It will be me and my 6 year old daughter going down and we do have 3 TS meals planned.Has anyone used the CS dining plan yet? Did you think it was worth it? I know I can look at all of the menus online and have done that but I still can't decide if it is worth it.
Thanks for any input!
Totally not what we would be looking for either.
I didn't read it that way. It just seemed to me that Cindaddy was offering their opinion, not assuming everyone wants to eat like them. Just my opinion.
but again I wouldn't want to go too long as there just isn't enough variety(unless in the parks) for us the main downside & in particular at the resort was the whole school cafeteria vibe,all queueing up at different stations,queueing up to pay,finding a table,dodgying all the kids on heelies as your trying to get a cup of coffee....
Me and my DD just got back from a week with the new QS plan and loved it! We did have one TS meal (Chefs de France) that we used our gift card for. We were there 7 nights/8 days and had PLENTY of food, even though the plan gives you food based on the number of nights. I did not pay OOP for anything except the one TS meal. I added up our receipts when we got home and they totalled $450. We spent $280 for the plan. That's a good deal in my book!
We really enjoyed not having ADR's this time around. We had free dining in October and that was nice for that trip, but this time it was great just to eat when and where we felt like it. I would not recomment the QS plan if you are doing more than 1-2 TS meals, however. It would simply be too much food for most people. The QS plan provides plenty of food each day, especially if you use your snack credits wisely. For example, there is no need to use snack credits on drinks, as you have the refillable mugs AND you get drinks with every meal. That means you can use one snack credit for breakfast and still have another snack credit to use on a snack later in the day. Plus you get dessert with each of your 2 meals each day. That's alot of food, trust me!
We really liked the QS plan and would do it again. Like I said, though, I would definitely do regular dining plan if I wanted more than 1-2 TS meals.
Pam
Ok...I just spent 15 minutes typing out a detailed response espounding the virtues of the new QSDP....and of course I did not copy my response 1st....so of course when I hit the submit button...I had been logged out and I lost it ALL. Have I mentioned that this site's timeout is WAY too short? I'm not going through that whole thing again
Bottom line...we LOVED the CS dining plan...it worked perfectly for us this past week and I would choose it again in a heartbeat. For families with young kids or a larger group it is perfect. Our CHEAPEST adult meal would have cost us $14 out of pocket (some were more like $20).....at that rate our mug and snacks were basically free
Also...as a side note....we DID schedule 2 character meals during the week (we used the $200 gift card to pay for them) we used the "left over" CS credits to have a few split hot breakfast's in the Pop food court. (we used snack credits for the other breakfasts) You MUST remember to calculate the cost of tips into the comparison between the regular DP and the CS DP...that is a big chunk.....it's not simply $10 a day more. For my family we would have been looking at probably $35-40 more per day at minimum....that's assuming you do lunch ADRs when it is cheaper...(less tip)...if your doing dinner ADRs at more expensive places then the tips are REALLY going to add up.
We are going in April and are staying at the POP. We went last year and did the dinning plan and I felt that we ran to all our reservations missed things along the way and did not see everything because of them. I sat down and worked out that we would end up saving at least $60 a day by not haveing to tip and down gradeing to the counter service. We were going to buy the mugs, so that saved us another $52.00. We had some great Counter service meals last year, and then the snacks you get can be very filling as well. I am just looking forward to being able to eat when they want instead of me being a warden on the clock. My plan is to relax and enjoy this time around! 
Me and my DD just got back from a week with the new QS plan and loved it! We did have one TS meal (Chefs de France) that we used our gift card for. We were there 7 nights/8 days and had PLENTY of food, even though the plan gives you food based on the number of nights. I did not pay OOP for anything except the one TS meal. I added up our receipts when we got home and they totalled $450. We spent $280 for the plan. That's a good deal in my book!
We really enjoyed not having ADR's this time around. We had free dining in October and that was nice for that trip, but this time it was great just to eat when and where we felt like it. I would not recomment the QS plan if you are doing more than 1-2 TS meals, however. It would simply be too much food for most people. The QS plan provides plenty of food each day, especially if you use your snack credits wisely. For example, there is no need to use snack credits on drinks, as you have the refillable mugs AND you get drinks with every meal. That means you can use one snack credit for breakfast and still have another snack credit to use on a snack later in the day. Plus you get dessert with each of your 2 meals each day. That's alot of food, trust me!
We really liked the QS plan and would do it again. Like I said, though, I would definitely do regular dining plan if I wanted more than 1-2 TS meals.
Pam
