adding dining to room only reservation

[mgcgoose]

My cousin is a CM and she booked my hotel reservation so that I could receive the 40% off. The reservation is listed as room only...does this mean that I won't be able to add tickets and the dining plan to my reservation?

How can I add the dining package and tickets without losing the 40%?

 

[POOHsie]

My cousin is a CM and she booked my hotel reservation so that I could receive the 40% off. The reservation is listed as room only...does this mean that I won't be able to add tickets and the dining plan to my reservation?

How can I add the dining package and tickets without losing the 40%?

You could talk to your Cousin about that. Disney doesn't usually stack discounts -- if you get a big room discount, you don't get offered dining. If you get free dining, you don't get a room discount. It's easy to buy tickets from Disney online directly. Make sure you open a MyDisneyExperience account online for your tickets, resort and MagicBand (which you will customize before your trip).

Frankly, saving 40% on your room may work better than a dining plan in terms of total trip $$ spent. Usually ppl don't save $$ with DDP unless they have kids under 10 on their reservation. And DDP forces you to have dessert. Would you spend the $$ to order dessert for lunch and dinner when at home? This is one way that DDP is an inefficient $$ expenditure. More than likely, you could do better on your own. You'll have the convenience of charging to your room thru your MagicBand, so paying for meals will be relatively easy & painless if you've budgeted for your vacation meals. And that's all DDP is -- pre-paid meals.

 

[mgcgoose]

Thanks...I'm not looking to stack coupons, I want to pay OOP for the DDP. I just want to be able to add it to my reservation if possible.

 

[POOHsie]

Thanks...I'm not looking to stack coupons, I want to pay OOP for the DDP. I just want to be able to add it to my reservation if possible.

Hi again. Since your CM cousin is booking the reservation with employee discount, I believe only she-or-he can find out if dining can be added to the reservation, and if so, make the necessary change. I'm not knowledgeable about Disney employee offerings in detail. Sorry.

 

[butterfly71076]

My sister is a CM and I do this all the time. If you have your reservation number, call 407-wdw-cast. Tell them your CM family member made you the reservation and you would like to add the DDP. They will, most likely, have to cancel your first reservation and make a new one. I was told going from a room only to room+dine, is turning it into a package. But, it was no problem and everything worked out fine. Good luck!