DVC Dining Plan

[NMW]

How did they decide on April 1, 2006 to start the dining plan for DVC?

Can you add the dining plan is you have previously purchased hopper passes that have not expired? I think so since the majority of the DVC have annual passes.

Do you think the dining plan is a good deal?

The dining plan for DVC members staying on points at a DVC resort has nothing to do with tickets at all. It has to be added at least 48 hours BEFORE you get there by calling MS. You have to purchase it for every person for every night of your stay and you pay at check-in. MS will give you the exact price. Call MS, they can give you lots of info. Or you can read the really long threads about it!

 

[JimMIA]

For those interested in the DVC dining plan, the Mods have tried to consolidate everything in one place -- under the Ongoing Discussions sticky on the DVC Forum.

You may find more complete info by going here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=994635

 

[PinkTink63]

I'm not sure that I like that Dining Plan. I would have to buy an adult for my 11 yr. old who weighs 67lbs. I think that is just too much food for us! That would be $1140 for 10 days. We don't spend that in food for 3 people. I'm disappointed in this! If they would let you buy it for part of your stay, I would do it, because I would like to try some other places to eat.
I think I preferred the meal vouchers. Those were a better value for us!
Stephanie

 

[Scratch42]

I'm not sure that I like that Dining Plan. I would have to buy an adult for my 11 yr. old who weighs 67lbs. I think that is just too much food for us! That would be $1140 for 10 days. We don't spend that in food for 3 people. I'm disappointed in this! If they would let you buy it for part of your stay, I would do it, because I would like to try some other places to eat.
I think I preferred the meal vouchers. Those were a better value for us!
Stephanie

Just a suggestion ~ you could always take the leftovers home for a late night snack

janet

 

[PinkTink63]

I thought that I read somewhere that it excludes breakfast. Is that correct? Does that mean you cant's use it for character breakfast or even counter service breakfasts?

Stephanie

 

[LIFERBABE]

I thought that I read somewhere that it excludes breakfast. Is that correct? Does that mean you cant's use it for character breakfast or even counter service breakfasts?

Stephanie

Character Breakfasts are allowed and count as 1 TS credit.
CRT is considered a Signature Restaurant and requires 2 TS credits for B/L/D.

You can use a Counter Service Credit for Food Court Breakfast, but when used this way, a dessert is not allowed.

 

[DisneyFunFan]

it's no easier or harder for a DVC member to do that than it is for someone in a regular resort.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that's true. For non-DVC members, the dining plan is tied to passes. So you must buy a child's pass to get the child's meal plan.

It's not tied to passes for DVC so an adult can easily get away with using a child's meal plan if they are simply recorded as a child on the room reservation. As far as I know, Disney never double checks who is in a room and what ages, etc. They rely on the person booking to state who is in the room and what the ages are.

I suppose if it's a problem, Disney can have the check-in desk verify the age of each person on the reservation before activating the meal plan. But that's a lot of extra work to look at the IDs of everyone in the party.

 

[PinkTink63]

I am right there with you skoi! That is a lot of food!
Since, you have to buy it for every day, and I wouldn't want to waste food, I would feel like I had to eat it! (I can't help it! I don't like to waste! Yes, I live in Oregon, and we are not wasters! LOL Big recyclers!)
I would probably have to bring a larger set of clothes for the trip home! LOL
Stephanie

 

[mom2alix]

I thought that I read somewhere that it excludes breakfast. Is that correct? Does that mean you cant's use it for character breakfast or even counter service breakfasts?

Stephanie

I think you may have read that breakfasts exclude desserts (that's something that has been posted quite a bit lately). The dining plan definitely can be used for breakfasts both CS and TS and is good at most of the character breakfast locations, although CRT requires 2 TS credits. HTH!

 

[PinkTink63]

O.K. That makes more sense! Thank You!

 

[westjones]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that's true. For non-DVC members, the dining plan is tied to passes. So you must buy a child's pass to get the child's meal plan.

It's not tied to passes for DVC so an adult can easily get away with using a child's meal plan if they are simply recorded as a child on the room reservation. As far as I know, Disney never double checks who is in a room and what ages, etc. They rely on the person booking to state who is in the room and what the ages are.

I suppose if it's a problem, Disney can have the check-in desk verify the age of each person on the reservation before activating the meal plan. But that's a lot of extra work to look at the IDs of everyone in the party.

Or couldn't you just not list the kids (especially the ones that Disney considers adults) in the room so you only have to buy the dining plan for the adults. Then you could share the meals with the kids.

Maybe this wouldn't work, but this is what I thought was meant by it being easier for DVC member to 'cheat' the system.

 

[dtndfamily]

I'm not sure that I like that Dining Plan. I would have to buy an adult for my 11 yr. old who weighs 67lbs. I think that is just too much food for us! That would be $1140 for 10 days. We don't spend that in food for 3 people. I'm disappointed in this! If they would let you buy it for part of your stay, I would do it, because I would like to try some other places to eat.
I think I preferred the meal vouchers. Those were a better value for us!
Stephanie

I don't think there is anything against booking two different ressies, one for the first few days and another for the last few. That way you can experience the meal plan for some of your stay and then you can walk off the extra pounds the remainder of your stay . I am pretty sure this can be done.

 

[Chuck S]

O.K. That makes more sense! Thank You!

Anyone not on the ressie with an ID card can not attend EMH, so just not telling Disney someone is in the room wouldn't work...nor would it be exactly "legal"...what if there were a fire, how wouuld they know if everyone was out of the bldg?

It could be dangerous, if not deadly.

 

[Mickeygolf]

So you have to pay for the day you're checking out too? For instance, if I'm staying a week and checking out on Saturday and leaving for the airport at 9:00 am, I should use up that day prior to my checkout day?

 

[1000th happy haunt]

I'm pretty sure you purchase by the nights, not days. So a stay of 9 days 8 nights would be you purchase 8 days worth of the plan.

 

[pouncingpluto]

You pay (and receive credits) based on how many nights you're staying. So, no, you don't pay for two days if you're only staying one night.

 

[PinkTink63]

I was just thinking of this myself! You know what they say "Brilliant minds think alike!" LOL The only thing I am wondering about is staying in the same room if you have more than one ressie? I don't want to have to move rooms! Do you know how this works?
Thanks
Steph

 

[JimMIA]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that's true. For non-DVC members, the dining plan is tied to passes. So you must buy a child's pass to get the child's meal plan.

Actually, there were two meal plans.

One meal plan -- for guests of Disney resorts only, not DVC -- was strictly a pay to eat plan, something like $35/$10 for adults/kids. The DVC meal plan is an extension of this plan.

The other plan was a special promotion they used this summer to overcome the fear of death and destruction during Hurricane Season. That one was rack rate for the room + park tickets, and you got FREE meal plan. By all accounts, that plan was a HUGE success.

 

[byoung]

If you go to Olivia's for breakfast it would be a ts meal . Goods To Go you could use a counter service for breakfast.

 

[PinkTink63]

How will they keep track of your usage? For instance, do they actually give you some kind of physical voucher or is just kept track of by your room key?
Stephanie