Deluxe Dining Plan???

[muffkrypto]

Going to Disney World last week of August, staying at Art of Animation as of now knowing The Little Mermaid room was not included last year so could switch hotels still, was possibly hoping to fall into a free dining plan and upgrade but either way this is what we have:

It is 2 adults and 1 nine year old, this is our plan so far.

Arrival day:
Hollywood and Vine for dinner and Fantasmic

Tuesday:
Akershus Princess Breakfast -Epcot - 11am, after Epcot AM magic hours
Hoop Dee Doo Review - Fort Wilderness - 8:30 pm

Wednesday:
Ohana 9:35 - Polynesian
Be Our Guest Lunch - Magic Kingdom
Crystal Palace 7 pm - Magic Kingdom

Thursday:
Tusker House 8:05 am - Animal Kingdom
Yachtmans Steakhouse 6:10 pm - Yacht Club

Friday:
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique - 8:30 am
Cinderellas Royal Table - 10:20 am
50s Prime Time - 5:45 pm

Saturday:
Chef Mickeys - 8:30 am
Sci Fi Diner - 2:05 pm
Aloha Luau Dinner - 8:15 pm

Sunday:
Cape May Cafe - 8:00 am

Open to any and all advice, suggestions, stuff I should add or delete.. This is our first time in Disney World in a little less than 20 years. Thanks!!

 

[aaarcher86]

The only thing I'd mention is that no part of August 2013 was included in FD. I'd run some. Umbels with a possible room discount and evaluate your options with that.

 

[muffkrypto]

Thank you! Yes, we knew that August was cut out of the free dining last year so we planned to pay for it, was just hoping we might get lucky.. And I cant wait to hear how dumb this makes me sound but at this point I am Disney illiterate.. could you tell me what you mean by Umbels? Thanks!

 

[sharonabe]

I assume you're staying 6 nights. Right now, you only have 14 of your 18 credits used. Where will you put those other four credits?

 

[muffkrypto]

We weren't sure. Thought maybe quick service depending on where we were at just so not everything was planned but if you think of a table service to add that would be great! We just have no clue how long it takes to get from place to place.. my niece did want to do the Sci Fi table service and I wanted to do the Cape May just didnt know when they would fit in

 

[sharonabe]

You need a dinner for your AK day, so if you wanted Cape May for dinner, that would be a good day for that. Don't know your park plans for your Chef Mickey/Aloha day, but you could do Sci Fi for a light lunch on this day.

A bigger problem, at least for me, is the money you'll be leaving on the table if you can't fit in more meals. Adding in just Cape May and your snacks (if you use them) gets you close to breaking even, depending on what you order at BoG and 50s. If you only do a QS here or there, you'd be better paying OOP.

 

[BubMunkeyBles]

Probably worth it with the 9 year olds savings. You'd have to price check. I have used deluxe dining quite a few times and still done a couple counter service. Wednesday and Thursday would be good days to add dinners to possibly though.

 

[muffkrypto]

Updated the reservations this morning. Edited the thread to show new schedule. Changed Crystal Palace to a dinner so she could see the characters at Cape May Cafe during breakfast since characters are at Crystal Palace at any meal. Also added Yachtsman Steakhouse for dinner and Sci Fi Diner for lunch.

 

[aaarcher86]

Thank you! Yes, we knew that August was cut out of the free dining last year so we planned to pay for it, was just hoping we might get lucky.. And I cant wait to hear how dumb this makes me sound but at this point I am Disney illiterate.. could you tell me what you mean by Umbels? Thanks!

I'm the illiterate one lol. That was just a typo! No Disney slang! I believe it was supposed to be 'I'd run it' or something lol.

 

[muffkrypto]

Haha, this was my first ever post so I had no clue what anything means and it seems like a lot of the stuff is written in abbreviations which takes me forever to figure out! Thanks for the help!!