What's the best way to do this?

[CBB]

We are planning a trip early 12/09. There are 4 of us, DH, DD (5), DS (2). We are thinking about a split stay - 3nt moderate, 4nt deluxe to save $$. I will be attending a conference for 3 mornings at the Boardwalk Inn. So the 4nt hotel fee at the Boardwalk will be reimbursed. I'd like to do moderate 1st since it's better to go up and the dates work out better for us. I got a free dining pin and was thrilled. Then I realized that we have to purchase tickets for at least 1 day for each stay in order to get the free dining. Initially I was thinking of booking through AAA for our moderate stay for a cheaper hotel rate without doing the free dining (since I'm not sure DS will sit for 7 TS and it may be easier to pay for QS on our own sometimes), and purchase 7 day park tickets with 2nd half of the trip at the deluxe for 4 days of free dining. I was told that I won't be able to get the tickets until I check in to the Boardwalk which means I will have to purchase park tickets with the 1st part of the trip at the moderate. I read about getting 1 day ticket to use for later but I don't think that we'll ever just spend 1 day at WDW. The CM told me the best way is to get 6 day tickets with our moderate stay, 1 day ticket with Boardwalk and free dining for the whole trip. Is this the cheapest way to do this?

TIA!

 

[pickles]

rent your bw points from a dvc member and get dining without having to buy tickets

or get a room only special deal for the bw stay

or resign yourself that your bw stay will be without dining, free or otherwise

 

[disneyfan55]

We are planning a trip early 12/09. There are 4 of us, DH, DD (5), DS (2). We are thinking about a split stay - 3nt moderate, 4nt deluxe to save $$. I will be attending a conference for 3 mornings at the Boardwalk Inn. So the 4nt hotel fee at the Boardwalk will be reimbursed. I'd like to do moderate 1st since it's better to go up and the dates work out better for us. I got a free dining pin and was thrilled. Then I realized that we have to purchase tickets for at least 1 day for each stay in order to get the free dining. Initially I was thinking of booking through AAA for our moderate stay for a cheaper hotel rate without doing the free dining (since I'm not sure DS will sit for 7 TS and it may be easier to pay for QS on our own sometimes), and purchase 7 day park tickets with 2nd half of the trip at the deluxe for 4 days of free dining. I was told that I won't be able to get the tickets until I check in to the Boardwalk which means I will have to purchase park tickets with the 1st part of the trip at the moderate. I read about getting 1 day ticket to use for later but I don't think that we'll ever just spend 1 day at WDW. The CM told me the best way is to get 6 day tickets with our moderate stay, 1 day ticket with Boardwalk and free dining for the whole trip. Is this the cheapest way to do this?

TIA!

Those 1 day tickets can be used anytime in the future toward the price of a muliday or AP just so you know. That's the catch with the free dining. YOu have to buy that 1 day pp. You might be able to get a room only discount for the Boardwalk but then again the free dining has to be used during the stay. The only thing you really can keep is the 1 day passes (we have 4 now due to having an AP while getting FD and another offer requiring a 1 day!) I don't know what to tell you but that's the worst time for a split day-when a purchase of the 1 day is required pp per stay.

 

[star2500]

Hi CBB..

I saw your post and ran some numbers for you:

Option #1

Days 1-3 MODERATE $149/night = 502.87
Purchase 7 day tickets (2A, 1C) = 691.49
Out of Pocket for food (quick service)
Day 4-7 (3 nights at BW $335/night) = $1130.62
FREE DINING (savings of $90/night)
Total ($2324.98 plus out of pocket for food for 3 days)


Option #2
Days 1-3-MODERATE = 502.87
Purchase 6 day MYW = $681.61
FREE DINING (savings of $90 per night)
Days 4-7 (3 nights at BW $335/night) = $1130.62
Purchase 1 day MYW = $226.86
FREE DINING (savings of $90/night)
Total $2,541.96

Difference : $216.98


I didn't include the 4th night at the BW since you will be reimbursed.

Will you be spending more than $216.98 on food for you first 3 days? Do you think you will be going to disney again in the future to use the 1 day tickets? Now seeing the numbers these are the questions to ask yourself.

As previous poster stated, if you do Option #2, swith it to the 7 MYW and the 1 DMW (and save the 1 days for a future trip or upgrade to APs in the future). The change from 6 to 7 day is very minimal.

Remember AAA discount on a deluxe is 10% - 15% usually for room only. So at the boardwalk that is only 33.50 a night at 10%. Your free dining is a savings of $90/night. Just so you know also you can book AAA room only discounts yourself through Disney...only AAA discount packages have to book directly through AAA.

I hope this made sense lol.

Kim

 

[CBB]

rent your bw points from a dvc member and get dining without having to buy tickets

or get a room only special deal for the bw stay

or resign yourself that your bw stay will be without dining, free or otherwise

How do I rent points from DVC member? I'm completely new to this. If I do this, do I stay the BW villas? How can you get free dining without buying tickets if I rent points?

 

[CBB]

Those 1 day tickets can be used anytime in the future toward the price of a muliday or AP just so you know. That's the catch with the free dining. YOu have to buy that 1 day pp. You might be able to get a room only discount for the Boardwalk but then again the free dining has to be used during the stay. The only thing you really can keep is the 1 day passes (we have 4 now due to having an AP while getting FD and another offer requiring a 1 day!) I don't know what to tell you but that's the worst time for a split day-when a purchase of the 1 day is required pp per stay.

Could you please explain what you mean by using the 1 day tickets toward a multiday? Can you add more days to them and just pay for the difference? I can't imagine that we'll be AP since we live in Boston and will probably do WDW the most every 2 years. If I do end up getting 1 days tickets to use for future visit, I would have to get the no expiration option right?

 

[pickles]

How do I rent points from DVC member? I'm completely new to this. If I do this, do I stay the BW villas? How can you get free dining without buying tickets if I rent points?

you wont get free dining, but you can pay for dining without having to buy tickets

if you go to the dvc boards here you can ask about renting points. most folks charge $10-$14 a point and how many points you need will depend on loaction and dates and size room you need. the person renting can tell you how many you need for your stay. This can be a very economical option

yes you would stay at BWV then assuming availability

 

[Rosanne]

The one day MYW ticket would be good forever. You can save it for two years from now and apply it towards a multiday pass then. You will be credited the amount the ticket was worth today.

 

[CBB]

Hi CBB..

I saw your post and ran some numbers for you:

Option #1

Days 1-3 MODERATE $149/night = 502.87
Purchase 7 day tickets (2A, 1C) = 691.49
Out of Pocket for food (quick service)
Day 4-7 (3 nights at BW $335/night) = $1130.62
FREE DINING (savings of $90/night)
Total ($2324.98 plus out of pocket for food for 3 days)


Option #2
Days 1-3-MODERATE = 502.87
Purchase 6 day MYW = $681.61
FREE DINING (savings of $90 per night)
Days 4-7 (3 nights at BW $335/night) = $1130.62
Purchase 1 day MYW = $226.86
FREE DINING (savings of $90/night)
Total $2,541.96

Difference : $216.98


I didn't include the 4th night at the BW since you will be reimbursed.

Will you be spending more than $216.98 on food for you first 3 days? Do you think you will be going to disney again in the future to use the 1 day tickets? Now seeing the numbers these are the questions to ask yourself.

As previous poster stated, if you do Option #2, swith it to the 7 MYW and the 1 DMW (and save the 1 days for a future trip or upgrade to APs in the future). The change from 6 to 7 day is very minimal.

Remember AAA discount on a deluxe is 10% - 15% usually for room only. So at the boardwalk that is only 33.50 a night at 10%. Your free dining is a savings of $90/night. Just so you know also you can book AAA room only discounts yourself through Disney...only AAA discount packages have to book directly through AAA.

I hope this made sense lol.

Kim

Thank you so much for running the numbers for me. We'd like to have Park Hopper option. So the tickets will be $851 for 7 days. Since I have to get the tickets for the moderate stay from Day 1-3 , I might as well get the free dining if AAA would just save me 10-15% for room only. I'm sure we'll spend more than $30 a day on food. The 4 day BW stay will be reimbursed. If I get 1 day tickets in order to get the free dining, I would probably have to get the no expiration option (not sure how much they would be). Or I pay for the meals without getting the tickets. I'm not sure which would be better. I guess it depends on where we will be eating.

 

[CBB]

The one day MYW ticket would be good forever. You can save it for two years from now and apply it towards a multiday pass then. You will be credited the amount the ticket was worth today.

So I don't have to get the no expiration option and the tickets would be good forever? What's the purpose of no expiration then? If I decide to do 7 day WDW in the future, can I just add $500 to get the 7 day tickets?