Cinderella's Royal Table on dining plan

[amy1219]

We are planning a trip for the end of January and would like to eat in the castle. We are planning on adding the dining plan. However, package prices (and the ability to book a package) won't come out before my ADR window opens up. Will I have to pay the full amount when booking? Will they credit it back to my card when we book the dining package?

Thanks!
Amy

 

[nep84]

We are planning a trip for the end of January and would like to eat in the castle. We are planning on adding the dining plan. However, package prices (and the ability to book a package) won't come out before my ADR window opens up. Will I have to pay the full amount when booking? Will they credit it back to my card when we book the dining package?

Thanks!
Amy

I just went through this a month ago.

The places you don't intend to eat at don't effect package pricing.

When you get to your ADR window, and if you want to eat at the Castle you must give a credit card. You'll be warned that you must have the card with you when you show up for your reservation. It won't get charged at all unless you don't show up for the reservation.

Hope it helps. Happy planning!

 

[jlhill4444]

When booking without a dinning package you will have to pay full price for the reservation at the time of booking. Once you add the dinning package you can call a CM and see if there is a reservation available for CRT for when you want to go. She will cancel you first reservation and rebook if there is an open reservation. The problem with this is you risk losing the reservation if there are none available. If the CM can rebook your card will be credited. The other option is to just keep the prepaid reservation and when you eat at CRT tell them you would like to use the dinning plan and your card will be credited at that time. It just depends on how long you are willing to have the charge on your card.

I have in the past just waited until I could add the dinning package before making reservations at CRT and this is a risk of them not having the reservation I want, but at least my credit card does not have a charge on it for months. This whole system really is a mess and needs to be corrected. I think CRT should be like other places and only needs a credit card to hold, not prepay.

 

[LilyWDW]

When you get to your ADR window, and if you want to eat at the Castle you must give a credit card. You'll be warned that you must have the card with you when you show up for your reservation. It won't get charged at all unless you don't show up for the reservation.

Hope it helps. Happy planning!

Not true, sorry. CRT is a fully prepaid meal if you are not on the dining plan. If you are on the plan, then they will take a credit card number, but not charge it ahead of time.

Since the OP will not yet have the dining plan on their resort reservation, they will have to pay at booking. This will be charged to the credit card given.

The easiest way to get the money back would be to wait until the day of the reservation and tell them you would like to use meal credits instead. They will then credit your card (there have also been reports of getting the credit on a gift card which helps if there is an exchange rate issue). To credit the card before then would most likely require you to cancel the original booking and then try and rebook. I say try because sometimes you can't get the same reservation as it has been taken by another agent during that period.

 

[amy1219]

Thanks! The process to pay and then get credited back sounds like a pain...but it will be worth it to see my 2 DDs get to eat in the castle!