Three week stay kinda split, how to work tickets?

[bdoyledimou]

Looking for the pros' advice here..

Here are the players:

Me, DS 12, DD 10, SO, MIL, and Nephew 8 were planning a two week trip to the world.

Due to an unfortunate scheduling conflict DS and DD won't be able to make it during the first week.

We had originally set up our reservations so that the nephew's birthday would be the first full day there, a really magical birthday! But now MY kids can't be there on his birthday date (and will be arriving a week later).

They were promised a two week vacation at disney (they even gave up christmas presents for the extra week stay-- not really, they agreed to it and wernt expecting it but got them anyway) and nephew is really looking forward to his birthday at Disney.

So SO and I have decided instead of 2 weeks, we will do 3!

We will still go to Magic Kingdom on Nephews birthday, but it will just be 4 of us. We will then spend the next week touring Florida (the east coast/west coast/Cape Canaveral rest days) until my kids show up.. BUT..

How do we work out our tickets?

we need the 10 day passes for 6 of us for the last two weeks, and then 4 one day tickets for Nephews Birthday. Unfortunatly, WDW doesn't have 21 day ticekts..

We could go non expiry on the 10 days, but that adds $800 to our costs.
We could just buy 1 day passes, but that costs $400 just for the one day.
We could get a few Annual passes and totally forgo the tickets, but doubt if we will use them past this trip (although you never know)..


What do the experts have to say.. which way should we go?






So what we have decided to do is

 

[mom2aidanNpiper]

What about doing the Give a day, get a Disney day just for those one day passes?

We are doing that- similar situation for us (kinda) we are in WDW for 2 days before our 4 day Disney cruise, then for a week after. Well because Disney books things seperately, we won't get our park passes until we check in for the week stay after our cruise. And no way are we going to shell out the money for the one day! So we are volunteering and getting either passes (if we decide to go to a park one of those days befoer the cruise instead of DTD) or do the trade in for fast passes. Either way it works!

 

[bdoyledimou]

What about doing the Give a day, get a Disney day just for those one day passes?

We are doing that- similar situation for us (kinda) we are in WDW for 2 days before our 4 day Disney cruise, then for a week after. Well because Disney books things seperately, we won't get our park passes until we check in for the week stay after our cruise. And no way are we going to shell out the money for the one day! So we are volunteering and getting either passes (if we decide to go to a park one of those days befoer the cruise instead of DTD) or do the trade in for fast passes. Either way it works!

We have considered that, but the only items available in our area (currently anyway) are during the week and business hours (i am in Canada -- not as many Oppertunities in my neck of the woods)

 

[mom2aidanNpiper]

When you go to the Give a day link on DW site- type in 02335 as the zip (found this out from another DIS board topic). There is a link for US and one for Canada to make handmade blankets. You sign up and get a toolkit via e-mail. It gives you instructions on how to make blankets (no sew fleece ones, or patterns if you crochet). Then you mail them in after completion. Make sure you take pics of the family working on it. And there are special things the little kids can do

We donate through them a lot anyways because my son was in the NICU for months when he was born and got a blanket donated from them, so I've given back a lot. It's a great organization. The park tix are just a bonus!!!

Hope that helps?