Disney Whirled

Lady Travel and I are planning a couple of trips later this year; one is a California trip with the ultimate goal being a visit to the California State Fair, and the other is a visit to the Harry Potter World at Universals Islands of Adventure. Both trips are going to be theoretically including Disney Visits, which has turned out to be a Wild Ride, shopping wise.
Like many folks, I have a number of "discount" options. I have AAA, some work discounts, a timeshare(note to all, don't EVER buy a timeshare) which has a travel service, etc. After shopping around, its more confusing than ever, and somehow with travel, you want to make sure you get a great deal.
So in my shopping heres what I found:
A) Its best to live in Florida, as many of the best deals are only for people in Florida, but it also blacks out many of the days you may actually want to visit.
B) Disney FINALLY (Its been DECADES) offers a seasons pass for every single US park, but not including the foreign parks. The problem is, its 700 dollars, which is a lot and most likely too much, because your average Disneyland trip would only be a couple of days. The only way I see it being worthwhile, is if you planned to take all your vacations in that one year period, and it included multiple visits to California.
C) Its all very confusing and you will wind up paying more than you think you should. Sigh.
Links I found:
About article on Disney
A huge bulletin trying to explain Disney Tickets. This is the metaphor for how complicated it is.
Mousesavers also has some tricks.

Its So much cheaper and simpler and more relaxing to just visit Knoebels.