Disneyland Dining plan???

[cathie1327]

Sorry if this has already been posted...

Does DLR offer any kind of dining plan?

I am considering taking my mom next year to DLR and kind of like the idea of having all of the food already paid for.

TIA!

 

[bumbershoot]

They have a voucher program...it's NOTHING like WDW's. Unless you plan very very well, you're only going to break even, IF that. If you use a $5 voucher to buy $3 worth of food, you don't get change. So you use a $5 voucher to buy $7 worth of food, and you kick in $2 of your own. And so on. The plans, based on how many days you want it, do have a certain number of character meal vouchers, and those aren't money-based, so that's nice.

The other nice thing is that you don't have to get the plan for length-of-stay...you could stay 7 days and get the plan for 5 days worth if you want. So you just use the vouchers as you wish.

Some like it...I personally like just budgeting with giftcards, so it's pre-paid but not vouchers.

 

[alyssa810]

Do you need to book a package to get it, or can it be purchased separately?

 

[victorandbellasmom]

From all acounts, there is no $$ savings from getting the dining plan vs. paying cash. The main pro for getting the plan is that it is prepaid.

Do you need to book a package to get it, or can it be purchased separately?

I believe you have to purchase it as part of a package and can not be bought seperately. You could always just buy a gift card and use that for meals.

 

[bumbershoot]

I thought it was only with a package, but jadedarkstar (an occasional poster) has reported being able to add it on when booking room-only by phone.

 

[ykmom]

I agree with the previous posters - we bought a gift card when we arrived and used it. It worked really well and seems simpler than keeping track of vouchers

 

[MAH4546]

Don't waste your money buying the vouchers. If you want to prepay, definitley use giftcards!

 

[teatime]

We did the vouchers and loved it, they were easy and were paid for long before we went...... then we came across the gift cards. loved them!! Now I not only get the gift cards, but I get for the resturants out side the park as well. this week, tony roma's ( on harbor) mimi's and milli's and the rainforest cafe . so we are covered !!