DxDDP vs TIW?

[unbeknownst]

Good morning!

I'm struggling to decide between buying DxDDP or a TIW for my next trip in August. Originally, I was planning for the DxDDP, but then I booked another trip for December and then felt like maybe I'd come out better in the long run using TIW. DxDDP for 7 nights just seems like a lot.

The August trip is just for me and my boyfriend. We both typically drink water. I may occasionally order a cocktail or a class of wine. He's not a drinker. We like the idea of being able to order appetizers, but realistically - we'd probably only order one to split. Two seems like a lot. We both have a sweet tooth, so we would probably order dessert at dinner. Last trip we used almost all of our snack credits on bottles of water (not the best use I know), and we had a bunch of QS credits left over that we had to convert at the end of the trip into snacks and we just bought stuff to bring home.

I ran the numbers of the Disney Dining Plan Calculator, and I realize that the DxDDP would save us money over paying OOP. However, not sure how that really factors in with TIW savings.

Thoughts?

Here are my ADRs for the August trip:

Day 1:
Skipper's Canteen (Lunch)
'Ohana (Dinner)
Day 2:
San Angel Inn (Lunch)
1900 Park Fare (Dinner)
Day 3:
Garden Grill (Breakfast)
Hoop-Dee-Doo Review Cat. 2 (Dinner)
Day 4:
Trattoria al Forno (Breakfast)
Tiffins (Dinner - River's of Light Package)
Day 5:
'Ohana (Breakfast)
CRT (Dinner)
Day 6:
California Grill (Brunch)
Via Napoli (Dinner)
Day 7:
Crystal Palace (Breakfast)
Be Our Guest (Dinner)
Day 8:
Cape May Cafe (Breakfast)

 

[sharonabe]

Unless you just really like the "paid in advance" part of DDP, I'd go with TiW. Remember to tell yourself, that no matter what you order, expensive or not, you're still saving money with the TiW. Eat exactly what you want, when you want, including snacks. Save every recent from this first trip and see how much you save over what the DxDDP would have cost you. I can almost guarantee you will save money, based on how you said you like to eat. Then you still have the card for your December trip, so you save again!