Can you upgrade FREE DINING for an additional fee?

acribbs

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First timer here - going in September.

We're doing the free dining plan and I was wondering if you could pay more and upgrade to the Deluxe Dining Plan.

Does anyone know?
 
As PP said, yes you can.

To update from the QSDP to the Deluxe would be approx. $62/night. For that you get 3 meals (either TS or CS) and 2 snacks per night. You will also get an appetizer at each sit down lunch or dinner (not inc. on std DDP)

I would look at the meals you want to have and see if it will be worth it at $62/per night/per person. Eating 3 sit down meals will take up a lot of your time.

If you want to upgrade from QSDP to reg. DDP it would run you about $28/per night/per person. For that you will get 1 TS and 1CS per night vs. 2 CS meals. You'll get the same 1 snack and refillable mug.

If I was considering upgrading to this one, again, I would look at the meals I want to eat and see if it makes sense. For example, for the $28 you'll be gaining a TS choice but you can't just look at that cost-you need to deduct the cost of the CS meal you are giving up. Lets say you'll have a meal at your food court. Entree around $10, dessert around $4 and beverage around $3. Total average food court meal about $17. So if you add $17 and $28 it comes to $45. That would be the value of that added TS meal. Looking at character meals they run in the neighborhood of $31 for lunch and $43 for dinner. Breakfast character meals are less, around $23-$27.

I did not factor in tips as those are OOP no matter if you have a DDP or not.

As you can see upgrading a DDP is not an easy thing to answer. So many factors.

The Deluxe plan is very nice, just now that in order to maximize your value you will be spending a lot of time eating. You can have 3 TS meals a day. That would be a minimum of I would say 4-5 hours per day eating, not counting travel time and waiting.

My above numbers figure getting QSDP for free (value resorts) if you would be getting the standard DDP for free then the upgrade would be about $44/per person/per night.
 
As PP said, yes you can.

To update from the QSDP to the Deluxe would be approx. $62/night. For that you get 3 meals (either TS or CS) and 2 snacks per night. You will also get an appetizer at each sit down lunch or dinner (not inc. on std DDP)

I would look at the meals you want to have and see if it will be worth it at $62/per night/per person. Eating 3 sit down meals will take up a lot of your time.

If you want to upgrade from QSDP to reg. DDP it would run you about $28/per night/per person. For that you will get 1 TS and 1CS per night vs. 2 CS meals. You'll get the same 1 snack and refillable mug.

If I was considering upgrading to this one, again, I would look at the meals I want to eat and see if it makes sense. For example, for the $28 you'll be gaining a TS choice but you can't just look at that cost-you need to deduct the cost of the CS meal you are giving up. Lets say you'll have a meal at your food court. Entree around $10, dessert around $4 and beverage around $3. Total average food court meal about $17. So if you add $17 and $28 it comes to $45. That would be the value of that added TS meal. Looking at character meals they run in the neighborhood of $31 for lunch and $43 for dinner. Breakfast character meals are less, around $23-$27.

I did not factor in tips as those are OOP no matter if you have a DDP or not.

As you can see upgrading a DDP is not an easy thing to answer. So many factors.

The Deluxe plan is very nice, just now that in order to maximize your value you will be spending a lot of time eating. You can have 3 TS meals a day. That would be a minimum of I would say 4-5 hours per day eating, not counting travel time and waiting.

My above numbers figure getting QSDP for free (value resorts) if you would be getting the standard DDP for free then the upgrade would be about $44/per person/per night.

THANKS!! Lots of food for thought!! HAR HAR!!
I think we'll stick with the dining plan we have and wing it with snacks and what not.
 

Quick correction! To update from QS to regular DP is only $18 per adult/per day, not $28. That will make quite a difference when considering whether it's worth the price to upgrade!
 
Check out a dining plan spreadsheet. I found one while poking around on this site, and its really helpfull. It definately will help my decision, as i am in the same situation as you, Should i up grade or not. Unfortunately i cant post a link yet because i dont have enough posts!!! others should be able to though.
 
Quick correction! To update from QS to regular DP is only $18 per adult/per day, not $28. That will make quite a difference when considering whether it's worth the price to upgrade!

Thanks for posting. Looks like I made a basic math error. ;)
 







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