Would a dining plan make sense for us?

[StephCT]

Hi-
I'm going to let the experts decide b/c I'm finding figuring out the dining plan to be too confusing! Can you tell me if you think it would save money for my family? I'm thinking b/c I'm not buying park tickets for my 2.5y/o and 1y/o, but they still need to eat real meals (and those need to be dairy free...aghh!) that it probably doesn't make sense.

Here's who is traveling: me, dh, 5y/o, 2.5y/o (dairy allergy), 1 y/o (dairy allergy).

These are our reservations so far (still trying to make up my mind on some of these):

Wed
Dinner: Princesses in Norway at Epcot

Thurs
B: cereal in room
L: Pooh Crystal Palace or Chef Mickey's
D: Saana or Jiko

Fri
B: cereal in room
L: Yak&Yeti
D: Blue Zoo

Sat
B: Cinderella Castle
L: Sci Fi Drive In (I think I need to change this one, the menu didn't appeal to me at all)
D: Kouzinna or Saana

Thanks for any advice!

[squirrel]

The chef's at the TS are wonderful at making Dairy Free food. I haven't travelled with children that were under 3, so I don't know if you would have to have your meal Dairy Free or if you need to purchase a child's meal.

Have you gone over to the DisAbilities Board? They have lots of people over there that might be able to help you more.

There is also an email for special diets and they can send you a list of CS places that have dairy free items available.

[amshowers]

The DDP will give 1 cs and 1 ts for each you, dh and 1 child. Since you will not be paying for your youngest 2 they can share off your plates, unless you do a bufffet. I suggest you do more buffets so 2 little ones can eat for free,and they are wonderful about about going over the buffet for those with allergies.

[MrsLS]

Since you are doing TS for both lunch & dinner and some might be 2 credits, depending on what you pick, the regular DP would not work for you. I also do not think Blue Zoo is on the dining plan but I could be wrong. If you changed the blue zoo, did jiko because it is 2 credits and wanted some apps too, then the deluxe plan *might* be good if it was for 4 nights, but the regular plan wouldn't be good for what you want to do, at least I don't think so. I would just not do the dining plan in your situation.