Dining Plan on DVC trip question

[ericar]

Hi
I just read an interesting story on buying a 1 day dining plan and using it over 2 days.

https://www.disneytouristblog.com/50-percent-off-deluxe-dining-plan/

As a DVC member do I have to book dining plans for the whole length of my stay?
Can I book a trip in pieces so I can only buy a dining plan for 1 or 2 days of my
7 day vacation? Any thoughts?

Eric

 

[Ben E N]

You have to do it for length of stay at any one resort. You can, however, do it for just part of a split stay. You could do your first night at SSR, for example, using dining plan credits for that day and the next, and then go to OKW for the rest of your trip. Other people have reported having success just changing their view type within the same resort, but the more similar your reservations are, the more likely it is the they will be merged into one big one.

 

[Deb & Bill]

You'll have to have a change in your reservation to not book it for that part. So like Ben said, you book one resort/room category for one night and get the dining plan for that one night. Then you move to a different resort or different room category and not buy the dining plan.

 

[quandrea]

We’ve done this for split stays. You save a fortune and eat like kings.

 

[BcIcemen]

We did it on our split stay as well. Had it first 4 days which went into day 5, had the Hoop de do Revue booked on the second part of our split and then only paid for 3 dinners OFP. Like quandrea said.........we ate like kings

 

[LSchrow]

Having DDP for part of a stay is also an advantage of having multiple DVC memberships. We book a night or two with DxDDP using one membership, followed by the exact same resort & room type using a different membership, then ask MS to note that we would like to stay in same room. We just stop by the FD on the check-out check-in day (there is a possibly that one would have to change rooms, but we've not had to)