HeatherBelle614
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Ok, so this may be long and I apologize in advance, but thank you for reading!!
DH and I have been married (almost) 5 months, and he has quickly adopted my Disney addiction. (We went for our honeymoon.) Well, for nearly 3 years, I've been saving pennies (literally, plus any extra $$ out of checks that I could afford) to take my parents on a trip. Originally, I was planning on taking them to DL as we've been to WDW nearly 20 times but never DL. Thankfully, DH was all on-board with this mission to save to take my parents. (They've done a lot for both of us, and my mom has had breast cancer twice. She's our hero and someone we both want to do something special for.)
So, here's why I'm hesitating. Mom has mentioned over the past year she'd really like to go to DL but how they can't afford it now. Well, we're still almost $2k away from being able to afford DL. Airfare and hotel is going to run us a lot more than this new WDW package.
Basically, we were looking at nearly $5k for DL (high airfare from where we live, two hotel rooms, transportation, food, etc.) But, with this new promo, here's what I figured out we could get:
2 rooms at Pop (7 nights) and Park Hopper upgrades (7 day tickets) - 1892.00
Airfare - $800.00 (total, for all of us)
Plus, since we're booking two rooms, we'll get 2 $200.00 giftcards to put towards food.
This trip is literally going to cost us half of what we'd pay going to DL, and mom has been saying she is really ready for a trip. (It's been a rough year.)
If you were me, would you book the WDW trip and just promise DL later down the road or keep on saving? (If we keep saving, we'll be lucky to go by the end of next year.)
Also, I know WDW normally does free dining in the fall, and I'm a frugal shopper, so there's that part of me that's wondering if that would be a better deal. But again, my mom would have to keep waiting. (She has no idea about this; if we book WDW, we'll surprise them at Christmas.)
What do you all think??
DH and I have been married (almost) 5 months, and he has quickly adopted my Disney addiction. (We went for our honeymoon.) Well, for nearly 3 years, I've been saving pennies (literally, plus any extra $$ out of checks that I could afford) to take my parents on a trip. Originally, I was planning on taking them to DL as we've been to WDW nearly 20 times but never DL. Thankfully, DH was all on-board with this mission to save to take my parents. (They've done a lot for both of us, and my mom has had breast cancer twice. She's our hero and someone we both want to do something special for.)
So, here's why I'm hesitating. Mom has mentioned over the past year she'd really like to go to DL but how they can't afford it now. Well, we're still almost $2k away from being able to afford DL. Airfare and hotel is going to run us a lot more than this new WDW package.
Basically, we were looking at nearly $5k for DL (high airfare from where we live, two hotel rooms, transportation, food, etc.) But, with this new promo, here's what I figured out we could get:
2 rooms at Pop (7 nights) and Park Hopper upgrades (7 day tickets) - 1892.00
Airfare - $800.00 (total, for all of us)
Plus, since we're booking two rooms, we'll get 2 $200.00 giftcards to put towards food.
This trip is literally going to cost us half of what we'd pay going to DL, and mom has been saying she is really ready for a trip. (It's been a rough year.)
If you were me, would you book the WDW trip and just promise DL later down the road or keep on saving? (If we keep saving, we'll be lucky to go by the end of next year.)
Also, I know WDW normally does free dining in the fall, and I'm a frugal shopper, so there's that part of me that's wondering if that would be a better deal. But again, my mom would have to keep waiting. (She has no idea about this; if we book WDW, we'll surprise them at Christmas.)
What do you all think??
