Basic Dining Plan - will I be overwhelmed?

[sharbev]

This is our 1st trip with our boys 3 and 5 and we haven't been back ourselves since our wedding in 2001. (I know, way to long!)

I booked the Basic Dining Plan b/c it just seems to make total sense. My question is: Am I going to be overwhelmed trying to figure out where I can use things, what counts as what and keep track of everything?

Sorry for such a newbie question, but it's kind of stressing me out and I definitely don't want to be stressing. The point of the Dining Plan (to me) is not to have to stress about things.

Thanks for any advice!
~ shari

 

[Neesy228]

I think that you have a very small learning curve with the DDP. Like, what kinds of things come with a kids meal at a CS or what will count as a snack...but it's really not bad, and if you're not sure about something just ask a CM (or two, because not everyone knows the right answer. )

I took a small index card with the number of meals and snacks printed on it, so that I could keep track as we used them, but much of the time our receipt showed our remaining "balances" for whatever it was we purchased...I did use the index card frequently though.

I also reviewed the details for each meal and what was included, plus a lot of the tips on the DIS for snacks that are included etc before we went. Overall, it was really easy and definitely simplified my life once I got into the groove....it took me one day to really understand it all, but once we lived it, we were fine.

Did that help or was it just babbling?

 

[Smokeyspawn]

Make ADRs for all you TS meals. Use your CS meals and snacks when you need them. We always do this and always have credits left over on the last night.