princessmomma said:
I don't think your information/calculations are correct. Check this out, from
http://www.touringplans.com/MYWDining.html
For guests ages 10 and up, the price is around $39.03 per adult, per night, and $11.15 per child ages 3-9, with 11.5% tax included. Children under 3 eat free.
Is this information incorrect?
This is also from the site you directed me to (which is slightly different from the highlighted info in your post taken from the same site):
"
The plan costs $39.55 for adults and $11.30 for children staying at the All Star Resorts, as the county they're in uses a higher tax rate of 13%. Oddly, the plan is taxed at the resort rate of 11.5 to 13%, while food in the restaurants is charged at 6.5%. "
With all due respect to that sites owner(s),
no, the info is
not correct. I noticed it was last updated in 1/05. Given that the program was so new at that juncture, perhaps there was conflicting information being bandied about
and posted. Consider this: why would you pay resort tax for food??If you went to the parks without a meal plan, would you pay anything more than sales tax??
WDW will give you the pat answer of we do not provide breakdowns, it is a package price, which is pretty silly, because the component prices are set costs and publicized. Rack rate (or the AAA discount) is what it is. WDW Reservations happily quotes $35/day for [adult] meal plan and will indeed tell you it includes tax & gratuity. Ticket prices + options are set. The only weird variable is that Pop Century, which is in Orange Cty, is charged Osceola resort tax rates in order to level the playing field with the other AS value resorts on the packages (i.e., not on room only stays)--and this is per WDW. (Since I'm staying at Pop, am not particularly thrilled to hear that, but I do understand the marketing.)
The docs I received from AAA likewise do not indicate a breakdown. I did not even bother to ask my agent, as she would probably be like the deer in the headlights, plus I knew I could puzzle it out on my own, not rocket science!
My complete package = $1,418.51
I have AAA rate, which is (for this season (regular) and this level of resort (value) = 15%); AAA only discounts on room; the meal plan and park tickets are what they are. (Incidentally, the AAA savings amounted to an extra night for me, so people shouldnt think its not worthwhile!)
rack rate room at $99 x 9 nights = $891.00
less 15% AAA discount ($133.65) = $757.35
resort tax (includes sales tax) @ 13% (5 + 1 and 6+1) = $98.45
x 9 nights =
$855.80
meal plan inclusive of sales tax
9 nights @ $35 =
$315.00
10 day park hopper ticket = $232.00
sales tax (6.5%) = 15.08
Total for tickets =
$247.08
TOTAL $1417.88
(okay shoot me, Im $.63 off, but am pretty sure its resulting from having to back into the park tickets on the website
too much minutae to explain)
If I plugged in the price per day ($39.55) that site is listing, my meal plan would amount to $355.95 ($39.55 x 9 nights); if that was accurate, my overall package price would be $1458.83--and it is
not, as Ive paid $1418.51.
Hope this helps make it a little more clear!
TT
) that some are 'saving' their meals by sharing and then using the saved ones for the signature meals, which require 2 tickets from the 'bank'. but you can't save counter and make it a table can you??? i'm assuming it has to stay in the same catergory-- snack, counter, table-- correct?
