Hi dakotix and any thanks for crunching the numbers at Coronado Springs and sorry that the savings didn't work for your dates and resort.
You're so right with the cost of food and hopefully with the aid of information boards like this most first-timers would have done their homework and carried out their own number crunching.
Being Brit's we're not too sure about your US offer's such as pin codes etc., so what we were trying to do was to highlight that for certain dates and at certain resorts there could be big saving for 2-adults over the current advertised rack rate.
We found that over weekends and holidays such as Thanksgiving there were even bigger discounts over the rack rate and we presumed, but weren't 100% sure that US-holiday dates are very rarely discounted and/or offered with free dining.
So the first example we listed was for 2-adults looking to stay at Club-Level over Thanksgiving week.
We also listed a selection of other resort options that hopefully proved useful for those already with annual passes. From those examples one can see that as you move from deluxe to budgets the dollar savings obviously reduces to a point where it's possibly not worth while and best waiting for a future US discount and free dining.
There's clearly some big savings on rack rate especially over Thanksgiving week, but it's for a limited selection of rooms. At the Yacht or Beach Club in a standard club level room on Thanksgiving Day you could book that one night for as little as (£228.20) $375 and against a rack rate of $757 that equals a 50% saving on rack.
While over the holiday period of Columbus week on the night of October 11th, a Yacht or Beach Club Lagoon View - Club Level room would also cost (£228.20) $375 and against a much higher rack rate of $852 so that's a 56% saving over rack.
And lastly on the same date in a standard view room at the Yacht or Beach it's only (£144) $236 and against a rack rate of $524 that's a 55% saving on rack.
For Brit's that a great saving and that's not including a promo code (which unfortunately expired a few hours ago) for dates through to October 31st which gave an extra 10% discount, that took the Yacht or Beach Club Lagoon View - Club Level room from $375 to $337.50, so a massive $514.50 (60%) off the rack rate of $852.
So it might be worth taking a look on UK-Expedia and crunching the numbers especially for those looking to stay at deluxe resorts and over a holiday period.
Discounts up to 8th December at deluxe, budgets might be up to 14th December, staying longer can in some cases increase the nightly rate for all nights.
. We were planning on paying out of pocket for our meals. We've also booked business class at CSR along with two rooms. Disney can be so confusing!!!!! Any input would be appreciated. 
