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I saw your post and thought you might be interested in our review. We spent 3 days paying out of pocket (OOP) and then 5 days on the DDP. The answer to which is best is: it depends on what's important to you and your family. Here's our story. Have a great time...

We LOVE the water parks. Especially in the summer when it's so hot. Other than food, a locker rental, towel rentals, and the typical shopping options, everything is pretty much included with your admission. We rented a locker one time -- but the other times we just dropped our pool bag with...

Sounds like a great trip!

Yes, our 10 year old (and 12 year old) ate from the adult menu. They liked it because after the first 3 days where they ate from the kids menu (my 12 year old is a light eater), they felt so grown up after getting to choose from the whole menu. More expensive -- but they definitely liked it...

Thank you! As you can see from my trip report, there are definitely advantages of feeling like I can order anything from the menu, but I agree that I'm not sure that I really saved money (because I got food I didn't need). Look forward to hearing about it! If you remember, please send...

I recently finished my review where we paid OOP for 3 days and then were on the DDP for 5 days... At the end of the review, I listed the pros and cons (at least from our family's perspective). Hope it helps someone else. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2600854 Thanks--

Where you stay at AKV is certainly a matter of preference. We requested a 3rd floor room near the lobby last month, and instead got a 5th floor room on the end. Turns out we loved it. The rooms at the end of the property (towards Jambo House) are only on one side of the resort. The other...

Sounds like you might already have decided to keep the castle. Just in case, here's a link to our trip report where we visited 1900 Park Fare. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2600854&page=3 We went to Norway for the princesses on a previous trip. Nice princess experience, but...

We stayed at AKL last month and I just finished a trip report comparing the DDP to OOP. We loved the Mara QS restaurant at Animal Kingdom Lodge! Good luck in your decision http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2600854

So what was the total cost? NON DINING PLAN DAYS: Out of Pocket: No dining plan – 3.5 days • Wednesday: arrival day -- $78 in supplies • Thursday: Blizzard Beach Water Park $59 (but free dinner with friends) • Friday: Magic Kingdom Day #1 -- $74.50 • Saturday: Magic Kingdom Day #2...

Friday: hang out and go to early Hoop De Revue (6 credits total – spouse not going) and late departure for Houston We got up and finished off most things that we had brought (fruit, milk, cereal, etc). After packing up the car, we headed over to the Mara for another lunch. Since my wife and...

Ate a late lunch at the Sunset Ranch area across from the Beauty and the Beast Show. I had a hamburger, and the rest of the family ate chicken strips. It was fine. We all ordered the chocolate cake – but they all went into the stroller for later consumption. I had mine while I was waiting...

Another breakfast in the room and off to the parks! Even though this is DDP Dad, we still need to get to the parks before it opens – got to get our money’s worth and don’t want to miss any moment in a Disney park. Around 11am, we found ourselves near the America section and our friends...

Thank you for the virtual "kick in the pants" to get this done! I've been working on it, but have been thinking through my overall conclusions. Here goes the rest of the report...

When my daughter and I asked about it early in our trip (we were there 3 weeks ago), they said we could use a snack credit. When my wife tried to use our snack credits 2 days later -- they said that we couldn't use a snack credit for any "make your own." While I understand that Disney gets...

Sorry for such a long delay in posting. Once we got home we were up to our eyeballs in catch up -- at work, at home -- and then there was Thanksgiving and now we've been working on Christmas decorations. There is a difference between the two plans -- but I'm still torn. For us, there...

Tuesday: Breakfast in the room. Ran out of milk so had to buy a half gallon in the little store: OOP $3. Later in the week three of us are going to Hoop De Doo Revue (my wife wasn’t interested – so she and the 2 year old are staying home). Since HDDR takes 2 credits each, that leaves...

We really enjoyed the evening. The characters are what made it -- the stepsister Drusilla in particular. Here's a link to a longer review if you want to see a few photos and read more about how my 10 year old son was getting engaged to Drusilla. :love...

Our favorite morning character breakfast was Cape May, by far. We liked Chef Mickey -- but the service and the characters were much more fun and relaxed at Cape May. Haven't eaten at Tusker House... Have fun!

After we had made our initial reservations 2 months ago, we invited our friends to join us. Since we couldn’t get a reservation for 9, I made a second reservation for 5 and hoped that I could eventually get them combined. The concierge at AKL tried, but was unsuccessful. I went 45 minutes...