn't know they did that.

[pixiesmimi]

But if you get them at WDW or SOG you can't make FP reservations in advance. You can purchase them at your home base and then link to your Magic Band and get your FP ahead of time. Last year our post ran out so we had to get them at the gate. By that time most FP that we wanted were gone. Better to get them in advance.

[Melanie]

But if you get them at WDW or SOG you can't make FP reservations in advance. You can purchase them at your home base and then link to your Magic Band and get your FP ahead of time. Last year our post ran out so we had to get them at the gate. By that time most FP that we wanted were gone. Better to get them in advance.

You can get them in advance from Shades of Green now though. This is good if you don't have a base nearby.

[pixiesmimi]

Unless it is something new, you still have to go there to get them. They won't mail them. I called them last year and they wouldn't mail them. So without having them to link, we still wouldn't be able to do fp.

[BrerGnat]

Unless it is something new, you still have to go there to get them. They won't mail them. I called them last year and they wouldn't mail them. So without having them to link, we still wouldn't be able to do fp.

I think they now mail them though.

[Melanie]

I think they now mail them though.

Yes, they mail them, or actually I think it was FedEx. There is a $10 fee.

[pixiesmimi]

Well that is good that they have changed it. I was quite upset in Sept because they wouldn't mail them and we had to wait until we got there to get them at the gate. It was W&FF so lots of people and because of that, didn't get to ride some things we wanted to because FP were all gone. We were also upset that our ITR stopped selling the tickets for that year's promotion early in anticipation of this year's promotion starting. That left a gap of about a month that no armed forces could get tickets from them locally. I complained to them about it this year and they said they they might not have any more after July this year because they won't reorder if they run out. So if anyone is thinking of going this fall before the promotion ends, they had better get their tickets now or soon. Good to know at least SOG has changed their policy. Thanks for the info.

[BrerGnat]

Many military bases will FedEx tickets to you for a $10 charge. I know Camp Pendleton does. We have ordered tickets from them several times.

[ddcrna]

Any hints about 2016 yet?

[Melanie]

Any hints about 2016 yet?

Word is from Steve at Disney Military Tips (who is in constant contact with Disney) is that they extended the current promotion to the end of 2015 in order to then get on a calendar year schedule to renew this. So it sounds like good news!

[pixiesmimi]

So does this mean they will renew this in January 2016? I have been waiting to see if they would renew it starting in October or instead of this year's ending the first of Oct, it has been extended until Dec. or Jan? My grandson is getting married next month and was asking me about the military discounts for WDW in Oct for his honeymoon. I told him it ended Oct 3rd. He will be excited if he finds out that it has been extended.

[VWL Mom]

So does this mean they will renew this in January 2016? I have been waiting to see if they would renew it starting in October or instead of this year's ending the first of Oct, it has been extended until Dec. or Jan? My grandson is getting married next month and was asking me about the military discounts for WDW in Oct for his honeymoon. I told him it ended Oct 3rd. He will be excited if he finds out that it has been extended.

It has been extended through December. Information can be found here.