Free dining, military discounts or castmember discounts. What is my best bet?

[Leader of the Club]

Greetings fellow Budgetears!

I am about to book a spring trip for the fam to the Happiest Place on Earth.

I was trying to choose between free dining or finding out what deal there will be for the Military. Well, now my hubby has been offered a part-time gig at the new Disney Outlet store when it opens next month.

Do part-time Disney Store Cast members get WDW discounts? Should I wait to book?

 

[sissy_ib]

Greetings fellow Budgetears!

I am about to book a spring trip for the fam to the Happiest Place on Earth.

I was trying to choose between free dining or finding out what deal there will be for the Military. Well, now my hubby has been offered a part-time gig at the new Disney Outlet store when it opens next month.

Do part-time Disney Store Cast members get WDW discounts? Should I wait to book?

You really need to run the numbers. With FD you have to buy a minimum ticket purchase and pay for the room at rack rate.
With the military discount you don't need a ticket purchase. Are you using the military salute tickets?
I don't know about CM discounts.

A lot of it depends on which level of resort you stay at and how many people are in your group.

 

[Leajess99]

Greetings fellow Budgetears!

I am about to book a spring trip for the fam to the Happiest Place on Earth.

I was trying to choose between free dining or finding out what deal there will be for the Military. Well, now my hubby has been offered a part-time gig at the new Disney Outlet store when it opens next month.

Do part-time Disney Store Cast members get WDW discounts? Should I wait to book?

For us the Military Discount was cheaper than the Free Dining deal by $600 BEFORE even upgrading the 2 day required tickets to the Military Salute Tickets. We don't spend $600 on food in a week even at Disney.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Your best bet is probably the Cast Member 40% to 60% room discount and the basic DDP at about a 40% discount. And either use free tickets or buy them at Company D at 10% discount.