Help a broke college student plan!!!

[kandeebunny]

Well I am planning to take my mom and either my DBF or my best friend to Disney for X-mas! I am torn though, I am trying to do this on a budget because I am a broke college student! I have 2 sets of reservations at the moment, deciding which to keep, I have it for SoG for $102 a night and for POFQ for $119 a night. Here's my delimma, DBF eats a LOT (typical boy!) and Mom and I usually split meals, but I was thinking about doing the dining plan so everything is paid for up front and I don't have to worry about $ (aside from breakfast) when I am there, but I don't know if it will really be useful for us. Like I said my mom and I usually split meals including CS so we could probably eat almost all our meals without any out of pocket expense. Can we split meals on the dining plan and save the TS credits for somewhere like hoop-dee-doo? I am planning on booking through AAA to get a discount on everything...can I use my disney rewards dollars from my visa to pay them for the trip??? Any suggestions on how to save $ while going if I don't do a package? Like I said DBF eats a lot, and I don't want to limit his choices.

Thanks!

 

[Ermadine]

We just came back from a 5 night stay a couple of weeks ago, and we had the dining plan. However, we did not have it for my 2 year old (technically he doesnt count). We were able to split meals between my 4 yr old and the 2 yr old, and was never given a problem once.

You will get ALOT of food with the dinning plan. Since the tip is based on your total bill, the waiters go to great lengths to make sure you get everything you can. Actually had a waitress tell me we werent taking advantage of the plan because we ordered plain hamburgers for our sit-down meal.