DDP with a 2 year old

[sbrotherton]

We are set for the Boardwalk Villas at the end of September and have added the DDP for the 4 adults in our party. We have a 2yo DD who is a fairly picky eater. I know that we will have no problems getting her to eat at the character buffets we are planning to book, but as far as eating a regular table service restaurant, I'm sure we will end up buying her a child's meal. I thought it would make sense to just add her to the DDP.

I called MS and they told me that if they added her as a child, she would have to have a park ticket to get into the theme parks. This doesn't sound right to me. Can anyone help with this?

 

[Deb & Bill]

You'll probably spend less by just buying your child food OOP.

 

[CarolAnnC]

If you purchase the DDP for your 2 year old, she has the requirements then of a 3 year old which will be required to have a park ticket too.

Should be much cheaper to buy her the occasional child's meal and feed off your plate. The buffets will not charge for her to eat.

 

[JMLBrats]

If you're staying as DVC members or as a guest of such, she doesn't need to have park tickets. If you're booked through Disney, then they have to add her as a child (basically change her age to 3) in the computer and therefore you would need to get her at least a 1 day childs ticket.

 

[sbrotherton]

If you're staying as DVC members or as a guest of such, she doesn't need to have park tickets. If you're booked through Disney, then they have to add her as a child (basically change her age to 3) in the computer and therefore you would need to get her at least a 1 day childs ticket.

We are DVC members...since we are not booked through Disney's CRO, I would think they could just add the cost of a child without any implications to the purchase of a park ticket. Thoughts?

 

[JMLBrats]

We are DVC members...since we are not booked through Disney's CRO, I would think they could just add the cost of a child without any implications to the purchase of a park ticket. Thoughts?

That's wierd. I would definetly call again. You may have gotten someone who's a little to nosy about the whole situation. After all, as DVC members we aren't required to purchase or have park tickets-quite frankly, it's none of their business. You may be going and not even go into the parks the whole time-that's your choice as DVC members. I DO however think that they have to change her age to 3 in their system (apparently that's a new thing) to put her on the plan and maybe the person you spoke to was just saying that technically if she's 3 in their system, she is "suppossed" to have park tickets. But I certainly don't think when you are sitting a restaurant and let the server know that she's on the plan that they're going to be like "oh, well let me see her park ticket!"
Of course, I could be wrong. You might want to ask on the restaurant forum/dining plan discussion and see if anyone else can shed some light on it. Just make it clear that you're DVC or you'll get a bunch of people jumping all over your case.

 

[CarolMN]

If you add her to the DDP, you will have to order off the children's menu for her - if she's a picky eater, there may not be sufficient healthy choices for you to consider. Kids menus are all pretty much the same no matter what the restaurant.

I agree with those who think you will spend less than $10 per day onfood for her if you just order and pay when there isn't anything on your plates that she will eat. As you know, children under 3 do not pay at the buffets.

 

[starbox]

I agree with the posters that said that as long as you are DVC, your park admission and DDP are totally separate. The year before last, DS turned 10 about two weeks after his first use of an AP - a trip to Guest Services to upgrade the ticket confirmed that he could keep the child ticket for the remainder of the year. We ended up taking two more trips with him listed as an adult (10yr) on his dining but using the child AP for park admission.

I'd probably go ahead and try again to pay for the DDP - just for the CS kids meals and snacks (popcorn/popsicles). Kid meals come in a cute mickey head and include stuff like juice boxes/bagged mickey-shaped goldfish crackers/bagged carrot sticks that we always tossed in the diaper bag and used throughout the day. It's probably not going to save you money, but I think it's more convenient than food-sharing and those Mickey-shaped plates are good hedge against tantrums at meal time.