Another GAD Upgrade question.... completely confused!

[MommyTaraLee]

I've been trying to figure out if the GAD promotion would work for us...

We are planning a 6 day trip in October. If we do the GAD upgrade, I understand that we can upgrade our tix in the park and it will save us $79 each (2 adults). But, if we want the meal plan, we need to have at least 1 day of tickets with our reservation, correct?

So, here are my calculations (again, for 2 adults)... Am I way off base?

1 day ticket for Meal Plan - $131 *2 = $262
5 day park hopper ($56 *5)*2 = $560
2 GAD base tickets ($79-2) = $158
Upgrade to GAD = ($560-$158) = $402
Total = (1 day for Meal Plan + Upgrade with GAD) = $664

But, if we just did a straight 6 day park hopper without the GAD it would be $566…

Is that right? The GAD upgrades don’t mix with the meal plans?

Thanks for your help!

 

[hansel1]

a one day base ticket is $85 x 2 = $170

a 6 day park hopper is $302 x 2 = 604

your gad is worth roughly $85 x 2 = 170

You take the base tickets ($170) plus the gads (170) and subtract that from a 6 day park hopper (604) and you will pay an additional $264.

Your meal plan is counted seperately at $40 per person per night.

 

[happymommy]

The problem with the previous math is that you can't combine two tickets and then upgrade (if I'm understanding this). So, you can upgrade one of the one-day tickets (the GAD one, after you've used to enter a park) and save the one-day ticket for future use if you want.

If it were me, and I already had the GAD voucher for a ticket, I'd skip the dining plan entirely. If your heart is set on the dining plan, you need to add a ticket to your package, but you can separate it from your room key and save it for later.

 

[Robo]

The problem with the previous math is that

1- you can't combine two tickets and then upgrade (if I'm understanding this). So, you can upgrade one of the one-day tickets (the GAD one, after you've used to enter a park) and save the one-day ticket for future use if you want.

If it were me, and I already had the GAD voucher for a ticket,

2- I'd skip the dining plan entirely.

3- If your heart is set on the dining plan, you need to add a ticket to your package, but you can separate it from your room key and save it for later.

1- Correct.

2- Totally agree.
There is generally very little actual savings (sometimes it can even cost MORE) using the dining plan, anyway.

3- That'll work, too.