Farro
Argh.
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Discussing the dining plan on other forum, thought I'd post my opinion on it here in case anyone has questions or wants opinions about it. 
By convenience I mean all of our lunches/breakfasts are paid for with snacks/quick service. Done. Our main parts of our dinner (entree, dessert). Done. All we have to do is have money for booze, which isn't just for dinner
, appetizers if we want (won't always) and tips.
Our plan is for each one of us (myself/boyfriend and my sister) to take turns paying for any apps/drinks/tip at our table service. Or one can pay for dinner extras, the others can pay for that person's cocktails throughout the day. We drink enough to cover costs!
And we tie our credit cards to our magic bands, so it still takes the same amount of time to pay.
Do we get the most expensive entrees at dinner? Not on purpose, but it usually works out that way because they sound so good! Does it make financial sense? Maybe not, but nothing about this trip makes financial sense!
We've been traveling together for many years. We've had plenty of trips where we were eating barely anything because we didn't budget correctly. Now we are in a better financial position, but still, paying ahead of time for food greatly appeals to us.
I am way better at paying a price up front/paying it off and being done with it, rather than trying to budget what I think we'll eat, paying attention to the budget when we are there (which I'm terrible at) or using my food budget for other stuff before we even eat! If I had an unlimited budget that would be great, but sadly I don't. A healthy budget, but limited. One day....
This way, we definitely have all necessary meals paid for months before we even go and I can use my spending money for anything I choose! It's not for everyone, I get it, but we like it and that's that.
By convenience I mean all of our lunches/breakfasts are paid for with snacks/quick service. Done. Our main parts of our dinner (entree, dessert). Done. All we have to do is have money for booze, which isn't just for dinner
, appetizers if we want (won't always) and tips.Our plan is for each one of us (myself/boyfriend and my sister) to take turns paying for any apps/drinks/tip at our table service. Or one can pay for dinner extras, the others can pay for that person's cocktails throughout the day. We drink enough to cover costs!
And we tie our credit cards to our magic bands, so it still takes the same amount of time to pay.
Do we get the most expensive entrees at dinner? Not on purpose, but it usually works out that way because they sound so good! Does it make financial sense? Maybe not, but nothing about this trip makes financial sense!
We've been traveling together for many years. We've had plenty of trips where we were eating barely anything because we didn't budget correctly. Now we are in a better financial position, but still, paying ahead of time for food greatly appeals to us.
I am way better at paying a price up front/paying it off and being done with it, rather than trying to budget what I think we'll eat, paying attention to the budget when we are there (which I'm terrible at
) or using my food budget for other stuff before we even eat! If I had an unlimited budget that would be great, but sadly I don't. A healthy budget, but limited. One day....This way, we definitely have all necessary meals paid for months before we even go and I can use my spending money for anything I choose! It's not for everyone, I get it, but we like it and that's that.
I'm not planning to spend too much time in the room anyway. 
You've been added to the list!
That's what I thought but still disappointing. 
With Club Villain and Villains in Fantasmic they could work that or SW theme in more at DHS. Who knows though? Maybe Disney has an idea for next year with getting more people into the park.
