deluxe dining plan

[kristinebarboza]

what happens if you dont use a table service or quick service one day
do you loose the credits

 

[Cafeen]

what happens if you dont use a table service or quick service one day
do you loose the credits

Like all of the plans, the credits for the entire stay are pooled at check in.

So, if you're 1 Adult staying for 5 nights, you will have 15 credits to spend (and 10 snack credits!). These credits can be spent in any order and any amount from the time you check in until midnight following your check out.

(Erm, "in any order" usually relates to normal DDP... the order of the same types of credits doesn't matter much )

 

[Bete]

can be used as what pleases you. Technically you could have 4 meals in one day.

Just keep in mind it might be hard to get reservations at the last minute for other TS meals.

 

[Saratoga Springs Tom]

The key to the plan is to use all your credits. How you go about that is up to you. We like to splurge for dinner so we will skip either lunch or breakfast and use the credits to eat at a signature restaurant. Planning ahead is a must do.
Know how many credits you have and make your reservations as early as possible.

 

[Cafeen]

The key to the plan is to use all your credits. How you go about that is up to you. We like to splurge for dinner so we will skip either lunch or breakfast and use the credits to eat at a signature restaurant. Planning ahead is a must do.
Know how many credits you have and make your reservations as early as possible.

To get the utmost value per cost out of the plan, yes.

However, DxDDP is unlike the other plans in that it will break even under typical usage, before all credits are spent, and this number is around 75% of them (at TS).

So, while you'll get more savings for sure spending them all at TS, you won't go into the red unless you leave 1/4 of them unspent. This allows for a bit more flexibility than you'd otherwise get.

 

[havoc315]

To get the utmost value per cost out of the plan, yes.

However, DxDDP is unlike the other plans in that it will break even under typical usage, before all credits are spent, and this number is around 75% of them (at TS).

So, while you'll get more savings for sure spending them all at TS, you won't go into the red unless you leave 1/4 of them unspent. This allows for a bit more flexibility than you'd otherwise get.

Though mileage may vary, I've always reached the conclusion that even on the DxDP, you need to use almost all your credits to get decent value. You need to use 2/3rd-3/4ths at TS... but your value will be really harmed if you just toss the other 1/3rd-1/4th in the garbage.

For us, when we use deluxe, we use about 80%-90% for TS credits, and 10-20% for CS breakfasts, or even trading in a couple of credits for snacks.

 

[purple figment]

what happens if you dont use a table service or quick service one day
do you loose the credits

You will get all of your dining credits for the entire reservation when you check in and you can use as many or as few per day as you wish.

Since you're asking about the Deluxe Dining Plan, you will get 3 dining credits per person per night and they are not divided into table service and quick service like the regular DDP. You can choose to use every credit at TS (or QS) if you wish, although most people probably do a mix. For example, we're going to use most of our credits at the Sigs and 1 credit TS meals and only a few at QS.

 

[Cafeen]

Though mileage may vary, I've always reached the conclusion that even on the DxDP, you need to use almost all your credits to get decent value. You need to use 2/3rd-3/4ths at TS... but your value will be really harmed if you just toss the other 1/3rd-1/4th in the garbage.

For us, when we use deluxe, we use about 80%-90% for TS credits, and 10-20% for CS breakfasts, or even trading in a couple of credits for snacks.

"Decent value" =/= "Roughly Break even" .

The 3/4 mark is used as a starting point. If you know you're coming in under that, then weighing the convenience vs potential loss becomes important. If coming in over that, then weighing the potential restrictions vs the savings becomes important. For me, since the restrictions don't affect how I'd dine anyway and the convenience is a factor, then I can aim a little lower if I choose. With you, you place more emphasis on the restrictions, and thus need the savings to be higher to make it worthwhile.

I think we're both pushing the same thing though, and that's for people to identify what's important and pick the plan that works for them (including OOP) and lately, the discussion on just this subjective side of the plans has been great

There's more to the numbers than the numbers .

 

[kristinebarboza]

Thanks for the info
I have all my dining reservations
I only made breakfast & dinner reservations
I figured I would do qs for lunch
The only place I booked that uses two points is California grill
Is it good & is it worth the 2 points
I arrive tomorrow morning & I'm staying at the beach club till next Thursday
I also have tickets for my first mnsshp
Can't wait

 

[padawans]

We usually book lets say 9 nights at one resort with dxdp and then the last night at another resort room only to finish off our unused credits. The credits are good until midnight, and it gives us a chance to try another resort. I believe you only have to use 3/4 of your credits to get the value. We spend such a ridiculous amount of money on food and wine on our 10 day stays that I feel like I need to use every credit.

 

[havoc315]

"Decent value" =/= "Roughly Break even" .

The 3/4 mark is used as a starting point. If you know you're coming in under that, then weighing the convenience vs potential loss becomes important. If coming in over that, then weighing the potential restrictions vs the savings becomes important. For me, since the restrictions don't affect how I'd dine anyway and the convenience is a factor, then I can aim a little lower if I choose. With you, you place more emphasis on the restrictions, and thus need the savings to be higher to make it worthwhile.

I think we're both pushing the same thing though, and that's for people to identify what's important and pick the plan that works for them (including OOP) and lately, the discussion on just this subjective side of the plans has been great

There's more to the numbers than the numbers .

The thing is, I've looked at the numbers a few times, and it's over-simplification to suggest you will break even as long as you use 3/4ths of your credits for TS meals -- and nothing else. No snacks, no use of any other credits.

Let's very roughly breakdown the numbers:
In peak season, the DxDP is roughly $90 per day.
To make the math easy, let's do 4 days... 12 credits.
Price per adult, $360

So let's use 9 out of 12 credits. Realistically, not conservatively or liberally.
That means to break even, you need to *average* $40 per credit.

Under the DxDP, I would say that's a pretty fair average price for dinner. But you can't eat dinner 9 times in 4 days.

So let's say you use do 4 1-credit dinners, at $40-$45 of value per credit. A reasonable realistic range.

What to do with the other 5 credits?
1-- Breakfast at Kona Cafe -- The very popular Tonga toast plus coffee-- $15ish
2-- Crystal Palace breakfast, about $30 with tax.
3-- Hollywood & Vine breakfast buffet -- About $33 with tax.
4-- Lunch at the Plaza -- Salad, sandwich, beverage and dessert -- For about $27
5-- Repeat the breakfast at Kona Cafe, $15

Assuming about $170 out of the 4 dinner credits..
The other 5 credits gave you about: $120

Total, using 3/4ths of the credits: $290--- Well short of the $360 break-even.

Certainly, I could easily have come up with a break even scenario as well. But I didn't lay out a ridiculously cheap scenario just now. If I was going to be ridiculously cheap, I would have done 4 character breakfasts as CRT, plus 1 TS beakfast on departure day. That would amount to only about $200.

I actually used it like many people claim they use the plan -- for breakfast and dinner. I did 2 buffets and 2 regular breakfast. Even if I did 4 breakfast buffets, it still wouldn't have broken even.

Just saying I wouldn't automatically tell people that they just need to sue 3/4ths of their credits for TS to break even, without any caveats. Even that figure assumes you are going to use about half your credits for plus-priced dinners, you are going to get value out of your snacks (most people on the DxDP seem to have a ton of leftover snacks on the last day). It assumes that not many of those meals are cheap TS breakfasts.