A Quick Question about the dining plan

[momtoamulan]

Can you order anything off a menu?

Some of the prices seem so high...I just wondered if the dining plan has a set limit... a snack can only be up to $4 dollars or something...or is the sky the limit?

DH was joking saying he wanted to get a 32 dollar steak at Wolfgang pucks....Can he?

Thanks

New at this whole dining plan and staying at the resort!

 

[drag n' fly]

Can you order anything off a menu?

Some of the prices seem so high...I just wondered if the dining plan has a set limit... a snack can only be up to $4 dollars or something...or is the sky the limit?

DH was joking saying he wanted to get a 32 dollar steak at Wolfgang pucks....Can he?

Thanks

New at this whole dining plan and staying at the resort!

One item up to 4 dollars. You cannot combine to make up to 4 dollars. Your dh is correct. The best use of your dining plan dollar is to go to sit down restaurants and order off the menu and order something on the pricey side.

 

[branmack]

Only your snack credit has to be $4.00 or under. For the table service you can get an appatizer, main course and dessert. For the counter service you can have a combo and a dessert. The meal plan is alot of food. We ended up with lots of snack credits left at the end of our vacation. We bought boxes of cookies to take home with the left over credits.

Our table service meals were around $150.00 each time for 2 adults and 2 kids. Lots of shrimp cocktails and steak for the DH.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

This is what my DS is looking forward to -- eating steak all week.

You can order whatever you want on the menu but any add-on's are extra. ie. if it says you can add a lobster tail for $10 then you have to pay the $10.

Dessert is included in your counter service meal if it's lunch or dinner. At breakfast there is no dessert.

If you have any other questions please ask. We've used the plan a couple of times now and love it.

Fiona

 

[maryliz]

This is what my DS is looking forward to -- eating steak all week.

ME TOO, Fiona, ME TOO !!!

I'm not a very adventurous person when it comes to meals, and I only like to eat chicken done a certain way ... so I'm looking forward to steak and prime rib all week long. I could never get bored of it.

 

[tgropp]

It is a good deal. When we had dinner, the bill was well over the $38.00 per person that the meal plan cost. Plus you also got a soft drink, coffee and this included taxes and an 18 percent tip.

 

[Kurby]

that is exactly why we LOVE the DP.

we can bring our children to the more expensive restaurants that we've always wanted to go to but being on vacation with limited funds exchanged from Canadian to US we used to stick with only 3 or 4 nights out of 14 in the fancier restaurants and the rest at the more casual ones. now we can pay for it in advance so it doesn't seem to hit the pocket as hard.

also my guess is the servers love it since they get 18% tip so if you order that $32 steak instead of the $12 one it's better in their pockets too.

when we were down in May - each and every one of our dinners were over $80 for the two of us so that paid for the DP every day just for the dinners which gave us lunch for free.

 

[PrincessTrisha]

It is a good deal. When we had dinner, the bill was well over the $38.00 per person that the meal plan cost. Plus you also got a soft drink, coffee and this included taxes and an 18 percent tip.

Good point about the tax and tip.

It's not just about the price of the entree.

If you order an average dinner entree ($20) plus a drink ($2) with tax and tip it's = $27

Medium priced snack = $3

Average combo meal = $7 + drink $2 with tax = $9.50

Total for the day = $39.50

It's not difficult to at least break even (and here you've not ordered the most expensive items - not ordered two desserts, and left off the one appetizer).

 

[FaerieG]

Hey Momtuamulan,
Tell your DH that he can have his steak and eat it too. I am always amazed when we get our slip that indicates how much our meal would have cost had we not been on the DP (one meal came to ± 69$ for 2). So far, we have always come out way ahead.
Cheers!

 

[FaerieG]

Here, you can check out this link called Helpful Tips for Making the Most of the Dining Plan
http://www.mousesavers.com/diningplantips2007.html

 

[momtoamulan]

I know our family will enjoy it.

Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are going (thirteen in total)...hopefully, everyone will find enough to eat.

We have booked Chef Mickey for brekkie
Le Cellier
Princess Storybook
Cinderella something or other...lol
Wolfgang puck
SCI FI
and Tony's Town Square..boy, adr fill up fast!

 

[FaerieG]

So much food to eat, so little time to eat it in!
Enjoy!
If someone walks away hungry, I'll eat my next DP card. lol

 

[deb123453]

are they now keeping track of whether or not how many childrens or adult meals you use . last year it was all listed as one they weren't seperated. so me and my daughter would just get one adult meal(counter sevice )and share it.that way we got 2 counter services a day.

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

are they now keeping track of whether or not how many childrens or adult meals you use . last year it was all listed as one they weren't seperated. so me and my daughter would just get one adult meal(counter sevice )and share it.that way we got 2 counter services a day.

It is now broken down for TS credits only. It will say how many adult TS you have and how many children's TS.

The CS are still listed as one.

 

[deb123453]

thanks, at least this way i know we can still share and get 2 cs in one day.

 

[cammie1229]

DH was joking saying he wanted to get a 32 dollar steak at Wolfgang pucks....Can he?

Yup, he can! My hubby ordered it last week.