[Monza_dh]

I am not a fan of these resorts so please bear with me. I'm 43 and have only been to Disney once in my life, three yrs ago with the kids and I am planning a second trip later this year so my youngest will enjoy it even more.

My question is the meal plan and tickets. Instead of paying thru the nose and staying at a Disney resort I am thinking of using points to stay at the Swan (Starwood) or the Marriott conf resort for free.

I have been on a few Disney forum sites and there are some real psycho Disney people out there, very scary. Just like we include the 911 model and mods in our sig they include every date from the 10 times they've been to disney and a count down timer for the next trip. WTF????

Anyway, any experienced Disney people here know how to work the system for park tickets and food? I cant get the meal plan at the Swan so I will need to buy each meal (family of 5). The meal plan works works out to roughly $180-$200 per day. I think I can get around the food thing but what about park tickets? Any Florida insiders here that have the knowledge?