Oh boo, wish I had asked that here! Our waitress told us we could only order one as a dessert (pb&j one, amazing!) on the DDP. Such is life, regardless I got one (in a to go cup to boot haha).
Back in 2011 we did the DxDP, and after eating at a lot of TS restaurants it became very obvious the servers had a lot of latitude with what the dining plan can cover. For example, we were able to order extra drinks or specialty drinks, sub an appetizer for desert, etc at some restaurants and then when we got our card back everything was 0.00 and we did not owe for the extras. We had 2 kids under 3 with us and would order them a kids meal to share at some places and even those would disappear sometimes.
At other restaurants, we did pay for them.
If we paid for extras, they always had to be on a separate ticket. So, (I do not KNOW this is how it works,) but it seemed that the dining plan zeroes out the ticket regardless of what is on there. So if your server doesn't put it on a separate ticket then you don't pay for it.
The result, if your server is okay with the swap the system will allow it. Some servers are good with whatever, others follow the rules. According to the official literature from Disney specialty drinks are not included, and a milkshake is a specialty drink. However, some servers let you get it for a drink, some let you get it for a dessert. It never hurts to ask. Just be willing to take no for an answer.
I'd trust the waitress over a fan forum.
DisMama3 said:Still doesn't hurt to ask again, wasn't going to until I read this here. Especially now since my oldest will be an adult and would enjoy the milkshake as a drink. Our waitress was cranky and not the normal fun type anyway.
Was it cousin Sarah? The last couple times we had her so has been completely off. We even went as far as to play with our phones and put our elbows on the table and got nothing, was very disappointing
DisMama3 said:Is she a younger, pretty girl with blonde hair? If so yes. She wasn't mean cranky but just bad day, couldn't pull off getting into character cranky. I had no hard feelings about the milkshake as I always assumed it was a specialty drink .
That would be her! I've had her 3 times and have only gotten her to play along once kinda. I didn't finish my food and she said I had to eat 2 more spoonfuls, but she walked away and never made me actually do it.
DisMama3 said:Haha too funny! She really took to our little guy, said she had a daughter or niece the same age. Thankfully the food was good so we didn't mind the lack of acting. Can't wait to go back!!
We are looking forward to our next visit, just hoping we get someone different lol we like Sarah but what were the chances the last 3 trips we would get her.