texaslady22
Mouseketeer
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- Feb 10, 2009
Here's the deal:
We've always stayed at a Value. Always. Pop Century. All-Star Sports. We love them. They're great for our family (and our budget).
Now that we're a family of 5, we decided to move up a bit. We are spending 5 nights at the Dolphin, but we have one night on property before that (so we could have a package with our tickets to use credit card points on). We have the 1 night on property for 2 adults and 3 kids, 8 day park tickets, memory maker, and the deluxe dining package that we'll use for dinner the first night and breakfast and dinner the 2nd day--1900PF, Askershus, Garden Grill.
We were staying at Caribbean Beach Resort. Everything was great. Our total, with 1 night of deluxe dining for our on-property stay and our tickets, was ~2695. Everything was great. It's budgeted. We have the funds. We're looking forward to it.
Then, the discount codes are released. My husband calls. They don't have any standard rooms left, but they can get us into a preferred room and our total will be ~2467. Woohoo! Move to a preferred and save money.
Now, I really have my eyes on the Contemporary. We could get a garden wing room there. If we changed to the contemporary, it would be 2631.74, so still less than we originally budgeted.
Should we do it?
Our first night we have reservations at 1900 Park Fare, and it would be WAY easier to get there from contemporary than CBR. Still, we don't NEED to change hotels. We could pocket the extra $200 and use it on expenses while there. I worry that if we go to a deluxe it will ruin us forever...we've never even stayed at a Moderate! Still, a monorail resort? I never thought I'd be able to do it!
So what should we do?
We've always stayed at a Value. Always. Pop Century. All-Star Sports. We love them. They're great for our family (and our budget).
Now that we're a family of 5, we decided to move up a bit. We are spending 5 nights at the Dolphin, but we have one night on property before that (so we could have a package with our tickets to use credit card points on). We have the 1 night on property for 2 adults and 3 kids, 8 day park tickets, memory maker, and the deluxe dining package that we'll use for dinner the first night and breakfast and dinner the 2nd day--1900PF, Askershus, Garden Grill.
We were staying at Caribbean Beach Resort. Everything was great. Our total, with 1 night of deluxe dining for our on-property stay and our tickets, was ~2695. Everything was great. It's budgeted. We have the funds. We're looking forward to it.
Then, the discount codes are released. My husband calls. They don't have any standard rooms left, but they can get us into a preferred room and our total will be ~2467. Woohoo! Move to a preferred and save money.
Now, I really have my eyes on the Contemporary. We could get a garden wing room there. If we changed to the contemporary, it would be 2631.74, so still less than we originally budgeted.
Should we do it?
Our first night we have reservations at 1900 Park Fare, and it would be WAY easier to get there from contemporary than CBR. Still, we don't NEED to change hotels. We could pocket the extra $200 and use it on expenses while there. I worry that if we go to a deluxe it will ruin us forever...we've never even stayed at a Moderate! Still, a monorail resort? I never thought I'd be able to do it!
So what should we do?
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We just thought it would be so much easier, especially with our dining plans.
