I don't think it is any cheaper unless AAA is running a special. In June they were offering a $200 gift card for any "package plus dining", but your trip had to be paid in full in the month of June and another discount for packages not paid in full (i think it was a 10% discount?) but then Free dining came out, so it disqualified me from that discount anyway, and I had to pay "rackrate" for the FD.
I have been having a terrible time with my AAA
travel agent (first and last time I will ever book through an agent, but I have VOPD) and booking just for the perks of a "storytime" in Epcot, and preferred fireworks viewing are just not worth it to me.
I HAD to book all of my dining myself, as she was completely uneducated in all things Disney,(she tried to tell me that CRT does not accept
DDP, and that no restaurants in DTD were TS credits, all CS!!!) and I did not trust her to do it in time.
I know there are other very knowledgeable agents out there, just not mine.
And since it wasn't saving me any money, or earning me anything of significant value, I will forego the stress in the future!!!