Appetiser instead of Entree?

[flexbarbie]

Hi, anyone no if its posible to have an appertiser instead of an entree? I love to have the cheese soup at le cellier and a desert! will they let me? we will be on the regular dining plan and have never done the dining plan before.
Thanks

 

[Shooby doo]

As far as I know that is a definite no-no,it has happened in the past but last year servers were told that they were in no circumstances allowed to swap them.We just paid for ours OOP.
SD

 

[tinkandonaldfans]

that seems really strange that you wouldn't be allowed to do that since a bowl of soup would be much cheaper than a filet?!!!

i think i asked this question before and someone said it wouldn't be a problem

 

[MakiraMarlena]

You can't substitute an appetizer for a dessert, ever. But you may be able to substitute one for an entree.

Unless you are on free dining it would not be very cost effective to substitute cheese soup for a Le Cellier entree.

 

[kaytieeldr]

To the best of our (general, on the DIS Dining forums) knowledge, this substitute IS permissible - and has been since the beginning of 2008, when Disney changed the DDP to exclude appetizers.

It's very profitable for Disney, and as MakiraMarlena points out, not at ALL cost-effective for the Guest (most likely, but not definitely, your serving would still be the typical appetizer size), but yes, you should be able to do it.

 

[Tricia1972]

I too have never heard of this substitution being a problem. However, as it's been pointed out, beware of the value.

The cost for a bowl of soup is $7, and the most expensive dessert is $8. However, if you want to add a cup of soup to your DDP meal, it is $5.50.

 

[LittleStinkerbelle]

DH was allowed to do something allong these lines at Wolfgang Puck Cafe. This was back when the basic plan included appetizers-WPC didn't allow sushi rolls as an app but he could order one in place of an entree.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Wow, that comes out to be a $36.00 bowl of soup.

 

[Luv2Roam]

Order the soup and pay OOP, and order your regular meal. The soup alone is not filling and having only soup and a dessert would basically be throwing money for an entree away. As mentioned, that would be an awfully expensive bowl of soup.

And really, I like the beer cheese soup at Big River Grille much better than the Le Cellier soup.