Upgrading Halfboard Vouchers

[cookie334]

Does anyone know how much it would be to upgrade our halfboard vouchers from plus to premium for 4 of us (2 adults + 2 kids)?

Do you think it would be worth doing this? The way the £/€ is at the moment, it was definitely worth our while going for plus, but was thinking we might get more for our money if we go for the premium.

[mummyal]

It depends whether you're going to eat at any of the 'premium' restaurants or not. We ate at Inventions & California Grill (and also Steakhouse), so for us it was worth the upgrade. It cost us £96 (or thereabouts) to upgrade and we're also 2 adults, 2 kids.

[torsie24]

I just upgraded for 2 adults, was like £75 or so.

I think its definitely worth it as we'll be eating at California grill and inventions and either walts of cafe mickey. :)

Will save us loads of money!

[thelittlemermaid83]

I think if you are planning on eating at the premium resturants then yes.

If not then maybe it be better to stick to HB plus.

[cookie334]

Thanks for the replies. Has anyone got a link to the page with the restaurants for half board premium? I can only find standard and plus on the DLP website :confused3

We're planning to eat at:

Cafe Mickey's
Agrabah Cafe
Auberge
Rainforest Cafe (obviously not with HB vouchers though)

and one more that we've not decided yet. We were just going to go with the half board plus and pay any extras, but with eating at these places I'm not sure what the better option is?

If we got the premium, would 1 voucher each cover the Auberge, or would we still have to use more than one/pay extra?

I thought I had all this sorted out and it's just confusing me now :rotfl:

[thelittlemermaid83]

1 voucher each for Auberge and the same for Cafe Mickey (if you order from the set menu)

[cookie334]

1 voucher each for Auberge and the same for Cafe Mickey (if you order from the set menu)

Cool thanks. That would mean that we could have 2 great meals in one day as we'll have an extra voucher each from RFC meal :goodvibes

[thelittlemermaid83]

You cant use HB vouchers in the Rainforest cafe.

[cookie334]

You cant use HB vouchers in the Rainforest cafe.

Yeah that's what I meant. We'll be having a meal in the RFC one night so we'll have an extra voucher each from that night that we can use one lunch time, meaning we can have 2 great meals in one day (if our tummy's can handle it :rotfl: ). Sorry, I didn't word that well further up lol.

[thelittlemermaid83]

I really want to eat in the RFC but the exchange rate has ruined that for me.

[cookie334]

I really want to eat in the RFC but the exchange rate has ruined that for me.

Yeah we're still in 2 minds aswell. The whole money thing is really depressing eh? We've been quite lucky that loads of folk gave the kids £s/€s for christmas, so they've got a lot of spending money of their own, meaning that the money we've saved will be purely for food and the odd little extra. I think we'll book RFC for the last night and see how the money goes for the rest of the time.

It's depressing though coz we really watched our money last time and waited till the last day to buy anything other than food and autograph books. I was determined that this time would be different, but even though we've saved a lot more spending money, it's going to be worse than last time :scared1:

[torsie24]

I really want to eat in the RFC but the exchange rate has ruined that for me.
The london one is great Em, and will be a nice day out another time for the two of you! :)

[thelittlemermaid83]

The london one is great Em, and will be a nice day out another time for the two of you! :)

Thats a idea, thanks Torsie.

[thelittlemermaid83]

Yeah we're still in 2 minds aswell. The whole money thing is really depressing eh? We've been quite lucky that loads of folk gave the kids £s/€s for christmas, so they've got a lot of spending money of their own, meaning that the money we've saved will be purely for food and the odd little extra. I think we'll book RFC for the last night and see how the money goes for the rest of the time.

It's depressing though coz we really watched our money last time and waited till the last day to buy anything other than food and autograph books. I was determined that this time would be different, but even though we've saved a lot more spending money, it's going to be worse than last time :scared1:

I'm waiting till the last day to buy anything as i dont want to end up with no money for food.

I think I will decide what to do about lunch on Monday when i actually arrive.

[DLPHereWeCome]

We ate in Cafe Mickey on the last day of our trip a couple of weeks ago.

We had the Premium vouchers but didn't order from the set menu, we just chose what we wanted from the main menu.

When the bill came, we only needed to use 2 adult and 1 child Premium voucher (plus 40 cents!). We were given back one of the kids vouchers (15e worth) but as it was our last meal, we never got around to using this spare one so lost out there.

The moral of our trip would be to go to CM early in your trip as you may have an extra 15e voucher to spend or put with another meal.

This obviously depends on what you order from CM!

We were also given a child's voucher back at Inventions. They were running a promo that if you were seated between 6 and 7 in the evening, then you got a free kids buffet meal with each adult buffet meal. This was the best place we ate at during our stay, and the HB Premiums were well worth it!

[cookie334]

We ate in Cafe Mickey on the last day of our trip a couple of weeks ago.

We had the Premium vouchers but didn't order from the set menu, we just chose what we wanted from the main menu.

When the bill came, we only needed to use 2 adult and 1 child Premium voucher (plus 40 cents!). We were given back one of the kids vouchers (15e worth) but as it was our last meal, we never got around to using this spare one so lost out there.

The moral of our trip would be to go to CM early in your trip as you may have an extra 15e voucher to spend or put with another meal.

This obviously depends on what you order from CM!

We were also given a child's voucher back at Inventions. They were running a promo that if you were seated between 6 and 7 in the evening, then you got a free kids buffet meal with each adult buffet meal. This was the best place we ate at during our stay, and the HB Premiums were well worth it!

Thanks a lot for that, definitely worth knowing. I think I read somewhere else about kids eating free at certain restaurants when seated before certain times.

Does anyone else have any more info on that?

Maybe, if we work it out carefully, we could get all our lunches and dinner with HB premium vouchers :confused3

If you have an extra kids voucher, can you use it without spending an adults one to go with it though?

[mummyal]

Thanks a lot for that, definitely worth knowing. I think I read somewhere else about kids eating free at certain restaurants when seated before certain times.

Does anyone else have any more info on that?

Maybe, if we work it out carefully, we could get all our lunches and dinner with HB premium vouchers :confused3

If you have an extra kids voucher, can you use it without spending an adults one to go with it though?

Yeah, our kids ate free as well - their vouchers covered our wine :rotfl: (we didn't know about them eating free until we got the bill). We wasted 2 kids' vouchers - we had brunch at the Steakhouse on our last day and they gave us back the kids' vouchers and told us we could just use it at face value at any other restaurants. But because we were so full from lunch, we didn't fancy having any dinner before we boarded the train. So, that was 30 euros down the drain :sad2:

[DLPHereWeCome]

Thanks a lot for that, definitely worth knowing. I think I read somewhere else about kids eating free at certain restaurants when seated before certain times.

Does anyone else have any more info on that?

Maybe, if we work it out carefully, we could get all our lunches and dinner with HB premium vouchers :confused3

If you have an extra kids voucher, can you use it without spending an adults one to go with it though?

If you mean can you use 2 x adult and 3 x kids vouchers (for 2 adults/2 kids eating), then yes, you can. Infact, the guy in Inventions told us to do this. He also said that we could use it (a single childs Premium Voucher) to get some take-out supplies from the take-out place in Disney Village (can't remember its name!) just to use it up.

[DLPHereWeCome]

Yeah, our kids ate free as well - their vouchers covered our wine :rotfl: (we didn't know about them eating free until we got the bill). We wasted 2 kids' vouchers - we had brunch at the Steakhouse on our last day and they gave us back the kids' vouchers and told us we could just use it at face value at any other restaurants. But because we were so full from lunch, we didn't fancy having any dinner before we boarded the train. So, that was 30 euros down the drain :sad2:

Yes, same for us! The waiter guy used one x kids Premium voucher in Inventions for 2 beers (14.90e for 2 beers!! :scared1: ). Thank god for the voucher!!

[cookie334]

If you mean can you use 2 x adult and 3 x kids vouchers (for 2 adults/2 kids eating), then yes, you can. Infact, the guy in Inventions told us to do this. He also said that we could use it (a single childs Premium Voucher) to get some take-out supplies from the take-out place in Disney Village (can't remember its name!) just to use it up.

Sorry I didn't see your reply before I asked this on my other thread.

What about the other way around? If you are handed back a kids voucher, but don't have an adult voucher left, could you have a meal for the whole family in, say Walts, and use the child voucher to reduce the bill and just pay the rest in cash?

[mummyal]

Sorry I didn't see your reply before I asked this on my other thread.

What about the other way around? If you are handed back a kids voucher, but don't have an adult voucher left, could you have a meal for the whole family in, say Walts, and use the child voucher to reduce the bill and just pay the rest in cash?

Yes, you can. Well, that's what I understood anyway from what the lady at the Steakhouse told me :)

[DLPHereWeCome]

Sorry I didn't see your reply before I asked this on my other thread.

What about the other way around? If you are handed back a kids voucher, but don't have an adult voucher left, could you have a meal for the whole family in, say Walts, and use the child voucher to reduce the bill and just pay the rest in cash?

Yes, I would think so. They don't say on them that you have to use a certain amount / combination, so i imagine it would be fine.

[cookie334]

Yes, you can. Well, that's what I understood anyway from what the lady at the Steakhouse told me :)

Yes, I would think so. They don't say on them that you have to use a certain amount / combination, so i imagine it would be fine.

Thanks guys, you've both been a great help. Just ignore this question in my other post. I should've asked my other questions here and not done 2 threads, my head's very pickled at the moment :rolleyes1

[wyre forest red]

Yes, I would think so. They don't say on them that you have to use a certain amount / combination, so i imagine it would be fine.


Can anyone confirm this? If that is the case it could actually be better to get Premium vouchers, use them in cheaper restaurants (perhaps only needing 1 adult and one or two children's vouchers) then using what is left of the vouchers for lunch (a full board plan!!!!)..... until they change the price of vouchers to reflect the new exchange rate then these half board vouchers could become the European equivalent of disney dollars. :rotfl:

[cookie334]

Can anyone confirm this? If that is the case it could actually be better to get Premium vouchers, use them in cheaper restaurants (perhaps only needing 1 adult and one or two children's vouchers) then using what is left of the vouchers for lunch (a full board plan!!!!)..... until they change the price of vouchers to reflect the new exchange rate then these half board vouchers could become the European equivalent of disney dollars. :rotfl:

This is exactly what I'm thinking. We're there for 6 full days with 5 nights vouchers, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to maximise voucher usage :rotfl:

Will be fantastic if it works like this.

[wyre forest red]

This is exactly what I'm thinking. We're there for 6 full days with 5 nights vouchers, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to maximise voucher usage :rotfl:

Will be fantastic if it works like this.

My other thought is when will disney/ the travel companies change the price of the half board vouchers to reflect the exchange rate? At the moment they will be losing money (OK, making less profit than before:laughing: ) selling us, for example, 25 euros worth of half board plus for £18. All brochures seem to run until the end of March/Early April..... I presume prices will change for holidays after that??????

[DLPHereWeCome]

I have just dug my vouchers out - this is what it says on them (a child's voucher):

HALF BOARD PREMIUM MENU - to be presented at the Restaurant Entrance

Menu meal exchange valid per child in the restaurants stated below for 1 main, 1 dessert or buffet and 1 non alcoholic 25cl drink. This meal voucher is also valid for the same menu in every DLPR table service or buffet restaurance except RC, PH, KLC. Any alteration must be paid at the cashier dest, no change is given.

BBWWS (2nd category), CM, CG, I, MR, AdeC, BL, Walt's.


This is everything in english that is on the voucher - there are no terms or conditions. Hope you understand the abbreviations....!

Go for the upgrade....you know you want to!

[thelittlemermaid83]

Whats MR?

[DLPHereWeCome]

Whats MR?

Manhattan Restaurant

[cookie334]

My other thought is when will disney/ the travel companies change the price of the half board vouchers to reflect the exchange rate? At the moment they will be losing money (OK, making less profit than before:laughing: ) selling us, for example, 25 euros worth of half board plus for £18. All brochures seem to run until the end of March/Early April..... I presume prices will change for holidays after that??????

Yeah I would imagine it'll have increased by the time the next brochure is out. Although you can book further than that online. I wonder if you booked hb vouchers that way if it would still be the price it is now :confused3