DxDP or Free Dining and OOP

[DaveStroem]

On our last trip we were on the DDP and were more then well fed. We did Pop tarts in the room or on the bus to the parks in the morning, had early CS lunches and TS dinners. We used up all but 2 of our snacks before our last day. Most dinners we ordered 1 appetizer for the table that we paid for OOP.

So now we are planning our next trip during FD 4N/5D. This time I want to do early morning character breakfasts, but am not willing to give up TS Dinners. I also do not want to take the time for TS lunches.

We will be going for the start of F&W at EP and from what I have read that there is a lot of the F&W that you can use a snack credits on.

What would you do, spend the extra $512 for the DxDP or just purchase the character breakfast OOP as well as the other things that I mentioned?

 

[catne]

You'll have to add up the cost of the character breakfasts you want, along with typical appetizer cost for your table service meals...toss in a few extra snack cost for F&D. If that adds up to more than $512, there you have your answer.

 

[gigi729]

We are planning on doing the DxDP and we don't want 3 TS meals every day either, and like you we love the Character breakfasts. We plan to schedule later breakfasts and then do some of the Signature restaurants like Narcoosee's and dinner shows requiring 2 credits. And just use the snacks to fill in the gaps! I've just done the math and for us and what we would like to do, it defintely works out!

 

[Colleen27]

My guess is that you'd be better off with the deluxe plan, but you should do the math to be sure.

Based on your sig, it looks like you're a party of 4, all adults by Disney standards. If you're planning on a character meal for each morning of your stay without giving up sitdown dinners, that's almost $400 over and above what the standard plan will cover. So for an extra $112, you get appetizers at TS lunches & dinners, 4 extra meal credits (which you could use to upgrade to signature dinners if you don't plan on having lunch every day), 4 extra snacks (which are especially useful during F&W) and a refillable mug per person. How likely are you to spend that much on those things?