For Those Who've Noted Disney's Penny Pinching Ways

[Kimberly9701]

That the problem with DDP. I feel like I have to write a dissertation in order for it pay off. We always used Tables with having an AP. Now that the prices cranked up on AP and TIW I revisited the DDP, then my head started to hurt looking at the details,lol.

I didn't really bother with a lot of calculations, just advice of friends.

Some were for it some against it.

I had a 30% off RO discount and added the DDP. We did a lot of character dining. A few meals I paid oop. I didn't realize that H&V F! package could be included so I paid oop for that, and like I said, for a few 'adult' meals for my 5 year old. (Not for the portions, just bc I wasn't going to make him live on hamburgers and hot dogs for 9 nights lol) I ran out of TS credits and paid OOP for T-Rex and Garden Grill dinners.

All that being said, it was too much dining for us. I felt like our days were dictated by dining reservations. And no, I probably didn't save any money by doing the plan.
I have it booked for our upcoming trip- but going back and forth about it. I will have 2 meals that will need to be paid OOP, and just don't know if it's better to just pay out of pocket the entire time. Eventually I will get around to calculating it, but it's tough to do.

Thankfully for these boards I now know that I can use the DDP for the F! package, and QS for adult meals!

 

[ChipnDale79]

I didn't really bother with a lot of calculations, just advice of friends.

Some were for it some against it.

I had a 30% off RO discount and added the DDP. We did a lot of character dining. A few meals I paid oop. I didn't realize that H&V F! package could be included so I paid oop for that, and like I said, for a few 'adult' meals for my 5 year old. (Not for the portions, just bc I wasn't going to make him live on hamburgers and hot dogs for 9 nights lol) I ran out of TS credits and paid OOP for T-Rex and Garden Grill dinners.

All that being said, it was too much dining for us. I felt like our days were dictated by dining reservations. And no, I probably didn't save any money by doing the plan.
I have it booked for our upcoming trip- but going back and forth about it. I will have 2 meals that will need to be paid OOP, and just don't know if it's better to just pay out of pocket the entire time. Eventually I will get around to calculating it, but it's tough to do.

Thankfully for these boards I now know that I can use the DDP for the F! package, and QS for adult meals!

Check this out: http://www.distripplanner.com/

Someone posted this on one of the forums here recently, i used it the other night when we were discussing our trip for 2017. I found it to be pretty helpful.

 

[Kimberly9701]

Check this out: http://www.distripplanner.com/

Someone posted this on one of the forums here recently, i used it the other night when we were discussing our trip for 2017. I found it to be pretty helpful.

Thanks!!!!

I can't open it now..I'll have to remember this.

Wish there was a way to 'favorite' posts! I have so many threads that I 'Follow' that may have 1 comment in 16 pages that I know I will need.

It's going to take me forever to find them all.lol

 

[hauntedcity]

Can't help but wonder whose head had to roll over the Playmation debacle.

Have you seen any news on Playmation? Some stores like Amazon are selling it at a deep discount, but others, like Target & Wal-mart, still have the gear at normal prices. I've done some googlin', but I don't find any info.