hello one and all,
I am just looking for some friendly Disney advice.
Planning my first solo trip, thinking the second or third week of Oct., 8 days. I have never stayed on Disney property, though have been to WDW my fair share of times!!
I am wondering what are some recommendations on where I stay and if a dining plan would be worth it, since I will be dining alone. I am a little intimidated by the Value resorts, not sure what to expect if I book one of those, any feedback would be great. Looking to spend around 3500-4000 max. for everything.
Thanks!
oh..and if I'm in the wrong thread, please feel free to point me in the right direction! and sorry -_-
to the group! Always love having new people join in the fun around here.
The Values aren't bad, especially if all you are looking for is a place to sleep at night. Personally though, I tend to think of them as a bit overpriced for what you get... but I'm also a spoiled off-site kinda person.
If you are looking for the least expensive room option onsite for just yourself, the values can't be beat. They can be big, but from what I've seen posted around here, often if you let the front desk know that you are a solo traveler they will sometimes try and get you closer to the main building.
If you want to splurge a little, some of the moderates can also be quite nice. Port Orleans (both sides) are very nice, and often not much more expensive than the values.
As for the Dining plan... You are going to have to crunch the numbers. Personally, I believe it is EXTREMELY hard to get your money's worth on the Disney Dining plans these days. The Podcast even did a segment on it somewhat recently. You will need to look at the cost of the Dining plan you want, and what it includes.... and then you can compare the average cost of a meal (or what you might like to eat) and see if it's even possible for you to break even. You'll also need to figure out if you can really eat as much food as the Dining plan includes. Honestly, I'd probably say pass on the Dining plan. If you want the conveience of the "prepaid meals", just take the $$ you'd spend on the dining plan for your trip, and put it on a disney Gift Card. you'll get the same convenience of the
DDP with the flexibility of eating what and when you want..... and possibly even have some extra money left over at the end of the trip for an extra souvenir or two. [If you are a foody however who plans to spend a lot of time eating Tableservice meals around the parks, You might however find the DDP at the apprpriate level worthwhile]
Actually Pirates throw the best parties, wherever they are
I dunno..... the BigE throws a pretty amazing party that could possibly rival a
Party..... It's a close one at least on who's party's are better.
Yes, I did see that! I tried to read through as many pages as possible, but it was too overwhelming!
I hope to keep up here and make some new friends!
Thank you for the warm welcome!
Don't worry about keeping up to speed. For the meets, once they are decided upon I try to keep the first post updated with relavant information. We can move pretty fast at times, and have a form of conversational ADD around here, so if you can't keep up during those spurts it can sometimes just be better to skip to the end and just jump back into things without worrying about missing a few pages of posts.
whoo hoo
The ride is fun, but I've seen it stuck so many times on the hill that I'm reluctant to ride it anymore.
