DVC Dining Plan

[eyor44]

Thanks Bumbershoot!
This is me now. Love saving any way I can!

 

[nolanboys]

Anyone else think that the price increase in 2011 seems high. The DP went up $4 a day and the DDP went up $7 I think. Seems high and makes me really doubt if we'll ever pay for it. I noticed too that they changed it to "save up to 20%" - I thought it used to be more like 30%? Glad you can add it on for part of your trip though. Right now I'm happier with TIW.

 

[mybabesuz]

Anyone else think that the price increase in 2011 seems high. The DP went up $4 a day and the DDP went up $7 I think. Seems high and makes me really doubt if we'll ever pay for it. I noticed too that they changed it to "save up to 20%" - I thought it used to be more like 30%? Glad you can add it on for part of your trip though. Right now I'm happier with TIW.

All of the Restaurant Prices have gone up also!

And the DxDP did not go up at all last year so the increase was more this year.
I always do a spread sheet of our ADRs.
We are still coming out slightly ahead with 3 children.
I know when the kids get older the TIW will definitely be a better deal.

 

[bicker]

Anyone else think that the price increase in 2011 seems high.

I think there are a good number of people who think the price increase and/or the reduction in inclusions are extreme, every year.

 

[cmanuel]

We found that the regular dinning plan was the better deal since the 3 meals a day caused us to basically over eat. It was nice, but it was a LOT of food. On our second trip we chose the regular plan and found it to be much better

 

[wishicouldgomoreofte]

Anyone else think that the price increase in 2011 seems high. The DP went up $4 a day and the DDP went up $7 I think. Seems high and makes me really doubt if we'll ever pay for it. I noticed too that they changed it to "save up to 20%" - I thought it used to be more like 30%? Glad you can add it on for part of your trip though. Right now I'm happier with TIW.

Sorry I'm behind if this is old news.
We can add Dining Plan for just part of our trip? Not the entire stay?
How do we set that up, please?

 

[lionmouse]

We will be traveling during the "peak season" pricing for ddp and I thought I read somewhere that DVC members paid the regular price regardless of time traveleing. This may make a difference in whether we try ddp or not. Does anyone know? Thanks

 

[wishicouldgomoreofte]

On the DVC website it only shows one price, per plan, not peak & non-peak prices, so my guess would be DVC members are not subject to peak price increase.

 

[erionm]

We will be traveling during the "peak season" pricing for ddp and I thought I read somewhere that DVC members paid the regular price regardless of time traveleing. This may make a difference in whether we try ddp or not. Does anyone know? Thanks

The DVC Dining Plan is exempt from the seasonal pricing.

 

[Hibernians]

The DVC Dining Plan is exempt from the seasonal pricing.

I have never heard of a DVC Dining Plan - how is this different from The Disney Dining Plan ?


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[bicker]

Mostly that is only available as part of a DVC points reservation.

 

[Tiger926]

I have never heard of a DVC Dining Plan - how is this different from The Disney Dining Plan ?+

The eating part and credit part of plan is the same, but there are some differences:

1. Don't need to buy tickets - as Bicker said, we can just add it to our DVC reservations without making a MYW package

2. Can add it up to 48 hours before arrival, but must pay for it in full

3. Can segment the DP for part of your stay - add it for 1st night, and then again on 4th night. You can also switch up one of the 3 dining plans if you wish. But as always, all guests in same room, must be on the DP

4. Not subject to peak season DP price upcharge - we pay the same price for the DP in 2011, whereas cash guests will pay a few dollars more if travelling during peak seasons

Hope this helps, Tiger

 

[Hibernians]

You can segment the dining plan - really ? I always thought it was tied to your reservation; in the case of a DVC reservation; if I am staying 7 nights at BCV then I would think my dining plan would also have to be for the same 7 nights. This is the way I have done it before. Have they changed this ? That would be a great feature.

The eating part and credit part of plan is the same, but there are some differences:

3. Can segment the DP for part of your stay - add it for 1st night, and then again on 4th night. You can also switch up one of the 3 dining plans if you wish. But as always, all guests in same room, must be on the DP


Hope this helps, Tiger

 

[Tiger926]

You can segment the dining plan - really ? I always thought it was tied to your reservation; in the case of a DVC reservation; if I am staying 7 nights at BCV then I would think my dining plan would also have to be for the same 7 nights. This is the way I have done it before. Have they changed this ? That would be a great feature.

Yes, they have changed it.

You really need to do a search, as we've been discussing this for months over here.

Several members have done this, and it has not turned out well at all, as it is relying on the new booking system that just went live.

You can segment for different days, and it's supposed to happen behind the scenes, so you don't lose an actual reservation, but there have been issues.

I haven't done it, but there have been several reports now from members who just did this over the past several weeks.

Hope this helps, Tiger

 

[bicker]

You can segment the dining plan - really ? I always thought it was tied to your reservation

It is; now you can (more easily and officially) segment your reservation so that you can get the Dining Plan for just a portion of your time in Orlando.

 

[PRmamiDEdos]

The DVC Dining Plan is exempt from the seasonal pricing.

This is awesome! I was budgeting for the seasonal price, but I'm happy that we're saving $50 as DVC members!

 

[mellormousee]

Was just on DVC website and it says the price for DDP is $45.99 per adult and $11.99 per child. Is this wrong? Or a different plan?

 

[ammeador2]

ok, so what exactly does segmenting mean? I would like the dining plan..but now sure about all of the nights...last time we had so much left over we were pigging on the last day just to use all of the credits left of just the standard plan. So, let's say I got the dining plan for 5 nights of our 9 night stay. When would those credits have to be used?

 

[vinmar4]

by midnight of the following day when you last had the DP. let's say on day 5 you had the last PD, you would have until the midnight of day 6 to use it.

 

[disney212]

I booked SSR on Tuesday via phone and when asking about DDP was told I had to book it for every night of our stay. Since we don't arrive until 10 pm the first night and leave at 8 am our last day we wanted one less day. Was I misinformed?