DDP - Substitute dessert for an appetizer

[BPHusker]

I am going to be heading to WDW in a few weeks and haven't been since they got rid of the appetizer being included in the DDP. Do they allow you to substitute a dessert for an appetizer at a Table Service restaurant?

 

[sharonabe]

I am going to be heading to WDW in a few weeks and haven't been since they got rid of the appetizer being included in the DDP. Do they allow you to substitute a dessert for an appetizer at a Table Service restaurant?

99% of the time, no they will not. But it never hurts to ask your server when you're there.

 

[KayaWildfire]

Occasionally they will allow something like a side salad or cup of soup as a substitution, not a real off the menu appetizer.

 

[BPHusker]

Thanks guys, I wasn't sure and thought I'd ask.

 

[Rach3975]

Although they may not substitute an appetizer for the included dessert, we've always been able to get fruit for dessert instead of the desserts on the menu.

 

[Someone28624]

I've asked twice. At Sanaa they let two of us exchange our dessert credits for the bread service to share. At Sebastian's Bistro I was alone and wanted the pull apart bread instead of dessert. That was a no go.

 

[rlduvall]

At Narcoossee's I was allowed to substitute a dessert for the lobster bisque and at 50s PrimeTime Cafe a modified Iceberg Lettuce Wedge [technically I shouldn't have been able to, but the server just made it up as a salad with bleu cheese dressing].

It's pretty limited and open to server discretion to a point [mostly soup or salad substitutions]. I might see this year if Chefs de France would allow me french onion or lobster bisque in lieu of a dessert, but I'm not counting on it.

 

[Fairyjen1]

We just got back from a trip last month and the server at Coral Reef offered that we could substitute a salad or soup for a dessert.

 

[Brett Wyman]

Instead of saying "I want an appetizer instead of the desert" ask, "are there any items I can get instead of the desert?". They will almost always offer some kind of substitution.