I'm planning to go in early dec. or jan-feb. possibly late sept. in the value season
me,dw,dd 5, ds who will be 3 in July
first budget is a concern(but dont want to be cheap or worried about how much we spend the whole time)
I bought a AAA membership for this vacation
we live in north east PA. about 1 1/2 hours from Philly
we plan to fly from Philly bec. of the long drive I believe map quest said 16hrs
and flight would be 4hrs and Disney will pick up bags and transport us to hotel(is this as good as it sounds?)
also plane tickets. about 800.for all4? I found 2 round trip travel vouchers for Tran air on ebay (which is the airline Disney quoted us with) will Disney still pick us up if we dont go through them and any info on vouchers
we were told be AAA that POR-FQ is closer to the action and better than the value ones (the fridge is a good idea for milk in the room) plus the pool has a slide kids would love(but any pool is fun) is upgrading to moderate going to make the stay better? (bang for the buck)
also meal plan good - bad ? figured we would get it just for the simple point food is paid for thus less cash we must carry
DW heard you could use dinner plan to eat with characters
(breakfast w/Cinderella for DD)
also heard you could trade 2 meals for a dinner and a show (is it worth it? how much dose it cost with out it)
the price we got from AAA was 2800 for air,5nites,5tickets (basic no hop no nothing figure our first time would be one full day at each park and the one day to play around in hotel pool and stuff but extra day ticket is 10 bucks so ..) and food price was estimated in sept. value season then we figured about 1,000 spending money for souvenirs and what ever (too much not enough?
added questions
what is included in admission? rides, shows, if not how much are they?
(mainly kiddy rides kids are 5,3 remember) what kind of wait is there in lines
can should we go offsite for bottled water ?
thanks in advance
want to make this as un financally suppressing as possible
me,dw,dd 5, ds who will be 3 in July
first budget is a concern(but dont want to be cheap or worried about how much we spend the whole time)
I bought a AAA membership for this vacation
we live in north east PA. about 1 1/2 hours from Philly
we plan to fly from Philly bec. of the long drive I believe map quest said 16hrs
and flight would be 4hrs and Disney will pick up bags and transport us to hotel(is this as good as it sounds?)
also plane tickets. about 800.for all4? I found 2 round trip travel vouchers for Tran air on ebay (which is the airline Disney quoted us with) will Disney still pick us up if we dont go through them and any info on vouchers
we were told be AAA that POR-FQ is closer to the action and better than the value ones (the fridge is a good idea for milk in the room) plus the pool has a slide kids would love(but any pool is fun) is upgrading to moderate going to make the stay better? (bang for the buck)
also meal plan good - bad ? figured we would get it just for the simple point food is paid for thus less cash we must carry
DW heard you could use dinner plan to eat with characters
(breakfast w/Cinderella for DD)
also heard you could trade 2 meals for a dinner and a show (is it worth it? how much dose it cost with out it)
the price we got from AAA was 2800 for air,5nites,5tickets (basic no hop no nothing figure our first time would be one full day at each park and the one day to play around in hotel pool and stuff but extra day ticket is 10 bucks so ..) and food price was estimated in sept. value season then we figured about 1,000 spending money for souvenirs and what ever (too much not enough?
added questions
what is included in admission? rides, shows, if not how much are they?
(mainly kiddy rides kids are 5,3 remember) what kind of wait is there in lines
can should we go offsite for bottled water ?
thanks in advance
want to make this as un financally suppressing as possible