Character Meals & free dining plan?

[bamamom]

Can you only have one character meal on the free dining plan? We are family of 4, 2 adults and 2 kids ages 7 and 9 (whew, just made it). We are wanting to do 2 or 3 character meals does this mean we can use the dining plan for one of them and have to pay out of pocket for the other two or am I reading that wrong?
I am so thankful for all the experience DIS'ers here!!

 

[Cindy B]

You can have as many character dinings as you want. We are on the free dining plan, and have scheduled many character meals.

 

[rantnnravin]

a character meal is considered table service, so you can have character meals for as many table service credits as you have.
For example, if you are staying 3 nights, you each have 3 table service credits.
You may each have 3 character meals if you so choose.