bluejasmine
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I was spoiled by the early days of free dining where we ate at great TS restaurants with appetizers, entrees and desserts...for free! Last time we went to Disney we bought the quick service DP, which I felt was a little steep.
Now I am planning our trip for May and I think we are just going to eat and pay as we go. I was thinking we may splurge on a nice dinner maybe on our last night like Ohanas (which I haven't been to since free dining). I mean, I know it's delicious and I know eating out on vacation is obviously more than at "home" but is it really worth $250 for a family of four?? Don't even get me started on the luau at Poly. I know it's a show too but wow. We spend a lot of money on a DW vacation for room and tickets but We can barely afford to eat!! Am I just too cheap??
Sorry so long. Maybe I just needed to vent
I don't think you're cheap. It's expensive to eat there and, because of the wide variety of quality you'll find between TS, I think you should be picky about where you eat!! To answer your question specifically, no, I don't think O'hana is worth that. We've eaten there numerous times over the past 12 years and our last visit in December 2017 was terrible. The service was really bad, we did not get enough appetizers and the server came around and plopped about 3 lbs of meat on my plate before even asking if I wanted it and how much. It was so unappetizing. And there was barely any entertainment. We were there for almost 90 minutes and there were no coconut races, no limbo, just some music and some dancing. It was not worth the cost. We had much better meals at almost every other restaurant we went to. My advice would be to pick a good a la carte TS that appeals to you and go there. You can then order exactly what you want to keep costs where you want them and not pay more for food you may not even eat. You may even want to pick a signature and only order an app and entree or entree and dessert (two courses) which would probably cost around the same as going to O'hana. We paid slightly more on our meal at Artist Point and it was so, so much better than O'hana. The small increase in cost to eat a really great meal was totally worth it. There are some great 1 TS restaurants as well.
We were at WDW 12/14-12/21. I honestly could not believe how mediocre the food was. It was shocking to me. At the end of the trip, I was shaking my head at how much money I had forked over for subpar food and service.
When we got to MCO, my kids (15 and 13) were so excited to get McDonalds and exclaimed how sick they were of Disney food. That’s how bad it was!
There were some really good things (like the Ohana bread for example), but overall, the food was absolutely not worth the money we paid. And it makes me really sad to say that.
I agree with you; we never do the dining plan anymore.
My "only" up there was because the OP had stated it would be $3000 for the 7 nights. That's a huge math error, in my opinion.
Not the OP here but it was my math error.. i went back and DUH, i had scheduled 8 nights (9 days).. not 7... 7 is our typical vacation to WDW... but it was 3k more for the DDP for 8 nights/9 days in July of 2018.
Not the OP here but it was my math error.. i went back and DUH, i had scheduled 8 nights (9 days).. not 7... 7 is our typical vacation to WDW... but it was 3k more for the DDP for 8 nights/9 days in July of 2018.
Okay, I can't figure out what they've done with your quote. Prices haven't changed. Even with 8 nights, you should only be paying about $2200 more for DDP and $1600 for QSDP. Are your 2 children 9 and under?
Okay, I can't figure out what they've done with your quote. Prices haven't changed. Even with 8 nights, you should only be paying about $2200 more for DDP and $1600 for QSDP. Are your 2 children 9 and under?