character dining without dining plan.

[tera mickle]

I was just wondering can you share plates at the character dining restaurants if you don't have the dining plan? These are the restaurants I am looking at. Crystal Palace, Hollywood and Vine, O'hana, and Akershus Royal Banquet Hall. Please help! I have to decide soon to make me resvatation. THANKS!

 

[Wood Nymph]

I was just wondering can you share plates at the character dining restaurants if you don't have the dining plan? These are the restaurants I am looking at. Crystal Palace, Hollywood and Vine, O'hana, and Akershus Royal Banquet Hall. Please help! I have to decide soon to make me resvatation. THANKS!

They usually don't allow people to share plates at buffets.

 

[theduhaimes]

Everyone 3 and over has to pay at buffets and all you care to eat restaurants. All of the above that you mentioned are included.

 

[Alesia]

They usually don't allow people to share plates at buffets.

They never do, unless one of those people are under 3. There are no exceptions.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

No you can't. All character meals are either buffets, AYCE family style or fixed price, and there is no plate sharing allowed at those restaurants except for children under 3 years old.

 

[purple figment]

Answered on your other thread. The rules are the same, whether you are on the dining plan or paying out of pocket. Everyone 3 years and up will be charged at the 4 places you listed.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . am looking at. Crystal Palace, Hollywood and Vine, O'hana, and Akershus Royal Banquet Hall. Please help! I have to decide soon to make me resvatation. THANKS!

1) Make your ressies.
2) But, as mentioned above, EVERYONE 3+ years old pays their rate (child or adult rate).
3) you cannot skirt the issue and try to get off cheaply.
4) At least you are getting as better deal than those paying for DDP. *

* DDP never is a good deal financially for any character meal.

 

[lauraleh]

4) At least you are getting as better deal than those paying for DDP. *

* DDP never is a good deal financially for any character meal.

I actually disagree about DDP not being a good deal for character meals. Especially for a family with children. Let's take Chef Mickey's v Tutto Italia (one of the "best values" on the DDP). We have 2 adults, 1 child, 1 infant. At Chef Mickey's our bill, according to your price thread, is $125.65. At Tutto Italia, ordering the most expensive things ( 2 entrees, 2 desserts, 2 drinks, kid's meal, kid's dessert), our total is $107. The difference comes in when you have the kid's meal. You won't find a kid's meal outside a buffet that costs $25 as it does at Chef Mickey's. Akershus is even more expensive than Chef Mickey's. Now, obviously things change if you switch to breakfast at a character meal but the point is still made that you just have to run the numbers and never say never.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

DDP (the basic one) is a good financial deal if you have children under 10 years old and you want a character, buffet or AYCE meal (excluding 2 credit meals) every day. Otherwise, it's not. The low cost of the children's DDP and the fact that they get the same offerings the adults get at character/ayce meals makes all the difference. It seems to come out to the equivalent of getting the child's QS meal and snack free.