DVC Dining Plan

[Para2176]

I believe for DVC members the dining plan is linked to your length of stay, not the park passes, and must be for the length of your stay. However, if you want to eat at a restaurant in a particular park, you will have to pay for park access. There are enough restaurants outside the parks that are on the Dining Plan that you can take advantage of without going into the parks.

 

[Chuck S]

No ticket purchase is required if staying at a DVC resort on stays booked through Member Services. If you book on cash through Disney Reservations, then they require it for DVC just like at a regular WDW resort.

 

[CarolMN]

Does anyone know if you need to purchase one day park pass to get the dining plan when you stay at DVC? I was just informed that was the case at the regular resorts. Thanks!
kelly

No - you do not have to purchase park admission of any kind to add the Dining Plan to a DVC reservation. That's a nice perk for DVC members because many of us havev annual or premium annual passes.

Best wishes -

 

[conciergekelly]

Great! Thank you all for the quick reponse. you are all so helpful! Have a great day.

 

[spoon full of sugar]

OK I don't want to upset anyone but I have a ticklish question. Dh, ds and I are thinking of renting points at BWV if possible. I would like to get on the dining plan since doing it through DVC is the only way for us to try it. We are AP holders and Florida residents, no way will I pay rack rate for a room plus full price for tickets I can't put towards next years AP. So long story short, now an extended family member wants to go with us, they don't want the dining plan, won't eat the food, won't pay for it. I have seen were DVC members have said that they don't really check how many stay in your room, I know if I don't put her on the room ressie she can't do emh, but, will I get in trouble with the dining plan? Are they really enforcing the same thing for every one staying in the room at DVC the way they do for packages? I really want the dining, but won't pay for this person (especially since she won't use it) but I will get a lot of flak from extended family if I say no she can't come because I want the dining plan (my extended family doesn't get Disney anyway ). Can anybody help me?

 

[CarolMN]

OK I don't want to upset anyone but I have a ticklish question. Dh, ds and I are thinking of renting points at BWV if possible. I would like to get on the dining plan since doing it through DVC is the only way for us to try it. We are AP holders and Florida residents, no way will I pay rack rate for a room plus full price for tickets I can't put towards next years AP. So long story short, now an extended family member wants to go with us, they don't want the dining plan, won't eat the food, won't pay for it. I have seen were DVC members have said that they don't really check how many stay in your room, I know if I don't put her on the room ressie she can't do emh, but, will I get in trouble with the dining plan? Are they really enforcing the same thing for every one staying in the room at DVC the way they do for packages? I really want the dining, but won't pay for this person (especially since she won't use it) but I will get a lot of flak from extended family if I say no she can't come because I want the dining plan (my extended family doesn't get Disney anyway ). Can anybody help me?

The policy is that everyone in the room must get the dining plan for the entire length of the stay. The policy is the same for DVC as it is for CRO/WDWTC, except that DVC members do not have to buy tickets. Sorry, no one here can give you permission to ignore the policy by sneaking another perosn into the room. Perhaps the person you rent from can ask MS if they will allow an exception. If not, your choice is between not getting the DP, paying for your family tag-along or telling your extended family that you can't afford to pay for the food portion of the package for the tag-along and maybe something will work out for her next time.

Best wishes -

 

[NMW]

I've always said that Disney is very inconsistent and if they chose not to enforce the rules that only hurt them, that is their right. My obligation is to be honest and forthright. However, not enforcing or not saying anything and not caring are totally different issues. You can rest assured that someone in a position of decision does care. But these type of issues are what did in the FnF plan and will likely be the death of this plan as well if these types of abuses continue.

I have no experience with the FNF plan. I do however have experience with the Dreammaker silver plan which was in effect right before the MYW dining plan. With that plan a "credit" was called a "wish" and they were pooled. Meaning that for a family of 4 (2 adults/2 kids) you could pay oop pocket for 2 kids meals at Flying Fish and use "their" wishes for the 2 adult meals. Maybe Disney didn't care if people used the silver plan this way, so that's why they allow people to use the MYW plan this way. I have no idea. What I do know is that LOTS of posters on the restaurant board report being encouraged by CM's to do this over and over again, not just at the restaurants themselves (where tip can be a factor), but by dining line CM's when making ADR's. I don't understand why Disney didn't seperate adult and children's credits when they changed the price of the plan in Jan. They must know that people are doing this. I'm starting to think either the number of people doing this with the dining plan is so small to even worry about, or that they simply don't care. I seriously doubt Disney is losing money with this plan. It is incredibly popular and seems to keep people onsite. For what it's worth, I don't plan to use the dining plan this way. We decided that if we ate at a signature meal this coming trip, we'd pay oop for an entire meal to save the credits. Now if we were at the signature restaurant and a CM was urging me to just pay oop for the kids meals... I can understand people just taking a CM's advice. Now adding a fake child is just so clearly wrong, I can't understand how these people sleep at night!

 

[DebIreland]

OK I don't want to upset anyone but I have a ticklish question. Dh, ds and I are thinking of renting points at BWV if possible. I would like to get on the dining plan since doing it through DVC is the only way for us to try it. We are AP holders and Florida residents, no way will I pay rack rate for a room plus full price for tickets I can't put towards next years AP. So long story short, now an extended family member wants to go with us, they don't want the dining plan, won't eat the food, won't pay for it. I have seen were DVC members have said that they don't really check how many stay in your room, I know if I don't put her on the room ressie she can't do emh, but, will I get in trouble with the dining plan? Are they really enforcing the same thing for every one staying in the room at DVC the way they do for packages? I really want the dining, but won't pay for this person (especially since she won't use it) but I will get a lot of flak from extended family if I say no she can't come because I want the dining plan (my extended family doesn't get Disney anyway ). Can anybody help me?

Are you hoping to stay in a studio or a 1 or 2 bed villa? If it's a villa perhaps you could get separate studios instead, booked in 2 separate reservations of course and you can add the DP to your one. Just a thought. Other than that, if it were me, I would just tell her that you've researched the DP and it's the way you want to go. The other option is for her to get the DP but for you to use some of her credits towards a couple of dinner shows or signature restaurants and pay something towards the cost of her DP.

EDITED because I replied to the wrong post

 

[DebIreland]

Now adding a fake child is just so clearly wrong, I can't understand how these people sleep at night!

It gives me the creeps. Outside of the morality (or lack of) I just couldn't imagine pretending to have another child and making up a name and age etc. CREEPY!!!!!

 

[Sammie]

It gives me the creeps. Outside of the morality (or lack of) I just couldn't imagine pretending to have another child and making up a name and age etc. CREEPY!!!!!

I totally agree, but then it makes me very uncomfortable reading posts where people know from the onset what they are asking to do is against policy.

If you know it's wrong, then either don't do it or at least keep it to yourself. I find it very depressing to think that so many people have decided rules or policies pertand to someone else.

And even worse that as more and more abuse policy we all suffer for it. I sincerely doubt the dining plan will last very long for DVC members due to abuse.

 

[DebIreland]

I agree. Am I the only one who is galled by the fact if I get the DP my 10 and 12 year olds will be eating scraps of dinner at a cost of 38 dollars a day whilst fully grown ADULTS, possibly seated alongside us, will be enjoying 3 course meals at a cost of 11 dollars a day by using their childrens' credits? Not to open THAT can of worms again (which I've debated to death on another thread) but honestly, outside of personal morals, outside of the debate as to whether it's a glitch or a definite policy I just cannot see the fairness in such a situation. Oh how I dearly wish that Disney would offer a choice to parents of 10 to 14 year olds i.e. allow them to decide whether to get the child's plan or the adult's plan for their child. This would be very fair, especially if they started differentiating between the adult/child credits (my second wish) because that would avoid any 12 (or 13 or 14) year old big eaters paying a child's price and eating an adult's meal. Justice for all. Yay!!

 

[PinMan]

do they go by nites or days ? example if you check in at 4 pm do you have to pay for that day ?or if you leave at 10 am to go home ?either way its a lost day.

 

[Chuck S]

It is for the number of nights of your reservation.

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

I agree. Am I the only one who is galled by the fact if I get the DP my 10 and 12 year olds will be eating scraps of dinner at a cost of 38 dollars a day whilst fully grown ADULTS, possibly seated alongside us, will be enjoying 3 course meals at a cost of 11 dollars a day by using their childrens' credits?

As the mother of a 12 & 11 year old, I hear you loud and clear and couldn't agree more!

 

[Sammie]

do they go by nites or days ? example if you check in at 4 pm do you have to pay for that day ?or if you leave at 10 am to go home ?either way its a lost day.

Hopefully someone will correct me if wrong, as I am still working my way through this too. If you stay 5 nights you will get 5TS, 5 CS and 5 snacks per person for your stay. When you use them is up to you as they are good from the time you check in until midnight on the day you check out.

So on the day you check in you could use one TS for dinner and the day you check out you could use one CS for breakfast, then use the others during the week including your other snack.

I think that way you don't lose any, at least that is the way I plan to make it work.

 

[Sammie]

Question: which if this has been answered my apologies for asking again.

Some menus listed entrees for 2, can you order them and use 2 TS credits?

 

[starwood]

I believe the credits are used per restaurant. You should be able to order anything on the menu at a 1 TS restaurant for 1 TS credit. If the restaurant is 2 TS credits then that should be what you are charged. Am I right?

 

[melk]

I didn't read through this entire thread so forgive me if this has already been asked, but:

Let's say you are splitting your stay between two resorts (we're maybe thinking a few nights at the Poly using points, then the remaining week at OKW, again on points). Could we get the dining plan for our nights at the Poly only? (I'm assuming this is maybe a yes if we book the trips separately, not a connected reservation)

 

[pplasky]

And even worse that as more and more abuse policy we all suffer for it. I sincerely doubt the dining plan will last very long for DVC members due to abuse.

If the abuse is widespread, it's not just with DVC members. From the sounds of it, many DVC members are not even going to use the plan. Disney may change the plan, or take it away, but they have had a version of it for years, offering more than just food. I am sure they know what they are doing. I would think they would enforce the child credits before totally abolishing any type of program that keeps people on property over a long period of time.

 

[CarolMN]

I didn't read through this entire thread so forgive me if this has already been asked, but:

Let's say you are splitting your stay between two resorts (we're maybe thinking a few nights at the Poly using points, then the remaining week at OKW, again on points). Could we get the dining plan for our nights at the Poly only? (I'm assuming this is maybe a yes if we book the trips separately, not a connected reservation)

Only if you book the POLY stay via CRO/WDWTC (for cash) and meet the "regular" requirements (add the DP to a minimum 3 night room & ticket package).

The Dining Plan is not available to you for the Poly stay if you book the Poly stay with points. MS can only add the DP for points stays at one of the DVC resorts.

Best wishes -