Has anyone done DDP with their DVC visit?? Opinions??

[Deemarch]

DH & I normally make ADRs for each night and just make sure that we are in the correct park or at the right resort....No comando stuff beyond that. And we eat just what the DDP offers, except that we rarely do dessert...So I'm thinking that dessert is going back to the room with us! And I agree about the thinking "I should get the chicken 'cause it's cheaper" will now be gone! In doing the math ahead of time, by using the menus that I found on allears, it looks like we are going to be way ahead of the game. We'll soon see.

 

[JimMIA]

We used DDP for the first time on our May trip and are using it again in November. The value of the plan obviously varies considerably, depending on how long you visit and your normal dining habits.

I did a very conservative comparison, comparing what we REALLY would have spent using our DDE card vs. the daily cost of DDP. Because of the way we usually eat, I valued all of the CS and snack credits at $0 (although we used all of them). Figuring just dinners alone (Teppenyaki, Le Cellier, Coral Reef, and two character dinners), we saved about $70 in a five-day trip over what we would have spent for the same five dinners using DDE. If I'd considered the CS and snack credits, we'd probably have saved a couple hundred bucks.

We didn't make ourselves crazy trying to wring every penny out of the DDP, like many on the DDP board do. We enjoyed the fact that we'd just get whatever we wanted to eat (or snack) regardless of the price. I don't think we spent $10 OOP, except for an occasional beer.

I think it's a great plan for us, because it matches our Disney dining habits and saves us a little money.

 

[draw]

How do you get a DDE card?

 

[jjbescher]

My DW and I used the DDP in April for a 6 Night trip. We saved a lot of money during our trip. Even if you took Desserts and Appetizers, we would have saved money. We are going back in October and are doing the DDP again.

jon

 

[CarolA]

How does the plan work? What is the cost?? What if you have an AP?? Was it worth it to you?? Would you do it again? Thanks

Just did it and won't do it again.

WAY WAY too much food. I do NOT need an appetizer, main dish and desert every day plus desert at my counter service meals. I was SICK by the third day.

Yesterday at lunch we wasted a TON of food.... (And the frig was already full of leftovers!)

Just wasteful to me.

We got it because we had a party of 8 including four teen girls. We were forcing them to get snacks......All of the adults agree that it was just not for us.

 

[DVC Grammy]

We'll be trying it for the first time this Oct., but by using it with a split-stay. The first 3 days (SSR), we'll be on the DDP; the next week (BWV), we'll use our DDE's. I figure that after those three days, we'll look forward to going back to "normal" (for us) eating