Senior Week '03?!!?

[sumrgurl99]

Hey everyone! Four friends and myself are interested in tryin to come down for senior week next year as opposed to the normal drinking and partying down the shore which none of us are really into. With 5 of us, and all only going to be graduating from high school with not alot of $$ budget's a big issue. Does anyone have suggestions for places to stay?! We'll be 18 so that won't be a problem. but would a hotel or condo be cheaper and any suggestions for places to stay?! We would want someplace with transportation to the parks, preferably has a pool, and somewhere clean. We already talked about only eating dinners out and just going to a convenience store and buying sandwich fixings for the week to bring lunches places to save that way. What would also be the cheapest way to get tickets to the parks?! Pretty much we're trying to get an early start but any help u could offer would be a great help!!!
thanks~jenna

 

[ceecee]

If you really want to save $$, probably staying off site at a hotel with transportation would be your best bet. You can eat off site as well and usually there are a lot more places to get food for the rooms. A friend of mine used priceline and got $30.00 a night in Sept. (with that you don't know where you will be staying and may not get the free transportion though).

 

[tink2dw]

Your Ideas for saving are good BUT you would need a car,and Rental car places only rent to people over 21 then they charge extra till you are 25.

So,staying onsite seems like a better option as there is Disney Transportation to everything. And to get from the airport to disney, you can take the Links Buses for under $2.00
http://www.golynx.com/fares/body_fares.htm

The All Stars Sports,Music,Movies rates are $109. to $49. with a code. With 5 people you will need 2 rooms. You can find at
http://www.mousesavers.com/disneyresorts.html#anyone

You don't say how many days you will be at WDW but for
now you can start deciding what are the things that are "must do's" and "must see's." and decide the length of your trip.

Then decide on the tickets you will need here.
http://www.mousesavers.com/tickets.html

To keep an EYE on All the discounts for on-site and off-site resorts check here often and sign up for the MouseSavers.com newsletter to get all the best news.
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For Air fares sign up at all the Airline Web sites that fly out of your airport that fly to Orlando or MCO in airline speak. Then Check Expedia,Travelocity for airline deals. Also check out the Transporation Board air,car deals.
http://www.disboards.com/


Start a WDW change jar to save for your trip.[there are many tips here on this board!!]

Also you can decide where you will want to eat and start making plans to make your food budget and check the Priority Seatings Calculator to know when you can make PS's some are as far out as 730 Days.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/pscalc/dispscalc.html

Also to help decide where to eat you can find menu's at Deb's wdw site,this works 2 ways to see where to eat what,and how much it costs, to finalize the food budget.
http://www.wdwig.com/menu/menus.htm

To keep all this info in one place,here is a computer Disney Vacation Planner. It will print each day on a seperate sheet. Also check the pull down menu'sat the top for loads of info!!
http://www.intercot.com/planner/default.asp

Well,this should get you start on a thousand more Questions!! So,don't be shy! Ask away!! The kind members here will share what they know! So,check back often!!

 

[Disneydenise]

My DD is graduating on Friday night. She and her friends are going to the All Star for the week. They have been planning this for the year. We were able to get them a great rate with the codes and passes. They are all 18 and will be getting transfers from the airport to the hotel. They were there with the HS in April and had a good dtime but they want to have a fling before they have to start to work for the summer.