another dining plan question

[bamamom]

We will be in WDW for 5 nites but 6 full days (we are driving) and we are on the dining plan. The way I understand it is that we will have the dining plan for 5 of the 6 days because we are staying 5 nights. So what do you experts suggest for us to do....use them the first 5 days then OOP for the last day we are there or do you have better suggestions? I know it will be the F&W while we are there and I thought about just sampling for our lunch but wasn't sure how with picky kids this would work.

 

[Palendat]

You will have 5 counter-service meals and 5 table-service meals per person to use any way you want over the 6 days, since the meal credits are good from time of check-in until 11:59 pm of the check-out day! You can spread them or "spend" them in any order, as many or few per day as you like.

 

[christinadei]

Well, what time are you coming in and what time are you leaving? If you come in after lunch, you can use one TS credit and if you leave befoer dinner, you can use your last CS credit.

They way we are working around it is that on our fist day, we'll pay OOP for a CS meal, probably Earl of Sandwich in DTD. On our AK day, we'll buy the AK voucher and save a CS meal. So, we'll use TS's on our first, second and 4th days. (we are staying 4 days and 3 nights) and we'll use a CS at Pepper Market for dinner on our MGM day. Does that all make sense? I'll spell it out a little better.

Since we'll be there 3 nights (just me and DH), we'll have 6 CS and 6 TS credits.

Day 1
Lunch at Earl of Sandwich-pay oop
Dinner Concourse Steakhouse-2 TS credits

Day 2
Lunch-CS in Epcot-2 CS
Dinner LeCellier-2TS

Day 3
Lunch-CS in MGM 2-CS
Dinner-Pepper Market-2CS

Day 4
Lunch-AK Lunch Vouchers -pay OOP
Dinner -Boma 2 TS

So that will be a total of 6 CS, 6TS and 2 lunches paid for OOP.

 

[BoatDrinks]

I hope you aren't counting on those AK vouchers too much because according to AllEarsNet they have been discontinued:

"AS OF 7/05, DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM
MEAL PLUS CERTIFICATES DISCONTINUED!"

source: allearsnet . com / menu / menu_ftb.htm