Over 5K for 6 nights at Boardwalk w/pin code!! Does this sound right?

[BC]

I got a pin code for free dining and called about the Boardwalk. For 4 adults, I was quoted $5021.36 for waterview & 4346.48 for standard. It is tickets, room & dining. I tried to break it down and if even if we spent $250 a day for food ($1500), bought 6 day hoppers at $275 each ($1100) that would mean we are paying $2421 for 6 nights which breaks down to be $403 per night for the room!! Could we not get the room cheaper than this if we just booked everything separate ourselves? Is there a better deal out there now than the pin code free dining offer?

 

[vicki_c]

Free dining means you pay rack rate for the room and tickets.

Boardwalk rooms range from $335 (standard view during value season) to $640 (water view during holiday season). And the Boardwalk also has other types of rooms as well -- club level, deluxe rooms, garden suites, also DVC studios, and 1, 2 and 3 BR villas).

But depending on your dates, it doesn't sound all that out of line to me.

The dining plan has a set price - $40/adult, $11/child per night of your stay, so that should be easy enough to subtract out of your price. The total of the dining is what your discount is.

edited: 4 adults for 6 nights = $160/night in dining x 6 nights = $960 is your savings. I don't think the free dining is usually a great deal in a deluxe resort vs. a room discount - sometimes you can get room discount around 40% (sometimes). But in this case, a 40% room discount would only save you $804 (based on the cheapest room during value season - $335), so the free dining is a better deal, IF you want the dining plan. You kind of have to crank the numbers yourself for your situation to see what is the best deal.

 

[tarak]

If you're going soon, I also think it sounds right. I plugged in the BW waterview, with the park tickets and dining and the total came to about $6000. If you deduct the dining plan from this you take off about $1000.

 

[TiggerStac]

yup, sounds right to me. our room (granted it's club level deluxe room) is 5001 for 7 nights. but that does not include tickets or anything.... I got 40% off pin, so it's 3k! Much better!

 

[ToyStory]

Go to Disney's website double check. Get a quote for the same package (tickets and room) without dining and it should match that price you got over the phone.