What's my best bet?

[AndreaDM]

Ok, we are staying at AKL Aug. 7-12, that much we know. We are currently booked standard room, free dining. I would love to stay CL, but of course it's more expensive and IMO not really needed with the DDP. With FD we also need to purchase at least 2 day tix (we want 5 day). So, I've been playing around with the room only discount and letting FD go and then getting tix through the YES program. Here are the numbers I've come up with - there are just so many pros and cons to each scenario. I should mention this is based on 2 adults and an 8 year old. Our 17 year old might come, but as of yesterday hated my guts and couldn't wait to move out so who know's where we'll be by the time we go.

Standard Room, free dining, 5 day tix (no hoppers) = 2198

CL Room, free dining, 5 day tix (no hoppers) = 2848

Standard Room, no DDP, 5 day tix (with hoppers) = 1605

CL Room, no DDP, 5 day tix (with hoppers) = 2090

I love the idea of free dining ( had it back in 2007 with apps and tips included), but we are big dessert eaters and usually have a beer or glass of wine with dinner instead of soda, so would we better off just paying OOP and taking the room discount and YES tickets?

 

[disney*mom*82]

Im assuming you just priced this for 2ad, 1 ch, since you arent sure about dd17? (I might of missed that though) Ide do the free DDP, I LOVE the DDP and it is so much easier and I personally feel like we are not worried about trying to save money, be cheaper, etc. I like to be able to say get what you want and its covered. But, thats me. I wouldnt worry about CL, how much time do you actually spend in the room? If you are anything like us, we sleep and shower in there, thats about it so I wouldnt feel like it is worth the extra couple hundred for a fancier room, spend that money elsewhere.

 

[mousiemom]

i'm a fan of the fd!! when i book the package, i get the 2 base tickets and when i arrive upgrade to a 5 day.