Platinum Plan

[dwpenney]

We are going on the Platinum plan this year and I have a question about some of the signature rest. Are you still charged 2 TS credits at:
Yachtsman
Brown Derby
Victoria & Albert's
Narccoossee's

if you are on the Platinum My Way package?

We went on the Premium plan last year and were never charged 2 table service credits at any meal including breakfast at Cindy's castle.

Just need some clarification as I can't get a straight answer on the Disney website. May have to change one of our ADR's.

Thanks.

[CindyKansas]

I know that we used the Platinum Plan last summer and we were not charged 2 credits when we ate at the signature restaurants but that was 2007 and this 2008. The way I read the current plan it's the same as last year. 3 meals a day no matter where you are eating. Have fun!

[gigi1313]

platinum or deluxe? platinum offers any three meals any where every day (but if you don't use them it's my understanding that they are not transferrable to the next day... each day you start fresh w/three meals... is this correct??)

deluxe offers three dining credits per night of stay to be used in any combination (you can use five credits one day and one the next if you so choose)...

[DizneeMommy]

Here's a link to the Platinum Plan brochure. . .

http://www.disneytravelagents.com/StaticFiles/DTA-Domestic/pdf/2008%20Product/2008PlatinumPkg.pdf

[dwpenney]

Heard back from our planner and she stated 1 TS credit per meal per person, no matter where you are eating. All in the plan in the brochure are 1 TS.

Thanks for the responses.

[MomsOf2boys]

Heard back from our planner and she stated 1 TS credit per meal per person, no matter where you are eating. All in the plan in the brochure are 1 TS.

Thanks for the responses.

That is very helpful as I am just beginning the task of deciding our ADR's. Now we are staying 5 nights and 6 days...does our plan include the 6th day or is it 3 meals and 2 snacks allotted daily that can be used in any manor or day? Soooo confused.

[MomsOf2boys]

We are going on the Platinum plan this year and I have a question about some of the signature rest. Are you still charged 2 TS credits at:
Yachtsman
Brown Derby
Victoria & Albert's
Narccoossee's

if you are on the Platinum My Way package?

We went on the Premium plan last year and were never charged 2 table service credits at any meal including breakfast at Cindy's castle.

Just need some clarification as I can't get a straight answer on the Disney website. May have to change one of our ADR's.

Thanks.


What about tours and recreation? Have you begun to book them as yet. It seemed unclear to me which things might be additional money and which things were included as unlimited.

[dwpenney]

You can use them on any day. I have never had a problem using them over 6 days. That is how long we are staying this trip and past trips, 6 Days / 5 Nights. Now, we have never tried to use more than 3 in a day, but using them over 6 days is no problem.

There is a link above in this message thread that will explain the tours and recreation. If you have the use of the Disney Itinerary Planner, get everything you want to do and when they contact you, they will set it up everything including your ADR's.

[MomsOf2boys]

You can use them on any day. I have never had a problem using them over 6 days. That is how long we are staying this trip and past trips, 6 Days / 5 Nights. Now, we have never tried to use more than 3 in a day, but using them over 6 days is no problem.

There is a link above in this message thread that will explain the tours and recreation. If you have the use of the Disney Itinerary Planner, get everything you want to do and when they contact you, they will set it up everything including your ADR's.

The link above did not work for me. I'll try it on my other computer and see if I can get it to work. I just wasn't sure that we would need 3 the first day but might want the other 2 for the last day as we are staying until 5 or so. Thank you for your help!

[dwpenney]

Email me and I will send the link to you.
dwpenney@dwpwebsites.com

[luckytobeme88]

It took me forever to find this post re: the Platinum/Premium Plan. Thank you all for posting.
We are currently booked with the Deluxe plan; however, upon serious considerations, we are leaning more toward the Premium Plan now. I spoke to "probably 4 different CM's" and all of them gave me different interpretations of the Premium plan, as to what's covered and how to use the meal credits and recreations. Go figures!
Actually, I was reading the official brochures as I spoke to most of them. This was the final conclusions from the "most" knowledge CM.
According to the CM:
Premium Plan entitles the guest 3 meal credits per package night.....TRUE
If you have a 5 nights package, you have 15 meals to use until midnight of your check out day.....TRUE
If you are staying for 5 nights package, you technically can still use the "unlimited" use of recreations from the inclusion list until midnight of your check out day.....TRUE
BUT this is where I got confused big time. If we skip a couple of breakfast for the first two days of our stay, does that mean we only have carry-over credits for breakfast only OR we can use the "UN-used" breakfast credits for lunch/dinner for another day? ????
Please help.

[MomsOf2boys]

That is a great question and I am looking forward to seeing the answer. Having club level we can eat a light breakfast in the lounge and then save those credits for the last day as well...we thought we would be saving them for signature meals but now don't need to.

[sjaakie]

Has anyone got the plan for the premium dinner plan?

[honeymo78]

BUT this is where I got confused big time. If we skip a couple of breakfast for the first two days of our stay, does that mean we only have carry-over credits for breakfast only OR we can use the "UN-used" breakfast credits for lunch/dinner for another day? ????
Please help.

As a premium and platinum plan veteran (over 10 trips using one or the other), I can tell you that the credits are not meal specific. If you skip breakfast one day, you can use that saved credit for lunch, dinner, late night room service, or whatever on some other day of your trip. On your receipts, credits are just credits - no designation for TS or CS or B,L,D - ie 10 credits remaining.

Let me know if you have any other questions, food or otherwise, about the plan and I'll do my best to answer you.

[sjaakie]

We planned a stay at the GF.

With the premium plan were could we get a breakfast at the GF?

Sorry for this dumb question :blush:

[MomsOf2boys]

As a premium and platinum plan veteran (over 10 trips using one or the other), I can tell you that the credits are not meal specific. If you skip breakfast one day, you can use that saved credit for lunch, dinner, late night room service, or whatever on some other day of your trip. On your receipts, credits are just credits - no designation for TS or CS or B,L,D - ie 10 credits remaining.

Let me know if you have any other questions, food or otherwise, about the plan and I'll do my best to answer you.

Hooray for Stephanie!!! i have never used the plan and am going to be on the platinum in September. Traveling in a group of 7, with boys 12,17,17. We are big Disney nuts however have just done cruises the past few years. Soooo..... our only for sure plan is the sunrise safari at AKL and that is it. We want a charactor meal but don't know which.... we want a little bit of everything in this trip... have you done the carriage rides or miniature golf? Do you utilize the tours? What is your all time favorite restaurant?

:banana: :banana:

[honeymo78]

Momof2boys:

We did the carriage rides at Fort Wilderness for the first time last year in Oct. DH and I really enjoyed it. We went past the Fort Wilderness stables and learned a little about the horse that carries the headless horseman in the MNSSHP parade. We went down the road toward Wilderness Lodge then turned around and came back through a few of the campsites that were decorated for halloween. We opted for a more romantic/quiet ride, otherwise the driver would have spent more time taking us through the decorated campsites. We are planning to do it again after the Hoop Dee Doo this year.

We've done several tours - Backstage Safari at AK, Keys to the Kingdom at MK, and Dolphins in Depth at Epcot. We are also trying out 2 Segway tours this year.

We've never tried the mini-golf, mainly because there is no direct transportation to the courses and I hate having to take a cab.

Have you looked into any of the water recreation? The boys (and adults) might enjoy the jet skis (the younger may have to ride with an adult), parasailing, water skiing/wakeboarding, and water mice. The Contemporary has all of them at their marina. With the exception of water skiing (since I'm horrible at it), I highly recommend the water sports.

My favorite restaurants are Crystal Palace - Winnie the Pooh and choc chip pancakes for breakfast, Yachtsman, and California Grill.

[honeymo78]

We planned a stay at the GF.

With the premium plan were could we get a breakfast at the GF?

Sorry for this dumb question :blush:

I've never stayed at the GF but I believe there is a character breakfast at 1900 Park Faire and the Grand Floridian Cafe may also serve breakfast.

[sjaakie]

I've never stayed at the GF but I believe there is a character breakfast at 1900 Park Faire and the Grand Floridian Cafe may also serve breakfast.

Thank you. That would be great.
First we planned on staying on concierge level but looking at the premium plan maybe a "normal' room and the PP would be a better deal for us.

[MomsOf2boys]

Momof2boys:

We did the carriage rides at Fort Wilderness for the first time last year in Oct. DH and I really enjoyed it. We went past the Fort Wilderness stables and learned a little about the horse that carries the headless horseman in the MNSSHP parade. We went down the road toward Wilderness Lodge then turned around and came back through a few of the campsites that were decorated for halloween. We opted for a more romantic/quiet ride, otherwise the driver would have spent more time taking us through the decorated campsites. We are planning to do it again after the Hoop Dee Doo this year.

We've done several tours - Backstage Safari at AK, Keys to the Kingdom at MK, and Dolphins in Depth at Epcot. We are also trying out 2 Segway tours this year.

We've never tried the mini-golf, mainly because there is no direct transportation to the courses and I hate having to take a cab.

Have you looked into any of the water recreation? The boys (and adults) might enjoy the jet skis (the younger may have to ride with an adult), parasailing, water skiing/wakeboarding, and water mice. The Contemporary has all of them at their marina. With the exception of water skiing (since I'm horrible at it), I highly recommend the water sports.

My favorite restaurants are Crystal Palace - Winnie the Pooh and choc chip pancakes for breakfast, Yachtsman, and California Grill.

My kids are kind of clumsey but I am thinking the water sports could make some very good blooper videos ahem... i mean memories. hahahaha thank you for all your suggestions. I am going to put those restaurants on my list. I have done one charactor breakfast a long time ago at Chef Mickeys but have never done the Winnie the Pooh one. Thank you for your thoughts. Don't disappear... I may have more questions as planning begins. I am waiting so patiently for September times and EMH and all that. hahaha

[dwpenney]

We planned a stay at the GF.

With the premium plan were could we get a breakfast at the GF?

Sorry for this dumb question :blush:

The character breakfast at 1900 Park Fair is good choice. Also you can go over to the Poly. and have breakfast with Lilo and Stitch at Ohana. Or go to Cindy's place for breakfast and get into the MK early. It's really nice to walk down Main street with very few people there. You can get some great pictures in front of the Castle.

[Sysyphus]

I can confirm everything Stephanie said about use of credits as being valid last week - in our planning stages I hadn't realised that signature meals were just one platinum credit, so had quite a few "spares"... we had 16 left on our departure day... our party of 3 had early breakfast, early lunch, early dinner, I sneaked in an afternoon "snack" of Fish'n'Chips from the Rose'n'Crown, we also got salads to go from Mara to take to the airport... used 13 credits that day, ten of them after checkout, albeit not exactly getting our $$$ worth for some of them.

We couldn't do many of the tours because DD was too young... I tried for Dolphins in Depth on my own, but it was booked out on the mornings I had available... thought about the Richard Petit driving thing, but that was not included so it seems silly to pay $$$ for something when there was so much else to do for free... ended up parasailing and doing the Segway World Tour... DW got a couple of massages, and we did a carriage ride at Ft Wilderness and a boat rental from GF

[JennG]

I know this has been probably asked before, but I can't seem to find it. How much are the premium and platinum plans?

[honeymo78]

I know this has been probably asked before, but I can't seem to find it. How much are the premium and platinum plans?
For adults approx $150 per person per night on premium, $200 per person per night on platinum. Remember, these plans can only be added to a room and ticket package.

[JennG]

For adults approx $150 per person per night on premium, $200 per person per night on platinum. Remember, these plans can only be added to a room and ticket package.

Thanks! We're currently booked at Poly with 6 day PH. We've been looking at the DDP and DxDP. Just wanted to add more info and more confusion to the mix!

[MomsOf2boys]

I can confirm everything Stephanie said about use of credits as being valid last week - in our planning stages I hadn't realised that signature meals were just one platinum credit, so had quite a few "spares"... we had 16 left on our departure day... our party of 3 had early breakfast, early lunch, early dinner, I sneaked in an afternoon "snack" of Fish'n'Chips from the Rose'n'Crown, we also got salads to go from Mara to take to the airport... used 13 credits that day, ten of them after checkout, albeit not exactly getting our $$$ worth for some of them.

We couldn't do many of the tours because DD was too young... I tried for Dolphins in Depth on my own, but it was booked out on the mornings I had available... thought about the Richard Petit driving thing, but that was not included so it seems silly to pay $$$ for something when there was so much else to do for free... ended up parasailing and doing the Segway World Tour... DW got a couple of massages, and we did a carriage ride at Ft Wilderness and a boat rental from GF

I think we want to do parasailing as well. We have not done that before. So the tours you have to schedule way ahead as well? Did you do the fireworks cruise?

[Sysyphus]

Some of the tours book out a long time in advance... we did the Wishes fireworks cruise on Wednesday night - had a 12-seater boat with a guide, which we shared with one other person... left from GF boat dock... took us all the way down to Ft Wilderness and back again with an interesting commentary from the tour guide before lining up near the MK docks to view the fireworks. Unfortunately it was rather cold that night which made DD & DW both rather cranky... could have been worse: night before had been a torrential downpour and thunderstorm... luckily that was the night we were at la Nouba so we only got a bit wet while looking for a taxi.

[honeymo78]

We tend to book our tours at the time as our dining. I think the latest we've waited is 3 months out. Not all the tours are daily and also have a pretty small group (10 to 16 usually) so they can book up. I'm not saying you need to book as far in advance as we do, but waiting until you get down there will make it tough to get the time you want.

For contrast, we did the illuminations cruise in Oct. Since we stay at CR and are wishes from the room we opted for something different. The cruise leaves from the yacht club and parks under the bridge at the international gateway. Beforehand they took us down toward studios and we saw the top parts of fantasmic. Our cruise was full but that probably depends on day and time of year. I can't wait to see illuminations from the boat again.

[MomsOf2boys]

Some of the tours book out a long time in advance... we did the Wishes fireworks cruise on Wednesday night - had a 12-seater boat with a guide, which we shared with one other person... left from GF boat dock... took us all the way down to Ft Wilderness and back again with an interesting commentary from the tour guide before lining up near the MK docks to view the fireworks. Unfortunately it was rather cold that night which made DD & DW both rather cranky... could have been worse: night before had been a torrential downpour and thunderstorm... luckily that was the night we were at la Nouba so we only got a bit wet while looking for a taxi.

I will remember to take a sweater as I will be the cranky one if it is cold. We are a rather large group if we all book together, so I will plan and schedule when I do ADR's or as soon as I can then. Thank you.

We tend to book our tours at the time as our dining. I think the latest we've waited is 3 months out. Not all the tours are daily and also have a pretty small group (10 to 16 usually) so they can book up. I'm not saying you need to book as far in advance as we do, but waiting until you get down there will make it tough to get the time you want.

For contrast, we did the illuminations cruise in Oct. Since we stay at CR and are wishes from the room we opted for something different. The cruise leaves from the yacht club and parks under the bridge at the international gateway. Beforehand they took us down toward studios and we saw the top parts of fantasmic. Our cruise was full but that probably depends on day and time of year. I can't wait to see illuminations from the boat again.

I am not sure which cruise to do. We will be at AKL so I doubt we will see any fireworks from our rooms. I am going to try to get a dinner ressie for the California Grill for a time around Wishes so perhaps we will do illuminations as well. How many people were on your boat?

[honeymo78]

How many people were on your boat?

I think there were 10 people (our party of 4 plus 3 couples).

[MomsOf2boys]

I think there were 10 people (our party of 4 plus 3 couples).

Well I have talked to the adults in our party...we have two rooms, one with 3 of us and one with 4... and they decided on an Illuminations cruise. Is this something I need to book or can the concierge book that for me?

[gigi1313]

no matter whom you depend on to book it (and yes, i believe concierge can), be sure to get on it asap as you are very close to your booking window...

ENJOY! :flower:

[MomsOf2boys]

I've never stayed at the GF but I believe there is a character breakfast at 1900 Park Faire and the Grand Floridian Cafe may also serve breakfast.

One of our party just called to see if lobster was available anywhere on the platinum plan.....uhhhh Does anyone know??????

[MomsOf2boys]

no matter whom you depend on to book it (and yes, i believe concierge can), be sure to get on it asap as you are very close to your booking window...

ENJOY! :flower:

Oh my gosh I know... it is just so hard to figure out times and all that.

[MomsOf2boys]

I did notice that I am posting way too many questions here. I thank you all for your help and apologize to those that are getting sick of seeing me here. Just don't rename this thread, HELP SUSAN GET THIS STRAIGHT. hahaha

[honeymo78]

Well I have talked to the adults in our party...we have two rooms, one with 3 of us and one with 4... and they decided on an Illuminations cruise. Is this something I need to book or can the concierge book that for me?

The platinum cruise can only be booked by your planner. I believe it starts booking at 90 days out but you can give the date you want to your planner at 180 and they will book it for you as soon as they can.

[Sysyphus]

One of our party just called to see if lobster was available anywhere on the platinum plan.....uhhhh Does anyone know??????

Narcoosee's is probably your best bet...

V&A's brought us lobster prepared three different ways as an amuse bouche to start our meal... you simply must do V&A's if you're on the platinum plan - although the tip can end up costing more than most dinners, especially if you do the wine pairings ;)

[MomsOf2boys]

Narcoosee's is probably your best bet...

V&A's brought us lobster prepared three different ways as an amuse bouche to start our meal... you simply must do V&A's if you're on the platinum plan - although the tip can end up costing more than most dinners, especially if you do the wine pairings ;)

I did look at V&A's menu. I do plan to work that in but NOT with the kids. They can do some fast food or room service or buffet that night without us. Does that sound like a plan?? I will check out Narcoosee's for the lot of us. Thank you for that help.

[nemofan]

was anyones room upgraded? what are the best tours. Did you feel like it was wortht he money