9 yo as adult on DDP?

[yasmina]

I know that Disney considers 10 yo & up as adults both for park tickets and DDP. That's fine, you have to have the cut-off somewhere. Kids are just so wierd sometimes. Our 9 yo is quite an adventurous eater, and would do very well ordering from the adult menu.

Our 11 yo, OTOH, is an incredibly picky eater and would prefer eating from the kids menu. However, she has become better and will likely start ordering from the adult menu.

I would be happy to pay the extra $ for our 9 yo to be an "adult" on the DDP. Is it possible to put her on the plan as an adult?.

TIA!

 

[disneydaveb]

Yes. My brother-in-law just did this on Sunday for our upcoming August trip. My Nephew is 9, but often orders form the adult menu as he likes to try new and different items. We are on the free DDP, so he only had to pay $35 to upgrade his park hopper pass to a junior.

 

[yasmina]

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but can you upgrade just the DDP portion to adult, or is it combined with the park ticket?

 

[bradk]

you'd have to modify the package to have an adult ticket for the 9 year old as well, listing him/her as 10.

or if your situation is exactly as you describe, just leave as is and let the 9 year old order off the adult menu and the 11 year old order off the children's menu.

 

[illiniowl]

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but can you upgrade just the DDP portion to adult, or is it combined with the park ticket?

Unless you are getting the DDP because you are a DVC member or guest staying on DVC points, you have to purchase a package (room + some identical form of park admission for everyone on the reservation) in order to get the DDP. You cannot "up-age" a child into an adult for DDP purposes without also doing the same for his/her park admission.