Counter service: How can you postpone the purchase of your dessert?

[jbbt]

I've read that you can get a voucher or a stamp on your receipt indicating that you haven't yet picked up your counter service dessert that's included with your meal. How exactly does this work? Is it a voucher or a stamp? Can you wait until later in the day, or perhaps another day, to go back and redeem it? Is it only when you're ordering ice cream? Can it be done at any CS place?

TIA!!

 

[Simba's Mom]

I didn't know this might be possible, so what I was planning to do was to take giant ziploc bags with me to the parks, and just put the dessert in a ziploc bag for later. Of course, this wouldn't really work for ice cream. If anyone knows of a way to get CS dessert later, I'd appreciate it. That way I might be able to get some ice cream.

 

[bicker]

I've read that you can get a voucher or a stamp on your receipt indicating that you haven't yet picked up your counter service dessert that's included with your meal.

I haven't read anything like that.

 

[formernyer]

I didn't know this might be possible, so what I was planning to do was to take giant ziploc bags with me to the parks, and just put the dessert in a ziploc bag for later. Of course, this wouldn't really work for ice cream. If anyone knows of a way to get CS dessert later, I'd appreciate it. That way I might be able to get some ice cream.

I haven't heard about people getting their CS desserts later. I've seen posts where people got some sort of voucher to eat their TS dessert later, but I don't recall the details.

I wouldn't recomment ziploc bags for most of the desserts at disney...you'd have a pile of mush within 30 minutes.

Some of the CS restaurants have Mickey Crispy treats or big cookies as desserts...they are a bit more portable. Personally, I prefer the non-portable desserts, like the Key Lime Pie, Cheesecake, etc.

 

[GoofyforDisney3]

I remember reading something on another post about getting a voucher/ticket for the dessert and being able to go back later to get it. I just don't remember what post it was on. It was in a response to another question, that is about all I remember. Sorry, I don't have any other information.

I was also planning, like Simba's mom, to take either a ziploc baggie or container with me (in my back pack) and use it for cookies or rice krispie treats to save for later.

 

[jjohnson]

Someone jump in if I'm wrong but I think you could do that with the AK food vouches which have been discontinued. I haven't read anywhere of doing this & honestly if you had to return to the same CS, I wouldn't bother.

 

[Lewisc]

Typhoon Lagoon gave out a token at the CS restaurant that's used to get your ice cream dessert later. Makes sense, otherwise your dessert would be melted before you were ready to eat it.

I never thought to ask if other CS restaurants would do the same thing.

 

[gigi1313]

the food court at POFQ allowed us to come back for our dessert... the cashier just wrote something on our receipt and then crossed it off/initialed it once we claimed the dessert... but we never tried to go back a different day/much later in the day... we did it so our giant cookie ice cream sandwiches would not melt!

 

[jbbt]

Okay, I found some of the info! Check out the posts from DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR on the following thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=931511&referrerid=7394

She definitely was able to do it at TL and BB and seems to think she did it elsewhere.

Anyone else able to do this or have any more info?

 

[jjohnson]

Thank you for the link. Search never works for me
I sent her a PM & a link to this thread. Hopefully she can help us out.

 

[kizmac]

I've read that you can get a voucher or a stamp on your receipt indicating that you haven't yet picked up your counter service dessert that's included with your meal. How exactly does this work? Is it a voucher or a stamp? Can you wait until later in the day, or perhaps another day, to go back and redeem it? Is it only when you're ordering ice cream? Can it be done at any CS place?

TIA!!

We did the free dining last year and actually did this at Sunshine Seasons in the Land at Epcot. We ordered ice cream cones for the kids when we checked out and it was marked on our receipt. When they were done eating we went up and got their cones, went back throught the line with the receipt and they circled it showing that we got it.

We did this at POR foodcourt for lunch also. I don't believe it's something you could really wait and come back hours or days later, but they did allow it for ice cream because you need to order it when you get your lunch but of course can't eat it in time before it's soup. You do have to tell them when you are checking out exactly what dessert you are getting.

 

[bicker]

So it sound like, in the few places willing to do it, you have to get the dessert from the eatery you got the rest of your meal from. Water parks and some resorts, so far. jjohnson should update the FAQ with this info.

 

[DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR]

Thank you for the link. Search never works for me
I sent her a PM & a link to this thread. Hopefully she can help us out.

Just saw your PM which led me here. I will check my receipts when I get home from work later. I do remember that besides TL & BB (where we were given tokens), if you told them you wanted to come back for dessert, when you went back, they ripped your receipt. I will ask my husband what he remembers. We most definitely did it at MK since I remember walking back through FL without my family.

We are definitely going to be asking to do this again in the fall. Remember, you have to tell them at the register at ordering.

 

[jjohnson]

Just saw your PM which led me here. I will check my receipts when I get home from work later. I do remember that besides TL & BB (where we were given tokens), if you told them you wanted to come back for dessert, when you went back, they ripped your receipt. I will ask my husband what he remembers. We most definitely did it at MK since I remember walking back through FL without my family.

We are definitely going to be asking to do this again in the fall. Remember, you have to tell them at the register at ordering.

Thank you!

Do you remember if you did this for other dessert items? or just when you ordered ice cream.

Bicker- I'll update the FAQ soon I just want to get a few more details.

 

[jbbt]

Thank you JJohnson!! Thank you DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR!! Thank you gigi1313!! Thanks kizmac!! I knew that I read this was possible!

I like dessert but I can't eat it right after my meal. I like to wait 1-2 hours.

JJohnson - I know you said you wouldn't bother if you had to return to the same CS, but we're going to be there for over two weeks so we'll see everything as many times as we want to and my kids are older so they don't mind walking. We've been many times before so we know where everything is and don't have to look at a map to find our way back to the CS. Also, I don't use a stroller anymore and I don't feel like lugging desserts around in 90 degree heat, so it would be really worth it to us. I know we could just use snack credits for ice cream later, but if we have the choice of returning to a CS for different desserts, I'd like to do that. Sure it's not always going to work out, but I really like having that option. Even if it just winds up being ice cream that we can come back for, that saves our snack credits for other things, like water, which I think we're really going to need in September!!


Can't wait to see what else DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR has to say!

 

[lovetoscrap]

I was wondering about this also. We love ice cream and I know my kids will want to get ice cream in some form as often as possible. In August and Sept that just won't work to get it at the same time as the meal!

 

[jjohnson]

Thank you JJohnson!! Thank you DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR!! Thank you gigi1313!! Thanks kizmac!! I knew that I read this was possible!

I like dessert but I can't eat it right after my meal. I like to wait 1-2 hours.

JJohnson - I know you said you wouldn't bother if you had to return to the same CS, but we're going to be there for over two weeks so we'll see everything as many times as we want to and my kids are older so they don't mind walking. We've been many times before so we know where everything is and don't have to look at a map to find our way back to the CS. Also, I don't use a stroller anymore and I don't feel like lugging desserts around in 90 degree heat, so it would be really worth it to us. I know we could just use snack credits for ice cream later, but if we have the choice of returning to a CS for different desserts, I'd like to do that. Sure it's not always going to work out, but I really like having that option. Even if it just winds up being ice cream that we can come back for, that saves our snack credits for other things, like water, which I think we're really going to need in September!!


Can't wait to see what else DISNEYFAMILYOFFOUR has to say!

Maybe the weather will be slightly better for our May trip but you couldn't pay my kids to cross the park midday in August - even for ice cream! Mine are older too 12,10,9 but after lunch we're out of the parks until after dinner.
I'm going to try it at one of the counter services anyway. I have a couple of other items to "research" so I'm adding this one too.

 

[CathrynRose]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Lewisc]

I asked if I could use my token, from TL, to get my ice cream dessert at one of the snack carts later in the day. The CM wasn't sure and I didn't want to wait for the CM to check with a supervisor. I didn't get an automatic no so it's possible.

 

[BBGirl]

WE got smiley face stamps on our reciept at All-Star Movies in July and you could pick up your dessert up until midnight that night. At MGM(ABC Comm) we were given a second receipt to pick up our dessert same day before they closed. Didn't ask anywhere else but these places seemed like they did this all the time so I'm sure you could do this just about anywhere. These were also only for Ice Cream regular desserts we either ate there or took with us in a to-go container.
HTH