someone better at math than me Please help...

[wahmtexas]

I have WL booked for Sept for 6 night with Free Dining and 7 day no park hopper tickets for $2500
Is the 40% off a better deal for WL?
Will reservations help if there is a better offer if we ask them to price it out for us?

 

[binab]

You'd have to tell us more about your travel party and room type to know for certain. Based on your siggie alone, FD saves a party of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids age 3-9) $108 a night.

The standard double room for the date range I looked at in Sept was $240 a night rack rate, or $144 after 40% off. That's only a savings of $96 a night, so in that case FD is the better deal. So it really depends on your room type, as to which is the better deal.

Hope that helps a little... and happy planning!

 

[wahmtexas]

yes kids are 4 and 7 yrs old, standard WL room
although thinking of upgrading to Deluxe and trying to figure out how that enters into the mix

 

[msjprincess]

You can price it all on on their website

 

[Rachaelt]

Call to price it out. The 40% normally prices better for Deluxe resorts.

 

[HaleyB]

You'd have to tell us more about your travel party and room type to know for certain. Based on your siggie alone, FD saves a party of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids age 3-9) $108 a night.

The standard double room for the date range I looked at in Sept was $240 a night rack rate, or $144 after 40% off. That's only a savings of $96 a night, so in that case FD is the better deal. So it really depends on your room type, as to which is the better deal.

Hope that helps a little... and happy planning!

If it is this close on a standard room then any upgrade to the room will make the 40% off a better deal.
You can also factor in some ticket savings if you buy them from a discount site.

And the free dining is really a false savings. It is only worth its full value as a discount if you would have eaten 7 TS meals w/o it. I know we don't. So really it is only a discount in terms of getting more for the same price, instead of getting the same thing for a lower price.

Think of it like this:
I need sunscreen. It is $9.99. I can either buy one get one free. So I'll have 2 for $9.99. Or I can buy one somewhere else at 40% off, so I'll pay $5.99 for 1. Which is the better deal? If the second sunscreen is more than I need, and will either cause me to waste it by throwing it away at the end of summer or use it twice as fast as normal- is that a savings? For us Free dining is like that, we do not average $100+ a day on food. Or rather on the food the plan would cover. We like appetizers and wine, sometimes in place of a meal. Neither is covered. On the other hand we tend to share deserts or skip them.

 

[HaleyB]

Oh and if you are torn because the DDP sounds fun, which it is. You could always split the resie- 3 or 4 nights Free Dining and the rest room only. We do split resies often and while it is always possible you would have to change rooms, I never have.