Help me out - Best deal when traveling twice in a year?

[KampKirby]

Just right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip...

My DH and I have birthdays a week apart in January, and our 10th anniversary is in May. We've ALWAYS wanted to take a Disney trip the week between our birthdays, but with law school, then work, then kids, it never really worked out. Last January we decided 2014 was OUR YEAR. We scrimped, saved, couponed, and paid off our trip this summer. We are SO excited to be heading out in less than three weeks!

So in August, my sister announces her dream Disney wedding is happening in April 2014. She tells us this two weeks after I pay off the mouse. We debated moving our trip, but by then we had ADRs and lots of plans and really, this is our last year to do this before our older son starts school.

We obviously really want to go to the wedding, but I'm having trouble justifying and paying for two big trips so close together. It will either be me taking a $200 roundtrip red-eye flight, crashing in my parents' room for the rehearsal night, and flying right back out after the wedding, or all of us going - and this mommy has a really hard time imagining going to Disney without my kiddos!

We need to make the second trip cheaaaaaaap. Hence this post - help me out, please! Pretty please!

We are doing stay/play/dine for the Jan. trip. Does anyone know if we can upgrade our 7 day tickets to APs on that deal? If so, how much that might cost?

It looks like the current bounceback has 25% off value resorts for the April dates we'd need. Do we just have to put the $200 deposit down then, or do we have to pay the whole thing off?

Any other thoughts? We'd like to do four days/three days for the wedding (that way our boys get a day to play before and a day after all the fancy stuff). In my dreams, I'd like it to be $800 or less for room/tickets. Gas from our home in north Alabama is cheap so we aren't factoring travel in.

TIA for any and all ideas!

 

[ms1031]

If you don't already have one, a Disney Visa would be awesome for you at this time.

http://disneyrewards.com/apply/disn...demark_Exact&gclid=CKCVnczQ0bsCFclcMgodQAIAoQ

There is currently a promotion for the Premier card that gives you $200 credit after your first $500 spent in the first 3 months. The $49 fee would come out of that, so you'd actually be getting $151.00, but you could definately use the Disney Visa to upgrade your January tickets to AP's. Then you'd also get 6 months to pay off the Disney purchase with no interest!

 

[Ofinn]

Just right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip...

My DH and I have birthdays a week apart in January, and our 10th anniversary is in May. We've ALWAYS wanted to take a Disney trip the week between our birthdays, but with law school, then work, then kids, it never really worked out. Last January we decided 2014 was OUR YEAR. We scrimped, saved, couponed, and paid off our trip this summer. We are SO excited to be heading out in less than three weeks!

So in August, my sister announces her dream Disney wedding is happening in April 2014. She tells us this two weeks after I pay off the mouse. We debated moving our trip, but by then we had ADRs and lots of plans and really, this is our last year to do this before our older son starts school.

We obviously really want to go to the wedding, but I'm having trouble justifying and paying for two big trips so close together. It will either be me taking a $200 roundtrip red-eye flight, crashing in my parents' room for the rehearsal night, and flying right back out after the wedding, or all of us going - and this mommy has a really hard time imagining going to Disney without my kiddos!

We need to make the second trip cheaaaaaaap. Hence this post - help me out, please! Pretty please!

We are doing stay/play/dine for the Jan. trip. Does anyone know if we can upgrade our 7 day tickets to APs on that deal? If so, how much that might cost?

It looks like the current bounceback has 25% off value resorts for the April dates we'd need. Do we just have to put the $200 deposit down then, or do we have to pay the whole thing off?

Any other thoughts? We'd like to do four days/three days for the wedding (that way our boys get a day to play before and a day after all the fancy stuff). In my dreams, I'd like it to be $800 or less for room/tickets. Gas from our home in north Alabama is cheap so we aren't factoring travel in.

TIA for any and all ideas!

Yes you can upgrade your tickets to AP's. Book a room only. You only need to put the deposit down on the first night. The balance can be paid at check in. PP mentioned a Disney Visa. I'm pretty sure that the 0% financing is only good on WDW packages(not room only reservations, tickets, AP's), Adventure by Disney, and DCL cruises. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me.

 

[wreckdiva]

Perhaps check into a ten day(or how ever many extra days you need) no expiration tix? Maybe the way to go for the balance of days and book the RO BB offer while your there?

 

[wendybeth75]

I did some research on this as we are doing 2 trips next year ourselves. It would seem that once you do 11 nights the AP is the way to go. Don't forget you also save 10% on shopping, some restaurants, and room discounts. (for spring AP is about 5% better than RO.
10 days with PH is $423.87 USD that includes tax (non discounted on WDW site)
10 day PH no expire is $ 723.95 via Undercover Tourist
An AP is $648.59 USD