TheOneWithTheTriplets
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2018
I thought I had everything figured out for our family of 5 (our three girls will be 5.5 when we travel).
We're booked for two rooms at Pop and planning on putting the DxDP on one room only, with 1a 2c, so that we can do lots of character dining. The plan was always to stay completely in the Disney bubble, ME, Disney buses to parks, etc.
Now, I'm second guessing things. The condos in Windsor Hills seem to be really nice for a lot less $$. But, then we'd have to rent a car, deal with car seats (they're all still in 5 pt harnesses, so a minivan or 3rd row SUV would be needed). And, no dining plan off site. I know for a lot of people, the plan doesn't make sense, but, with our ages and expected meals, I'm looking at about $500 savings doing the meal plan versus paying out of pocket (lots of character meals). And, there's the general hassle of driving to and from the parks each day instead of just having a bus drop you there, plus the $22 a day parking fee at the parks. Heck, I was really looking forward to ME picking up my bags at the airport and dropping them at my room, and then using resort airline check in on the way back out so that we, once again, don't have to drag bags through the airport.
Even with the cost of dining, renting a car, and paying to park at theme parks, the Windsor Hills condos would be cheaper. They would also undoubtedly be less convenient.
So, what are your experiences? Is it worth the money merely for the fact that I wouldn't have to install three car seats in a rental car (f that so hard!)? Or, were you glad to be offsite?
We're booked for two rooms at Pop and planning on putting the DxDP on one room only, with 1a 2c, so that we can do lots of character dining. The plan was always to stay completely in the Disney bubble, ME, Disney buses to parks, etc.
Now, I'm second guessing things. The condos in Windsor Hills seem to be really nice for a lot less $$. But, then we'd have to rent a car, deal with car seats (they're all still in 5 pt harnesses, so a minivan or 3rd row SUV would be needed). And, no dining plan off site. I know for a lot of people, the plan doesn't make sense, but, with our ages and expected meals, I'm looking at about $500 savings doing the meal plan versus paying out of pocket (lots of character meals). And, there's the general hassle of driving to and from the parks each day instead of just having a bus drop you there, plus the $22 a day parking fee at the parks. Heck, I was really looking forward to ME picking up my bags at the airport and dropping them at my room, and then using resort airline check in on the way back out so that we, once again, don't have to drag bags through the airport.
Even with the cost of dining, renting a car, and paying to park at theme parks, the Windsor Hills condos would be cheaper. They would also undoubtedly be less convenient.
So, what are your experiences? Is it worth the money merely for the fact that I wouldn't have to install three car seats in a rental car (f that so hard!)? Or, were you glad to be offsite?