That's a question that's hard to answer. How many adults and children are in your party? Which resort are you booked in to? How long is your vacation?
A first trip is so magical but it comes down to what your family likes, your usual meal schedule etc. Those factors can help you decide what will give you the best trip.
If you want to make a decision, based on economics, go on the WDW site and pretend to book a trip. An easy way to get a ballpark estimate is to enter your dates, resort and tickets with park hoppers. Don't add dining and see what the total is. Since your package is pre the last increase, there may not be a large difference, or, it could knock your socks off!!
Best wishes for a first trip full of magical pixie dust!!!!
Your best bet is to look here! That day, the reports will start coming back at 5 minutes after 7. You can be too late in the game if you wait on e-mails, etc.
The one I booked was at 3:05 PM dinner
- right but $60 a day per adult and then whatever the price is for kids so for a family of 3 like $150 a night - I'm actually asking because I know free dining might be hard to get but in most cases it seems like the best one but then I see a lot of people that say - it can be good but not for everybody - to me it seems like would be the best discount for almost everybody but I'm new to this ( only the second trip this year as an adult with my own family - that sounds weird - 2 trips in 2016 all other trips prior to 2005 ) so I'm wondering if I'm missing something ?
I booked in February since we are going no matter what. 9/27 thru 10/3. Our dates aren't flexible but our resort is. We are currently booked at CBR and this year we are a party of 5 so we are limited to resorts. I went in today to look for optional resorts so we would have a backup. This morning POR had nothing available but now they have Riverview & Pirate Rooms available. We may just do 2 rooms at POP and have the extra bathroom if we can't stay at CBR. Now to wait and seehow this all pans out. I am afraid, now that CBR is fully booked during my dates that Disney may come back and exclude CBR
To my knowledge Quick service to standard is approx $18 per adult and $3 child. And QS to deluxe is $67 adult and $13 child.
These prices are per day. Correct?
You are right that each situation is different and you have to crunch the numbers to see what works best for you. The advice that you have quoted was specially in response to a single person who was staying by themselves at Boardwalk Villas. In general, a single person staying by themselves in either a deluxe or even a moderate resort, will often do better with a room discount. And in general anyone with at least two people or more will save more money with free dining when staying in a moderate or a value. But when it comes to a deluxe resort you really need to crunch the numbers. The DDP for an adult is approximately $60 while the discount on a deluxe resort can be double or triple that amount. So the free dining offer is not always the best deal in every situation but is usually the best deal with a moderate or value resort.
We did Boma on our last trip. I am a very adventurous eater so i was really excited. My family can be quite picky. I loved it and so did the rest of my family. We got there early and went and looked at all the animals. That was super cool.
I think it's around $50 a night but it's just the cost different between DDP and dxdp
Honestly, we LOVE the QS sooo much (especially when we have some of our grandkids) and even though I am excited about the ressies we have this trip, the QS gave us sooo much more flexibility and we discovered some wonderful QS dining locations that I am going to miss this trip. We are doing the regular dining plan this time (staying at at mod for the 1st time ever!
) since we will all be adults and we are taking my 82 yr old mom (her first trip ever to Disney 
), we will all need a break in the day and a sit down meal will be welcome.
