Switching resorts, tickets, & DP questions

[jennz]

Hello fellow DVC planners! For some reason I have "planners block" and I need your help!

The situation: we're going in October w/friends and using our points to stay at OKW 10/23-27 (Mon - Fri) checking out Friday. We don't have enough points left to "pay" for our 2 bedrooms for the weekend and the cash price I was quoted was $657/night. So...we'll be staying elsewhere Friday night and possible Saturday night.

The questions:
1. Tickets - we've always either had an AP or bought the package where the tickets are included and good from check-in through check-out...can we do something like that even though we're changing resorts?

2. Dining Plan - first time we want to use it...can it be good the length of the stay or is tied to the room ressies?

Thanks for your help! I can't get my mind around these questions, for some reason, and I can't decide where to stay our other nights.

 

[dianeschlicht]

With the $100 discount of the APs, I'd go that route again. The dining plan would be able to be purchased for the nights you are staying on-site.

 

[Deb & Bill]

You can purchase tickets for as long as you want with no discount (up to 10 days) or buy an AP. If you are staying at DVC, you can get the dining plan for whatever it costs for the number of nights you are staying in your villa. 7 nights, 7 days/nights worth of meals which expire on midnight of the day you checkout of your villa. If you stay elsewhere at Disney (non-DVC, not on points), you must also buy tickets with your rack rate room to get the dining package.

 

[jennz]

Thanks!