Counting Our Nuts Like Chip & Dale, a Financially Aware PTR *Update 4/17 Pg 62 *

[lilpixiebabe101]

YayFor more Disney and free dining. We got ours booked for December and the free dinings. Mom wants me to talk my boss into letting me leave the 15th instead of the 17th

 

[Native NYer]

Congrats on adding nights and free dining!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Yay more nights! From a person that is never ready to go home, I can't think of anything better than adding time to a trip!

 

[Nermel9]

Yay for free dining and adding more time at Disney! I'm so trying to figure out a way to convince my DH to go for a weekend in December, maybe free dining will help...

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Free Dining day is a magical day, isn't it??? I'm SO excited for you guys, how fun that you were able to extend your trip!!!

 

[Wicket's Mom]

How wonderful that you get to go for more days with free dinig to boot!

I know how excited you are, we added two days a couple of months back & we have free dining!

 

[Megablocks]

We are missing you by exactly ONE day! Bummer! But I'm SO excited you guys got the free dining. It doesn't work with our dates, but we're holding out for a room-only discount. I was laughing to myself all through the story. I especially liked "I think that is a fine deal wife, let's book it."

I've been trying to get movies more often from the library too, it actually suprises me how many new-er releases they have. I just need to get in better practice with it. We are canceling our Starz movie program once this season of Dexter is over and then we will just add it when Dexter starts again. I have to watch Dexter, it is non-neogotiable.

My boyfriend, Charles (or Chuckles, whichever you prefer...hmmm...if I do a PTR I think he's gonna go by Chuckles), is OBSESSED with Dexter. I unfortunately don't have the patience to catch up on the previous seasons so he always tells me about it.

 

[DWGal210]

Awesome news!! Good for you!! What a nice long trip you'll have!!

 

[mrssmith06]

Free dining and extending your stay... YAY for that!

 

[DisMomAmy]

Woo Hoo!! More days with free dining!! Congratulatios!!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Congratulations again!!!! I'm so excited for you! And perhaps even more thrilling is that Marc is out of the closet with his Disney love!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

The second I saw the free dining dates I immediately thought...I bet LL is messing around with her dates Good for you oh and tell Marc he is really proving to be a good DH!

 

[Lady Lallie]

So......I fractured my foot this evening. From a stupid hole in a parking lot. I'm in the boot for at least six weeks and have to call the orthopedic doctor tomorrow. Can I tell you how much I hate crutches and how I live on the second floor?? My new goal in life is to weigh much less so Marc can carry me. I almost slept on the stairs tonight. I didn't think I was going to make it up them.

On the bright side....at least I have months to recover before Disney!

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

So......I fractured my foot this evening. From a stupid hole in a parking lot. I'm in the boot for at least six weeks and have to call the orthopedic doctor tomorrow. Can I tell you how much I hate crutches and how I live on the second floor?? My new goal in life is to weigh much less so Marc can carry me. I almost slept on the stairs tonight. I didn't think I was going to make it up them.

On the bright side....at least I have months to recover before Disney!

OMG!!! That sucks!!! Keep it rested so you wont have any long term problems with it! I didn't rest my wrist... well I didn't even go get it looked at... back in high school because I had a color guard performance that night. Being the captain I had to perform! Now in my chosen career as a massage therapist it gives me troubles.

 

[Megablocks]

Having months to recover before Disney was the second thing I thought of when I saw this on Facebook! First I was like "oh my gosh, poor Leslie" (I've never had a fracture or anything, knock on wood, and can't imagine how badly it hurts), and then I was like "well, at least her trip to Disney isn't till January!"

Hope you feel better soon I'm so sorry that had to happen, it's such crappy luck.

 

[Missyrose]

Free Dining is booked!! Three extra nights at Pop Century!!

The End.


New dates:
Thursday Jan 12 - Sunday Jan 15: Pop Century
Sunday Jan 15 - Friday Jan 20: Animal Kingdom Villas!


The moral of this fairy tale...ALWAYS tell your husband about Disney deals.

I'm very late to the party, but I'm joining in! Yay! You got Free Dining AND three more nights, it's like hitting the jackpot!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Oh no!!! I hope you feel better soon!!! At least you have plenty of time to recover before Disney though!!!

 

[princess&her4princes]

Did you all see that Disney released Free Dining yesterday?

Did you all experience the DIS crashing because of the Free Dining activity?

Did you all remember that we are renting DVC points and therefore are ineligible for Free Dining?

Or are we?



Let's go back, shall we?

Once upon a time, Leslie was sitting on her computer on her Facebook page....Tuesday August 2nd to be exact.

On her Facebook page she saw that her friend Brook posted a rumor that Disney was releasing a Free Dining promotion the very next morning.

Leslie looked at the dates and asked Brook a question. "If you check in before Free Dining expires, can you get it for the length of your stay?" Brook answered, "Why yes Leslie" or something to that effect.

Being the good wife that she is, Leslie felt it her duty to tell her husband this. Marc was intrigued as he knew that Leslie wanted to add nights, that it was her one true desire for this trip as she thinks 5 nights is way too short to spend in Disney.

Marc said, "Crunch the numbers" and being the good wife she is, Leslie crunched the numbers and presented the totals to her husband. Leslie asked Brook a few more questions and Leslie presented the details to Marc.

For exactly $718.34, 3 nights at Pop Century, with 2 2-day Base Tickets and FREE dining could be secured. Marc said, "I think that is a fine deal wife, let's book it." Or something to that effect.

Leslie emailed Brook and went to bed with visions of free corn dog nuggets, cream cheese pretzels and slushie cokes dancing in her head.

Leslie checked her email about 50 million times in the morning, she couldn't log on to the DIS either, apparently the boards couldn't handle all the free dining activity! What is a girl to do? Check her email and the DIS boards compulsively until something happens.

Which is what she did. Until...there was an email from Brook! Yay! Free Dining is booked!! Three extra nights at Pop Century!!

The End.



You know, I have to say that Marc is an out of the closet Disney Lover! I mentioned the free dining in passing, as I mention all deals like that to Marc and he was the one who totally jumped on board. I actually couldn't believe it. We have been trying to figure out how to add on a few nights, like 2 or even 1 but flights are ridiculous MLK weekend so we had put that idea on the back burner because increase in flights plus hotel...ehh not so financially aware.

I even offered to take one of our nights OFF of our AKV reservation so that we would technically only be adding two nights but nope, Marc said for the amount we are paying to rent points let's have an extra night. Who am I to argue with that logic?

So the package is costing us $718.34 but if my math is correct, we are only adding about $360ish to our total cost of vacation. Our food is free for those nights, we are getting the quick service dining plan, our park ticket increase is minimal and the two day base tickets that we were already going to have to purchase, we are just paying for two days upfront and we will upgrade them when we arrive in Disney. We will not need to purchase much if any additional food with the quick service plan, we can split counter service if need be to save our credits, not that I think we will be short on them.

I am seriously happy that we are adding nights at a very minimal cost and even better is that the Thursday flights are cheaper than they would be on Sunday!

New dates:
Thursday Jan 12 - Sunday Jan 15: Pop Century
Sunday Jan 15 - Friday Jan 20: Animal Kingdom Villas!


The moral of this fairy tale...ALWAYS tell your husband about Disney deals.

woohoo!!!!!!!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Congratulations!! My DH is actually the one who suggested our upcoming trip in January. Love those Disney men!!

Gotta love the Disney men!! I'm so glad I have one!

awww!!! loved that post!
congrats!
wohoooo disney dining for free!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

That's for the three extra nights! I'm so happy for you!

I'm really excited about the extra time!!

Great news! Congratulations!

Not to be a pest or anything but you posted Tuesday August 9th in your post and that day hasn't happened yet

Yeah....I'm special like that. I think I must have looked at my calendar at work and looked at the wrong week when I was posting. Whoops! I fixed it now.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! So glad you got in on the FD deal! I FD..... I may be slightly obsessed with FD.

I am excited for you, but at the same time, I feel for you for having to go back to the drawing board for park days, where to eat, etc. The drama never ends!

Oh I like the planning drama, that is my favorite part! I think I could plan multiple trips to Disney every year even if they didn't happen. I just love the planning.

Congratulations on increasing your days!!!! That is awesome!! And what a deal on FD!!!!!

It's a great deal I think! I'm very happy.

Yeah for free dining. Your reasoning is superb and I'll have to try it on my husband. I've been dropping hints about next September. I've secretly booked Sept 29th to Oct 8th at Pop with the free QSDP hoping I can convince him by then. I know I can always cancel and get my deposit back if all else fails.

That's right, you can always get that deposit back. I love going in September and I think you'd be there for food & wine, right?

 

[Lady Lallie]

YayFor more Disney and free dining. We got ours booked for December and the free dinings. Mom wants me to talk my boss into letting me leave the 15th instead of the 17th

Oh, I think you should absolutely talk your boss into letting you leave early!

Congrats on adding nights and free dining!

Thanks!!

Yay more nights! From a person that is never ready to go home, I can't think of anything better than adding time to a trip!

I'm pretty darn excited about the extra time.

Yay for free dining and adding more time at Disney! I'm so trying to figure out a way to convince my DH to go for a weekend in December, maybe free dining will help...

There you go!! Price out a trip and mention it, see what happens.

Free Dining day is a magical day, isn't it??? I'm SO excited for you guys, how fun that you were able to extend your trip!!!

It truly is a magical day, filled with pixie dust and free corn dog nuggets!!

How wonderful that you get to go for more days with free dinig to boot!

I know how excited you are, we added two days a couple of months back & we have free dining!

Yahooo for free dining!!!

We are missing you by exactly ONE day! Bummer! But I'm SO excited you guys got the free dining. It doesn't work with our dates, but we're holding out for a room-only discount. I was laughing to myself all through the story. I especially liked "I think that is a fine deal wife, let's book it."



My boyfriend, Charles (or Chuckles, whichever you prefer...hmmm...if I do a PTR I think he's gonna go by Chuckles), is OBSESSED with Dexter. I unfortunately don't have the patience to catch up on the previous seasons so he always tells me about it.

BUMMER that we are missing each other by one day. Oy!! I think that was my favorite line too.

Oh, I'm telling you. Dexter is AHHHHHHMAZING. I really love that show.

Awesome news!! Good for you!! What a nice long trip you'll have!!

It will be a long trip, I'm excited about that. I can't wait to actually be there.

Free dining and extending your stay... YAY for that!