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[papabear4]

I know this has probably been asked a million times, but I have yet to master the search feature on these boards. I'm just trying to get a handle on this DDP business and see if it makes sense for a family of 6.

Is it true that if you have two children, you can order breakfast for one, pocket the extra point or whatever it's called, and use it toward a TS (table service, yes?) dinner later? The kids, who take about five bites of breakfast on a good day if you're lucky, then split the breakfast. Is this within the rules?

Also, if you arrive in the evening on the 5th and depart the morning of the 10th, do you pay full price for both of those days?

Thanks for your help!

 

[pezpam]

You get the DDP per NIGHT of your package, not per day. You can use the credits from check-in until midnight of the day you check out. With your arrival and departure time, it should work out just fine.

I'm not 100% clear on your question. If the breakfast in question is a CS meal, then the credit will not transfer to a TS meal. If the kids split a CS meal, yes you will have the other CS credit to use at another time. If they split a TS meal, you will have a kid's TS credit to use.

 

[papabear4]

I'm not 100% clear on your question. If the breakfast in question is a CS meal, then the credit will not transfer to a TS meal. If the kids split a CS meal, yes you will have the other CS credit to use at another time. If they split a TS meal, you will have a kid's TS credit to use.

Thanks, pezpam, that helps a lot. So just to be sure I have this straight: kids' credits = kids' credits and adult credits = adult credits. The guidebook I read quoted a guy as saying that he saved up kid credits to use for an adult meal at a two-point "signature restaurant" instead.

A little confusing....

 

[Allison]

Thanks, pezpam, that helps a lot. So just to be sure I have this straight: kids' credits = kids' credits and adult credits = adult credits. The guidebook I read quoted a guy as saying that he saved up kid credits to use for an adult meal at a two-point "signature restaurant" instead.

A little confusing....

Disney caught onto all the people who were doing this and took steps to separate the credits this year.

 

[Katiebell]

Yeah, and unfortunately, when people read things like that in published guidebooks, they tend to think it's ok, or accepted practice. In a nutshell, the kids' DDP costs $11 a day, the adult DDP costs $39 a day. There originally was a loophole that allowed kids' credits to be used for adult meals, but obviously Disney never intended for guests to use children's credits to purchase much more expensive adult meals -- and they fixed that loophole.

Even so...the DDP can still be a great value for many families, depending on the kids' ages, how much everyone likes to eat (big eaters? light eaters? picky eaters?) and whether or not your family likes to have a sit down TS every day of vacation.

 

[Pumbaa_]

well put katiebell,
there is also a FAQ thread stuck to the top of this board that explains how the DDP works and questions others have had. It is very informative and should answer most of your questions,.

have fun planning!

 

[DisneyCrazyX5]

If you have a child who eats very little breakfast, it may be better to just pay out of pocket for a small breakfast. Or you could use a snack credit to get a breakfast item under $4.00. Some people have been able to get cereal and milk as a snack credit.
We found out on our last trip if we paid for breakfast (or ate the poptarts/cereal we brought) which is a cheap meal, used our CS (counter service) meals for lunch and TS(table service) for dinner, with the SC (snack credit) used whenever the kids were hungry, we had plenty of food. We even saved our deserts several nights and the boys had cake and milk for breakfast. We even had extra SC left and we brought home many (15-20 Mickey Mouse rice krispie treats). We did bring bottled water with us so we would not have to use SCs on drinks.