Can kids order adult quick serve with the dining plan?

[PAGran]

The last time we had dining plan, there was no difference on the receipt listing how many quick serve meals we had left. In other words it did not list kids quick serve and adult quick serve. Just plain quick serve. So can we get away with ordering an adult meal for our 9 year old?

 

[maxiesmom]

The last time we had dining plan, there was no difference on the receipt listing how many quick serve meals we had left. In other words it did not list kids quick serve and adult quick serve. Just plain quick serve. So can we get away with ordering an adult meal for our 9 year old?

If there is a children's menu your 9 year old needs to order from it.

 

[jvsims]

kids are free to order adult meals at all QS now

 

[maxiesmom]

kids are free to order adult meals at all QS now

No, it still states that when there is a children's menu available they need to order from it.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disne...5-2016-disney-dining-plan-brochures/24661.htm

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

Yes, you can. Adult & child QS credits are now interchangeable.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/changes-taking-place-to-the-disney-dining-plans/

 

[maxiesmom]

Yes, you can. Adult & child QS credits are now interchangeable.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/changes-taking-place-to-the-disney-dining-plans/

All that means is they don't separate out kids and adult credits. Disney still states that if a child is ordering they must order from the children's menu.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

All that means is they don't separate out kids and adult credits. Disney still states that if a child is ordering they must order from the children's menu.

The OP will have no trouble ordering an adult meal with a child's QS credit at any QS location.

 

[maxiesmom]

The OP will have no trouble ordering an adult meal with a child's QS credit at any QS location.

Right, if that food is for the OP that is fine. But the rule is is that if the credit is used for a child they must order of the child's menu.

Asking if you can get away with doing something is a fancy way of asking if you do something wrong and not get caught. I would no more suggest the OP fake order for themselves then I would suggest they lie and say their 4 year old is 2 so they get in the park for free.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

Right, if that food is for the OP that is fine. But the rule is is that if the credit is used for a child they must order of the child's menu.

The OP asked if it can be done. You may feel it's wrong to order an adult QS for a child, while I feel that if Disney really cared about this loophole, they'd close it (instead of making all credits interchangeable)!

The bottom line is that the OP will receive a pool of QS credits & all of them can be used for adult QS meals - or child QS meals, for that matter - if OP so chooses. They will not ask who the meals are for. I believe that's the best answer to the question.

 

[maxiesmom]

The OP asked if it can be done. You may feel it's wrong to order an adult QS for a child, while I feel that if Disney really cared about this loophole, they'd close it (instead of making all credits interchangeable)!

The bottom line is that the OP will receive a pool of QS credits & all of them can be used for adult QS meals - or child QS meals, for that matter - if OP so chooses. They will not ask who the meals are for. I believe that's the best answer to the question.

No the best answer to the question is to refer the OP to the guidelines they agree to when using the dining plan. Which I have done. As to Disney closing loopholes, they have been doing that quite a bit. It would be a shame for them to make it harder to use the dining plan because some people won't follow the rules until they are forced to do so. It is too bad adults can't just do what they know they should, instead of what they might be able to get away with.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

The OP asked if it can be done. You may feel it's wrong to order an adult QS for a child, while I feel that if Disney really cared about this loophole, they'd close it (instead of making all credits interchangeable)!

The bottom line is that the OP will receive a pool of QS credits & all of them can be used for adult QS meals - or child QS meals, for that matter - if OP so chooses. They will not ask who the meals are for. I believe that's the best answer to the question.

Except that the Dis boards "rules" prohibit talking about ways to cheat Disney policy -- which is what that is, cheating. Disney has a written policy, kids MUST order kids meals when available. Disney is lax in other "loopholes" and does nothing to fix them, but this is an actual written policy.

Just like there's a written policy about pool hopping. Will you get caught? Probably not. And Disney isn't doing anything to prevent it in most cases -- but it still breaks the rules.

I always wondered why the mods let these posts go, but block/remove others.

Rules are rules.

 

[jvsims]

Disney decided on May 31, 2015 (edited from 2016)to make the DDP more flexible & introduced several changes including kids being allowed to order adult meals at QS. As they usually do close loopholes, I was very excited they listened to customer feedback this time & made the plan more accommodating

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

No the best answer to the question is to refer the OP to the guidelines they agree to when using the dining plan. Which I have done. As to Disney closing loopholes, they have been doing that quite a bit. It would be a shame for them to make it harder to use the dining plan because some people won't follow the rules until they are forced to do so. It is too bad adults can't just do what they know they should, instead of what they might be able to get away with.

I overheard a CM offer an adult entree to a child who didn't care for any of the children's options. The family didn't want to use an adult credit, but the CM said all CS credits are the same.

It seems to be yet another break in what the paperwork states as opposed to what happens in real life.

 

[maxiesmom]

Disney decided on May 31, 2016 to make the DDP more flexible & introduced several changes including kids being allowed to order adult meals at QS. As they usually do close loopholes, I was very excited they listened to customer feedback this time & made the plan more accommodating

Link? Everything I can find, including their own brochure on line, states that the credits are interchangeable, meaning they are not separated out adult and child, but that a child ordering must order off of the child's menu.

A CM offering pixie dust is different from a guest deciding to work around on their own.

 

[jvsims]

You can google "Changes Coming To The Disney Dining Plan Beginning May 31st" to get a breakdown of the new flexibilities. I was most stoked about the substitutions for dessert as I'm more of a savory kinda gal

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

I have yet to see anything in writing from DISNEY about these "changes." Everything is reported by blogs -- and it's from 2015, at that. So, if Disney really meant that kids could order adult QS under their dining plan, surely they would have updated their 2016 brochure. And they didn't.

So, you want a 9 year old to order off the adult menu? Pay for the Adult dining plan. Or break the written rules. Whatever you want.

Folks, Disney isn't in the business of losing money, and that's exactly what this would be.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

I have yet to see anything in writing from DISNEY about these "changes." Everything is reported by blogs -- and it's from 2015, at that. So, if Disney really meant that kids could order adult QS under their dining plan, surely they would have updated their 2016 brochure. And they didn't.

So, you want a 9 year old to order off the adult menu? Pay for the Adult dining plan. Or break the written rules. Whatever you want.

Folks, Disney isn't in the business of losing money, and that's exactly what this would be.

Here you go: https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney...edits-divided-child-adult-points-read-300948/

It might be from the Moms Panel, but that's an official site, and it would not be up there if Disney wanted to block it.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

Here you go: https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney...edits-divided-child-adult-points-read-300948/

It might be from the Moms Panel, but that's an official site, and it would not be up there if Disney wanted to block it.

I wish that were true, but the Mom's panel is notoriously WRONG.

Read the disclaimer: The views expressed in the Panel are those of the panelists, who are independent contractors. These views are not intended to reflect the opinions of Disney Destinations, its affiliates, its management, its agents or its employees and have not been reviewed or approved by Disney Destinations prior to posting.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

I wish that were true, but the Mom's panel is notoriously WRONG.

Read the disclaimer: The views expressed in the Panel are those of the panelists, who are independent contractors. These views are not intended to reflect the opinions of Disney Destinations, its affiliates, its management, its agents or its employees and have not been reviewed or approved by Disney Destinations prior to posting.

I agree with you there! Still, if this was something Disney didn't want there, it wouldn't be there. The "potential expenditure on FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED extra chicken nuggets" alarm would have surely gone off in Bob Iger's office & this poor woman would have been exiled to Shanghai.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

#blameshanghai

The reality is that you aren't cheating Disney, here, because if the contracts tiered reimbursement for the adult v. child QS credits, there would be a way to recognize their difference at the point-of-service. There isn't.

If anyone is putting one over on anyone, it's Disney over Disney. Because if you really care about tiered reimbursement, you make it accountable in MDE and at POS. They haven't.