jacqueline'smom JMO but where I think you're getting confused about is the part where you say "
when i upgraded to this entire package....it was only 15 more dollars and even looked like a ten day stay was only 45 dollars more to the total" - because it's not really the
entire package, but only the
ticket portion that is being upgraded.
Just to use as an example, I looked at POP May 22 - 28, 2 adults, 1 child with PH and
DDP.
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Check In May 22, 2011 Check Out
May 28,
2011
Staying for 6 nights, 7 days
Adults 2 Children 1
Room Type:Standard Room
Tickets 7-Day Magic Your Way Ticket with Park Hopper®
Package Magic Your Way Package Plus Dining
Total $2,293.28
For example if I changed the ticket days to 8 day
tickets there was a
$15.97 difference:
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Check In May 22, 2011 Check Out May 28, 2011
Staying for 6 nights, 7 days
Adults 2 Children 1
Room Type:Standard Room
Tickets 8-Day Magic Your Way Ticket with Park Hopper®
Package Magic Your Way Package Plus Dining
Total $2,309.25 vs
$2,293.28 in first example = or an additional $15.97
And changing to 10 day
tickets adds
$47.92
Check In May 22, 2011 Check Out May 28, 2011
Staying for 6 nights, 7 days
Adults 2 Children 1
Room Type:Standard Room
Tickets 10-Day Magic Your Way Ticket with Park Hopper®
Package Magic Your Way Package Plus Dining
Total $2,341.20 vs
$2,293.28 in first example = or an additional $47.92
Those figures look like the ones you mentioned, but note these are upgrading the ticket days ONLY, and not for the entire package (hotel/DDP). And since you only get dining based on your resort nights, adding ticket days won't help with that.
Now compare this to adding a hotel/DDP night, which would cost an additional $
239.57 
Check In May 22, 2011 Check Out
May 29,
2011
Staying for 7 nights, 8 days
Adults 2 Children 1
Room Type:Standard Room
Tickets 7-Day Magic Your Way Ticket with Park Hopper®
Package Magic Your Way Package Plus Dining
Total $2,532.85 vs
Total $2,293.28 = or an additional $239.57
HTH! I know it's disappointing when you think you found a great deal and it's not quite as good as you hoped.
