Deluxe plan is an extreme amount of food even if you haven't had surgery.
We couldn't even come close to eating all the food on it and we included room service and several signatures to use up the credits.
I think that the people who use it must only eat parts of their meals or don't bother ordering all the food that is included.
3 meals a day is one thing and seems like a good idea, but add on appetizers and rich desserts at each meal or a big buffet here and there ...plus snacks that are often huge pastries and you are consuming thousands of calories a day not to mention the sodium levels of restaurant meals.
We did the standard plan also once and with me plus 4 adult men we still had 5 credits left on our last day and got take out meals from wolfgang puck express and took them to a condo and ate off of them for the last 2 days we had booked....5 meals included 5 large bottles of juice, 2 pizzas, a huge pizza dough type wrap sandwich with side of homemade chips, huge container of pasta and meatballs with a side salad, and a half roast chicken with about 3 cups of mashed potatos, 4 large chocolate chip cookies, 1 creme brulee.
We got one side of mac and cheese added (back when it was still the super cheese good one).
the rest of our weekend, we only bought dole whips one time and that was it.
If your group is planning a lot of signature meals (pretty much one every day) then it might be an overall value to just stick with it. the per credit price compared to the out of pocket price at a signature would still save a lot of money even if you don't order everything included. Plus, signature restaurants often have smaller (more quality) portion sizes that would work well. you can also pass along your appetizers or desserts to others if you are full.
Also you can ask for things like fruit/berries for desserts.
