Anyone is planning on going and who have the...

[crow11ad]

dining plan, do you find that you may have scheduled too many ADR for table services and might not use your counter service credits? IF so what are you going to do about it?

 

[henrylovespooh]

I've used the plan once this past Spring and plan to use it in October, and we didn't have a problem with planning too many TS meals. In my planning, I assume that lunch will be a CS meal and dinner will be a TS meal. There is always the lure of a character breakfast or lunch, but I would pay for a TS breakfast out of pocket instead of using it on the plan because you risk not getting your money's worth. If for some reason a TS lunch does make the plan, we just do a CS dinner that night. I also think this balance helps with not feeling like you're getting too much food.

 

[can'twait]

We're in this situation. Some days we have 2 table service meals planned, or a CS lunch and the luau or HDDR, so we will be way over TS credits. To make up for it, we plan to pay cash for my little guy (picky eater) and save his TS credits for the rest of us, who actually eat. We do plan to use CS for several meals, but I am afraid we will have extras. We plan to buy bagels, etc. at the grocery store for the week, and eat quick breakfasts in the room or on the go while we walk to the bus, but I suspect that by the end of the week that will get old and some of us will want to eat a real breakfast at the food court. Also, one night we have an early luau reservation, so DH may want to use a CS at the food court later. We may try to grab sandwiches for the plane before we leave with CS credits, but I'm not sure how convenient that will be. We may share a CS meal between the 4 of us for a substantial snack. Sorry, a bottle of water is not really a "snack". One thing is for sure - it's a better bang for your buck if you have more CS credits left than TS credits left! The dining plan will be free for us, so I shouldn't complain, but it's only natural to want to get your money's worth and not waste credits, especially if we will end up paying cash for some TS meals because we have too many.

Here's a thought:

I was thinking the plan might be maximized more if it were based on a point system instead of snack, CS or TS. For instance:

Snack OR drink - 1 point
Counter service meal - 2 points
Table service or character meal - 3 points
HDDR or luau - 4 points

This way you can use all your points for CS if you want, or all for TS if you want, without worrying that you will be short somewhere. I would think it would be easier for Disney to track also. Is anyone out there listening?!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well, crow11ad, I plan to just KEEP EATING!

We're there for 9 nights. So far we have 11 TS meals booked, plus dinner at Fulton's which isn't covered by the plan. I also have 11 CS planned. It is entirely possible that A) we won't be hungry for all 23 meals I have planned or B) that we won't be hungry enough to all have our own meal every time, and sharing will mean leftover credits.

We are planning to use CS credits at the food court for breakfast on our departure day, so I guess we will load up on stuff to take on the plane. If we choose relatively non-perishable items we should be fine even if we don't eat it until we get home. If we have meal credits that we can't possibly use up then I guess we might treat some lucky folks in the Pop food court to breakfast on Sunday Oct. 23. But DH claims he was starving the entire trip in January so we may not have any credits left at all! I guess we'll see!