woodys_girl
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2022
For some time now I've been (pre)planning a trip for spring of 2025. We have visited in mid/late April a couple of times (both times starting the weekend after Easter) and it is our favorite time to go. We love the weather, the (lack of) crowds, and the Flower and Garden Festival. I was planning to do the same timing for 2025, but found that if I moved my trip a couple of days back, the number of DVC points (we'd be renting) needed for our stay at the Poly drops dramatically. The plan is to make a cash reservation through Disney for the first part of our trip--most likely CBR since we are a family of 5 and love the skyliner--and then rent DVC for the second part of our trip--Poly, because I want to.
Here's where I'm stuck. I was planning on making our Poly check in day on Wednesday so we would get the Extra Evening Hours at MK. But Wednesday night is the last night of the more expensive rate calendar. I'll save you my calculations, but if we were to stay one more night at CBR (and one less night at Poly), paying rack rate at CBR we'd save $270. And we probably would pay less than rack rate, though there are no guarantees. The other thing that is not guaranteed is that there will be MK EEH on that particular Wednesday as they don't release the schedule this far in advance.
So how likely is it that there will actually be MK EEH that Wednesday (how often do they deviate in non-party season)? Is the $270 worth it for one extra night Deluxe (6 nights instead of 5) and the (possibility of) MK EEH? Am I totally over-thinking this?
* For what it's worth, we almost never rope drop and usually shut down the parks. My kids are night owls and we live in mountain time so the late night is particularly appealing to us.
Here's where I'm stuck. I was planning on making our Poly check in day on Wednesday so we would get the Extra Evening Hours at MK. But Wednesday night is the last night of the more expensive rate calendar. I'll save you my calculations, but if we were to stay one more night at CBR (and one less night at Poly), paying rack rate at CBR we'd save $270. And we probably would pay less than rack rate, though there are no guarantees. The other thing that is not guaranteed is that there will be MK EEH on that particular Wednesday as they don't release the schedule this far in advance.
So how likely is it that there will actually be MK EEH that Wednesday (how often do they deviate in non-party season)? Is the $270 worth it for one extra night Deluxe (6 nights instead of 5) and the (possibility of) MK EEH? Am I totally over-thinking this?
* For what it's worth, we almost never rope drop and usually shut down the parks. My kids are night owls and we live in mountain time so the late night is particularly appealing to us.