Dining for 10 year old

[kdawng]

If you don't do the dining plan, will a 10 year old be able to order off the child's menu?

 

[ErinsMommy]

adults can even order off the child's menu - even if on the dining plan - so yes.

 

[supersnoop]

Does your 10 year old like the food on the kids menu, or does s/he want the smaller portion?

At a table service restaurant, using the dining plan, you'll be redeeming an adult credit which is worth about $37. You'd be better off paying out of pocket for a kids meal and saving the credit. Alternatively, the restaurant will likely be willing to serve an adult-sized portion of the food on the kids menu. That would still be a terrible value for the credit.

 

[robinb]

If you don't do the dining plan, will a 10 year old be able to order off the child's menu?

Anyone can order off the kids menu at most WDW restaurants. Some of the non-Disney owned TS restaurants (like La Hacienda) don't allow people over 9-years old to order off the kids menu. Other restaurants will encourage you to order an adult portion of a kids meal (we had that happen at both Be Our Guest and the Wave).

 

[disneydeegs]

Unsure about table service, but with quick service I almost always order off the kids menu for myself.

 

[Matt Pat]

Like what Robin said, this is very true. You will be able to order off the kids menu at most table service restaurants.

Hopefully your question has been answered.

 

[Faldred]

Our last trip (Nov '15) we had kids aged 10, 8, 8 and upgraded free QSDP to DDP. Our 10 year old boy ate like a bird and preferred kids' meal options so at several meals we ordered him a kids' meal OOP. No problem at all. (And to make the credits work out right, a few OOP purchases for the 8 year olds, too).

We then used the saved up credits to squeeze in an extra character meal for everyone.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

If you don't do the dining plan, will a 10 year old be able to order off the child's menu?

but at character buffets, all you can eat meals and dinner shows he will be charged as an adult even if all he eats is from kids sections

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1) Anyone can order from the kid's menu and pay the kid's price if doing ALA CARTE and paying out of pocket.
2) We do this all the time, as our appetites are not that big any longer.
3) At buffets, AYCTE, dinner shows, you pay the price appropriate for your age.

4) I was told you would know you are getting older, when
. . . your memory gets shorter
. . . your hair turns gray (if you have any left)
. . . your appetite shrinks
. . . your great-grandchildren know more about your cell phone than you do
. . . your idea of an adventure is going to the Post Office
. . . your MTV actually played music
. . . your new socks make you happy
. . . your back goes out more than you do
. . . your wife has a twinkle in her eye, but it is the glare from the sun off her bifocals
. . . your bucket list expands to accommodate things you see on infomercials
. . . your thought of indulgence is eating Honey Nut Cheerios with whole milk
. . . your white wine spritzer is your best friend
. . . your radio plays songs and you don't know the title or the lyrics
. . . your Little Black Book only has names that end in M.D.
. . . your knees buckle, but your belt won't
. . . your alarm clock goes off on days you can sleep-in
. . . your wife not only thinks she knows more than you, but actually does
5) I suffer from all of the above, except I still think I know more than the wife. (My story and I am sticking to it, until she tells me differently.)