Food Plan

[lmok]

Can someone tell me how much the food plan is and is it worth it.
Family of 3 Mom and two DD's. Just not sure.

 

[mejkjj97]

how old are your children? I have a 4 year old and i would not do the plan with her. She is too little and since everything needs to planned for the sitdown meals it's too difficult because plans change.
My friends just went with a 7 year old and thought it was great. When it was just my husband and I, we did the plan and loved it.

 

[lmok]

how old are your children? I have a 4 year old and i would not do the plan with her. She is too little and since everything needs to planned for the sitdown meals it's too difficult because plans change.
My friends just went with a 7 year old and thought it was great. When it was just my husband and I, we did the plan and loved it.

That is what I was afraid of....do you have to have reservations? My daughters are 14 and 11.

 

[rhpools]

We always have and always will do the meal plan. It is the only way for us to go. My husband and I believe vacation is to be worry free and we feel with the meal plan being paid up front the money is out of sight out of mind. We feel like we eat the entire week for free. And don't worry about not having enough food, it is soooo much more than you need. I don't think you will be disappointed.

 

[mjkacmom]

That is what I was afraid of....do you have to have reservations? My daughters are 14 and 11.

When are you going? I don't think I'd do the DDP without ADR's, and the popular ones need to be made 90 days out. Your girls would be charged the adult price.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

If you don't want to do ADR's, you could always do the counter service plan.

I don't know if we come out ahead with the plan, I am sure we at least break even. I like it because our food is budgeted and paid for ahead of time, and we have very little OOP expenses once on vacation. I don't worry about money at all, everything's taken care of already.

 

[laceemouse]

Well, both of your kids would be the adult price.
They have 3 levels of meal plan, the cheapest one only has counter service meals so no ADRs are needed. The others have table service so ADRs are recommended, but it depends on the time of year you go, the crowd levels, and if you really want the most popular places.
You need to look at the menus and crunch the numbers. We feel buying the plan is not worth it. My oldest is 18, a vegetarian (those are always the cheapest things on the menu) and hardly eats, wears a size 2. My youngest is 11 now and eats like a bird, no way would paying the adult fee be worth it for her. My dh is like a snake, he wants only one real meal a day, he feels sick if we eat too much.
We had free food once and it was great! We got to try a lot of the most popular places and we didn't care if we didn't eat all we got. We each got an appetizer and a dessert with our meals, NO WAY would we ever buy that much food. People who say "I saved $$$$ buying the meal plan" are looking at the prices of what they GOT, not what they would have bought without the plan.
You need to figure out if it is a good deal for your family or not.