Package vs. Not

[wdwconvert]

Newbie question. Have you found it more economical to purchase a MYW plus dining package or just to get a room, buying meals and tickets separately? Any advice from the more experienced is greatly appreciated.

 

[siouxi31]

I have always purchased them separately but am not sure this is the way to go.

My husband and I have an annual pass so we get the room under the AP code.

We purchase tickets for our kids through mousesavers.com link and have found this to be the cheapest deal. Really it's only a few dollars cheaper.

I have never been part of the meal plan only because it wouldn't make sense for us. My daughter is vegan and it's a chore ordering meals for her so we visit a local grocery store for her, and the rest of us have only one main meal a day, snack in the morning or evening. I believe there are others who like the no-fuss of having a meal plan knowing that all of your meals are included.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do. Hopefully someone with meal experience will respond.

 

[breezy1077]

You really have to just sit down and do the math. When I did that, there is almost no diff. to book tickets and room together vs. separately.

 

[pepe of ohio]

We've been to WDW 40 times and never have booked a package. We've done the math and prefer to accept the room only discount with either the AAA or AP discount. If we do not have AP's we just purchase tickets we need for our stay at the gate, no big saving anywhere to be had. We do not care for the dining papckage, we don't like being tied down to ADR's and never eat 3 meals a day while in WDW, most of the time, meals are so huge, wife and I will split everything and have room for an odd dessert now and then and we do a grocery stop enroute and like having a pool picnic most every day for lunch. Our stays are 10-12 nights and we still don't have time to use the water parks so getting a package with water park tickets is a waste, again we prefer our resort, we stay deluxe and the themed pools there are enough for us. So you can see, all we need for our stay is the room and tickets everything else we just pay out of pocket but rarely have to since that all we need, might say we're budgeted but we enjoy most everything and I'ld rather call us thrifty, don't want to pay for things we'll never use and the room discount we get for room only makes our stays longer, that is the secret for us, more time on property makes for an entirely relaxing stay plus we like the MK resorts for closeness and convenience.