Dining Plan for 9 year old

[CherylV]

Just wondering if anyone has experience...

My DD will be 9.5 when we travel. I was planning to do the DDP, but I know that she won't be happy if she has to order from the child's menu. Can I pay for adult meal plan for her?

Thanks!
Cheryl

 

[pixiepower1971]

Yes, you can upgrade her to the adult plan. I have done it twice for my youngest DD(currently 9)

You will have to upgrade her package tickets to adult tickets. The extra cost was minimal for us since we only buy one day base tix with our packages.

 

[laceemouse]

My youngest is 9, eats like a bird, and generally LIKES the food on the kids menu, however, the portions are so huge that the rest of us get that we just all let her taste what we got. Works fine for us, never felt the need to upgrade any of our kids (and next trip we will be paying for 6 "adults" so I am not rushing it!)

 

[play_69]

Haha. I'm 12 and I still eat off the kids menu. I usually can not eat anything on the adult menu. I don't eat a lot.

 

[clutter]

My dd loves steak. When she was 9, I ate the appitizers, dessert and sides, and she got the steak (and ate the french fries from the kids meal). When she was 9.5, I bought her the adult package. We still waste a lot of the food, but it's just easier for us to each order what we want.

 

[CherylV]

Thanks to all that have BTDT! Love this board.

Cheryl

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

I'd upgrade to adult for your DD. The real problem is when you have a kid that is clearly an adult and they want the kids menu stuff. DS is 16 and won't eat off the adult menus. Talk about a waste of $!

 

[blessedby3]

I'd upgrade to adult for your DD. The real problem is when you have a kid that is clearly an adult and they want the kids menu stuff. DS is 16 and won't eat off the adult menus. Talk about a waste of $!

Ive got the same problem with DD17. She eats like a bird and prefers the kids meals. Thats one reason we dont get the dining plan. Just too much waste of food and money for us. We have 4 that qualify for adult and only one child. I can feed our family much cheaper per day by just ordering off menus and splitting meals- they do give you tons of food.

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Ive got the same problem with DD17. She eats like a bird and prefers the kids meals. Thats one reason we dont get the dining plan. Just too much waste of food and money for us. We have 4 that qualify for adult and only one child. I can feed our family much cheaper per day by just ordering off menus and splitting meals- they do give you tons of food.

We did DDP once and although it was great for me, DH and DD, it definitely was not worth the expense for DS. Given the money we wasted on his DDP (since he ordered from the kids menu anyway), we now only use our DDE card and just get our 20% discount. Works just as well. Really though, there are lots of teens that won't eat a normal adult meal. Disney really doesn't address the in-between aged child though. I bet they could make a good deal of money if they marketed an in-between plan targeted for tweens and teens. They are really turning those with picky teens off to the the DDP for this very issue.

 

[adamsloco]

Yes, I was thinking on this, too. My son will be 9 when we go at the end of November, and his eating is, well, irregular. Some meals he eats very little, and then others he gulps it down like there is no tomorrow.

We are trusting the reports that there is so much food, so we will order the kids meal for him (and his sister, who will be 5), and share our meals with them, if they want some, or if the kids meals aren't enough. We will work something out, anyway.

 

[Finny]

For those with older kids/teens that want the kids menu foods, you can get most of the kid choices in an adult portion. My daughter is picky and preferred the kids menu, so she was allowed to order off of it.

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

For those with older kids/teens that want the kids menu foods, you can get most of the kid choices in an adult portion. My daughter is picky and preferred the kids menu, so she was allowed to order off of it.

True, but it just bothers me to have to pay $40 a day for him on the dining plan so that he can order a jumbo sized Mickey pasta at a table service dinner. We did the dining plan once...never again...turned out to be very very pricey kids meals for him. Whatever we saved money wise on ourselves went back out the window with DS. Hopefully his taste buds will mature soon and he won't think filet mignon and the like are icky!

 

[Finny]

True, but it just bothers me to have to pay $40 a day for him on the dining plan so that he can order a jumbo sized Mickey pasta at a table service dinner. We did the dining plan once...never again...turned out to be very very pricey kids meals for him. Whatever we saved money wise on ourselves went back out the window with DS. Hopefully his taste buds will mature soon and he won't think filet mignon and the like are icky!

I hear you! We won't do it again either! We found that though we like to sit down to a couple of table service meals, we prefer counter service.

 

[laceemouse]

True, but it just bothers me to have to pay $40 a day for him on the dining plan so that he can order a jumbo sized Mickey pasta at a table service dinner. We did the dining plan once...never again...turned out to be very very pricey kids meals for him. Whatever we saved money wise on ourselves went back out the window with DS. Hopefully his taste buds will mature soon and he won't think filet mignon and the like are icky!

Agree, that is why we have never bought the DDP. Three of our kids are "adults" and no way do they eat $40/day worth! However, next trip we have free dining so who cares what they eat! Oldest is a vegetarian, and she will eat mac-and- cheese for many TS meals I am sure!