I vote monorail resorts! It's a lot of fun to get off at each resort, take a walk around, see the pools, etc. You can pose for lots of fancy/fun pictures (especially in GF and Poly which I think is fun!)
Remember- no dancing on the monorail, though!
I'm still hoping to convince them to buy an additional one-day parkhopper so we can do our 'favorite hits' on our last day. Last year, I managed to hit all four parks in one day before coming back to the hotel for ME. I was pooped!
Riding the monorail is fun but I think it might make us want to jump into a park seeing as how we'd be so close,YET SO FAR!
. I mean, leaving Disney is already depressing enough and looking at an empty bank account would just add insult to injury 
.) calculation hotel, dining (or free dining), tickets (AFS discount and MYW), etc.
Bumpity bump bump bump!
I know this trip is so far away but I can't keep it out of my mind.
Oh, it probably doesn't help that I listen to a bunch of WDW podcasts at work each day.
I knew Free Dining would most likely be offered during our visit but I had just put that thought to the back of my mind as I only considered the AFS (Armed Forces Salute) promo. But then I got to thinking (a dangerous pasttime, I know) and wondered which promotion would really save us the most money seeing as how we were already planning to get the dining plan. Initially I was thinking if the DP was worth it to begin with (a very hot topic nowadays) and closed that book rather quickly; for a few reasons actually: we're eaters , we love food, and pre-paying won't lead to sticker shock when we get home and look at our bank accounts
I spent a good portion of this evening (last night? Oh dear Lord, it is 4am!
Well, I have come to the conclusion that we would save more taking advantage of Free Dining.
Surprising? Indeed!
Undoubtedly, if we weren't sharing a room or were going during peak seasons the room discount would have been better. BUT since we are sharing the cost of a moderate hotel room during value season, the savings weren't too great.
After calculating the rack rate (with addt'l adult fee and tax included), Adding a 1-day MYW base ticket (required for Free Dining), gratuities (used in either scenario), and our AFS discounted 4 day PHs......
Drumroll, please!..........................................................................
We would save as a whole, $230.77 of our package price (sans airfare as we are flying in from different locations).
While my savings is miniscule (less than $20), it really make a different for my DSis and DBIL.
