Prices on the 4/3 deal? worth it?

[Babyboo]

To The OP :-

If you are planning to go at a time when the 4/3 deal is valid, then you'd be crazy not to book the offer. If you are looking against other discounts / codes / offers then you would have to compare them to work out if it's a good deal for you.

To give you an idea of the savings that can be made, we have a MK View Tower room booked at the Contemporay for 7 nights at easter 04/11 - 04/18, 7 days hopper tickets and dining for 2ad and 1ch (6yrs). The rack rate for this just over $6k we are paying $3,800 with the 4/3 offer, thats a saving of $2,200. Now we were going on those dates anyway so it worked great for us.

I don't think there is any doubt it's a good offer if it fits in with your plans, but once you compare it to other offers at different times of the year only you can work out if it's the best offer for you.

 

[Disneylvr]

We have always wanted to go during Spring Break but that is usually a more expensive time to visit WDW. The 4/3 deal made it affordable for us so YES it is worth it! I personally do not want to go during the historical free dining time (I know in 2008 it was extended) when it is incredibly hot, rainy and possible hurricane risk.

 

[polineedyan]

i got 2 rooms, 1 adult 2 kids in each room..each package was 1100. i dont think 2 rooms, tickets for 6 for seven days at 2200 is bad at all..id say its a deal..4/3 rocks

 

[tzolkin]

I guess I don't understand why you are doing the dining plan if you have a budget. Do you really need to eat a TS & CS meal every day? Your DD10 also counts as an adult, so if she's not going to eat the adult meals I think you would be losing money there anyway.

We bought groceries and ate a lot of snacks during our trip. We were there for 9 days with 5 people (kids 9, 4, 2) and we spent under $400 for food the whole trip. I believe the dining plan would have been $130 per day plus tips. We didn't do any TS, but we had a wonderful trip. (And no one went hungry )

If you must have the dining plan than free dining may be a better deal for you, but you will be paying regular price for the room and tickets.

 

[PrincessMom4]

tzolkin...$400??...HOW?? We have 6 people and our two youngest eat like "1" whole person...I mean it depends on each family because I know we could do the trip a lot cheaper but we want the meals out and not cook ourselves. I mean this will be our third trip and YES we will be really budgeting.

 

[Lou-Ann]

I am so glad you cleared up the no kids thing as i called yesterday for two adults and was offered the 4/7 deal for the two of us at less than if I paid for room only for 7 days. How they figure this, is beyond me, but it is a definate savings...

 

[JamesB]

We found the 4/3 deal a great savings. We are staying at AKL and are saving give or take $1200. Since we paid disney prior to the 4/3 deal we ended up going for the deluxe dining and now all of our meals are taken care of. the 4/3 deal pretty much gave us free deluxe dining and made me do the .

 

[tzolkin]

tzolkin...$400??...HOW?? We have 6 people and our two youngest eat like "1" whole person...I mean it depends on each family because I know we could do the trip a lot cheaper but we want the meals out and not cook ourselves. I mean this will be our third trip and YES we will be really budgeting.

It certainly wouldn't work for everyone. We were hot and our kids are young, so we prefered to "snack" more than eat. We did not cook anything.

We ate breakfast in the room (mostly bagels, cereal, and fruit) and packed a bunch of snacks in our backpack (pb&js cut into dino shapes, carrots, whole apples, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, pretzels-- not everything, we alternated a few snacks each time we left the room). We went back to the hotel every day to nap and we had cheese and things to snack on as well. When in the parks we would get a few CS meals here and there and share. We also got a large pizza two nights from the food court at POP (around $15). We ate a normal amount of food, but we were snacking throughout the day instead of eating full meals. Basically if we felt like a piece of fruit, we ate it. If we felt like chicken tenders we got two orders and split them. A few hours later we might want a sandwich and salad from Sunshine Seasons. We used hydration backpacks and only drank water in the parks. We had soda, milk, and juice in the room.

about $150 on groceries and $244 on food in the parks/resort. We did not limit ourselves to a certain amount or deny anyone food. We just ate what/when we felt like it. I did keep receipts and added them up after we got home.

 

[PrincessMom4]

We are saving about $1100US. Our package has the Dining Plan on it too plus we got a free gift card