Please help this "Mousesaver" go to UO and IoA!

ksoehrlein

Once (and Future?) CM
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OK, former WDW CM here. Lots of experience doing those parks on a budget, and I HATE the idea of spending money on completely worthless stuff. I view blowing the vacation budget as a rookie's mistake and pride myself on making relatively frugal choices while still having a great time at WDW.

But enough about my background. Now that we're planning 2 days at UO/IoA, I feel like a total newbie! Please help me stretch my Universal dollar.

So far, I'm leaning heavily toward the Ticketmaster 2-day, 2-park deal (71.36 per adult, $59.65 per child). Any better deals out there for seeing both parks in 2 days?

We're staying at OKW on DVC points, so no FOTL onsite guest access for us -- unless it's worth it to buy it in mid-October. What do you think?

What about the meal deal? WDWinfo's UO/IoA page doesn't recommend it, but what do you experts think? "We" are a big-eater DH, eat-small-things-throughout-the-day DW, and eat-like-a-bird 4-yo DS and 7-yo DD. Would we need to buy 4 sipper cups, or can we share 2 or 3 cups? Given our eating styles, would it be a good deal for all 4 of us? If so, should we do the 2-park option that includes a CityWalk meal?

And on that note, is CityWalk admission included in the Ticketmaster offer?

Thanks in advance for your help!
 
Lots of ways to save money. Only buy two meals and have the kids share. The portions are always huge. One refillable mug. I think that would be cheaper than the meal deal. I don't find food prices that terribly high at the parks. A meal at Enchanted Oak is plenty big enough to feed an adult and a little kid. Bring along your AAA card. You get 10% off of almost everything.

Go early and avoid the need to purchase express passes. Do the rides in the morning and the shows once the crowds show up.

Citywalk is always free unless you are going to the clubs.
 











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