Lesley Wake
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(I apologize in advance for the length)
So, I'm in a dilemma with my trip coming up in September. It is with me and my sister; I am paying the entire room cost, she is paying for her tickets and food.
The initial plan was to go with POR with free dining and 8-day Park Hoppers. But when the deal came out the cheapest room available was River View which wasn't worth it to me. I booked a room but was still looking for cheaper rooms.
When Room-Only discounts came out, there was a 20% off for POFQ, which worked out to be a better deal than the POR-FD. So I had booked that one. Because it was room-only, we were going to get my sister's ticket from UT. And because I already had a Signature DLR AP, once we considered discounts and free Memory Maker, it made sense to upgrade to a Premier AP. We also decided not to get Dining Plan with that because it wouldn't have saved us money.
This weekend I decided to bite the bullet and commit to one of the bookings. I went with POFQ. I also went to DLR and upgraded to the Premier pass.
NOW, this morning, they released more rooms for FD. Including a pool view for POR which does make financial sense! In theory, it would have saved me about $300 over the POFQ booking, even including upgrading to the DDP from QSDP. I would have used that ticket to upgrade to a Premier AP so we still would have had merchandise discounts and free MM. BUT, because I already did the upgrade, the ticket I would need to get for the FD booking would just be sitting in my account. For tickets I would need to either get another 8-day PH to match my sister or two shorter length tickets, which would both be sitting collecting dust (I know my sister could always upgrade a shorter length ticket but that would mean we couldn't get 60-day FPs for every day we will be at the parks).
So, now I have 2 options:
1) Stick with POFQ. Still get the UT ticket for my sister. Still pay for food OOP (w/AP discount where applicable). Total cost to me (minus AP): approx $2520. Total cost to sister: $1060.
2) Switch to POR with FD and upgrade to DDP. Buy an 8-day from UT for my sister. Meanwhile get 2 spare 4-day PHs with the FD deal (I would want the ability to get advance FPs for each park; probably the nearest time I would return would be at Christmas 2018 and I don't know who (if anyone) would accompany me; I would most likely end up with the value of one or more tickets just sitting in my account in the future). Total cost to me: Now-$2270, Future Ticket Value-$950, Total: $3220; Total cost to my sister: $690.
So, is it worth the extra $700 now to have $950 in ticket value in my account? I don't know when my next trip would be.
Argh, I just wish that a) the extra rooms have been available last week, or b) I hadn't insisted on upgrading my AP this weekend!
So, I'm in a dilemma with my trip coming up in September. It is with me and my sister; I am paying the entire room cost, she is paying for her tickets and food.
The initial plan was to go with POR with free dining and 8-day Park Hoppers. But when the deal came out the cheapest room available was River View which wasn't worth it to me. I booked a room but was still looking for cheaper rooms.
When Room-Only discounts came out, there was a 20% off for POFQ, which worked out to be a better deal than the POR-FD. So I had booked that one. Because it was room-only, we were going to get my sister's ticket from UT. And because I already had a Signature DLR AP, once we considered discounts and free Memory Maker, it made sense to upgrade to a Premier AP. We also decided not to get Dining Plan with that because it wouldn't have saved us money.
This weekend I decided to bite the bullet and commit to one of the bookings. I went with POFQ. I also went to DLR and upgraded to the Premier pass.
NOW, this morning, they released more rooms for FD. Including a pool view for POR which does make financial sense! In theory, it would have saved me about $300 over the POFQ booking, even including upgrading to the DDP from QSDP. I would have used that ticket to upgrade to a Premier AP so we still would have had merchandise discounts and free MM. BUT, because I already did the upgrade, the ticket I would need to get for the FD booking would just be sitting in my account. For tickets I would need to either get another 8-day PH to match my sister or two shorter length tickets, which would both be sitting collecting dust (I know my sister could always upgrade a shorter length ticket but that would mean we couldn't get 60-day FPs for every day we will be at the parks).
So, now I have 2 options:
1) Stick with POFQ. Still get the UT ticket for my sister. Still pay for food OOP (w/AP discount where applicable). Total cost to me (minus AP): approx $2520. Total cost to sister: $1060.
2) Switch to POR with FD and upgrade to DDP. Buy an 8-day from UT for my sister. Meanwhile get 2 spare 4-day PHs with the FD deal (I would want the ability to get advance FPs for each park; probably the nearest time I would return would be at Christmas 2018 and I don't know who (if anyone) would accompany me; I would most likely end up with the value of one or more tickets just sitting in my account in the future). Total cost to me: Now-$2270, Future Ticket Value-$950, Total: $3220; Total cost to my sister: $690.
So, is it worth the extra $700 now to have $950 in ticket value in my account? I don't know when my next trip would be.
Argh, I just wish that a) the extra rooms have been available last week, or b) I hadn't insisted on upgrading my AP this weekend!
