December 15th Y.E.S. Group; Class meeting location posted on page 13!

[hsmamato2]

sounds great! MK anything is all good according to my kids!

 

[disney-super-mom]

Hi again.

I wanted to give an update on our student list so far:

3rd grader - me
3rd grader - me
5th grader - me
7th grader - me
11th grader - me
4th grader - hopeandtink
5th grader - hopeandtink
7th grader - hopeandtink
6th grader - hsmamato2
11th grader - hsmamato2
6th grader - brios86
4th grader - TinkerBelle920
7th grader - graygables
9th grader - graygables
10th - rosebud4
10th - rosebud4
3rd grader - Debbie
3rd grader - Debbie

There's still a little time to join our class before I take everyone's ticket orders, so don't be shy......SIGN UP AND JOIN US!

 

[disney-super-mom]

sounds great! MK anything is all good according to my kids!

You have SMART kids!

 

[brios86]

We have the Fantasmic package on that day and we may not be doing park hoppers... (adds up when 9 people are going!) I am calling now to see if I can get it for the 13th...

 

[brios86]

There's nothing else available... but since we are not on the dining plan and paying OOP, I'm sure most people will be happy to skip the table service and save some money My husband has been wanting to check out Pizza Planet.

 

[briabbysmom]

I am interested with my daughters gr 5 & 9 (in Sept) We dh, me and dds are booked for Dec 10-17. I had hoped for open enrollment but would love to know more about this!!

How does this affect existing reservations with tickets/free dining etc?

Thank you!!

 

[disney-super-mom]

There's nothing else available... but since we are not on the dining plan and paying OOP, I'm sure most people will be happy to skip the table service and save some money My husband has been wanting to check out Pizza Planet.

LOL! Well, saving money is always a good thing.

I am interested with my daughters gr 5 & 9 (in Sept) We dh, me and dds are booked for Dec 10-17. I had hoped for open enrollment but would love to know more about this!!

How does this affect existing reservations with tickets/free dining etc?

Thank you!!

Hi briabbysmom, and welcome!

If you're part of a Y.E.S group, it would probably save your more to book everything separately, especially if you have a discount code to use for one of the WDW resort hotels. Of course, you'd be paying out-of-pocket for the DDP, but you'd be saving on your hotel and of course on your themepark tickets. You would need to do the math and see which would be more economical for your family.

If you wanted to keep your current package (which already includes your themepark tickets), I believe the cost to participate in the Y.E.S. program is $26 per child.

We'd be thrilled to have your kids join us, and hopefully not only will they have a fun learning experience at the Magic Kingdom, but it could save you a little money too.

 

[briabbysmom]

I think we would just pay for the experience - can we pay for the adults to join as well?

 

[rosebud4]

I have two exceptionally excited teenagers!!! Thanks for getting this group together!

 

[brios86]

I think we would just pay for the experience - can we pay for the adults to join as well?

There can only be one adult per every 5 students, so if everybody (20 including your 2 children) who is interested participates looks like we can have 4 chaperons.

 

[briabbysmom]

Thanks! If one of us (DH or me) can tag along great - we'd love the experience too, if not the girls will be fine together. What great opportunity! It is a 3 hour program right? Also - is this at MK? We had planned this as an Epcot day and we don't have hoppers (we have an Epcot supper ressie) so I will need to do some juggling Of course - the tickets through y.e.s. are much cheaper with a hopper - but I'm not sure about the dining plan still being available.

Thanks for putting this together - I don't want to sound ungrateful or high maintainance - just trying to figure it all out fast! I had looked into it (actually open enrolment) for the experience and to save $ but we've decided we just don't want to give up our dining plan (and I understand to get the free DP or to buy the DP you have to have both tickets and room reservations?) Or is there something I am overlooking? We are booked Dec 10-17 with base tickets and DP at CSR.

We'd love to cut costs, but not the dining plan - I know we won't pay oop to go to the restaurants I have booked with the dp.

 

[brios86]

Thanks! If one of us (DH or me) can tag along great - we'd love the experience too, if not the girls will be fine together. What great opportunity! It is a 3 hour program right? Also - is this at MK? We had planned this as an Epcot day and we don't have hoppers (we have an Epcot supper ressie) so I will need to do some juggling Of course - the tickets through y.e.s. are much cheaper with a hopper - but I'm not sure about the dining plan still being available.

Thanks for putting this together - I don't want to sound ungrateful or high maintainance - just trying to figure it all out fast! I had looked into it (actually open enrolment) for the experience and to save $ but we've decided we just don't want to give up our dining plan (and I understand to get the free DP or to buy the DP you have to have both tickets and room reservations?) Or is there something I am overlooking? We are booked Dec 10-17 with base tickets and DP at CSR.

We'd love to cut costs, but not the dining plan - I know we won't pay oop to go to the restaurants I have booked with the dp.

From what I have read from other threads, you would still have to but MYW tickets to get the free dining. You could just buy the minimum required which is a 2 day pass... that might still save you some money and then you will have tickets to use for another trip...

 

[disney-super-mom]

From what I have read from other threads, you would still have to but MYW tickets to get the free dining. You could just buy the minimum required which is a 2 day pass... that might still save you some money and then you will have tickets to use for another trip...

Yes, great advice!

Is the minimum a 2 day MYW ticket per reservation for them to still get the free dining.....or would she need to buy a 2 day MYW ticket per person in the party?

 

[brios86]

Yes, great advice!

Is the minimum a 2 day MYW ticket per reservation for them to still get the free dining.....or would she need to buy a 2 day MYW ticket per person in the party?

She would have to get the 2 day MYW tickets for each person in her party 3 years old and up.

 

[brios86]

Also as a reminder to everyone who will be purchasing YES tickets... These tickets CANNOT be altered in any way. You cannot add days, add park hopper or add anything else to them. No changes can be made to these tickets. They will only be valid 7 days before and after the class. That would be from December 8 until December 22, 2010. Please make sure this fits your plans before you commit to purchasing any YES tickets.

 

[disney-super-mom]

She would have to get the 2 day MYW tickets for each person in her party 3 years old and up.

I figured that was the case, but thought I'd ask. We've never had the opportunity to get in on free dining, so I wasn't quite sure about the rules.

Also as a reminder to everyone who will be purchasing YES tickets... These tickets CANNOT be altered in any way. You cannot add days, add park hopper or add anything else to them. No changes can be made to these tickets. They will only be valid 7 days before and after the class. That would be from December 8 until December 22, 2010. Please make sure this fits your plans before you commit to purchasing any YES tickets.

This is absolutely correct. I was going to post this in everyone's PMs about ticket orders, but brios86 helped me out and posted it here in the thread. Thanks for posting that!

 

[disney-super-mom]

Good Thursday morning everyone.

I thought I would update our class list. We lost a couple of students due to some scheduling conflicts, but we still have a very good size class.

3rd grader - me
3rd grader - me
5th grader - me
7th grader - me
11th grader - me
4th grader - hopeandtink
5th grader - hopeandtink
7th grader - hopeandtink
6th grader - brios86
4th grader - TinkerBelle920
7th grader - graygables
9th grader - graygables
10th - rosebud4
11th - rosebud4
3rd grader - Debbie
3rd grader - Debbie
5th - briabbysmom
9th - briabbysmom


Anyone else interested in joining us? There's still room for a few more, so jump in and join our merry bunch while you can.

 

[Manda513]

We were hoping to join in but we have 2 adults and 2 kids..the oldest is only in 2nd grade. Thanks for setting this up though!

 

[brios86]

We were hoping to join in but we have 2 adults and 2 kids..the oldest is only in 2nd grade. Thanks for setting this up though!

My son will be in kindergarden. Maybe we can get get 10 young kids and do another class for their age?

 

[CookieGVB]

Is there a deadline to purchase these tickets for this group? I have two older teens - high school seniors.

Thanks