Hi guys!
I'm so excited, I'm planning our Disney trip for this fall. It's been 3 years since I've been and my kids are older now (9 and 4) and will flip out once they find out we are going.
We've been in the past. But I've been fortunate in that my parents would pay for all of us and siblings to go every other year. So they would do the planning and we would stay at Saratoga or Key West resorts. You can image my surprise when I started planning just how expensive it is.
Anyway, we plan on going either last 3 days in Sept or the first 3 days in November. It appears both time frames have decent crowd levels. November will have cooler weather, but we live in south Florida so heat is nothing new to us. I know the Wine and Food fest is going on in Epcot during those time periods, so that's one negative we have to deal with.
Are these decent time frames?
My biggest priority is Money. I want to go for as little as possible. We will probably stay at POP for 4 days and do a 3 day park hopper. But if budget gets tight, we will downgrade the park hopper and just get base tickets and possibly only go for 2 days. From the dates I picked, we would be arriving on a Wed night and first park day would be a Thursday. So we should be able to get Value prices during that time. Another question is, since we will be staying through till Friday (which is not a value price day), how will the price work? Will I get charged for a 2 day value and then a single day Regular price?
I'm also aware of the upcoming discounts that should be released in late April. We are hoping for the free dining plan in order to save more money. But from what I've read in the past, the better dining plan is for Moderate resort packages. So I will have to calculate out food pricing and make sure the upgrade to a moderate resort will not out way the food plan verses us bring our own food.
Trying to keep it all together, but there are so many factors to consider. Would love to get your expert advice. Thanks
Jeremy
I'm so excited, I'm planning our Disney trip for this fall. It's been 3 years since I've been and my kids are older now (9 and 4) and will flip out once they find out we are going.
We've been in the past. But I've been fortunate in that my parents would pay for all of us and siblings to go every other year. So they would do the planning and we would stay at Saratoga or Key West resorts. You can image my surprise when I started planning just how expensive it is.
Anyway, we plan on going either last 3 days in Sept or the first 3 days in November. It appears both time frames have decent crowd levels. November will have cooler weather, but we live in south Florida so heat is nothing new to us. I know the Wine and Food fest is going on in Epcot during those time periods, so that's one negative we have to deal with.
Are these decent time frames?
My biggest priority is Money. I want to go for as little as possible. We will probably stay at POP for 4 days and do a 3 day park hopper. But if budget gets tight, we will downgrade the park hopper and just get base tickets and possibly only go for 2 days. From the dates I picked, we would be arriving on a Wed night and first park day would be a Thursday. So we should be able to get Value prices during that time. Another question is, since we will be staying through till Friday (which is not a value price day), how will the price work? Will I get charged for a 2 day value and then a single day Regular price?
I'm also aware of the upcoming discounts that should be released in late April. We are hoping for the free dining plan in order to save more money. But from what I've read in the past, the better dining plan is for Moderate resort packages. So I will have to calculate out food pricing and make sure the upgrade to a moderate resort will not out way the food plan verses us bring our own food.
Trying to keep it all together, but there are so many factors to consider. Would love to get your expert advice. Thanks
Jeremy
