Help me understand the YES program

[ann marie27]

Trying to find a way to afford a WDW trip for myself and DD & DS (twins-12yr). Looking into whether free dining would be less $$ or if buying our tix under the YES program is the better choice. But before I start doing all the math... am I able to chaperone both my children in YES program @ the same time or is it an adult per child? I'm a single Mom and this would be impossible so don't want to do the research if I cannot.
Also if anyone knows from their own research and would share which works out as a better value.....that would be great! Planning 4 or 5 days, All Star Sports or Pop during school holidays in Sept, because their 13th B-day is at the end of thta month. Otherwise early 2013 at the new Art of Animation.
Thanks so much...this site is so helpful.

 

[tzolkin]

Trying to find a way to afford a WDW trip for myself and DD & DS (twins-12yr). Looking into whether free dining would be less $$ or if buying our tix under the YES program is the better choice. But before I start doing all the math... am I able to chaperone both my children in YES program @ the same time or is it an adult per child? I'm a single Mom and this would be impossible so don't want to do the research if I cannot.
Also if anyone knows from their own research and would share which works out as a better value.....that would be great! Planning 4 or 5 days, All Star Sports or Pop during school holidays in Sept, because their 13th B-day is at the end of thta month. Otherwise early 2013 at the new Art of Animation.
Thanks so much...this site is so helpful.

Actually, if you register two children together for the same class you are only allowed one adult chaperone so the YES program would work out great for you.


As for the ticket vs. dining plan savings. In your situation with 3 "adults" at $45 each/night the dining plan would be worth more money than the ticket savings. But that doesn't mean that free dining would work out to be the cheapest option for you

If you do the YES tickets you will also be able to take advantage of any room-only discounts (if available) during your dates (have to pay rack rate to get free dining). Also you may find that by purchasing only what you actually want to eat/sharing/brining your own snacks you will likely spend much less on food than what the cost of the dining plan would have been.

For our family, not doing free dining is actually going to be significantly cheaper.

Ex. ***Disney website currently down, I'll come back to edit with the price difference.