Hi there jj!
I did the numbers crunching thing last night and came up with this.
Staying at the Sports at the AP rate
AP package of
8 nites at AS $520
AP (divided by 3 for 3 trips) $280
Food @$50 a day $400 total $1,200
Pluses/park hopping/go when it is cooler/rates might even be cheaper later in year/might be able to see Xmas decorations/be easier to keep to my diet
Minus/eating a lot of food
MYW package
AS room 8 nites
1 day ticket to qualify for free food $826.00
1/3 AP price $280.00
total $1,106
Pluses/lots of good food/save about $100
Minuses/tied to certain restaurants at certain times/no park hopping
Please not that I charge 1/3rd of the price of the AP to each trip as we usually take 3 trips of ten or more days with ours. I could not get more than 8 days with the MYW on the Disney site so I could not compare it to our usual trip. Our last one was 16 days which really brings the cost of the tickets down.
Guess there is no such thing as a free lunch. At least not for us. I am happy for those it works for though.
Slightly Goofy