SleepyatDVC said:If it would hypothetically choose one of your options based purely on a financial perspective (if I had to do it the cheapest way possible or not be able to go at all), without having to go to the trouble of renting out points, I would choose #2 but decrease the number of paid nights to 5 and make the meals stretch over the length of the trip. But this is assuming that I had transportation to and from to check in/out as someome else pointed out.
Obviously the less expensive would be to rent out points and actually STAY at the cheapest WDW resort.
Something that I have been thinking about but haven't done the "math" on it yet, would be to spend a few days, maybe 3 at WL (in your case) preferably over the more expensive weekend with the "free" DP and then switching over to the VWL (probably a 1bedroom) w/o the DP.
Thanks I had never given that any thought, but it may help. I mean we fly from the west coast so that means late arrival and early departure. Since we miss most of the first and last days, 6 nights of the Dining plan could still mean very FULL TUMMYS.
I had thought about staying the checking into that value on Friday and starting a DVC stay on Sunday night, it would save expensive weekend points but family is not interested in swapping. They could care less if I have to drive over to Pop and check in/out.
SleepyatDVC said:It can be "fun" thinking of all the options when planning a Disney trip. Happy planning and good luck what whatever you decide!
FINALLY somebody understands. It is FUN, I dont get why some feel insulted when persons decide to do some math instead of just blindly stating "this is better deal than that."