Booking the new DDP for next year?

[disgram]

Just a thought about booking the new DDP for next year. Being as we don't really know all there is about the new plan, does it make sense to book the new dining plan now? I mean, go ahead and book the room and tickets now, but wait till the plan is actually set. You can always add the dining plan. I do. I have waited to see if free dining is announced and then I add it to the package. It would seem to me that if you book now and Disney looks at the numbers, they might think that it really doesn't matter to us that they are taking away the gratuity and the appitizer.
Just my opinion.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I, personally, don't think Disney will change the 2008 dining plan. You know that Disney thought long and hard about the changes before they were announced. I think it is what it is.

That being said, I believe the Dining Plan is still a better deal for our family. Our son was 9 last year and didn't like a lot of the kids menus so I ended up paying out of pocket for a lot of his counter service meals. I used his counter service meal credits for breakfast.

Before deciding to pay for the plan, I, literally, made myself a chart and headed over to www.allersnet.com to check out the menus and prices.

My chart included:

1) Where we would be on each day;

2) Where we would eat a counter service meal each day;

3) What we would order as a counter service meal;

4) Where we would eat a table service meal each day;

5) What we would order as a table service meal.

I knew that what I had written down was written in stone but it gave me a fairly good idea. When I added everything on the chart, the dining plan would still be a good deal for us. I even factored in the fact that my son would order off the kids' menus for a couple of the table service meals.

Relative to the tips, I don't mind that they have been removed from the plan. I tip according to my service and, if the service isn't worth a 18% tip, I don't have to.