It's difficult to decide how to plan a WDW trip "my way".

[ncbyrne]

With all the new options, I'm having a hard time figuring out what tickets to purchase for our next trip (2 adults, 8 nights Oct 15-23) For the most part, DH and I are one park/one day commandos...sometimes one day spent at TL, and occasionally, PI. And we will sometimes hop to Epcot WS for an evening meal. Clearly the new 7 day base ticket is the best bargain. But, adding a "hopper" feature adds $35 pp, and 5 plus features are an additional $45. I don't know if I want to spend $70 to be able to hop once - and $90 to MAYBE go to TL and/or PI. 5 plus features seems like an awful lot on a 7 day ticket, when you can only purchase week long packages (and now we can't even give away the extra options with the new finger scan entry) On an 8 day trip, with 7 days in the parks, this is a difficult decision. The new tickets say "my way", but factoring in the added costs and time constraints, sure makes it prohibitive.
We definitely want to get the new dining option (I've researched this and clearly a $ saver for DH and me), but that means we must book a package. So, another question is, if we book thru Dreams Unlimited, can we get the discounted ticket rates advertised here on the DIS?
This "my way" business sure is making me crazy! What to do, what to do?

 

[Traveliz]

Get the number of days you want for the parks...I think if you are going to plan on hopping at least twice you should get the hopping feature - but don't add on the pluses - just buy those as needed - single day tickets at the water park or PI...or you could not hop and plan on going to PI every night - get the ticket there where you can add on the next 5 nights for 5.00.

Good luck planning.

Liz