Funny that you ask the Am I Cheap question because that's exactly what I've been doing for the last 24 hours. We decided to quit WDW on our last trip5/17, same as we have done for the last 17 years, lol.
But then that little bug starts biting and the Disneyitis just grows until I start pricing out packages and rooms, onsite, offsite, rental cars, meal plans, tickets- driving myself to near insanity trying to get the best "deal" I can. And DS is graduating from college that's a big deal and what a great way to celebrate right? I always start simple enough with "hey we can just rent a pool home and a car and save lots of money on lodging and food" and trying to budget wisely. Then the DH and the DS want to eat at all of these TS places. It's too much money, too much not great food, but it's "tradition" and/or they really do enjoy the (insert entree/food/dessert) at (insert ridiculously hard to get ADR restaurant). And the QS are even worse with the burgers and nuggets (well there are some I'd eat at regularly, mmmm, Flametree) By the time I get a list of everywhere they want to eat it makes sense to stay onsite and get a dining plan. I end up booking a darn package with deluxe dining and a whopping 10% room discount
. (seriously, I need help people!)
Way back when I remember paying $3000 for 2 adults and a child for 7 nights at the Poly-that included the best dining plan you could get, PHs, water parks...and I remember thinking about how we were nuts for paying that much money. 6 nights at CSR for 4 adults, 7 day PHs, and deluxe dining is pricing out at almost $6300--with whatever little discount they are running right now. When I saw that I asked myself WTH I was doing even considering such a thing! Is it worth it? Am I just Cheap? How in the World do people justify staying at the Poly or GF ? I mean I use to, so I'm in no way judging, but I can hardly get past the moderate price now! And the bad thing is that we would love to have more room-it's me, DH, DS and his GF!
Signed, Mousebitten and Crazy....and still trying to figure out a better/cheaper way.