If you are staying at a DVC resort can you buy your dining plan ahead of time and have it added to your room card when you arrive or do you have to wait till you arrive to purchase it?
If you are staying on points, you cannot prepay for the dining plan at this time, you pay at check-in. If you have a cash reservation, the dining plan would work the same as a stay at any of the hotels.
To add to that though, you HAVE to add it to your reservation MORE than 48 hours prior to check in, or else you will not be able to participate in the dining plan. As the PP said, though, you pay for it upon checking in.
You must add the dining plan to your reservation by calling Member Services no later than 48 hours before your arrival. If you're renting, the member you are renting from must call Member Services.
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