I have been very busy planning our Feb trip, and remembered that some people on the DIS have reported good results with skyauction. I signed up on the weekend, and won a Ready, Set. Go auction last night for $43. I am so excited! I can't believe we will stay in a resort for 7 days for $253. US, and with the exchange right now that should put us around $330. Cdn.
We are going for 9 nights, so maybe I will try Priceline for the other 2. We are only going to do 1 day at WDW, Mk only this time. I gave it some thought and decided that since this trip might never be repeated I would rather the kids have the experience of the dolphin swim at Discovery Cove. That one day is going to cost nearly $1000. (cdn) but does include 7 days at SW. We are also going to buy the 5 day bonus tickets for US, IoA, and Citywalk, they are only $90. for adults and $77 for kids. It looks like tickets for everything, including MK will cost about $1800. cdn. That is about $500 more than 7 day PHP with the Cdn special, but now that I am saving so much on accomodation, and being able to prepare some light meals/snacks at the resort, I think that doing everything we plan will end up costing about the same as just doing Disney. Who knows, maybe once he sees how much bang I can get for our buck, DH will agree to a return trip to just do WDW!
Any testimonials for SkyAuction, or suggestions on which resort I should try for? Also, I would like to do some non-park Disney things, like maybe sightseeing at the resorts, doing a character meal or getting a snack and staying for fireworks, or the campfire at FW. Any ideas about things we would be allowed to do with out a park pass? ( I don't mind paying a fee, I just don't know what we might be allowed to participate in.)
We are going for 9 nights, so maybe I will try Priceline for the other 2. We are only going to do 1 day at WDW, Mk only this time. I gave it some thought and decided that since this trip might never be repeated I would rather the kids have the experience of the dolphin swim at Discovery Cove. That one day is going to cost nearly $1000. (cdn) but does include 7 days at SW. We are also going to buy the 5 day bonus tickets for US, IoA, and Citywalk, they are only $90. for adults and $77 for kids. It looks like tickets for everything, including MK will cost about $1800. cdn. That is about $500 more than 7 day PHP with the Cdn special, but now that I am saving so much on accomodation, and being able to prepare some light meals/snacks at the resort, I think that doing everything we plan will end up costing about the same as just doing Disney. Who knows, maybe once he sees how much bang I can get for our buck, DH will agree to a return trip to just do WDW!
Any testimonials for SkyAuction, or suggestions on which resort I should try for? Also, I would like to do some non-park Disney things, like maybe sightseeing at the resorts, doing a character meal or getting a snack and staying for fireworks, or the campfire at FW. Any ideas about things we would be allowed to do with out a park pass? ( I don't mind paying a fee, I just don't know what we might be allowed to participate in.)
), Lawgs (?) wrote some where that Orange Lake Resort was beautiful.
). We like to check out other resorts when we're there & it's a fun thing to do although the kids might find it a little boring...depends on the kids. You can participate in pretty well anything that doesn't require a park pass so there should be plenty to do. I'm sure you'll get lots of suggestions here. 
