DDP Question and DVC

[becca-becca]

We are going to AKV in december. We are taking another family of five. We have booked two 2 bedroom villas. We have always done the DDP before, but for a 6 night trip it is getting very pricey with 4 A and 1 child in our immediate family. The other family has 2 A 3 children and 1 infant.

We are going to be at AKV in December for 6 nights.
Our preference is to do 3 days with dining plan and 3 days of just lunch in park and eating quick dinners in room.

Ideally, we would like to segment the dining plan. However, I continue to read unfavorable experiences with that on the DVC planning board. I don't want to spend precious vacation time at guest services trying to check in and out and make sure our credits are all loaded correctly.

I was wondering if this scenario would work or if it would not be allowed. Could we have one room get the DDP for the whole trip and the other room not get the DDP and share the credits? Does Disney care how you use your dining plan credits at table service restaurants? (if we have 6 A and 4 children eating and have enough credits to pay for a meal but the card says 3A and 2 children). In the end it costs the same as segmenting and seems to be a
whole lot less trouble, but I didn't know if this was allowed.

 

[dandave]

No. It's not allowed, per Disney rules. You're not to share credits with people not on the plan.
Hopefully they're getting better with the segmenting, as that's what I'm doing next week!

 

[TDC Nala]

No, you won't be able to share your credits with the group who is listed on a different reservation. You will be able to order and pay with DDP for only as many meals as you have people listed on your key card and no more. Disney's DDP literature states your dining credits cannot be used to purchase meals for guests who are not on your reservation or your DDP.