Stonewall and I are thinking about taking a vacation to Disney, so we went to an AAA event yesterday that went through all the packages and perks of booking a Disney vacation through AAA. Like most people, I am HUGE Disney fan (My best friend and I went there for our Senior Spring Break and I can whoop ass in all Disney trivia games.), however, they have managed to disappoint me.Over the past few years, Disney has added many perks for staying in one of their resorts. This includes special ticket prices/packages, room packages and dining packages. As a military family we were thinking about staying in Shades of Green, which is Disney's resort for military families and guests. The room rates for Shades of Green are really reasonable and affordable and the resort itself looks just as amazing as the other Disney resort.
However, if you stay at Shades of Green you can not get one of Disney's food packages. While every other Disney resort staying person can partake in the money saving dining package and not spend $12 every afternoon on a hot dog, military families and their guests staying in Shades of Green cannot.
I really don't understand that. Military families can save money on the accomodations, but not on the food. Maybe they figure we don't want the dining package because we bring our own MREs.
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blech. I have eaten only 1 MRE in my lifetime. That was enough.
Good luck with your trip. I'll be checking back to see how it goes. We keep trying to plan on a trip to Disney ourselves (for our son's Make-A-Wish trip). Maybe you'll be able to give me some pointers :)
I used to work for Make-a-Wish (until there was an incident that really upset me, but complete different story.) Other than that one thing, Make-a-Wish does amazing things for kids! If its possible go in the off season (although, its still pretty crowded), so you'll have a better chance of getting to stay in Give Kids the World. Have you started the process yet? You guys will have a wonderful time! Make-a-Wish and Disney really go out of their way to make everything magical for the kids (and their parents). I love Disney and would go every year if I could, so I'm super excited for you guys!
We've been to shades of green a couple times. It's fabulous! In all honesty the savings on the rooms for what they are and the location makes up for not being able to get the food plan. We tended to not really eat a whole lot, small breakfast and lunch and then a sit down dinner so it really didnt make much difference.
Have fun planning!
Trying~
It's good that in the end it all adds up to saving for the military folk. I'm really excited to stay there for the first time. I've heard its really nice.
Hi there! Hopping from Mrs. Staff Seargeant.
I am also an army wife and glad to have found another one in the blogsphere. Mind if I add you to my links?
We've been to Orlando but haven't been to Disney. Hopefully when hubby comes back from his tour in Iraq we will be able to go.
Bless~
Thanks for stopping by to read my blog! Its always great to meet new milbloggers!
When you do get to Disney be sure to ride Splash Mountain. Its my all time favorite. (And the Haunted Mansion...and Peter Pan...)
I love Disney! But what a bummer about the food plan. That seems really odd to me.
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