ThistleMae
Falling More in Love Every Year!
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- Jan 12, 2015
Thank you, not broken just badly bruised...the thing is, I fell on the knee I just had replaced...ooh!Oh no!! I hope nothing else broke! Hope you're okay, ThistleMae.
Thank you, not broken just badly bruised...the thing is, I fell on the knee I just had replaced...ooh!Oh no!! I hope nothing else broke! Hope you're okay, ThistleMae.
LOL...I knew it!I'm an engineer, so yes, I love math!
And they are doing some room renovations there too, so don't know how that will affect availability.Yes, it is. However, the standard rooms go first.
IF available. FD sells out very quickly. Last year people spent hours on the phones.
Upgrading from QS to regular dining is ~$25/day for us. Assuming we're there for a week, the total cost is $175. Conversely, if we want to do 3 table service meals out of pocket, it would be roughly $25/pp, so $75 per table service for our family, totaling 225. For us (note: it'll vary from family to family) it makes sense to upgrade to the table service than pay out of pocket.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Somehow I missed the *2 in my adult calculation on that price.It's roughly $21 per day per adult and $4 per day per child to upgrade. If there are 3 people in your family, your numbers are off.
Upgrading from QS to regular dining is ~$25/day for us. Assuming we're there for a week, the total cost is $175. Conversely, if we want to do 3 table service meals out of pocket, it would be roughly $25/pp, so $75 per table service for our family, totaling 225. For us (note: it'll vary from family to family) it makes sense to upgrade to the table service than pay out of pocket.
How many tickets days are required?Here's updated info.
Looks like free dining could be dropping on April 24. Minimum of 4 nights, maximum of 14, with park hopper and park hopper plus add on. Check in dates: 8/13-9/30, 11/14-11/20, 11/25-11/27, 12/3-12/23. It also appears that values AND moderates may get quick service, with regular dining only for deluxe resorts (I hope that is wrong).
As always, information is fluid and more detail will hopefully come.
We will have 4 adults and 10 children in our party. Does anyone know if I'll be able to make dining reservations for a party this size online or if I need to call? Thanks so much!
I know. We like staying onsite better too, but still had a lot of fun staying offsite. I was just trying to give the OP a couple of ideas because it sounded like they may not be able to go this year looking at the costs to stay onsite. I totally get what you are saying about being "immersed in the magic" the whole trip when staying onsite, but if it ever came down to (a)staying offsite in a really nice, clean, affordable hotel, or (b)not going to Disney at all, I'd pick choice (a) every time!Ok, maybe this is just me. I see people talking about staying offsite a lot. I went with a group once and we stayed offsite. I'm sorry, I just didn't enjoy it as much. Having to drive back and forth to the hotel that wasn't nearly as nice or as clean as the resort. Not being "immersed in the magic" the whole trip. I dunno. It just wasn't the same. For me anyway.
I love the dates since we are arriving Aug 19th.....not loving the QS at mods though. The plan was to cancel my Pop reservation when FD dropped and move to POR with free reg dining plan. The cost difference with that scenario was only an extra $150 to stay at POR with free reg dining vs staying at Pop with free qs and upgrade to reg dining plan. Now, if there is only free qs offered at mods, the cost difference is approx $600. I'll probably still do the upgrade to the mod but it's not as much of a savings, costs significantly more, and requires a bit more thought....Here's updated info.
Looks like free dining could be dropping on April 24. Minimum of 4 nights, maximum of 14, with park hopper and park hopper plus add on. Check in dates: 8/13-9/30, 11/14-11/20, 11/25-11/27, 12/3-12/23. It also appears that values AND moderates may get quick service, with regular dining only for deluxe resorts (I hope that is wrong).
As always, information is fluid and more detail will hopefully come.
I take it to mean that it could be the park hopper OR park hopper plus option. It's definitely open to interpretation.He didn't word it very well. I take it to mean you'll have to add the park hopper plus to the package. That one includes the water parks.
Not necessarily. I'm facing the same situation. I have a standard CBR w/GC, if I could switch to a standard at POP, it would be $60 cheaper than CBR even taking the GC in to account. While normally that is a great upgrade price to stay Mod, no one knows what the construction is actually going to be like. So for $60 more I get queen beds, but lose food options and live in a construction zone for a week. If it was regular DP, it would make it worth it. I'm going to be thinking it through until drop time.
If you are booked with a TA, you won't be able to call to modify. They will only speak to the TA. You could try calling to book a new reservation and then transfer it to your TA, but you can't modify it yourself.
If you've got a family of three, your upgrade fro QS to regular dining is going to be much more than $25 a day. It's $21 per adult and I'm not sure how much for kids. Just want to make sure you're using the right numbers to compare!
That's pretty much it. POR is only included till September. It's excluded for November and December.That is what is confusion to me two. I think it will be similar to last year only POR for August thru Sept then excluded for the November and December dates.
I know. We like staying onsite better too, but still had a lot of fun staying offsite. I was just trying to give the OP a couple of ideas because it sounded like they may not be able to go this year looking at the costs to stay onsite. I totally get what you are saying about being "immersed in the magic" the whole trip when staying onsite, but if it ever came down to (a)staying offsite in a really nice, clean, affordable hotel, or (b)not going to Disney at all, I'd pick choice (a) every time!
I read it the same way you did. Last year was minimum 3 nights with 2 day PH.Oh did I miss the part about needing 4 day PH? I didn't read it as that I thought he just stated it needed to be a 4 night minimum stay but never saw a minimum for tickets. In the past it was 2 day PH so I'm just speculating (praying!).
You're 100% right. I updated my comment to correct that error. Thanks!!
Here are the quick calculations I did for our cost for 9 nights. This assumes value rooms are will average to be $182/night and moderates will average to be $286/night (both including tax). As a DVC member, I have 9 nights worth of points at SSR (home resort), which I would sell to cover cost of FD, assuming the numbers work out:
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Using DVC,,,,,,,,,Free Dining Moderate,,,,,,,,Free Dining Value (PC or AoA)
Disney sell DVC points,,,,,,,,,,,0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-1482,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-1482
Disney tickets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1150,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1398,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1398
Disney MNSSHP tickets,,,,,,,240,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,240,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,240
Disney Room Price,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2574,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,638
DDP Upgrade or OOP,,,,,,,,,1155,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,387,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,387
Total,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2545,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3116,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2181
Some notes:
The above assumes I can get a better discount on my tickets going the DVC route, since I don't have to buy hoppers. Also using DVC, we would *not* be buying the dining place, but rather paying out of pocket for meals ($75 per day for 3 people, plus another ~$480 for character meals we'd pay for OOP).
(Admittedly, I would have been better off taking a screenshot and uploading a link)