Drinks on dining plan

[ms mouse]

It’s been a long time since we have used the dining plan but I’m considering deluxe this trip. I just noticed that alcohol is included. Do we have 3 alcoholic beverages a day? Can you use two with one meal and 1 with another or is it one per meal? Thanks for your help.

 

[sharonabe]

It’s been a long time since we have used the dining plan but I’m considering deluxe this trip. I just noticed that alcohol is included. Do we have 3 alcoholic beverages a day? Can you use two with one meal and 1 with another or is it one per meal? Thanks for your help.

The drink is part of your meal credit. If you do 3 meals in one day, you'll get 3 drinks. If you only do 2 meals in one day (even if one is a 2TS), you'll only get 2 drinks.

 

[drwadadli]

It is one drink per meal.

You can't "save" drink. So, you can't skip an alcoholic drink with your breakfast so as to have two alcoholic drinks with your dinner. The drinks aren't credits like the snacks are. Just like appetizers and dessert aren't credit with the deluxe dining plan. If you eat lunch but not get a dessert, you then can't order two desserts with your dinner since you did use your lunch dessert.

However, if you want to drinks with dinner (or even those two dessert in my example), you can always pay out of pocket for the second one.

 

[drwadadli]

The drink is part of your meal credit. If you do 3 meals in one day, you'll get 3 drinks. If you only do 2 meals in one day (even if one is a 2TS), you'll only get 2 drinks.

That would be true but I don't think that is what he is asking since he typed "Can you use two with one meal and 1 with another"

 

[Pumbaa_]

The beverage component of a meal credit is just that. Ordered when using a meal entitlement. You cannot bank it. Your underage child cannot order an extra one for you. You must provide proper ID. For foreign guests this is a copy of your passport, drivers license not US issued is not acceptable (some of that can vary, Epcot tends to be the strictest). Be prepared to be asked!

Always good to ask how things work, we all want to get the best value for your $$$

 

[DVCKev]

So I can get a beer with my eggs in the morning and walk back to the room after I finish eating and stick it in the room fridge for later?

 

[drwadadli]

So I can get a beer with my eggs in the morning and walk back to the room after I finish eating and stick it in the room fridge for later?

No for the fact that is meant to be consumed during your meal. If you order a bottle of beer, they will open for you, which would make it flat by the time you are ready to drink it.

 

[DVCKev]

Why would the person at the counter open my beer, if I'm grabbing it out of the fridge at like Artist Pallette at SSR, I'm talking about going to the quick service at the resort. I can't just save that for later? They never open my orange juice lol?

 

[drwadadli]

Why would the person at the counter open my beer, if I'm grabbing it out of the fridge at like Artist Pallette at SSR, I'm talking about going to the quick service at the resort. I can't just save that for later? They never open my orange juice lol?

Well, you didn't mention you were talking about a quick service meal. So....since you are talking quick service meal, then I guess you could save your beer for later but that is not the original question asked by the OP.

 

[BuzzyBelle]

Why would the person at the counter open my beer, if I'm grabbing it out of the fridge at like Artist Pallette at SSR, I'm talking about going to the quick service at the resort. I can't just save that for later? They never open my orange juice lol?

I’ve seen mixed reports about this actually. We have purchased food from Gasparillas and gotten a beer to take back to our fridge. However, I have read reports of cashiers opening the bottles at the register.

I think @kastoney had to open a single serve wine, but if I’m remembering correctly it was in Epcot so that may have something to do with it. I’ve also read reports of it occurring at Capt Cook’s.

It sounds crazy, but it does happen.

 

[tinkerbell1991]

I know I've read a lot of reviews where people have bought the small bottles of wine from qs places in the resorts and were able to take them back to their resort room unopened so would imagine a beer is the same