How to save money?

[SugarGirl]

Hi, have any of you gotten Disney tickets through the web site Tickets At Work and then gotten your room, memory maker and dinning plan through Disney?

 

[NewRVLady]

IMO-the Dining plan is an EXTRA....not something a budget minded person does
You can eat breakfast on the cheap in ur room, pizza one meal-burgers the next to do WDW on the cheap

I ALWAYS wait for a discount code -room only

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

I agree that the dining plan is generally not going to save you money. DH and I went 2 years ago on the deluxe dining plan (we like TS meals) and it was just so much food. We went again earlier this month without a dining plan, ate at more signature restaurants than our last trip and for more days, but spent less overall because we often skipped appetizers or desserts or split one between us. Thinking back, I have no idea how we ate as much as we did last trip.

 

[mrsp1030]

Tickets at Work prices are not the best deal out there by far....

 

[edk35]

I would NOT do the dining plan. I feel like it's a lot of wasted food. Also, try getting your tickets from Undercover Tourist. It's a small discount and better than paying gate prices.

 

[Marionnette]

Hi, have any of you gotten Disney tickets through the web site Tickets At Work and then gotten your room, memory maker and dinning plan through Disney?

Tickets At Work is an authorized ticket seller. Your link for accessing it will determine how good your discount will be. They don't have the same discount for everyone, so no one can tell you that it is or is not a better source than some others.

Memory Maker is a separate product that you can purchase even if you are staying offsite. It's not like the dining plans, which require you to stay onsite to purchase it.

There is a "ticketless" package that you can book with Disney but you cannot do it online. You have to call and it's quite possible that you will get a CM who doesn't know what you are talking about. A ticketless package is room + dining plan. It was designed to allow AP holders to purchase the dining plans when staying onsite.

Now, whether the dining plans are worth the cost would be an entirely different question. That's something that everyone needs to do the math on for themselves. I'm not a fan of it because it doesn't fit the way that we dine. But you might do a lot of character dining or you might like the idea of not worrying about prices when you sit down to eat.

 

[5kidsmommy]

It's really important to not just look at the dining plan as a total cost but to see if it's how you eat. We do not usually get drinks or desserts with our meals, the dining plan includes those. We also don't usually like to do a ts meal more than once or twice per trip. Honestly even with the QS plan it's cheaper for us to pay out of pocket, we get free water with our meals and don't do dessert but we do budget one snack per person everyday and we always eat one meal in our room.