DVC Dining Plan

[Dean]

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?

No, you'd have to segment or split up the stay to get it for part of the time.

 

[disneynutz]

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?

Just call MS and tell them to segment the reservation. We have the Deluxe DDP for a couple days in the middle of our stay in June. You will need to get new KTTW cards for each segment but you don't have to change rooms.

Bill

 

[disney212]

Just call MS and tell them to segment the reservation. We have the Deluxe DDP for a couple days in the middle of our stay in June. You will need to get new KTTW cards for each segment but you don't have to change rooms.

Bill

thanks! I will be making that call this morning!

 

[GrumpyBelle]

A word of caution with segmented reservations and the dining plan.

We just got back from a 7 night stay which was segmented into 3 different reservations. We added the DDP to each segment of reservations. Our first night we were at Jambo and had 1 day of DDP for this reservation. It worked smoothly. The 2nd day, we transferred to Kidani for the remainder of our trip, however this was segmented into 2 reservations (we bought more points and the part of our stay was using our new points). Both had the DDP as well. Late in the afternoon on the first day of this segment, my DS and Dniece went to eat at a qs location and we told them to make sure to use their credits. The card was denied saying no meal credits were available. We should have had 3 qs, 3 ts, and 3 snacks pp on this card at that time.

The cashier did make a call to check on the account. They applied some sort of coupon and told the kids when they were done eating to go back up to registration desk to get it straightened out. We told them to call when they got there as we wanted to talk to registration to make sure everything was corrected. (We were at MK with only about 3 hours until our dinner reservation and were afraid we wouldn't have time to travel back and forth and make dinner on time).

We were reissued new cards and told that mix ups with segmented reservations/dining plans happen all of the time. They ended up linking this segment to the next segment since we were going to have the same room and the same dining plan so now we wouldn't have to check back in for our last segment and risk having this happen again.They did tell DS to tell us to make sure to stop by when we came back in for the night to reapply the cc information to the new cards. We did and were told that everything was in the system and should be ok. However, on day number 2 of the last segment of the reservation, we went to buy tickets to BB for the kids and were told that there was no cc attached to our cards--they felt that since the reservation was initially segmented the cc was only applied to the first segment and did not carry over to what would have been our last 3 nights.

We did get everything satisfactorily resolved.

 

[Orionbaby410]

Word of caution:

If you segment your vacation each segment must have it's own DDP. This means that you must utilize all meals/snacks during that time.

For example: if your vacation is segmented: 3days, 4 days - this means at the end of the 3rd night, you lose any remaining meals/snacks that are left over. They do not carry over to the 4 day segment.

This may work great for some, but whenever I go away, I get the QS plan with 2 snacks per day and always end up with extra snacks at the end.

Hope this helps.

 

[disneyofcourse]

I'm wondering if the Dining plan would be worth it to us. I'm going to check out our old receipts to see how much two adults usually spend. In the past we usually get 2 counter services meals and a bagel with juice or cake and juice for breakfast. X 2 people

I'm remembering breakfast would cost us about $12, Lunch seemed to stay at around $25 for two. Then dinner usually came in around $20 to $25. So it seems like this would save us money..... Hmmm Might be a great idea after all!

 

[GrumpyBelle]

We did the DDP. For us, it was tough to justify. It depends on what you usually order. We found, we had to order the most expensive things on the menu to make the dining plan work for us. We did book several character dinners/buffets where the price of that meal alone covered the cost of the meal plan for the day, but in places such as 50's where we ordered off the menu or WCC where the 2 girls ordered chicken nuggets or grilled cheese (10 yo so paid adult price--most expensive grilled cheese she will ever eat), the dinner cost did not cover what we spent for the day.

Based on this trip, we decided, we would not do it again even with the QSDP as the cost of the plan is far more than we would normally spend.

 

[medic318]

We have used the DP on our last 2 trips, and basically the plan paid for 1 TS meal a day, and the snack and CS were free, or at worse the snack. The first year we went, I figured we saved at least $150 in food for the trip. But my daughter is a big eater and not very picky. She also likes to try new things. So it works out for us.
I am a little concerned to try out the segmented DP on this trip after reading what many people are saying. Maybe in a couple of years, when they have the system working a little better we will go for it. I would love to do the DxDP for a day or 2 to try a couple of signature places we haven't made it to.

 

[ammeador2]

I just got off of the phone with DVC and the very rude lady told me that the only way that we could split the dining plan was for us to cancel our reservation and then see if it could be rebooked as a split stay. She told me that the dining plan had to be booked for the whole duration of our stay. I told her that I am not going to pay for something that I cannot use the whole entire trip since we will be going to Universal for 2 days and just spending the night on site.

 

[erionm]

I just got off of the phone with DVC and the very rude lady told me that the only way that we could split the dining plan was for us to cancel our reservation and then see if it could be rebooked as a split stay. She told me that the dining plan had to be booked for the whole duration of our stay. I told her that I am not going to pay for something that I cannot use the whole entire trip since we will be going to Universal for 2 days and just spending the night on site.

Call back. If the CM can't or won't help you, ask for a supervisor.

 

[ammeador2]

Call back. If the CM can't or won't help you, ask for a supervisor.

I can't they won't talk to me..since I am using someone else's points..

 

[HayGan]

I can't they won't talk to me..since I am using someone else's points..

I'm confused as you just said that you spoke with someone rude at DVC. Who did you just speak with?

You are corect - as a renter, the person from whom you rented the points (the owner) has to call and make the arrangements for the dining plan.

 

[ammeador2]

The owner made a 3 way call, pulled up my reservation and told them that I was to handle adding on the dining to my reservation with my credit card etc and then I spoke with the rude DVC lady and she told me that my existing reservation would have to be cancelled and then rebooked as a split stay...

I'm confused as you just said that you spoke with someone rude at DVC. Who did you just speak with?

You are corect - as a renter, the person from whom you rented the points (the owner) has to call and make the arrangements for the dining plan.

 

[erionm]

The owner made a 3 way call, pulled up my reservation and told them that I was to handle adding on the dining to my reservation with my credit card etc and then I spoke with the rude DVC lady and she told me that my existing reservation would have to be cancelled and then rebooked as a split stay...

See if the owner will send an e-mail to DVC requesting the reservation be segmented based on the dates you do want the dining plan for. Have them put in the e-mail that the reservation only be segmented if it can be done without any dates being lost.

 

[ammeador2]

See if the owner will send an e-mail to DVC requesting the reservation be segmented based on the dates you do want the dining plan for. Have them put in the e-mail that the reservation only be segmented if it can be done without any dates being lost.

ok, i will ask but I feel like i am being a royal pain!

is there any information out there about the DVC dining plan that states it doesn't have to be for the entire stay?

 

[disneynutz]

ok, i will ask but I feel like i am being a royal pain!

is there any information out there about the DVC dining plan that states it doesn't have to be for the entire stay?

I just booked the DDDP for 2 days of our 9 day stay next month.

Bill

 

[ammeador2]

I just booked the DDDP for 2 days of our 9 day stay next month.

Bill

are your 9 nights consecutive? I am totally at a loss and the owner is willing to help me but I am not sure what exactly I need to do!

 

[disneynutz]

are your 9 nights consecutive? I am totally at a loss and the owner is willing to help me but I am not sure what exactly I need to do!

1 night no DDP, then 2 nights with the plan, then then 6 nights without the plan. Same room, same resort. New room keys will be required.

You shouldn't have to do anything, the member that you rented from should take care of it. My renters pay me through PayPal and I add the plan for them.

Bill

 

[erionm]

are your 9 nights consecutive? I am totally at a loss and the owner is willing to help me but I am not sure what exactly I need to do!

I believe that many members have been able to segment their reservations to do what you want. There appears to be some DVC CM's that either are not comfortable doing it, or just don't know how.

 

[ammeador2]

1 night no DDP, then 2 nights with the plan, then then 6 nights without the plan. Same room, same resort. New room keys will be required.

You shouldn't have to do anything, the member that you rented from should take care of it. My renters pay me through PayPal and I add the plan for them.

Bill

Ok. I was wanting to split it up between the QS plan then the regular dining and then 2 nights no dining...

thank you for your help..