Dining Pkg question...

[roxy&shawner]

Yep... this is my very first post so please bear with me.

 

[Savin4Disney]

Welcome to the DIS. I love this place.

Please post your question.

 

[roxy&shawner]

OOPPS! I did say to bear with me! I'm really new at all of this- sorry.

Here's our situation.. Going to WDW ( we're a family of 6). I'm thinking of booking POP with 2 seperate reservations. The first for a MYW pkg w/ Dining for 1 Adult (DH) and 3 kids(DD and 2DS's). The other reservation (same time and hoping for adjoining rooms) for me and other DD, but not as a package. I will cross my fingers for a room-only discount to bring the cost of 2nd room down.
Here's my question.. will we have problems dining together if 4 of us have the dining package and 2 of us don't. Could DD who doesn't have "dining" share a meal with a sibling at one of the table service meals. 2 of my children are young (will be 3 and 4 when we go) and are not very big eaters.
Thanks for any suggestions and pointers.

Awaiting our first family WDW vacation.
5th trip for me - all pre marital!!

 

[gigi1313]

i cannot imagine it would be a problem and have considered doing the same thing (since we get two rooms anyway, and last year w/the 5+2 deal, it cost us less to book separate 1A/1C per room/ressie)... if you ran into friends at the park and wanted to sit at the same table and have a meal, w/one family on meal plan and the other not, would it be a problem? probably not... so why half a family can be on and the other half not, i don't see it as a problem... you will just get a bill for the people w/out dining cards...

as far as sharing goes, once you order counter service and bring it to your table, i cannot imagine anyone would care who eats it (including whether you opt to feed it to the birds!) although at a sit-down, depending on the venue, you might incur a plate sharing charge... of course, you cannot "meal share" at buffets or all you care to eat restaurants...

good luck!