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I would lean more towards the flying...........and maybe consider flying into MCO and then flying out of FLL (if you are going to be there anyway)
We had booked our flights for October and the prices have dropped so we actually have enough credit now for 1 of us to fly one way somewhere - that is through Southwest......
Another thought - not sure if you checked or not - but I happened to check our disney movie rewards yesterday - and they have the Delta reward certificates on there again - if you have enough Disney movie reward points? Could be another way to save some $$$
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Those seem like pretty good fares. If you are going to book, I would probably book now instead of later. No knows with airfare if it will go any lower, and you don't want to run the risk of not getting a good deal.
We paid $1410 for 5 tickets using $400 from "pay with miles." We will spend a bit more overall for the convenience of flying into MCO and flying out of FLL...but $100 over the course of a 12 days vacay is pretty insignificant.
And now...I need to start worrying about rental car prices....
It feels a bit more settled.
Oh...and we added a day to our trip!
While planning to drive, DH got 9 days off work plus weekends. It will use all of his PTO time (hopefully he does not have any other reason to take a day off between now and then or else he will be in the hole). Airfare was a bit cheaper flying out on Saturday instead of Sunday. I still need to call WDW to add an extra resort day. Hopefully we can use the summer discount since our original reservation used a 30% off pin code that started 8/5.
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COngrats on the airfare, and the extra day! I know it was more than what you spent in the past, but $1400 for five of you doesn't sound too bad to me. Plus, the extra expense over driving will be so worth it when you arrive in WDW after just a few hours rather than closer to 24!
Congrats on booking airfare!!! And the extra day!! That's what happened with us - the flights went down quite a bit if we flew out the day before - so we went for it!
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Last night I checked all the rental websites with my Entertainment book coupons. The best deal I found so far was through National. The rate seemed ok...$269 for 8 days with a full size SUV picked up at WDW and returned at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. However, I was shocked when the taxes and fees brought it to $382! I was glad I did not need to prepay for this as I feel good about having a reservation knowing i can continue to check and compare.
Another update...This weekend I called WDW to add an extra day to our reservation, since we will be coming in a day earlier than originally planned. If you recall, I used a pincode for 30% off (any resort level!). The code officially start August 5, to coincide with Value season, so I was surprised they were able to apply it to our extra night at POR on 8/4. But they were!
Now I feel like the "real" planning gets to begin.
Things are looking good, and I guess you feel like you can breathe a little better now knowing everything is falling into place I hope you find a better deal on the car. Do you ever look on Living Social or Groupon?
BTW, I completley forgot you were staying at POR. I have to say, we just got back from there and I was shocked at how much there was to do for little ones there. The main pool and the playground area we super nice, the movie at night was set right in front of our building, we even walked over to POFQ and checked out their playgrounds and also noticed a fire pit too ( I guess they do a little campfire thing?) I was really blown away with the place. I'm getting excited for all of you.
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Good luck getting the day added at the resort! 
for airfare and an extra day!
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