I called Disney and not only did the CM who I spoke with give me the Friends and family discount on the DDP which was about 15% off or 10$ a day off of the standard rate. BUT at that time she gave me an additional 10% off of our room rate bringing it UP to 50% off of the room with thye Friends and Family discount in August.
So after she credited us the 10% additional savings (we had already paid for the room in full) and after the 15% F & F discount on the DDP our balance was exactly $1440 to add the DDP for 4 adults.
Thsat comes out to $40 a day per person for the standard DDP with 1 Table, 1 Quick & 1 Snack deal. I am sure we could have gotten a discount on the quick service plan OR the Deluxe plan as well, but we always get the standard DDP.
NOW having said that, That is not the Price ($40 a day) after the F&F Disciount. That is the price I calculated AFTER the F&F Discount AND the additional 10% we received off of our room. But when trying to convince the wife if we should jump on it (1440$ is alot of money) I used that price to convince the wife that it was worth it.
Because our initial plan was to get the F&F on the room, get the Price bridging discount on the
Undercover Tourist tickets(which we saved $220 on tickets alltogether) and to severely skimp and save on food, eat in our room breakfast and snacks, etc and quick service and meal sharing the rest of the way.
BUT for $40 a day how can you go wrong. 1 table service meal pays for that right off the bat. Plus we have had DDP the last 4 trips (3 free and 2011 we actually paid full price) so we are a bit spoiled. Then after 2011 when we paid full price for it, we kept all receipts and did the math and our savings was NIL or very little, like less than $100. And we had our receipts to the quick service and did the math thinking we can do quick service and maybe 1 or 2 tables (only the ones we really love) and the math just came out to a savings of closer to 350$. But none of that tops the $1440 for the 10 day 9 night trip.
So it wasnt too hard to convince the wife to eat in class and not worry about saving every nickel. The only problem has been that most of the very good options for ADR's have been taken. But we like alot of the places that most people think are not up to standard. We are a very odd food family. Our favorites are more to the 1 table service option as to the signature and 2 table service credits.
We love Mama Melrose, we love Tony's, we absolutely love the Beirgarten. All of those were quite easy to get ADR's as well as Raglan Road. We love doing Tusker House for breakfast and would love to get into Crystal Palace for breakfast, but that one we cant get.
Thanks all and Good luck!!