TestTrack33
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Looks like we're headed back to WDW in April, staying at CBR (6 nights). The only detail left is whether we go with the Magic Your Way package plus dining ... or take advantage of the AAA room only discount of 20%.
Room only (with discount) + buying tickets online = $1595
Package price = $2280
Other than the dining plan, we have no other need for the package since we are driving.
Because there is no AAA discount with the package, cost of the dining plan goes up to something like $114/day. There are three of us - two adults and one five-year old. Seems like a lot, but I plotted a typical day at Epcot using the plan (without just targeting only expensive items) and came up to $135.
We like the fact that food would essentially be pre-paid and that the dining plan gives us freedom to try restaurants that we wouldn't normally go to. But, we would be eating "more expensive" with the dining plan. We certainly wouldn't spend $135 a day at Epcot without the plan.
There really is no right or wrong answer. I'm leaning toward the AAA room-only option, but I guess I'm just looking for some different opinions.
One side question ... last time we stayed at a Disney resort, you could charge up to $500 to your room. At that point, you needed to pay it off to get another $500 (and I assume that is still true now). My question is, can we put money on the account at check-in? In other words, give them, say, $750 when we check in so that we're spending the money that we've already given them.
Room only (with discount) + buying tickets online = $1595
Package price = $2280
Other than the dining plan, we have no other need for the package since we are driving.
Because there is no AAA discount with the package, cost of the dining plan goes up to something like $114/day. There are three of us - two adults and one five-year old. Seems like a lot, but I plotted a typical day at Epcot using the plan (without just targeting only expensive items) and came up to $135.
We like the fact that food would essentially be pre-paid and that the dining plan gives us freedom to try restaurants that we wouldn't normally go to. But, we would be eating "more expensive" with the dining plan. We certainly wouldn't spend $135 a day at Epcot without the plan.
There really is no right or wrong answer. I'm leaning toward the AAA room-only option, but I guess I'm just looking for some different opinions.
One side question ... last time we stayed at a Disney resort, you could charge up to $500 to your room. At that point, you needed to pay it off to get another $500 (and I assume that is still true now). My question is, can we put money on the account at check-in? In other words, give them, say, $750 when we check in so that we're spending the money that we've already given them.
