That's what a lot of blogs and unofficial stuff said, but I haven't seen anything come from Disney that even suggests this. The 2016 dining plan brochures came out after the changes and do show the ability to exchange the beverage and dessert with QS meals to other snack items, but all plans still state "Guests ages 3-9 must order from a children's menu where available."
I think that's the one "official" change that could potentially cut into Disney's dining plan profits the most so I can see why they might not advertise it. If a child orders off the adult menu at each meal, they could potentially order meals that cost more than the dining plan cost for the day (when you add in a snack and the amortized cost of the refillable mug) -- though I'm sure Disney is *still* making money on the plan. So they still say on the brochure that kids must order from the kids menu, but now if someone *asks* if a kid can order of the adult menu the official answer will be "yes". Disney knew this was being done in the past (CM's were telling people -- myself included -- that it was fine for kids to order off the adult menu. FTR, I didn't even ask, the CM overheard my then 6 yo DD getting upset that she couldn't order the adult meal she really wanted and the CM said, "It's not a problem for her to order off of the adult menu with the dining plan. We want our guests to be happy with their meals.") and didn't do anything to discourage it so in reality, they were not only allowing it, but encouraging it.
Where have you seen any changes officially advertised and documented other than substituting snack items for beverage/dessert at QS? There's a lot of grey area here, but Disney telling CMs not to enforce the rules that they advertise is not the same as changing those rules. I'm not saying it's the same thing, but just because a retail associate isn't supposed to stop shoplifters doesn't mean the company they work for allows theft, KWIM?Since the other changes have been officially advertised and documented since June 1st and the places that have published this information must have gotten it from "somewhere" (press release????), perhaps Disney just isn't "advertising" that change on the brochure but have informed CM's to officially allow it to happen when requested. Or the intern in charge of updating the 2016 brochure missed that part.
1st site: "These credits aren't separated into child or adult categories so you can theoretically get adult meals for your child." - This is true, but does not imply that it is allowed.
I never said it couldn't be done. I still haven't seen evidence that Disney officially allows it.
After the question of can it be done came:
From this I assumed that people might care what the actual rules of the dining plan allow. I only responded to your links because I didn't want people to mistakenly believe that they were linking to the official confirmation I was asking about in the post immediately above yours. And with that, I'm out.
